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Jonah: The Prophet with a Bad Attitude


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Introduction
  • Jonah 1:1-2
  • Obadiah 1:1
  • If Jonah had done what God asked, we might only have a single chapter like Obadiah.
  • I need to love souls like God does.
    • Jonah 1:3-15
    • It was about a month’s journey to get to Ninevah.
    • Jonah 4:1-2 – Jonah was displeased that God was not destroying them! He didn’t want to go because he was afraid God would forgive them. This was a terrible attitude!
    • While God is not afraid to punish sin, He always prefers salvation.
    • Jonah 4:5-11 – Jonah’s priorities were all wrong. He cared for the plant, but did not care about 120,000 people!
    • Distress should help me turn to the Lord.
      • Jonah 1:15-17
      • Jonah 2:1-10 – In the water, Jonah thought he would die, but God sent a fish to save him.
      • Sometimes hitting rock bottom is the only thing that will wake us up.
      • If the Ninevites could repent, so can I!
        • Jonah 3:4-10
        • Jonah 1:2 – These were wicked people!
        • Nehemiah 1:1; 3:1
        • The Ninevites even recorded their own cruelty in their history, amputating, impaling, and skinning prisoners.
        • Matthew 12:41
        • We should never feel like we’ve don’t anything so bad God can’t forgive us.
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