SERIES: The Book of Jonah

TITLE: A Real Life Story of a Man Who Dared to Say No to God

TEXT: The Book of Jonah

DATE: November 13, 2022 AM 

I. The prophet runs away from God. 1:1-17

A. The conditions of the day

1. Condition of Nineveh

2. Condition of Jonah

B. The carnality of the prophet 1:1-3

C. The confession of the prophet 1:4-17

II. The prophet is caught by a fish. 2:1-10

A. Jonah sinks into the sea. 1:17

B. Jonah had a special fish catch him.

C. Jonah prayed to the God he was running from.

D. Jonah was delivered from the fish.

III. The prophet preached doom on those he hates. 3:1-10

A. The renewed commission of the prophet 3:1-2

B. The response of Jonah to God’s commission 3:3-4

C. The response of Nineveh to the warning of God’s prophet 3:5-9

D. The faithfulness of God to the repentance of Nineveh 3:10

IV. The prophet pouting and pondering 4:1-21

A. The prophet pouting 4:1-5 1. Jonah reacts to God’s mercy with an obnoxious prayer. 2. Jonah reacts to God’s mercy with a perverted hope.

B. The prophet pondering 4:6-11

1. God stirs up the prophet’s knowledge of right and wrong.

2. God helps him back to reason with an object lesson.

3. God explains right and wrong asking him a question.