Central Idea: The God of the nations is a God of compassion.
I. The Man. The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai. Jonah 1:1
II. The Mission. "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." Jonah 1:2
Quote: James Montgomery Boice writes, "we can understand the geography and motives of Jonah if we can imagine the word of the Lord coming to a Jew who lived in New York during World War II, telling him to go to Berlin to preach to Nazi Germany."
2 He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this, I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. (Jonah 4:2)
III. The Misunderstanding. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Jonah 1:3a
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Jason serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Willow Springs, Missouri where he resides with his wife and four children. Jason's ministry is marked by a commitment to the verse by verse exposition of God’s word. He is the author of To The Praise of His Glory: The...
