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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By God’s grace Jason was saved and baptized at the age of 14 and called into the ministry of the gospel at age 33. 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...
