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Jonah’s Gospel Journey

Jonah 1-4

I. Jonah the Prophet

2 Kings 14:25 KJV 1900

²⁵ He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.

Jonah 1:1–2 KJV 1900

¹ Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 

² Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Acts 1:8 KJV 1900

⁸ But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Matthew 22:37–40 KJV 1900

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. 

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Ephesians 4:11–16 KJV 1900

¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 

¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 

¹³ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 

¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 

¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 

¹⁶ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

II. Jonah the man of prayer

Acts 5:1–6 KJV 1900

¹ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 

² And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 

³ But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 

⁴ Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 

⁵ And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. 

⁶ And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

III. Jonah the Preacher

John 3:16 KJV 1900

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:9 KJV 1900

⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

IV. Jonah the Pouter

Jonah 4:1–3 KJV 1900

¹ But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 

² And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 

³ Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:4–11 KJV 1900

⁴ Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? 

⁵ So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 

⁶ And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 

⁷ But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 

⁸ And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 

⁹ And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. 

¹⁰ Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 

¹¹ And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Malachi 3:6 KJV 1900

⁶ For I am the Lord, I change not; Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Luke 19:10 KJV 1900

¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Matthew 1:21 KJV 1900

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

1. God has called all of us to be ambassadors

2 Corinthians 5:20 KJV 1900

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Galatians 2:20 KJV 1900

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Romans 12:1 KJV 1900

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Leviticus 18:22 KJV 1900

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Proverbs 16:5 KJV 1900

⁵ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

2. Your Obedience is your choice, His Will is His

1 Timothy 2:3–4 KJV 1900

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 

⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

2 Peter 3:9 KJV 1900

⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

3. Your Obedience is determined by your heart

Matthew 6:21 KJV 1900

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Jonah 4:10–11 KJV 1900

¹⁰ Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 

¹¹ And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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