In Jonah 1, we meet the Israelite prophet who preferred to flee rather than obey the Lord’s call to do something new, surprising, and unpleasant, namely, go preach to the Ninevites, the mortal enemies of the Israelites. However, God did not give up on Jonah, or, as we shall see, on the Ninevites, or on us.
God used the sinful actions of humans to fulfill his will to provide the innocent one to take the place of the guilty.
If you have ever compared your life to someone else’s (who hasn’t?), you need to hear Jesus’ reply in John 21:20-25 to Peter’s curiosity...
In our summer series, we will be looking at critical events in the book of Acts, starting with Jesus’ commission of his “sent ones”...