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.
Prayer is the element that activates all the other pieces of the armor of God.
As opposition grew toward Jesus, he anticipated that it would reach his followers as well and prepare them for how to live.
God used the sinful actions of humans to fulfill his will to provide the innocent one to take the place of the guilty.
