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.
After complaining repeatedly to God, the prophet had a view of God’s power and fell silent.
Even though his people grumbled and quarreled, the Lord satisfied their needs at his own expense.
In our summer sermon series, we are going to study the first three chapters of the last book of the Bible, beginning with Revelation...