Deep inside every human spirit, there’s this unquenchable longing for justice. We look at the inequity of our world and ask, “How long, Lord?”
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In this message, I’d like to walk us through four key images in Revelation chapters 8-11 – one from each chapter – and then find an application in each for our lives.
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You would like to think that by the time we get to the end of his story, Jonah has changed. That after all he’d been through, he was a better person, a better servant of God than he was at the start of the story.
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There are certain words the writer of the book of Jonah uses to emphasize important elements of the story. Words like “great” and “down.” But there’s another important word that is in fact, one of the most fundamental words in the Bible.
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“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time…” (Jonah 3:1) To my way of thinking, this is arguably the most remarkable verse in the entire book of Jonah.
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In the journey of faith God not only frequently calls us to hard things but He will chase us down if we run from that call. In fact, what we’ve seen is a pattern that God uses to correct His kids.
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As we ended the last episode, after admitting that he is the cause of the ferocious storm battering their ship, our hero, Jonah, has been thrown overboard. As he sinks down into the sea, Jonah no doubt believes he is going to die. But God has other plans.
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When Jonah heard God’s call to go the Nineveh, the capital of Israel’s enemy, Assyria, instead of obeying, the prophet ran in the opposite direction. The biblical narrator paints the picture with words packed with meaning.
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The story of Jonah ranks among the best-known of any in the O.T. It’s right up there with Noah and the ark, David and Goliath, and Daniel in the lion’s den.
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There is a lot we can learn about being and making disciples from the relationship between Elijah and his protégé. Lessons that can help us as we seek to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission to go and make disciples…who make disciples…who make disciples.
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