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God Is Never Through With Us · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  God is never through with us.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures, gleaning truth from God's word,
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  we're going to continue discovering lessons God has for each of us through Jonah's
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  experience running from God as revealed in Jonah 1 verse 1 through chapter 3 verse 4.
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  Today, we are going to focus on the truth that no matter what we do,
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  God will not give up on us or discard us.
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  God is never through with us.
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  And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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  Arise, go into Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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  So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.
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  Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days journey.
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  And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey.
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  And he cried and said, Yet 40 days and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
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  Jonah 3, 1 through 4.
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  After Jonah repented, God fully forgave Jonah and restored him for his service.
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  In Jonah 3 verses 1 through 4, we see that God gives Jonah a second opportunity
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  to do exactly what God had called him to do before he disobeyed God.
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  God is the God of second chances, the fat chance, the slim chance, and the no chance.
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  The truth is that God's forgiveness is so complete, his love for you and me
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  so vast, that God is a God of many chances.
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  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness,
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  but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish,
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  but that all should come to repentance.
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  2 Peter 3.9 God restored Jonah to service, not just to any service,
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  but to the service he had originally called him to do.
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  Jonah's repentance had erased all doubt and sin regarding Jonah's previous sinfulness.
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  It is hard for us to comprehend such love and forgiveness.
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  Romans 8, 38-39 reveals that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
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  God's love is unconditional, undeserving, and impossible to lose.
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  He loves us when we are unlovable and loved us before we ever could receive him.
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  We love him because he first loved us.
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  1 John 4.19 His love is complete, comprehensive, and covers a multitude of sins.
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  1 Peter 4.8 God didn't discard Jonah after his failure.
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  The Lord recommissioned him with the same command as before the failure.
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  Because failure isn't the final chapter in your life when you repent.
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  God will always completely restore the repentance center.
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  After Jonah repents, God gives Jonah a second chance.
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  This time, Jonah arose and went straight to Nineveh as God commanded.
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  Obedience isn't as difficult as we make it.
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  For Jonah, obedience began with a simple response. He went,
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  Faithfulness often just means taking the next step God has commanded.
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  Obedience is simply doing what God asks, when He asks, and how He asks.
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  We don't have to understand everything we do. We just need to follow as He commands.
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  And lead the how, the when, and the why to Him.
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  It really comes down to God's simple command given so many years ago to follow Him.
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  Just as God said to the disciples hundreds of years ago, he is still saying
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  to each of us the same thing.
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  Listen carefully to these words today.
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  Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me,
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  let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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  Matthew 16, 24.
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  These words mean the same thing to us today as they meant to the disciples then.
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  God's mission has not changed, and His call on your life hasn't changed either.
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  You are one repentant prayer away from doing God's will, and one choice away
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  from being in the center of God's will.
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  Jonah's failure didn't cancel God's purpose for Jonah or for the people of Nineveh.
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  Your mistakes haven't disqualified you either.
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  Remember, you are loved. Jesus loves you. Join us Monday as we conclude our
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  study on the lessons learned from Jonah's attempt to flee from God.
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