Latest / Providence Baptist Church - Sermons / Jonah 1:17-2:10

Transcript

Jonah 1:17-2:10 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

• 0:00
  We're going to start reading in verse 17 of chapter 1 and go through all of chapter 2.
• 0:07
  In chapter 2, we have the prayer of Jonah from the belly of the big fish.
• 0:12
  ! We're not sure if it's a whale.
• 0:14
  All it says is a big fish.
• 0:18
  VeggieTales says it was a whale, but that's just VeggieTales.
• 0:21
  As we read through it, you will hear a man in desperation,
• 0:25
  a man who is saddened by his choice,
• 0:27
  and ultimately a man who is praying a prayer of repentance.
• 0:33
  Jonah is brought face to face with God's sovereignty.
• 0:37
  Jonah feels the weight of his sin.
• 0:40
  He rejoices in God's mercy.
• 0:43
  And he commits to do exactly what God had commanded him to do in the first place.
• 0:49
  Going to Nineveh.
• 0:51
  Now these observations can help us as we live out this Christian life.
• 0:54
  As we struggle to live and to do the will of God.
• 1:00
  And as we, by God's grace, are perfected by his work in and through us.
• 1:07
  So as we study, let's pray that God would speak and teach us through this prayer of Jonah.
• 1:14
  Let me say this as we dig in.
• 1:15
  This prayer, as you can see from verse 1,
• 1:21
  it's a prayer that Jonah prays from the belly of the fish.
• 1:25
  But Jonah does not acknowledge the fish.
• 1:28
  He does not talk about his situation.
• 1:30
  He talks about God saving him from his desperation, from being close to death.
• 1:35
  But he doesn't talk about being in the fish.
• 1:38
  I think that's clear because when I first read this, I thought, well, the belly of Sheol.
• 1:43
  There's some language here that he's definitely talking about being in the fish.
• 1:46
  But Jonah is praying this prayer, but none of it is talking about being in the fish.
• 1:51
  So as we go through this, kind of pay attention to that.
• 1:55
  And I hope that I'm clear enough that I can communicate that to you.
• 1:58
  So the first thing that Jonah does in this prayer is that Jonah admits God's sovereignty.
• 2:07
  Verse 3,
• 2:10
  For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas and the floods surrounding me.
• 2:17
  All your ways and your billows passed over me.
• 2:20
  If I was to pick one thing so far in the book of Jonah that has been clear,
• 2:25
  one thing I would say is the sovereignty of God through chapter 1 and chapter 2.
• 2:32
  God's shown his sovereignty in a lot of things.
• 2:37
  Creation, the sea, the wind.
• 2:40
  Jamie and I have a rule in our relationship that we try,
• 2:45
  we've had it for quite some time, probably our whole entire life of knowing each other.
• 2:50
  We do not use extreme statements.
• 2:53
  We do not use never or always.
• 2:55
  I'm usually guilty of this more than she is.
• 2:59
  The reason being is, once you say that statement,
• 3:02
  it just leads to arguing about something silly.
• 3:06
  Because really, you can never say always or never.
• 3:09
  It's just kind of, it's not really a good idea in marriage anyway.
• 3:14
  Take it from me.
• 3:15
  But this morning, I have to say, I have to use an extreme statement.
• 3:22
  You cannot never, ever, ever, never, never read Jonah and not see the sovereignty of God.
• 3:30
  You cannot read it and miss the sovereignty of God.
• 3:35
  It is evident in God hurling the wind at Jonah.
• 3:40
  It is evident at the sea obeying.
• 3:43
  It is evident at the ship considering to break apart.
• 3:46
  And now, in chapter 2, at the end of chapter 1, verse 17,
• 3:53
  God, the Lord appoints a great fish to swallow Jonah.
• 3:58
  In fact, one commentator said with that verse,
• 4:04
  verse 17 of chapter 1 and verse 10 of chapter 2,
• 4:07
  where God showing His sovereign rule over creation, over a big fish,
• 4:13
  he says that He wishes that those two verses were never written.
• 4:17
  That the big fish was just done away with.
• 4:21
  Because these two verses are more questioned and argued than most any verse in Scripture.
• 4:31
  Questioned and argued even to the point of dismissing the entire Bible.
• 4:36
  Because surely a man cannot live in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights.
• 4:43
  Now, I was tempted this week to come to you with scientific proof that a man can live in a big fish.
• 4:54
  Something that has happened in history.
• 4:58
  And I was convicted not to do that because then I would just be using science to prove the Word of God
• 5:03
  instead of faith accepting that this is the Word of God and it's truth.
• 5:07
  And we have to accept the fact that God appointed a great fish,
• 5:15
  whatever type of fish this is,
• 5:18
  and in doing so God exercised His sovereignty.
• 5:23
  The sovereignty of God is something that Christians like to say.
• 5:27
  We in church say it, yes, God is sovereign.
• 5:30
  We believe that.
• 5:31
  But I don't think we understand it completely.
• 5:34
  Even if we say we understand it, I don't think we take it to the end result.
• 5:42
  For some of you, the sovereignty of God, this topic is a treasure to you.
• 5:46
  You love it.
• 5:47
  You get excited inside thinking about God being ruler of all.
• 5:53
  For others of you, it might just be like pennies.
• 5:57
  They have value.
• 5:59
  It's important.
• 6:00
  But if you see it on the sidewalk, you may or may not pick it up.
• 6:04
  But I want all of us to leave here this morning with the doctrine of God's sovereignty
• 6:12
  to be treasures for all of us.
• 6:17
  And so with that in mind, I would like to just take a few minutes
• 6:21
  and define what the sovereignty of God is
• 6:23
  and then unfold this prayer that Jonah is praying.
• 6:28
  So what is the sovereignty of God?
• 6:32
  First Chronicles 29, verse 11 and 12 says,
• 6:36
  Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty.
• 6:43
  For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours.
• 6:48
  Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
• 6:53
  Both riches and honor come to you and you rule over all.
• 7:00
  In your hand are power and might.
• 7:03
  And in your hand it is to make great and give strength to all.
• 7:07
  Simply put, the sovereignty of God is God is God.
• 7:14
  Simple.
• 7:15
  God is God.
• 7:18
  He is the most high.
• 7:20
  He is supreme.
• 7:22
  He is king of kings.
• 7:23
  He is lord of lords.
• 7:24
  What that means is nothing compares to him.
• 7:30
  Angels, demons, greatest presidents, world leaders, disciples, apostles, Lucifer,
• 7:39
  all are under his authority.
• 7:42
  God and the rest.
• 7:45
  In his book, The Sovereignty of God, A.W. Pink says it this way,
• 7:48
  The sovereignty of God of Scripture is absolute, irresistible, and infinite.
• 7:56
  When we say that God is sovereign, we affirm his right to govern the universe,
• 8:01
  which he has made for his own glory just as he pleases.
• 8:05
  We affirm that his right is the right of the potter over the clay,
• 8:11
  that he may mold that clay into whatsoever form he chooses,
• 8:15
  fashioning out of the same lump one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor.
• 8:22
  We affirm that he is under no rule or law outside of his own will and nature,
• 8:27
  and that God is a law unto himself,
• 8:31
  and that he is under no obligation to give account for his matters to any.
• 8:37
  This has to be understood.
• 8:39
  We have to understand that God is sovereign.
• 8:41
  Because if we don't, it's almost like the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland.
• 8:47
  Because once she fell into that rabbit hole, her world changed.
• 8:53
  Her entire perspective changed.
• 8:55
  And she didn't stop until she reached the bottom,
• 8:59
  which ended up being an imaginary place.
• 9:02
  Now, if we don't believe the sovereignty of God,
• 9:06
  our perspectives change,
• 9:07
  and we don't end up until we reach the bottom,
• 9:10
  which is believing in nothing.
• 9:13
  And nothing, at least,
• 9:14
  nothing objective,
• 9:16
  at the least.
• 9:17
  Meaning,
• 9:19
  unchangeable,
• 9:20
  nothing solid.
• 9:23
  A.W. Pink also says,
• 9:25
  in a word,
• 9:26
  to deny the sovereignty of God
• 9:28
  is to enter upon a path
• 9:30
  which, if followed,
• 9:32
  to its logical terminus,
• 9:34
  is to arrive at blank atheism.
• 9:37
  In the book of Jonah,
• 9:42
  as I've already mentioned,
• 9:44
  God shows His sovereignty over creation,
• 9:47
  but He also shows His sovereignty over His mercy,
• 9:52
  His grace,
• 9:54
  His salvation.
• 9:56
  Okay?
• 9:56
  If a judge shows mercy to a criminal,
• 10:01
  if the judge says,
• 10:03
  I'm going to let you go,
• 10:05
  no charges,
• 10:06
  you're free to roam,
• 10:10
  it is the judge's mercy that was given.
• 10:14
  He is the author of that mercy.
• 10:17
  It was His mercy to give,
• 10:20
  and He chose to give it to the criminal.
• 10:23
  The same way for God.
• 10:24
  God is the author of His mercy,
• 10:27
  and He is sovereign over that mercy.
• 10:29
  And He chooses to give mercy
• 10:31
  to whom He will give mercy.
• 10:34
  Romans 9.15,
• 10:36
  Exodus 33.19,
• 10:38
  I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
• 10:41
  and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
• 10:48
  Hard truth.
• 10:50
  We as human beings
• 10:52
  do not have right to the mercy of God.
• 10:58
  We don't have right to that.
• 11:01
  Otherwise, it would not be mercy at all.
• 11:04
  It would be payment or wages earned.
• 11:08
  And the same is for grace.
• 11:14
  God is sovereign,
• 11:15
  which means He is sovereign over creation,
• 11:18
  sovereign over grace,
• 11:20
  over His mercy,
• 11:22
  and over His salvation.
• 11:23
  And in this story,
• 11:24
  we have God providing salvation,
• 11:27
  showing Jonah mercy
• 11:28
  by His sovereign hand.
• 11:34
  So,
• 11:35
  the sovereignty of God
• 11:37
  is important.
• 11:39
  It's important to understand.
• 11:42
  It puts perspective
• 11:43
  for you and for me.
• 11:49
  Jonah's prayer in chapter 2
• 11:51
  is a prayer of repentance.
• 11:54
  Acknowledging the sovereignty of God
• 11:56
  is an important aspect of repentance.
• 11:59
  Jonah admits God's sovereignty.
• 12:06
  I've read you verse 3.
• 12:07
  For you cast me into the deep,
• 12:09
  into the heart of the seas,
• 12:10
  and the floods surrounded me.
• 12:12
  All your ways and your billows
• 12:14
  passed over me.
• 12:16
  You cast me into the deep.
• 12:18
  Jonah's not saying that
• 12:19
  he's the one at fault.
• 12:22
  Jonah's acknowledging that
• 12:24
  my bad, almost.
• 12:27
  I'm the one who messed up.
• 12:31
  I was the one thrown overboard.
• 12:33
  However,
• 12:34
  you, God,
• 12:35
  allowed it,
• 12:36
  or permitted it,
• 12:37
  to happen,
• 12:38
  so that you can receive glory.
• 12:42
  All your ways and your billows
• 12:44
  passed over me.
• 12:45
  He's admitting God's rule
• 12:47
  over His creation.
• 12:50
  It's as A.W. Pink,
• 12:52
  as the potter,
• 12:53
  rules the clay.
• 12:55
  Romans 9 reminds us of that.
• 12:57
  The reason it's important
• 13:00
  to admit God's sovereignty
• 13:01
  is when we realize our place,
• 13:04
  when we see who God is,
• 13:07
  how great He is,
• 13:08
  how supreme He is,
• 13:10
  we're left in awe
• 13:11
  and shame
• 13:13
  of our inadequacies.
• 13:15
  I would say it's almost
• 13:18
  like a plumb line.
• 13:19
  Some people like to say
• 13:20
  that God is more
• 13:21
  like a plumb line.
• 13:22
  And my problem with that
• 13:24
  is we would try to
• 13:25
  line up with that plumb line.
• 13:27
  And that's not really
• 13:29
  what the sovereignty of God is.
• 13:31
  And it's not up here
• 13:32
  because
• 13:32
  we don't look at it
• 13:34
  and see ourselves.
• 13:37
  I think it's more like a window.
• 13:39
  We look through a window
• 13:40
  and we see the goodness of God.
• 13:42
  We see God's
• 13:43
  greatness,
• 13:44
  His righteousness,
• 13:45
  His justice,
• 13:46
  His holiness.
• 13:48
  But looking back at us,
• 13:49
  covering up what we just saw
• 13:52
  is our,
• 13:53
  who we really are.
• 13:55
  And
• 13:55
  we have to have
• 14:00
  that proper perspective.
• 14:01
  We have to be able
• 14:02
  to see who God is,
• 14:03
  but in reality,
• 14:04
  know who we are.
• 14:05
  Otherwise,
• 14:08
  why would we repent?
• 14:12
  Historians have said
• 14:12
  that we look to history
• 14:14
  so that we don't make
• 14:15
  the same mistakes.
• 14:17
  Well, for us,
• 14:18
  we look to history
• 14:19
  so that we see
• 14:20
  what God has done
• 14:20
  and what He's doing
• 14:23
  and what He's going to do
• 14:24
  for you and for me.
• 14:27
  And proper perspective
• 14:28
  is vital to
• 14:30
  a godly,
• 14:31
  repentant heart.
• 14:32
  So Jonah admits
• 14:34
  God's sovereignty.
• 14:35
  Second thing that Jonah does
• 14:39
  is he feels
• 14:40
  the weight of his sin.
• 14:43
  Verse 2
• 14:44
  and then verse 4
• 14:46
  and verse 6.
• 14:48
  Verse 2 says,
• 14:49
  I called out to the Lord
• 14:50
  out of my distress
• 14:52
  and He answered me.
• 14:54
  Out of the belly of Sheol
• 14:56
  I cried
• 14:57
  and you heard
• 14:58
  my voice.
• 15:01
  Down to 6.
• 15:03
  Then I said,
• 15:04
  I am driven away
• 15:05
  from your sight
• 15:05
  yet I shall again
• 15:07
  look upon your holy temple.
• 15:09
  The waters closed in
• 15:10
  over me
• 15:11
  to take my life.
• 15:12
  The deep surrounded me.
• 15:14
  Weeds were wrapped
• 15:14
  about my head
• 15:15
  and the roots
• 15:16
  of the mountains.
• 15:18
  I went down
• 15:19
  to the land
• 15:20
  whose bars
• 15:20
  closed upon me
• 15:21
  forever.
• 15:24
  The author
• 15:25
  gives us a picture
• 15:27
  of a man
• 15:28
  in desperation.
• 15:29
  a man who felt
• 15:31
  like he had been
• 15:32
  eaten by death
• 15:33
  not by a big fish.
• 15:36
  Out of the belly
• 15:38
  of Sheol
• 15:38
  I cried.
• 15:40
  Now when we see
• 15:40
  a word like belly
• 15:41
  and we know
• 15:42
  that he's been
• 15:42
  swallowed by a fish
• 15:43
  we automatically say
• 15:44
  well he's talking
• 15:45
  about the fish.
• 15:46
  What he's talking
• 15:47
  about is
• 15:48
  deep down
• 15:51
  the furthest
• 15:53
  you could go
• 15:53
  out of the belly
• 15:55
  of Sheol.
• 15:57
  Sheol in the Bible
• 15:58
  most of the time
• 15:59
  refers to the realm
• 16:00
  of the dead
• 16:00
  or place of the dead.
• 16:03
  Those that are
• 16:04
  separated from God.
• 16:06
  For us
• 16:07
  this text
• 16:08
  has
• 16:09
  this meaning
• 16:09
  has two meanings
• 16:10
  for us.
• 16:11
  This word has
• 16:11
  two meanings.
• 16:13
  Jonah admits
• 16:13
  that he's separated
• 16:14
  from God
• 16:15
  which he had already
• 16:16
  admitted in chapter 1
• 16:17
  I'm running
• 16:18
  from the presence
• 16:18
  of God.
• 16:19
  I am no longer
• 16:20
  in God's will.
• 16:24
  And second
• 16:25
  it means that
• 16:26
  Jonah believed
• 16:27
  he was going
• 16:28
  to die.
• 16:29
  He had reached
• 16:30
  the point
• 16:30
  of despair
• 16:30
  and in his
• 16:32
  last moments
• 16:32
  or seconds
• 16:33
  he cried out
• 16:34
  to God
• 16:35
  and God
• 16:35
  showed mercy
• 16:36
  and heard him.
• 16:42
  See we
• 16:43
  I think we have
• 16:46
  a low view
• 16:47
  of sin
• 16:48
  and a
• 16:49
  high view
• 16:50
  of ourselves.
• 16:51
  here
• 16:55
  Jonah
• 16:56
  after
• 16:58
  making his
• 16:58
  mistakes
• 16:59
  and being
• 16:59
  disobedient
• 17:00
  and coming
• 17:01
  to this point
• 17:02
  he now has
• 17:03
  a low view
• 17:04
  of himself
• 17:05
  and a high
• 17:06
  view
• 17:07
  of sin
• 17:08
  because
• 17:10
  of course
• 17:10
  he admits
• 17:11
  God's sovereign
• 17:12
  hand in this
• 17:13
  situation.
• 17:15
  Now
• 17:15
  let me put it
• 17:17
  this way
• 17:18
  if you stole
• 17:19
  a pen
• 17:20
  or a notebook
• 17:20
  from the
• 17:21
  school bookstore
• 17:21
  we would all
• 17:24
  say that's
• 17:24
  that's not a
• 17:26
  really big deal
• 17:26
  just take it
• 17:27
  back
• 17:27
  or go pay
• 17:29
  for it
• 17:30
  three bucks
• 17:30
  or whatever
• 17:31
  it is
• 17:31
  it's really
• 17:32
  not
• 17:32
  that
• 17:34
  huge
• 17:35
  but it
• 17:36
  is a sin
• 17:37
  and sin
• 17:39
  is an offense
• 17:40
  against a
• 17:41
  holy
• 17:42
  infinite
• 17:43
  God
• 17:44
  so
• 17:46
  when we
• 17:46
  sin
• 17:47
  stealing
• 17:48
  a pack
• 17:49
  of gum
• 17:49
  candy
• 17:50
  bar
• 17:51
  a pencil
• 17:52
  a car
• 17:53
  this is a
• 17:54
  big jump
• 17:55
  we sin
• 17:58
  against his
• 17:58
  righteousness
• 17:59
  which then
• 18:00
  makes us
• 18:01
  guilty
• 18:01
  and deserving
• 18:02
  of hell
• 18:03
  see our
• 18:06
  perspective
• 18:07
  wants to
• 18:07
  say
• 18:07
  no big
• 18:08
  deal
• 18:08
  just
• 18:10
  take it
• 18:10
  back
• 18:10
  pay
• 18:11
  for it
• 18:11
  you know
• 18:13
  you slap
• 18:14
  on the wrist
• 18:14
  you stole
• 18:14
  a pencil
• 18:15
  who hasn't
• 18:17
  stolen from
• 18:17
  the workplace
• 18:18
  or whatever
• 18:19
  but to
• 18:22
  God
• 18:22
  it's
• 18:23
  serious
• 18:23
  sin
• 18:25
  is way
• 18:26
  more
• 18:26
  sinister
• 18:26
  than we
• 18:27
  admit
• 18:28
  when we
• 18:30
  sin
• 18:30
  we are
• 18:30
  telling
• 18:31
  God
• 18:31
  that he
• 18:32
  does not
• 18:33
  deserve
• 18:33
  our
• 18:34
  praise
• 18:35
  and our
• 18:36
  respect
• 18:37
  we're
• 18:39
  saying to
• 18:39
  God
• 18:40
  you are
• 18:40
  not
• 18:41
  God
• 18:41
  I am
• 18:41
  God
• 18:42
  and this
• 18:42
  is
• 18:42
  important
• 18:42
  to me
• 18:43
  even
• 18:45
  if it's
• 18:46
  something
• 18:46
  as small
• 18:47
  as stealing
• 18:47
  a pack
• 18:48
  of gum
• 18:48
  or a
• 18:48
  pen
• 18:49
  and
• 18:51
  Jonah
• 18:52
  is
• 18:52
  face
• 18:53
  to
• 18:53
  face
• 18:53
  in
• 18:53
  desperation
• 18:54
  acknowledging
• 18:55
  the sin
• 18:57
  that he
• 18:57
  committed
• 18:58
  he sees
• 18:59
  it
• 18:59
  he has
• 19:00
  the weight
• 19:01
  of it
• 19:01
  pushing
• 19:02
  him
• 19:03
  to
• 19:03
  the
• 19:03
  bottom
• 19:03
  of
• 19:03
  the
• 19:04
  sea
• 19:04
  he
• 19:11
  says
• 19:12
  I
• 19:13
  went
• 19:13
  down
• 19:14
  in
• 19:16
  verse
• 19:16
  six
• 19:16
  I
• 19:17
  went
• 19:17
  down
• 19:17
  to
• 19:17
  the
• 19:18
  land
• 19:18
  whose
• 19:19
  bars
• 19:19
  closed
• 19:20
  upon
• 19:20
  me
• 19:20
  forever
• 19:22
  he
• 19:23
  was
• 19:24
  sinking
• 19:24
  further
• 19:25
  and
• 19:25
  further
• 19:26
  down
• 19:26
  he
• 19:28
  felt
• 19:28
  he
• 19:28
  was
• 19:28
  trapped
• 19:29
  like
• 19:29
  bars
• 19:30
  of
• 19:30
  a
• 19:30
  prison
• 19:31
  butterfly
• 19:33
  he
• 19:35
  was
• 19:35
  imprisoned
• 19:35
  by
• 19:35
  death
• 19:36
  now
• 19:40
  as a
• 19:41
  pastor
• 19:41
  and I
• 19:42
  know
• 19:42
  Nathan
• 19:43
  would
• 19:43
  agree
• 19:43
  and if
• 19:43
  you
• 19:44
  guys
• 19:44
  have
• 19:44
  a
• 19:44
  pastor's
• 19:44
  heart
• 19:45
  you
• 19:45
  would
• 19:45
  agree
• 19:45
  I
• 19:46
  don't
• 19:46
  want
• 19:46
  to
• 19:47
  see
• 19:47
  any
• 19:47
  of
• 19:47
  you
• 19:48
  in
• 19:49
  Jonah's
• 19:49
  spot
• 19:50
  I
• 19:51
  don't
• 19:51
  want
• 19:51
  to
• 19:51
  see
• 19:51
  anybody
• 19:52
  in
• 19:52
  Jonah's
• 19:52
  spot
• 19:53
  the
• 19:55
  point
• 19:55
  of
• 19:55
  desperation
• 19:56
  and
• 19:56
  then
• 19:57
  you
• 19:57
  finally
• 19:58
  cry
• 19:58
  out
• 19:58
  to
• 19:58
  God
• 19:59
  oh
• 20:00
  well
• 20:00
  God
• 20:00
  is
• 20:00
  sovereign
• 20:01
  God
• 20:03
  is
• 20:03
  ruler
• 20:03
  of
• 20:04
  all
• 20:04
  maybe
• 20:05
  I
• 20:05
  should
• 20:05
  acknowledge
• 20:07
  him
• 20:07
  the
• 20:16
  truth
• 20:16
  of
• 20:16
  the
• 20:17
  matter
• 20:17
  though
• 20:17
  is
• 20:17
  that
• 20:17
  sometimes
• 20:18
  for
• 20:19
  us
• 20:19
  it
• 20:21
  takes
• 20:21
  a
• 20:21
  situation
• 20:22
  like
• 20:22
  this
• 20:23
  or
• 20:23
  situations
• 20:24
  see
• 20:26
  I
• 20:27
  want
• 20:27
  and I
• 20:28
  know
• 20:29
  Nathan
• 20:29
  feels
• 20:29
  this
• 20:29
  way
• 20:30
  I
• 20:30
  want
• 20:30
  to
• 20:30
  be
• 20:30
  able
• 20:30
  to
• 20:30
  communicate
• 20:31
  things
• 20:31
  to
• 20:32
  you
• 20:32
  lay
• 20:32
  it
• 20:32
  out
• 20:33
  right
• 20:33
  in
• 20:33
  front
• 20:34
  of
• 20:34
  you
• 20:34
  you
• 20:34
  guys
• 20:35
  accept
• 20:35
  it
• 20:35
  we
• 20:35
  all
• 20:35
  accept
• 20:36
  it
• 20:36
  we
• 20:36
  all
• 20:36
  walk
• 20:36
  out
• 20:37
  of
• 20:37
  here
• 20:37
  changed
• 20:37
  redeemed
• 20:38
  people
• 20:38
  being
• 20:40
  sanctified
• 20:40
  being
• 20:41
  perfected
• 20:41
  and
• 20:42
  go on
• 20:43
  our
• 20:43
  merry
• 20:43
  !
• 20:43
  way
• 20:43
  and
• 20:44
  everybody
• 20:44
  is
• 20:44
  victorious
• 20:45
  in
• 20:45
  the
• 20:45
  life
• 20:46
  of
• 20:47
  following
• 20:48
  Christ
• 20:48
  doesn't
• 20:51
  end up
• 20:52
  that way
• 20:52
  does it
• 20:52
  we
• 20:55
  tend
• 20:56
  to
• 20:56
  end up
• 20:57
  like
• 20:57
  Jonah
• 20:58
  and
• 20:59
  probably
• 21:00
  in fact
• 21:01
  I know
• 21:01
  this is
• 21:02
  why
• 21:02
  a book
• 21:02
  like
• 21:02
  Jonah
• 21:03
  is
• 21:03
  in
• 21:03
  the
• 21:03
  Bible
• 21:04
  not
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  say
• 21:05
  look
• 21:05
  what
• 21:06
  God
• 21:06
  can
• 21:06
  do
• 21:06
  with
• 21:06
  a
• 21:07
  big
• 21:07
  fish
• 21:07
  although
• 21:07
  that's
• 21:08
  important
• 21:08
  but
• 21:10
  to
• 21:10
  say
• 21:10
  that
• 21:12
  you're
• 21:13
  going
• 21:13
  to
• 21:13
  mess
• 21:13
  up
• 21:13
  that
• 21:15
  you're
• 21:15
  going
• 21:15
  to
• 21:15
  be
• 21:15
  in
• 21:15
  desperation
• 21:15
  but
• 21:16
  God
• 21:16
  is
• 21:16
  going
• 21:16
  to
• 21:16
  be
• 21:17
  merciful
• 21:17
  God
• 21:18
  is
• 21:19
  going
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  provide
• 21:20
  salvation
• 21:21
  for
• 21:21
  you
• 21:22
  and
• 21:22
  he's
• 21:23
  going
• 21:23
  to
• 21:23
  prove
• 21:23
  his
• 21:23
  goodness
• 21:24
  and
• 21:24
  prove
• 21:25
  his
• 21:25
  sovereignty
• 21:25
  and
• 21:26
  prove
• 21:26
  his
• 21:26
  mercy
• 21:27
  to
• 21:27
  you
• 21:27
  even
• 21:32
  in
• 21:34
  this
• 21:34
  repentant
• 21:34
  prayer
• 21:35
  of
• 21:36
  Jonah
• 21:36
  we
• 21:37
  see
• 21:37
  the
• 21:38
  depravity
• 21:39
  of
• 21:39
  man
• 21:40
  for
• 21:41
  Jonah
• 21:42
  waited
• 21:43
  till
• 21:43
  he had
• 21:44
  no
• 21:44
  hope
• 21:44
  he
• 21:45
  waited
• 21:46
  and
• 21:46
  then
• 21:47
  he
• 21:47
  cries
• 21:47
  out
• 21:47
  to
• 21:47
  God
• 21:48
  this
• 21:49
  prayer
• 21:50
  is
• 21:50
  talking
• 21:50
  about
• 21:50
  him
• 21:51
  sinking
• 21:51
  in
• 21:51
  the
• 21:52
  water
• 21:52
  weeds
• 21:53
  coming
• 21:53
  around
• 21:54
  him
• 21:54
  you know
• 22:01
  not only
• 22:02
  does our
• 22:02
  does our
• 22:03
  situation
• 22:04
  around us
• 22:04
  our
• 22:04
  circumstances
• 22:05
  however
• 22:05
  hard
• 22:06
  they
• 22:06
  are
• 22:06
  make
• 22:07
  us
• 22:07
  make
• 22:08
  us
• 22:08
  feel
• 22:08
  the
• 22:08
  despair
• 22:09
  and
• 22:09
  hopelessness
• 22:10
  that
• 22:10
  comes
• 22:10
  with
• 22:10
  sin
• 22:11
  but
• 22:12
  also
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  reality
• 22:13
  of
• 22:13
  no
• 22:14
  longer
• 22:14
  being
• 22:14
  in
• 22:15
  God's
• 22:15
  plan
• 22:15
  no
• 22:16
  longer
• 22:17
  doing
• 22:17
  what
• 22:17
  God
• 22:17
  had
• 22:18
  commanded
• 22:19
  us
• 22:20
  or
• 22:20
  called
• 22:20
  us
• 22:21
  to
• 22:21
  do
• 22:21
  that
• 22:23
  causes
• 22:24
  desperation
• 22:27
  and
• 22:27
  hopelessness
• 22:28
  as
• 22:28
  well
• 22:28
  that's
• 22:32
  just
• 22:33
  evidence
• 22:33
  of
• 22:33
  God
• 22:34
  working
• 22:34
  though
• 22:34
  God
• 22:37
  showing
• 22:39
  himself
• 22:39
  to
• 22:40
  us
• 22:40
  even
• 22:40
  in
• 22:41
  this
• 22:41
  despair
• 22:42
  verse
• 22:44
  4
• 22:44
  says
• 22:45
  I
• 22:46
  am
• 22:46
  driven
• 22:46
  away
• 22:47
  from
• 22:47
  your
• 22:47
  sight
• 22:48
  yet
• 22:50
  I
• 22:50
  shall
• 22:50
  again
• 22:51
  look
• 22:51
  upon
• 22:51
  your
• 22:51
  holy
• 22:52
  temple
• 22:52
  now
• 22:56
  our
• 22:56
  our
• 22:57
  sin
• 22:57
  no
• 22:59
  matter
• 22:59
  what
• 22:59
  it
• 22:59
  is
• 22:59
  pack
• 23:00
  of
• 23:00
  gum
• 23:00
  or
• 23:01
  fleeing
• 23:02
  to
• 23:02
  Tarshish
• 23:02
  separates
• 23:05
  that
• 23:05
  fellowship
• 23:06
  from
• 23:07
  God
• 23:07
  being
• 23:10
  driven
• 23:11
  away
• 23:11
  from
• 23:11
  God
• 23:12
  from
• 23:12
  his
• 23:12
  sight
• 23:13
  but
• 23:14
  the
• 23:15
  second
• 23:15
  part
• 23:16
  of
• 23:16
  that
• 23:16
  verse
• 23:16
  there
• 23:17
  is
• 23:17
  hope
• 23:17
  yet
• 23:19
  I
• 23:19
  shall
• 23:20
  again
• 23:20
  look
• 23:20
  upon
• 23:21
  your
• 23:21
  holy
• 23:21
  temple
• 23:22
  Jonah
• 23:26
  knew
• 23:27
  God
• 23:27
  was
• 23:27
  merciful
• 23:28
  and
• 23:29
  knew
• 23:29
  that
• 23:29
  he
• 23:29
  would
• 23:30
  be
• 23:30
  rescued
• 23:30
  on
• 23:31
  earth
• 23:32
  or
• 23:32
  after
• 23:33
  death
• 23:33
  we
• 23:38
  we
• 23:40
  must
• 23:40
  never
• 23:41
  ever
• 23:41
  ever
• 23:42
  I'll
• 23:42
  say
• 23:42
  an
• 23:43
  extreme
• 23:43
  statement
• 23:44
  we
• 23:44
  must
• 23:44
  never
• 23:44
  ever
• 23:45
  ever
• 23:45
  look
• 23:46
  on
• 23:47
  sin
• 23:47
  without
• 23:51
  serious
• 23:53
  consideration
• 23:54
  and
• 23:55
  weighty
• 23:56
  thought
• 23:57
  sin
• 23:58
  is
• 23:58
  serious
• 23:59
  stuff
• 23:59
  it
• 24:01
  breaks
• 24:01
  our
• 24:01
  fellowship
• 24:02
  with the
• 24:02
  heavenly
• 24:02
  father
• 24:03
  and
• 24:04
  Jonah
• 24:05
  in this
• 24:05
  prayer
• 24:06
  we see
• 24:06
  evidence
• 24:07
  of
• 24:08
  that
• 24:09
  brings
• 24:11
  desperation
• 24:11
  and fear
• 24:13
  of death
• 24:13
  point
• 24:16
  number
• 24:16
  three
• 24:17
  we'll
• 24:18
  see
• 24:18
  the
• 24:18
  observation
• 24:19
  number
• 24:19
  three
• 24:19
  here
• 24:20
  Jonah
• 24:22
  admits
• 24:22
  God's
• 24:23
  sovereignty
• 24:23
  he
• 24:26
  forgot
• 24:27
  my point
• 24:27
  he feels
• 24:28
  the weight
• 24:29
  of his
• 24:29
  sin
• 24:30
  and
• 24:31
  Jonah
• 24:31
  rejoices
• 24:32
  in
• 24:32
  God's
• 24:33
  mercy
• 24:34
  verse
• 24:35
  six
• 24:35
  second
• 24:36
  part
• 24:36
  of
• 24:36
  verse
• 24:36
  six
• 24:37
  verse
• 24:38
  seven
• 24:38
  Jonah
• 24:42
  describes
• 24:42
  the
• 24:43
  situation
• 24:43
  sinking
• 24:44
  the
• 24:46
  waters
• 24:47
  closed
• 24:47
  in
• 24:48
  over
• 24:48
  me
• 24:48
  to
• 24:48
  take
• 24:48
  my
• 24:49
  life
• 24:49
  the
• 24:50
  deep
• 24:50
  surrounded
• 24:50
  me
• 24:51
  seaweed
• 24:51
  weeds
• 24:52
  were
• 24:52
  wrapped
• 24:52
  about
• 24:53
  my
• 24:53
  head
• 24:53
  at
• 24:54
  the
• 24:54
  roots
• 24:54
  of
• 24:54
  the
• 24:55
  mountains
• 24:55
  I'm
• 24:55
  sinking
• 24:56
  further
• 24:56
  and
• 24:56
  further
• 24:57
  down
• 24:57
  yet
• 25:00
  you
• 25:00
  God
• 25:02
  that
• 25:02
  yet
• 25:02
  you
• 25:03
  brought
• 25:03
  up
• 25:03
  my
• 25:03
  life
• 25:04
  from
• 25:04
  the
• 25:04
  pit
• 25:04
  oh
• 25:04
  Lord
• 25:05
  my
• 25:05
  God
• 25:05
  when
• 25:06
  my
• 25:06
  life
• 25:07
  was
• 25:07
  fainting
• 25:07
  away
• 25:08
  I
• 25:08
  remember
• 25:08
  the
• 25:09
  Lord
• 25:09
  and
• 25:09
  my
• 25:09
  prayer
• 25:10
  came
• 25:10
  to
• 25:10
  you
• 25:10
  and
• 25:11
  to
• 25:11
  your
• 25:11
  holy
• 25:12
  temple
• 25:13
  to
• 25:15
  God
• 25:15
  showed
• 25:16
  mercy
• 25:16
  on
• 25:17
  Jonah
• 25:17
  by
• 25:17
  providing
• 25:18
  a
• 25:18
  big
• 25:18
  fish
• 25:19
  to
• 25:19
  swallow
• 25:20
  him
• 25:20
  up
• 25:20
  to
• 25:24
  teach
• 25:24
  him
• 25:24
  and
• 25:25
  to
• 25:25
  take
• 25:26
  him
• 25:26
  in
• 25:26
  the
• 25:26
  proper
• 25:26
  direction
• 25:27
  direction
• 25:30
  that is
• 25:30
  that is
• 25:31
  less
• 25:31
  north
• 25:32
  and
• 25:32
  south
• 25:32
  and
• 25:33
  east
• 25:33
  and
• 25:33
  west
• 25:34
  but
• 25:35
  in
• 25:35
  line
• 25:36
  with
• 25:36
  what
• 25:36
  God
• 25:37
  wanted
• 25:37
  done
• 25:38
  and
• 25:39
  the
• 25:39
  message
• 25:39
  that
• 25:39
  he
• 25:39
  was
• 25:40
  to
• 25:40
  bring
• 25:40
  to
• 25:40
  Nineveh
• 25:42
  see
• 25:43
  this
• 25:43
  verse
• 25:43
  seven
• 25:44
  end
• 25:45
  of
• 25:45
  six
• 25:45
  verse
• 25:46
  seven
• 25:46
  is
• 25:46
  the
• 25:47
  turning
• 25:47
  point
• 25:47
  of
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  prayer
• 25:49
  Jonah
• 25:50
  who
• 25:50
  was
• 25:51
  in
• 25:51
  despair
• 25:51
  describing
• 25:52
  his
• 25:53
  situation
• 25:53
  sinking
• 25:54
  has
• 25:56
  been
• 25:57
  shown
• 25:57
  mercy
• 25:57
  albeit
• 26:00
  miraculously
• 26:01
  by a
• 26:01
  big
• 26:01
  fish
• 26:02
  swallowing
• 26:03
  this
• 26:03
  guy
• 26:03
  up
• 26:03
  God
• 26:07
  reached
• 26:07
  down
• 26:07
  and
• 26:08
  grabbed
• 26:08
  Jonah
• 26:08
  from
• 26:08
  death
• 26:09
  he's
• 26:11
  turned
• 26:11
  from
• 26:12
  gloom
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  from
• 26:13
  despair
• 26:14
  in
• 26:14
  this
• 26:14
  prayer
• 26:15
  to
• 26:19
  worshiping
• 26:19
  God
• 26:20
  singing
• 26:20
  his
• 26:20
  praises
• 26:21
  because
• 26:22
  he
• 26:23
  who
• 26:23
  once
• 26:24
  was
• 26:24
  dead
• 26:24
  is
• 26:24
  now
• 26:25
  alive
• 26:25
  he
• 26:26
  was
• 26:26
  certain
• 26:26
  felt
• 26:27
  he
• 26:27
  was
• 26:27
  certain
• 26:28
  to
• 26:28
  die
• 26:28
  he
• 26:30
  who
• 26:30
  was
• 26:30
  blind
• 26:31
  can
• 26:32
  now
• 26:33
  see
• 26:33
  God
• 26:36
  showed
• 26:36
  mercy
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  man
• 26:37
  who
• 26:37
  ran
• 26:38
  from
• 26:38
  him
• 26:38
  in
• 26:38
  complete
• 26:39
  disobedience
• 26:40
  that
• 26:42
  is
• 26:42
  good
• 26:42
  news
• 26:42
  for
• 26:42
  you
• 26:43
  and
• 26:43
  for
• 26:43
  me
• 26:43
  that
• 26:44
  is
• 26:44
  great
• 26:45
  news
• 26:45
  for
• 26:45
  you
• 26:46
  and
• 26:46
  for
• 26:46
  me
• 26:46
  God
• 26:49
  reaching
• 26:50
  down
• 26:51
  to
• 26:51
  a
• 26:51
  person
• 26:51
  who
• 26:52
  was
• 26:52
  drowning
• 26:53
  in
• 26:53
  sin
• 26:54
  whose
• 26:55
  selfishness
• 26:56
  was
• 26:56
  wrapped
• 26:56
  around
• 26:57
  his
• 26:57
  head
• 26:57
  who
• 26:59
  was
• 26:59
  sinking
• 26:59
  deeper
• 27:00
  and
• 27:00
  deeper
• 27:00
  into
• 27:01
  sin
• 27:01
  and
• 27:04
  showing
• 27:05
  mercy
• 27:05
  to
• 27:05
  that
• 27:05
  person
• 27:06
  see
• 27:08
  we
• 27:08
  have
• 27:08
  evidence
• 27:09
  in
• 27:10
  the
• 27:10
  book
• 27:10
  of
• 27:10
  Jonah
• 27:10
  that
• 27:11
  Jonah
• 27:12
  knew
• 27:12
  God
• 27:12
  was
• 27:13
  merciful
• 27:13
  he
• 27:14
  knew
• 27:15
  it
• 27:15
  this is
• 27:16
  in
• 27:16
  verse
• 27:16
  2
• 27:16
  of
• 27:16
  chapter
• 27:17
  4
• 27:17
  this is
• 27:19
  his
• 27:19
  reason
• 27:20
  why
• 27:20
  he
• 27:20
  didn't
• 27:20
  want
• 27:20
  to
• 27:21
  go
• 27:21
  to
• 27:21
  Nineveh
• 27:22
  in
• 27:22
  the
• 27:22
  first
• 27:22
  place
• 27:23
  oh
• 27:23
  Lord
• 27:23
  is
• 27:24
  not
• 27:24
  this
• 27:24
  what
• 27:24
  I
• 27:24
  said
• 27:25
  when
• 27:25
  I
• 27:25
  was
• 27:25
  yet
• 27:25
  in
• 27:25
  my
• 27:26
  country
• 27:26
  that
• 27:27
  is
• 27:27
  why
• 27:27
  I
• 27:27
  made
• 27:27
  haste
• 27:28
  to
• 27:28
  flew
• 27:28
  to
• 27:28
  Tarshish
• 27:29
  for
• 27:29
  I
• 27:29
  knew
• 27:29
  that
• 27:30
  you
• 27:30
  are
• 27:30
  a
• 27:30
  gracious
• 27:31
  God
• 27:32
  and
• 27:32
  merciful
• 27:32
  but
• 27:39
  I
• 27:39
  don't
• 27:39
  think
• 27:39
  Jonah
• 27:40
  really
• 27:40
  knew
• 27:40
  I
• 27:43
  don't
• 27:43
  think
• 27:43
  Jonah
• 27:43
  really
• 27:44
  got
• 27:45
  it
• 27:46
  until
• 27:49
  God
• 27:50
  showed
• 27:51
  Jonah
• 27:52
  mercy
• 27:52
  until
• 27:53
  Jonah
• 27:54
  was in
• 27:54
  despair
• 27:55
  and
• 27:55
  death
• 27:56
  did
• 27:59
  he
• 28:00
  get
• 28:01
  it
• 28:01
  that
• 28:01
  God
• 28:02
  is
• 28:02
  merciful
• 28:03
  guys
• 28:05
  you
• 28:06
  and
• 28:06
  me
• 28:06
  before
• 28:07
  Christ
• 28:08
  are
• 28:08
  dead
• 28:09
  we
• 28:09
  are
• 28:10
  drowning
• 28:10
  in
• 28:10
  our
• 28:10
  sin
• 28:11
  we
• 28:11
  get
• 28:12
  it
• 28:12
  or
• 28:12
  we
• 28:13
  have
• 28:13
  the
• 28:13
  ability
• 28:13
  to
• 28:14
  get
• 28:14
  it
• 28:14
  that
• 28:15
  God
• 28:15
  is
• 28:16
  merciful
• 28:16
  and
• 28:18
  Jonah
• 28:19
  gets
• 28:19
  it
• 28:20
  now
• 28:20
  and
• 28:20
  he
• 28:20
  rejoices
• 28:21
  in
• 28:21
  God's
• 28:22
  mercy
• 28:22
  so
• 28:23
  when
• 28:23
  we
• 28:24
  sing
• 28:24
  songs
• 28:24
  about
• 28:25
  mercy
• 28:25
  when
• 28:25
  we
• 28:25
  sing
• 28:26
  songs
• 28:26
  about
• 28:26
  God's
• 28:27
  great
• 28:27
  mercy
• 28:28
  and
• 28:28
  great
• 28:28
  salvation
• 28:28
  we
• 28:29
  should
• 28:29
  rejoice
• 28:30
  not
• 28:32
  just
• 28:32
  sing
• 28:33
  it
• 28:33
  because
• 28:33
  it's
• 28:33
  what
• 28:33
  we
• 28:33
  do
• 28:34
  in
• 28:34
  church
• 28:34
  because
• 28:36
  we've
• 28:36
  been
• 28:36
  shown
• 28:37
  this
• 28:37
  same
• 28:37
  mercy
• 28:38
  that
• 28:38
  Jonah
• 28:38
  was
• 28:38
  shown
• 28:39
  and
• 28:42
  what
• 28:42
  follows
• 28:43
  Jonah
• 28:44
  rejoicing
• 28:44
  in
• 28:45
  God's
• 28:45
  mercy
• 28:45
  is
• 28:46
  my
• 28:47
  last
• 28:47
  point
• 28:48
  Jonah
• 28:48
  follows
• 28:49
  God
• 28:49
  and
• 28:50
  commits
• 28:50
  to
• 28:50
  do
• 28:51
  what
• 28:51
  he
• 28:52
  had
• 28:52
  commanded
• 28:53
  him
• 28:53
  to
• 28:53
  do
• 28:54
  being
• 28:57
  the
• 28:57
  recipient
• 28:58
  of
• 28:58
  God's
• 28:58
  mercy
• 28:59
  doesn't
• 28:59
  doesn't
• 28:59
  just
• 29:00
  lead
• 29:00
  to
• 29:00
  worship
• 29:00
  although
• 29:01
  that's
• 29:01
  what
• 29:01
  we
• 29:01
  were
• 29:01
  created
• 29:02
  to
• 29:02
  do
• 29:02
  we
• 29:04
  were
• 29:04
  created
• 29:04
  to sing
• 29:05
  his
• 29:05
  praises
• 29:05
  to
• 29:06
  worship
• 29:06
  God
• 29:06
  but
• 29:06
  we
• 29:07
  know
• 29:07
  that
• 29:07
  worship
• 29:08
  isn't
• 29:08
  just
• 29:08
  an
• 29:09
  act
• 29:10
  of
• 29:10
  song
• 29:11
  or
• 29:11
  an
• 29:11
  act
• 29:11
  of
• 29:12
  something
• 29:12
  you
• 29:12
  do
• 29:13
  on
• 29:13
  Sunday
• 29:13
  morning
• 29:13
  but
• 29:14
  worship
• 29:14
  is
• 29:14
  a
• 29:14
  life
• 29:15
  worship
• 29:16
  is
• 29:16
  living
• 29:16
  out
• 29:17
  glorifying
• 29:18
  !
• 29:18
  God
• 29:18
  in
• 29:18
  everything
• 29:19
  that
• 29:19
  we
• 29:19
  do
• 29:20
  !
• 29:24
  being
• 29:24
  the
• 29:24
  recipient
• 29:25
  of
• 29:25
  God's
• 29:25
  mercy
• 29:25
  doesn't
• 29:26
  just
• 29:26
  lead
• 29:26
  to
• 29:26
  worship
• 29:27
  but
• 29:28
  it
• 29:28
  also
• 29:28
  leads
• 29:29
  to
• 29:29
  obedience
• 29:29
  and
• 29:30
  worshiping
• 29:30
  God
• 29:31
  in
• 29:31
  that
• 29:31
  obedience
• 29:32
  so
• 29:33
  verse
• 29:33
  nine
• 29:34
  Jonah
• 29:36
  closing
• 29:37
  down
• 29:37
  his
• 29:38
  prayer
• 29:38
  but
• 29:40
  I
• 29:40
  with
• 29:40
  the
• 29:40
  voice
• 29:41
  of
• 29:41
  thanksgiving
• 29:42
  acknowledging
• 29:44
  what
• 29:44
  God
• 29:45
  had
• 29:45
  done
• 29:45
  will
• 29:45
  sacrifice
• 29:46
  to
• 29:47
  you
• 29:47
  what
• 29:47
  I
• 29:48
  have
• 29:48
  vowed
• 29:48
  I
• 29:49
  will
• 29:50
  pay
• 29:50
  Jonah
• 29:53
  commits
• 29:54
  to
• 29:54
  do
• 29:54
  what
• 29:54
  God
• 29:54
  commanded
• 29:55
  at
• 29:56
  the
• 29:56
  beginning
• 29:57
  of
• 29:58
  the
• 29:58
  book
• 29:59
  so
• 30:01
  what
• 30:02
  I
• 30:02
  have
• 30:02
  vowed
• 30:02
  I
• 30:02
  will
• 30:03
  pay
• 30:03
  is
• 30:04
  reference
• 30:05
  to
• 30:05
  what
• 30:05
  God
• 30:06
  commanded
• 30:06
  in
• 30:06
  the
• 30:07
  first
• 30:07
  place
• 30:07
  it's
• 30:08
  not
• 30:08
  it's
• 30:09
  not
• 30:09
  the
• 30:10
  vows
• 30:10
  that
• 30:11
  that
• 30:12
  the
• 30:12
  sailors
• 30:13
  made
• 30:13
  at
• 30:13
  the
• 30:13
  end
• 30:13
  of
• 30:14
  chapter
• 30:14
  one
• 30:15
  Jonah
• 30:19
  is
• 30:19
  making
• 30:20
  a
• 30:20
  vow
• 30:20
  to
• 30:20
  say
• 30:20
  God
• 30:21
  you
• 30:22
  commanded
• 30:22
  it
• 30:22
  I
• 30:24
  heard
• 30:24
  it
• 30:24
  clearly
• 30:24
  I
• 30:25
  went
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  other
• 30:26
  way
• 30:26
  I
• 30:26
  am
• 30:27
  going
• 30:27
  to
• 30:27
  do
• 30:27
  what
• 30:27
  you
• 30:27
  said
• 30:28
  in
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  first
• 30:28
  place
• 30:29
  I
• 30:29
  am
• 30:29
  going
• 30:29
  to
• 30:29
  be
• 30:29
  obedient
• 30:30
  to
• 30:30
  you
• 30:30
  because
• 30:31
  you
• 30:31
  have
• 30:31
  shown
• 30:31
  me
• 30:31
  great
• 30:32
  mercy
• 30:32
  God's
• 30:36
  mercy
• 30:37
  is
• 30:38
  shown
• 30:38
  by
• 30:39
  his
• 30:40
  actions
• 30:40
  towards
• 30:40
  us
• 30:41
  by
• 30:41
  saving
• 30:42
  us
• 30:43
  by
• 30:43
  providing
• 30:44
  a
• 30:44
  big
• 30:44
  fish
• 30:45
  by
• 30:46
  pulling
• 30:47
  us
• 30:47
  up
• 30:48
  out
• 30:48
  of
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  depths
• 30:49
  of
• 30:49
  sin
• 30:50
  by
• 30:53
  giving
• 30:54
  us
• 30:54
  daily
• 30:54
  pieces
• 30:55
  of
• 30:56
  mercy
• 30:56
  and
• 30:56
  grace
• 30:57
  but
• 30:59
  he
• 30:59
  also
• 31:00
  shows
• 31:00
  us
• 31:00
  mercy
• 31:01
  by
• 31:01
  allowing
• 31:02
  us
• 31:02
  to be
• 31:03
  part
• 31:03
  of
• 31:03
  what
• 31:03
  he
• 31:03
  is
• 31:03
  doing
• 31:04
  by
• 31:04
  inviting
• 31:05
  somebody
• 31:05
  like
• 31:06
  Jonah
• 31:06
  to be
• 31:07
  used
• 31:07
  by
• 31:07
  God
• 31:08
  to
• 31:08
  go
• 31:08
  to
• 31:08
  Nineveh
• 31:09
  he
• 31:12
  invites
• 31:13
  him
• 31:13
  he
• 31:14
  gave
• 31:14
  him
• 31:14
  a
• 31:14
  second
• 31:14
  chance
• 31:15
  and
• 31:17
  you
• 31:17
  and
• 31:17
  I
• 31:18
  are
• 31:20
  invited
• 31:20
  by
• 31:20
  God
• 31:21
  to
• 31:21
  join
• 31:21
  in
• 31:22
  what
• 31:22
  he
• 31:22
  is
• 31:22
  doing
• 31:23
  he
• 31:26
  we're
• 31:26
  we're
• 31:27
  shown
• 31:28
  mercy
• 31:28
  we're
• 31:30
  shown
• 31:30
  grace
• 31:30
  by
• 31:31
  God
• 31:31
  not
• 31:33
  just
• 31:34
  in
• 31:34
  salvation
• 31:34
  but
• 31:35
  in
• 31:35
  life
• 31:36
  as
• 31:37
  we
• 31:37
  try
• 31:37
  to
• 31:37
  live
• 31:38
  this
• 31:40
  as
• 31:40
  we
• 31:40
  try
• 31:40
  to
• 31:41
  pursue
• 31:41
  God
• 31:42
  I
• 31:45
  want
• 31:45
  to
• 31:45
  close
• 31:46
  with
• 31:46
  this
• 31:47
  look
• 31:48
  at
• 31:48
  verse
• 31:48
  eight
• 31:49
  it
• 31:53
  seems
• 31:53
  to
• 31:53
  not
• 31:54
  fit
• 31:54
  in
• 31:55
  the
• 31:56
  text
• 31:56
  in
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  context
• 31:57
  of
• 31:57
  the
• 31:57
  rest
• 31:57
  of
• 31:58
  the
• 31:58
  prayer
• 31:58
  those
• 31:59
  who
• 31:59
  pay
• 32:00
  regard
• 32:00
  to
• 32:01
  vain
• 32:01
  idols
• 32:01
  forsake
• 32:02
  their
• 32:03
  hope
• 32:03
  of
• 32:03
  steadfast
• 32:04
  love
• 32:05
  it's
• 32:11
  it's
• 32:12
  most
• 32:13
  commentators
• 32:14
  say that
• 32:15
  Jonah is
• 32:15
  speaking to
• 32:16
  Israel
• 32:16
  as he's
• 32:17
  a prophet
• 32:17
  to
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  Israel
• 32:18
  and
• 32:19
  right now
• 32:20
  Israel
• 32:20
  at this
• 32:21
  time
• 32:21
  is not
• 32:21
  a God
• 32:22
  fearing
• 32:22
  land
• 32:23
  they're
• 32:24
  idol
• 32:25
  worshippers
• 32:25
  !
• 32:25
  and
• 32:26
  disobedient
• 32:27
  they have
• 32:29
  fallen away
• 32:30
  from being
• 32:30
  in the
• 32:31
  favor
• 32:31
  of the
• 32:32
  Lord
• 32:32
  so
• 32:34
  so
• 32:35
  how
• 32:35
  does
• 32:36
  this
• 32:36
  fit?
• 32:39
  Jonah
• 32:39
  has been
• 32:40
  shown
• 32:40
  God's
• 32:40
  mercy
• 32:41
  Jonah
• 32:43
  rejoices
• 32:43
  in
• 32:44
  God's
• 32:44
  mercy
• 32:44
  he
• 32:45
  worships
• 32:45
  he
• 32:46
  commits
• 32:46
  to
• 32:47
  to
• 32:48
  do
• 32:49
  what
• 32:49
  God
• 32:50
  had
• 32:50
  commanded
• 32:50
  and
• 32:53
  then
• 32:53
  he
• 32:53
  kind
• 32:54
  of
• 32:54
  gets
• 32:54
  the
• 32:55
  word
• 32:56
  of
• 32:56
  the
• 32:56
  Lord
• 32:56
  revved
• 32:56
  up
• 32:57
  again
• 32:57
  Israel
• 33:00
  listen
• 33:03
  those
• 33:04
  who
• 33:04
  pay
• 33:04
  regard
• 33:05
  to
• 33:05
  vain
• 33:05
  idols
• 33:06
  forsake
• 33:06
  their
• 33:07
  hope
• 33:07
  of
• 33:07
  steadfast
• 33:07
  love
• 33:08
  those
• 33:09
  who
• 33:10
  are
• 33:10
  disobedient
• 33:11
  who
• 33:11
  follow
• 33:12
  themselves
• 33:12
  in
• 33:13
  their
• 33:13
  own
• 33:13
  desires
• 33:14
  because
• 33:14
  I
• 33:14
  didn't
• 33:14
  want
• 33:15
  to
• 33:15
  go
• 33:15
  to
• 33:15
  Nineveh
• 33:16
  I
• 33:17
  paid
• 33:17
  regard
• 33:18
  to
• 33:18
  vain
• 33:18
  idols
• 33:19
  forsake
• 33:22
  their
• 33:22
  hope
• 33:22
  of
• 33:22
  steadfast
• 33:23
  love
• 33:23
  I
• 33:23
  almost
• 33:24
  died
• 33:25
  !
• 33:25
  But
• 33:25
  God
• 33:26
  showed
• 33:26
  me
• 33:26
  mercy
• 33:26
  most
• 33:34
  likely
• 33:35
  he's
• 33:35
  talking
• 33:35
  to
• 33:35
  Israel
• 33:36
  but
• 33:38
  guys
• 33:38
  he's
• 33:38
  talking
• 33:39
  to
• 33:39
  you
• 33:39
  and
• 33:39
  me
• 33:39
  as
• 33:39
  well
• 33:40
  Solomon
• 33:42
  described
• 33:43
  vanity
• 33:43
  as
• 33:45
  chasing
• 33:46
  smoke
• 33:47
  you
• 33:50
  can
• 33:50
  never
• 33:50
  grab
• 33:50
  it
• 33:51
  you
• 33:51
  can
• 33:51
  never
• 33:51
  get
• 33:52
  a
• 33:52
  hold
• 33:52
  of
• 33:52
  it
• 33:52
  and
• 33:55
  if
• 33:55
  you
• 33:55
  contain
• 33:55
  it
• 33:55
  you
• 33:56
  find
• 33:56
  out
• 33:56
  that
• 33:56
  it's
• 33:56
  worthless
• 33:57
  the
• 33:59
  value
• 33:59
  of
• 33:59
  it
• 33:59
  is
• 33:59
  nothing
• 34:00
  those
• 34:04
  who
• 34:05
  worship
• 34:05
  stuff
• 34:06
  other
• 34:07
  gods
• 34:08
  feelings
• 34:09
  things
• 34:10
  opinions
• 34:11
  knowledge
• 34:13
  those
• 34:17
  who
• 34:17
  pay
• 34:18
  regard
• 34:18
  to
• 34:18
  vain
• 34:19
  idols
• 34:20
  these
• 34:22
  things
• 34:23
  those
• 34:23
  who
• 34:24
  worship
• 34:24
  these
• 34:24
  things
• 34:25
  those
• 34:26
  who
• 34:26
  find
• 34:26
  their
• 34:26
  identity
• 34:27
  will
• 34:28
  forsake
• 34:29
  their
• 34:30
  hope
• 34:30
  of
• 34:30
  steadfast
• 34:31
  love
• 34:32
  see
• 34:33
  Jonah
• 34:33
  was
• 34:34
  shown
• 34:34
  this
• 34:34
  steadfast
• 34:35
  love
• 34:35
  God
• 34:36
  showed
• 34:36
  mercy
• 34:37
  to him
• 34:38
  and of
• 34:38
  course
• 34:39
  for you
• 34:39
  and for
• 34:39
  me
• 34:40
  the only
• 34:40
  way we
• 34:41
  obtain
• 34:41
  steadfast
• 34:42
  love
• 34:42
  is through
• 34:43
  Jesus
• 34:44
  Christ
• 34:44
  do you
• 34:46
  know what
• 34:46
  the name
• 34:47
  of Jesus
• 34:47
  means
• 34:48
  you know
• 34:49
  what Jesus
• 34:49
  means
• 34:50
  means
• 34:50
  salvation
• 34:51
  belongs
• 34:52
  to the
• 34:52
  Lord
• 34:53
  verse
• 34:54
  nine
• 34:55
  but I
• 34:58
  with the
• 34:58
  voice of
• 34:58
  thanksgiving
• 34:59
  will
• 34:59
  sacrifice
• 35:00
  to you
• 35:00
  what I
• 35:01
  have
• 35:01
  vowed
• 35:01
  I
• 35:02
  will
• 35:02
  pay
• 35:02
  salvation
• 35:04
  belongs
• 35:05
  to the
• 35:06
  Lord
• 35:06
  Jesus
• 35:08
  is
• 35:09
  the
• 35:10
  big
• 35:11
  fish
• 35:11
  bigger
• 35:13
  fish
• 35:14
  better
• 35:14
  fish
• 35:15
  he is
• 35:16
  the way
• 35:17
  that God
• 35:17
  showed
• 35:18
  his
• 35:18
  ultimate
• 35:18
  mercy
• 35:19
  on us
• 35:20
  God
• 35:22
  is
• 35:22
  merciful
• 35:22
  and
• 35:25
  only
• 35:25
  Jesus
• 35:26
  Christ
• 35:27
  only
• 35:28
  Jesus
• 35:28
  Christ
• 35:28
  can
• 35:29
  save
• 35:29
  you
• 35:29
  from
• 35:30
  drowning
• 35:30
  we
• 35:32
  can
• 35:32
  try
• 35:32
  to
• 35:32
  help
• 35:32
  you
• 35:33
  but
• 35:33
  we
• 35:33
  can't
• 35:33
  do
• 35:33
  it
• 35:34
  only
• 35:35
  Jesus
• 35:35
  Christ
• 35:36
  only
• 35:36
  he
• 35:36
  can
• 35:37
  revive
• 35:37
  you
• 35:37
  from
• 35:37
  your
• 35:38
  despair
• 35:38
  only
• 35:41
  he
• 35:42
  can
• 35:42
  take
• 35:43
  the
• 35:43
  weeds
• 35:43
  that
• 35:44
  are
• 35:44
  wrapped
• 35:44
  around
• 35:44
  your
• 35:45
  head
• 35:45
  and
• 35:45
  remove
• 35:45
  them
• 35:46
  Jesus
• 35:49
  is
• 35:49
  who
• 35:49
  you
• 35:50
  need
• 35:50
  he
• 35:52
  is
• 35:52
  God's
• 35:52
  mercy
• 35:53
  hand
• 35:53
  and
• 35:54
  he
• 35:54
  is
• 35:54
  worthy
• 35:55
  of
• 35:55
  your
• 35:56
  praise
• 35:57
  pray
• 35:59
  with
• 35:59
  me