“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons… and also much cattle?” Jonah 4:11 There is a side of God that unsettles human logic—the part of Him that refuses to give up on people who have done everything to deserve judgment. Nineveh was not innocent. Their wickedness…
“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” Jonah 3:10 When the people of Nineveh heard God’s warning through Jonah, they didn’t ignore it—they responded with genuine repentance. From the…
“But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.” Jonah 2:9 In the depths of distress, Jonah shifted his posture—not by changing his location immediately, but by changing his language. From the belly of the fish, he lifted a voice…
“Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” Jonah 1:17 “Does God leave me or look away from me when I disobey Him?” Have you ever wondered about the answer to this question? In our passage,…
“But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.” Jonah 1:3 Have you…
“Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.” Jonah 3:2 God’s commands are usually ones that throw us far out of our comfort zones. And because our flesh isn’t comfortable with these instructions, most times, we want to run away. The reasons we run away might be…