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​​Book of Jonah Chapter Three.  

Chapter three, we find God extending a second chance for Jonah to follow through with his calling and salvation for the Ninevites.  The results are favorable.  Yet, Jonah is resentful for what God did in providing salvation to the Ninevites.  God is very patient with Jonah as He  teaches him what compassion is. 

I.  Jonah's Commission To Sinners - vs.1-4

  • The Call From God - vs.1 ...word of the Lord came unto Jonah...
  • The Command To Go - vs.2  ...Arise and go...
  1. Where To Go - vs.2a   ...unto Nineveh...
  2. What To Do - vs.2b   ...preach...
  • The Commitment To God - vs.3,4
  1. Jonah Obeys The Command - vs.3a   ...So Jonah arose...
  2. Jonah Observes The City - vs.3b   ...Now Nineveh...     

Note:  He Assesses The City - vs3b.   ...great city...

Note:  He Appeals To The City - vs.4
a.  His Appeal Is Passionate - vs.4a  ...and he cried...
b.  His Appeal Is Pointed - vs.4b   ...and said, yet forty days...

c.  His Appeal Is Powerful - vs.4c  ...Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Book of Jonah Chapter Three...  Continued...​
II.  God's Remission Of Sin - vs.5,10

  • Nineveh's Faith In God - vs.5a  ...   ...So the people of Nineveh believed God...
  • Nineveh's Fast Toward God - vs.5b  ...proclaimed a fast...

It Was Universal - vs.5c   ...from the greatest...to the least of them...
It Was Personal - vs.6   ...the king of Nineveh...
It Was Powerful - vs.7  ...And (the king) caused it to be proclaimed...
It Was Successful - vs.8  ...let them turn every one from his evil...

  • Nineveh's Favor From God - vs.9,10

Reassurance Was Sought - vs.9  ...Who can tell if God will turn...
Repentance Was Seen - vs.10  ...God saw their works...
Remission Was Sown - vs.10b  ...and God repented of the evil...

God's Preachers are NOT a dime a dozen. They are motivated and moved by a threefold cord:
1. The Greatness Of God (Isaiah 6:1)
2. The Grace Of God (Isaiah 6:7)
3. The Groaning Of God (Isaiah 6:8)

God's preachers  are possessed with a personal disdain for self-preservation (Gal. 6:7,8). God's preacher knows that to live is Christ, and to die is gain.   God's preacher wants every sinner saved and every saint sanctified.  They are heavenly minded... holy in manner, honest before men.  They are swayed by the pressing work of the indwelling Holy Spirit  for exclusive allegiance unto Christ and sound biblical teaching.

Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger