>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>JONAH REALIZED HE NEARLY
KILLED EVERYONE ON THAT SHIP
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BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING FROM GOD.
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED YOUR
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DECISION TO SERVE GOD OR RUN
FROM GOD NOT ONLY AFFECTS YOU,
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BUT IT WILL
AFFECT PEOPLE AROUND YOU?
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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>>IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS THE TENTH AND FINAL
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PRESENTATION IN THIS SERIES, AND
WE HOPE THAT THE WORD OF GOD HAS
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TOUCHED YOUR LIVES AND YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO STUDY BECAUSE THAT'S
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WHERE THE POWER IS.
AND SO WE, IN OUR HEROES OF
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FAITH PRESENTATION, TONIGHT
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
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ABOUT THE SIGN OF JONAH. THE
SIGN OF JONAH - WHAT IS THAT?
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NOW, I KNOW, THERE ARE PROBABLY
SOME SKEPTICS OUT THERE THAT ARE
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SAYING, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN'T
REALLY TAKE THE BOOK OF JONAH
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SERIOUSLY.' WELL, I DO BECAUSE
JESUS DID. JESUS STATED IT VERY
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EMPHATICALLY, THAT
HE BELIEVED THE BOOK OF
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JONAH WAS REAL AND HE SAID,
'THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN
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LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE
AND THE STORY OF JONAH, THAT CAN
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HELP US IN OUR LIVES TODAY.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'HOW
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IS HE A HERO OF
FAITH?' STAY WITH ME.
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GO TO THE BOOK OF JONAH, CHAPTER
1, "NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD
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CAME TO JONAH" - THE WORD
'JONAH', BY THE WAY, MEANS
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'DOVE' - "THE SON OF AMITTAI,
SAYING, 'ARISE, GO TO NINEVEH,
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THAT GREAT CITY, AND CRY OUT
AGAINST IT; FOR THEIR WICKEDNESS
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HAS COME UP BEFORE ME.'
BUT JONAH AROSE TO FLEE TO
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TARSHISH FROM THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD."
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AND GOD SAID,
'JONAH, YOU'RE A PROPHET.
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I'VE GOT A WORK FOR YOU TO
DO. I WANT YOU TO GO PROPHESY.
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I WANT YOU TO GO EAST TO NINEVEH
AND TALK TO THE WICKED PEOPLE IN
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THAT GREAT CITY. TELL
THEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
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BE JUDGED FOR THEIR SINS.' BUT
YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE
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OF NINEVEH DIDN'T GET ALONG VERY
WELL WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
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ANY MORE THAN THEY DO TODAY.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE AN ORTHODOX
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JEW - DRESSED AS AN ORTHODOX JEW
- WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN SAUDI
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ARABIA TELLING THEM
THEY'RE ALL WICKED AND GOD IS
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GOING TO DESTROY THEM.
THAT MIGHT NOT LAST VERY LONG.
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SO, JONAH, YOU COULD
UNDERSTAND HIS RELUCTANCE.
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NOT ONLY THAT, THEY
HAD BEEN PERSECUTED.
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IT WAS ASSYRIA THAT HAD
CARRIED AWAY TEN OF THE TRIBES.
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THEY HAD BEEN PERSECUTED BY
THE ASSYRIANS AND THE LAST THING
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JONAH WANTED TO DO WAS
GO WARN THEM SO THEY REPENT.
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HE KIND OF FELT, 'WELL, IF GOD'S
GOING TO JUDGE THEM I'M NOT
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GOING ANYWHERE.
LET HIM JUDGE THEM.
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THEY WERE THE
AVOWED ENEMIES OF ISRAEL.
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AND SO GOD TOLD HIM TO GO
EAST - INSTEAD, HE WENT WEST.
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MAYBE JONAH WAS THINKING, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, THE LORD - IT WAS A
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SUGGESTION.' NO, IT
WASN'T A SUGGESTION.
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GOD'S WILL TOLD HIM WHAT TO
DO BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO WHAT
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THE WORD OF THE
LORD TOLD HIM TO DO.
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THE WORD OF THE LORD,
FURTHERMORE, SAID, 'ARISE' -
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GOD'S WORD: ELEVATES - BUT JONAH
DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT AND IT SAYS
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HE WENT DOWN. "HE
AROSE TO FLEE TO TARSHISH
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FROM THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD." CAN YOU FLEE FROM
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GOD'S PRESENCE?
ISN'T THAT SILLY?
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YOU WOULD THINK THAT AT LEAST
A THEOLOGIAN, LIKE A PROPHET,
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WOULD KNOW THAT. BUT WHO KNOWS?
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MAYBE JONAH WAS THINKING TO
HIMSELF, 'WELL, I'LL TELL YOU
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WHAT, I'M GOING TO GO DOWN
TO JOPPA' - THAT'S WHERE THE
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SEAPORT WAS - 'AND IF IT TURNS
OUT THAT THERE ARE ANY SHIPS
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GOING TO TARSHISH, I'LL TAKE
THAT AS A SIGN FROM THE LORD
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THAT IT'S OKAY THAT I GO.' SO HE
GETS TO JOPPA AND, SURE ENOUGH,
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THERE ARE SHIPS IN THE HARBOR
GETTING READY TO DEPART THE NEXT
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DAY. HE SAYS, 'LORD, I'M GOING
TO THROW OUT ANOTHER FLEECE.
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IF IT TURNS OUT THEY'VE GOT ROOM
FOR ONE MORE PASSENGER, THEN
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I'LL TAKE IT AS A SIGN THAT
IT'S OKAY FOR ME NOT TO DO WHAT
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YOU'RE SAYING.' SURE ENOUGH, HE
ASKED - THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD
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ROOM. HIS CONSCIENCE IS STILL
BOTHERING HIM SO JONAH SAID,
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'LORD, ONE MORE THING: IF IT
TURNS OUT I'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY
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FOR THE FARE, THEN THAT'LL BE A
SIGN YOU'RE GOING TO LET ME OFF
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THE HOOK AND I DON'T
HAVE TO TALK TO THE ASSYRIANS.
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SURE ENOUGH, THEY TOLD HIM
HOW MUCH IT WAS - IT WAS JUST
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ENOUGH. BY THE WAY, IT
COSTS YOU TO RUN FROM GOD.
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SO HE PAID THE FARE AND IT
WAS EVEN NICE SAILING WEATHER.
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SO HE FIGURED, 'YOU KNOW, EVEN
THOUGH THE WORD OF THE LORD TOLD
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ME, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO IT
AND GOD'S JUST GOING TO - WE'RE
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GOING TO IGNORE
IT AND IT'LL GO AWAY.
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HAS GOD EVER TOLD YOU SOMETHING
HE WANTED YOU TO DO OR DIDN'T
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WANT YOU TO DO AND YOU THINK,
BECAUSE THE SUN KEEPS SHINING
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AND THE BIRDS KEEP SINGING, IT
MUST BE OKAY THAT YOU CONTINUE
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TO LIVE IN DISOBEDIENCE?
I HAVE MET PEOPLE BEFORE - I
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REMEMBER COUNSELING
WITH A MAN AND A WOMAN.
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THEY'D JUST LEFT THEIR
SPOUSES AND GOT TOGETHER.
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THEY WERE LIVING IN AN
ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP AND THEY
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SAID, 'BUT YOU KNOW, PASTOR
DOUG, WE JUST - THOSE OTHER
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MARRIAGES WERE MISTAKES' -
THEY WERE STILL MARRIED TO THESE
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OTHER PEOPLE - 'AND WE JUST SEE
HOW GOD IS BLESSING AND IT SEEMS
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LIKE EVERYTHING
IS GOING BETTER NOW.
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WE HAVE PEACE AND IT MUST BE
GOD'S WILL.' I SAID, 'WHAT ABOUT
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THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT
SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
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ADULTERY?' AND
THEY WANTED TO SKIP OVER
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THAT PART BECAUSE THEY
HAD ALL THIS CIRCUMSTANTIAL
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EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS OKAY.
WELL, JONAH THOUGHT - BY THE
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WAY, FRIENDS, IF YOU
DIDN'T CATCH IT, WE CAN CONVINCE
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OURSELVES TO BELIEVE WHATEVER
WE WANT TO BELIEVE AND THE DEVIL
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WILL GIVE YOU A THOUSAND
RATIONALIZATIONS TO DO WHAT YOU
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WANT TO DO THAT MAY NOT
BE THE WORD OF THE LORD.
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THE WORD OF THE LORD
SAID, 'JONAH, GO EAST.
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PREACH. YOU'RE A PREACHER.
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THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU
TO DO.' HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
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WHATEVER HIS REASONS
WERE, HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
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SO HE'S GOING
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
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HE'S FLEEING FROM THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD, "BUT THE LORD SENT
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OUT A GREAT WIND," - NOW
THIS WAS THE SAILING SEASON.
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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD.
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EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE - "AND
THERE WAS A MIGHTY TEMPEST ON
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THE SEA, SO THAT THE SHIP
WAS ABOUT TO BE BROKEN UP.
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THEN THE MARINERS WERE AFRAID;
AND EVERY MAN CRIED OUT TO HIS
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GOD, AND THREW THE CARGO THAT
WAS IN THE SHIP INTO THE SEA," -
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EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A GREAT
LOSS. BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT,
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'WHAT'S MORE THAN LIFE?
WHAT IS WORTH MORE THAN LIFE?'
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AND THEY'RE PRAYING -
AND THEN IT SAYS 'BUT' AGAIN.
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THE SAILORS ARE PRAYING.
THE SAILORS ARE SACRIFICING.
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THESE ARE THE PAGANS - BUT THE
JEW, WHO'S SUPPOSED TO KNOW GOD
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AND KNOW THE TRUTH, HE'S DOWN IN
THE LOWEST PART OF THE SHIP AND
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HE'S FAST ASLEEP. SO THE
CAPTAIN COMES BELOW DECK.
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HE'S LOOKING AROUND FOR ANYTHING
ELSE THAT THEY CAN THROW
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OVERBOARD AND HE
FINDS A SNORING HYPOCRITE.
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HE COMES TO HIM AND HE SAYS
- VERSE 6 - "WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
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SLEEPER? ARISE,
CALL ON YOUR GOD;
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PERHAPS YOUR GOD WILL CONSIDER
US, SO THAT WE MAY NOT PERISH."
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- THE VERY SAME WORDS THAT
WERE SPOKEN TO JESUS - 'MASTER,
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CAREST THOU NOT
THAT WE ARE PERISHING?'
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- SO THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER
- HE COMES UP DECK AND HE'S
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RUBBING HIS EYES AND GOING, 'OH
NO, I WAS AFRAID OF THIS.' HE
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KNOWS RIGHT AWAY, WHEN HE
SEES THIS HOWLING STORM, IT'S A
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SUPERNATURAL STORM
THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
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JONAH KNOWS IN HIS HEART THAT
SMOOTH SAILING WAS JUST - GOD
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WAS GIVING HIM TIME TO REPENT
AND HE WAITED - "AND THEY SAID
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TO ONE ANOTHER, 'COME, LET
US CAST LOTS, THAT WE MIGHT KNOW
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FOR WHOSE CAUSE THIS
TROUBLE HAS COME UPON US.'
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SO THEY CAST LOTS, AND
THE LOT FELL ON JONAH."
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NOW VERY QUICKLY, WHAT
THAT WAS IN BIBLE TIMES -
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THEY HAD A WAY OF, LIKE, DRAWING
STRAWS. THEY WOULD HAVE, LIKE, A
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JAR THAT HAD A NARROW OPENING
AND THEY WOULD PUT ALL OF THESE
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BLACK STONES IN THERE AND ONE
WHITE STONE, DEPENDING ON HOW
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MANY PEOPLE THEY
WERE CASTING LOTS WITH.
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THEY'D SHAKE IT - KIND OF LIKE
A LOTTERY - THEY'D PUT THE THUMB
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OVER IT AND THEY'D DROP OUT ONE
STONE AND WHOEVER GOT THE WHITE
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STONE, YOU WERE THE
ONE THAT WAS BUSTED.
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YOU WERE THE ONE THAT PICKED
- AND ONE BY ONE THEY'RE GOING
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AROUND AND, PROBABLY, JONAH WAS
THE LAST ONE AND OUT COMES THE
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WHITE STONE AND THEY ALL
LOOK AT HIM AND HE LOOKS UP.
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AND HE KNOWS HE'S BEEN
RUNNING FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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MATTER OF FACT, HE 'FESSES UP.
THEY SAID TO HIM, "PLEASE, TELL
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US!' - THEY'RE ALL FIRING
QUESTIONS AT HIM - "FOR WHOSE
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CAUSE IS THIS TROUBLE
UPON US? WHAT IS YOUR OCCU..."
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- USUALLY WHEN THE WEATHER'S NOT
- WHEN THE WEATHER'S BAD, YOU
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DON'T TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO
YOU AND SAY, 'WHAT DID YOU DO?'
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(LAUGHTER) RIGHT? BUT
THIS IS NO SMALL STORM.
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THIS IS LIKE A SUPERNATURAL
STORM AND THE BOAT IS CREAKING
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AND GROANING WITH EVERY NEW WAVE
AND THEY FIGURE AT ANY MOMENT
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IT'S GOING TO
BUST TO SMITHEREENS.
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"WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?
AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
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WHAT IS YOUR COUNTRY?
AND OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE YOU?"
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- THEY'RE JUST FIRING QUESTIONS
OUT AND FINALLY HE SAYS,
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"I AM A HEBREW; AND I FEAR
THE LORD, THE GOD OF HEAVEN, WHO
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MADE THE SEA AND THE DRY LAND."
- RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS, 'AND HE'S
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THE GOD THAT MADE THE SEA
- YOU SEE, THEY HAD ALL THESE
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DIFFERENT GODS AND HE WANTED
TO BE CLEAR, 'I WORSHIP THE GOD
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THAT MADE EVERYTHING ALL
YOUR GODS ARE MADE OUT OF.
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I WORSHIP THE GOD OF GODS.'
"THEN THE MEN WERE EXCEEDINGLY
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AFRAID," - YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY
WOKE UP JESUS AND HE CALMED THE
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SEA, IT SAYS THEY WERE
EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID - "THEN THE
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MEN WERE EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID AND
SAID, 'WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS?'"
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- GOOD QUESTION. WHY
WOULD YOU RUN FROM GOD?
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THE BIBLE SAYS EVERY GOOD
AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM GOD.
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WOULD GOD EVER ASK YOU TO
DO SOMETHING THAT IS ULTIMATELY
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BAD? THINK ABOUT THAT.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT DO HIS WILL
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THEN, IF GOD'LL NEVER
ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING BAD?
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BECAUSE WE DON'T TRUST HIM - OR
WE WORSHIP OUR IDEAS MORE THAN
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GOD? WHY DID HE DO THIS?
HE NEVER GIVES AN ANSWER.
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"FOR THE MEN KNEW THAT HE FLED
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
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BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD THEM.
THEN THEY SAID TO HIM, 'WHAT
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SHALL WE DO TO YOU THAT THE SEA
MAY BE CALM FOR US? - FOR THE
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SEA WAS GROWING MORE
TEMPESTUOUS." - THE LONGER THEY
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WAITED IT LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
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EVERY TIME THE BOAT WENT DOWN IN
THE TROUGH OF A WAVE, MORE WATER
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CAME IN AND THEY WERE PROBABLY
BAILING WITH ALL OF THEIR MIGHT
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AND STILL THE BOAT WAS GETTING
LOWER AND LOWER IN THE WATER AND
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IT LOOKED LIKE THE NEXT WAVE
WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST ONE.
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AND JONAH SAID SOMETHING
PECULIAR, "PICK ME UP" -
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VERSE 12 - "AND
THROW ME INTO THE SEA; THEN
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THE SEA WILL
BECOME CALM FOR YOU.
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FOR I KNOW THAT THIS
GREAT TEMPEST IS BECAUSE OF ME."
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- THROW ME - "NEVERTHELESS
THE MEN ROWED HARD TO RETURN TO
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LAND, BUT THEY COULD NOT," -
THEY'RE BEING WASHED FURTHER AND
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FURTHER OUT TO SEA - "THEREFORE
THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD" -
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THEY KNEW THE NEXT WAVE WAS
GOING TO BE THEIR LAST AND THEY
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THOUGHT, 'WHAT
HAVE WE GOT TO LOSE?'
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- "THEREFORE THEY CRIED OUT TO
THE LORD AND SAID, 'WE PRAY, O
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LORD, PLEASE DO NOT LET US
PERISH FOR THIS MAN'S LIFE," -
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GOD SO LOVED US THAT HE GAVE HIS
SON THAT WE MIGHT NOT PERISH,
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BECAUSE JESUS GAVE HIS
LIFE - "...DO NOT CHARGE US WITH
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INNOCENT BLOOD;" - YOU KNOW
WHAT PILATE SAID AT THE TRIAL OF
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CHRIST? 'I DON'T WANT TO BE
GUILTY OF THIS MAN'S INNOCENT
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BLOOD.' WERE THEY
CASTING LOTS AT THE CROSS?
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WERE THEY
CASTING LOTS FOR JONAH?
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JESUS SAID, 'NO SIGN WILL BE
GIVEN BUT THE SIGN OF JONAH.' -
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"FOR YOU, O LORD, HAVE
DONE AS IT PLEASED YOU."
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YOU READ THE PROPHECY ABOUT
JESUS IN ISAIAH 53 AND IT SAYS
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IT PLEASED THE LORD TO
BRUISE HIM FOR OUR SAKE.
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"...LORD, HAVE
DONE AS IT PLEASED YOU."
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SO, WAS JONAH A
WILLING SACRIFICE?
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HE SAID, 'YOU MUST THROW ME
OVERBOARD.' NOW YOU'VE GOT SIX
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MEN OR SO AND THEY EACH GRABBED
THE HANDS AND THE FEET OF JONAH
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AND THEY SAID, 'ONE' - AND THEY
SWUNG HIM OUT AND BACK - 'TWO' -
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THEY SWUNG HIM A LITTLE FURTHER
- 'THREE' - HURLED HIM OVER THE
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SIDE AND WHEN HE HIT THE WATER,
INSTANTLY THE WAVES BEGAN TO
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FLATTEN OUT AND THE WIND STOPPED
LIKE IT HAD PUT ON BRAKES AND
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THERE WAS A GREAT CALM.
THE SEA CEASEd FROM ITS RAGING?
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DID JESUS CALM THE SEA?
DOES JONAH CALM THE SEA?
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'NO SIGN'LL BE GIVEN
BUT THE SIGN OF JONAH.' -
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THEN THE MEN FEARED
THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY -
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DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
JESUS CALMED THE SEA?
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I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT
HERE IT SAYS IT AGAIN: 'THE MEN
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FEARED THE LORD EXCEEDINGLY AND
SACRIFICED TO THE LORD AND TOOK
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VOWS.' WHEN JESUS CALMED THE SEA
THEY SAID, 'WHAT MANNER OF MAN
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IS THIS THAT EVEN THE
WIND AND THE WAVES OBEY HIM?
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THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, "NOW THE
LORD HAD PREPARED A GREAT FISH
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AND IT SWALLOWED JONAH."
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT
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JONAH IS
SOMETHING OF A HERO FOR ME.
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AT WHAT POINT DO YOU GIVE UP
AND THINK THERE'S NO MORE HOPE?
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I MEAN, IF I WAS IN THE STORM,
AND I KNOW THIS STORM HAPPENED
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AND THESE GUYS THROW ME
OVERBOARD, I WOULD THINK, 'OH
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WELL, I'M
GETTING WHAT I DESERVE.
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IF SOMEONE'S GOT TO
GO, IT'S GOT TO BE ME.
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ALL OF THIS TROUBLE HAPPENED
TO THEM BECAUSE I'M RUNNING FROM
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GOD.' JONAH REALIZED HE NEARLY
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KILLED EVERYONE ON THAT SHIP
BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING FROM GOD.
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HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED YOUR
DECISION TO SERVE GOD OR RUN
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FROM GOD NOT ONLY AFFECTS YOU,
BUT IT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE AROUND
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YOU. >>AMEN.
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>>CHRIST HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT YOUR DECISION TO RUN FROM
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HIM OR TO FOLLOW HIM WILL REACT
AND REACT AGAIN IN SAVING OR
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DESTROYING LIVES AROUND YOU.
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND AND IF YOU
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MAKE IT TO THE KINGDOM, YOU WILL
SEE, ON THE STREETS OF GOLD,
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PEOPLE THAT WERE, NO
DOUBT, INFLUENCED BY YOUR
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POSITIVE DECISION. AND
IF YOU'RE IN THE LAKE OF
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FIRE AND IT CREEPS UP AROUND
YOUR ANKLES, YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE
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THAT WERE
INFLUENCED BY YOUR DECISION.
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WHAT KIND OF DECISION -
WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE ARE YOU
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HAVING? JONAH
REALIZED 'THEY'RE BEING LOST.
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THEY'RE PERISHING
BECAUSE I'M RUNNING FROM GOD.'
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I WOULD HAVE
GIVEN UP AT THAT POINT.
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BUT JONAH, NOW, HE'S GOING
ON THIS UNSCHEDULED TOUR INSIDE
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THIS SEA MONSTER - YOU WANT
TO KNOW WHO THE FIRST SUBMARINER
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WAS IN THE WORLD? THAT
WOULD BE JONAH - BUT THEY
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DIDN'T GIVE HIM A PORTHOLE.
AND SO - AND YOU KNOW, I'VE
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OFTEN THOUGHT, IF JONAH WAS
ALIVE INSIDE THE FISH, WHAT IF
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THE FISH HAD SOME HORS
D'OEUVRES BEFORE JONAH?
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(LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW, HAVE A FEW
JELLYFISH - YOU EVER BEEN STUNG
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BY A JELLYFISH?
I HAVE - IT HURTS!
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HAVE A FEW SEA URCHINS AND SOME
OCTOPUS - THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GET
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THE LITTLE STICKERS ON YOU IN
THE DARK THERE INSIDE THE FISH'S
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURROUNDED BY
ALL THAT SUSHI - IN THE DARK -
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LITTLE BIOLUMINESCENT
THINGS FLASHING - 'WHAT'S THAT?'
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- YOU KNOW? SEA
URCHINS JABBING YOU AND -
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IT MUST HAVE BEEN MISERABLE.
I KNOW, WE'RE JOKING ABOUT
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IT BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW MISERABLE THAT WAS?
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IT'S DESCRIBING THE
SUFFERINGS OF JESUS.
00:16:14.00\00:16:17.34
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS, BUT
JONAH, EVEN IN THAT, HE PRAYED
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FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE MOUNTAINS.
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NOW IF THERE'S A PLACE YOU
CAN RUN WHERE GOD CAN'T HEAR
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YOUR PRAYERS, IT WOULD NOT BE
JOPPA OR TARSHISH OR TIMBUKTU.
00:16:25.88\00:16:30.02
BUT I THINK, IF YOU'RE INSIDE A
WHALE IN THE DARK, AT THE BOTTOM
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OF THE MOUNTAINS, THAT WOULD
BE ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM GOD AS
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YOU COULD GET. CAN YOU
PICTURE, GEOGRAPHICALLY,
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ANY WAY TO HIDE BETTER FROM GOD
THAN TO TRY TO SNEAK OFF INTO
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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A FISH
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAINS
00:16:43.10\00:16:45.97
AND SEE 'MAYBE HE'LL FORGET
ABOUT ME'? IF - YOU KNOW, THIS
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IS WONDERFUL, BECAUSE IF GOD
COULD HEAR JONAH'S PRAYER FROM
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THERE, IS THERE HOPE FOR YOU?
AND YET, FROM THAT PREDICAMENT,
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JOHN - JONAH PRAYED AND
HE HAD TO PRAY PATIENTLY.
00:16:59.95\00:17:03.65
SOMETIMES YOUR PRAYERS
AREN'T ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY.
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IF I WAS IN THAT, I'D SAY,
'LORD, HELP ME NOW.' (LAUGHTER)
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AN HOUR LATER I'D
SAY, 'HOW LONG, O LORD?'
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AND A DAY LATER I'D SAY, 'I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN LAST MUCH
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LONGER.' HE PROBABLY
DIDN'T SLEEP VERY WELL.
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WAS JONAH IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF
WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID OR WHAT HE
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DID TO HIMSELF? DON'T
WE OFTEN GET INTO TROUBLE
00:17:21.94\00:17:25.54
BY MAKING BAD DECISIONS?
AND YET, IN SPITE OF THE FACT
00:17:25.57\00:17:29.64
HE CAUSED HIS OWN MISERY - GOD
COULD HAVE SAID, 'LOOK, YOU MADE
00:17:29.68\00:17:32.75
YOUR BED, SLEEP IN IT.' BUT
HE PRAYED AND GOD FORGAVE HIM.
00:17:32.78\00:17:39.39
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "SO THE
LORD SPOKE TO THE FISH, AND IT
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VOMITED JONAH ONTO
DRY LAND." GOD IS SO GOOD!
00:17:45.36\00:17:48.56
HE COULD HAVE BURPED HIM OUT AND
MADE HIM SWIM TO SHORE, BUT ONCE
00:17:48.60\00:17:53.50
HE FORGAVE HIM, HE
BROUGHT HIM UP SPECIAL DELIVERY.
00:17:53.54\00:17:56.97
HE GAVE A GOD-INSPIRED
HEAVE AND OUT CAME JONAH.
00:17:57.01\00:18:00.58
AND I HEARD ONE PASTOR SAY,
'THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU A
00:18:00.61\00:18:03.11
HYPOCRITE WILL EVEN
MAKE A SEA MONSTER SICK.
00:18:03.14\00:18:05.31
(LAUGHTER) NOW JONAH'S THINKING,
'WOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING I WILL
00:18:05.35\00:18:13.62
NEVER FORGET.
THAT MADE A MEMORY.
00:18:13.66\00:18:16.76
NOW I'M GOING TO GO BACK HOME.
I NEED A LITTLE R&R AFTER THIS
00:18:16.79\00:18:19.36
EXPERIENCE.' BUT BEFORE JONAH
EVEN DRIED OFF, THE WORD OF THE
00:18:19.39\00:18:24.90
LORD CAME TO
JONAH A SECOND TIME.
00:18:24.93\00:18:27.57
NOW, DOES GOD
MODIFY HIS MESSAGE?
00:18:27.60\00:18:29.84
OR IS IT IDENTICAL TO
THE WORD THE FIRST TIME?
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AND HE SAID, "ARISE," - YOU
KNOW, WHEN JONAH RUNS, HE GOES
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DOWN. WHEN GOD'S
WORD COMES IT SAYS,
00:18:36.34\00:18:38.05
'ARISE' - "GO TO NINEVEH, THAT
GREAT CITY, AND PREACH TO IT
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THE MESSAGE THAT I TELL
YOU." SO DOES JONAH ARGUE NOW?
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HE FIGURES, 'LOOK, I'D RATHER
DIE IN NINEVEH THAN GO BACK TO
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SEA.' "SO JONAH AROSE AND WENT
TO NINEVEH, ACCORDING TO THE
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WORD OF THE LORD. NOW
NINEVEH WAS AN EXCEEDING
00:18:54.36\00:18:56.80
GREAT CITY, A THREE-DAY
JOURNEY...AND JONAH BEGAN TO
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ENTER THE CITY ON
THE FIRST DAY'S WALK."
00:19:01.60\00:19:03.84
NOW JONAH, I GUESS HE MUST HAVE
BEEN PRETTY SCARY, BECAUSE HE
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WENT TO NINEVEH
AND STARTED PREACHING.
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.38
HE WALKED UP AND DOWN THE
STREETS, "YET FORTY DAYS, AND
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NINEVEH SHALL BE OVERTHROWN!"
AND, INSTEAD OF THEM KILLING
00:19:13.98\00:19:17.85
HIM, HE PROBABLY HAD THAT WILD
LOOK IN HIS EYES AS A GUY THAT
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HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH A FISH.
(LAUGHTER) PROBABLY HAD A LITTLE
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OCTOPUS TENTACLE STICKING OUT OF
HIS COAT AND, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS
00:19:26.03\00:19:30.03
LIKE HE'D BEEN BLEACHED
AND - YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH AN
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EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT
AND YOU LOOK DIFFERENT.
00:19:34.50\00:19:36.37
(LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, GOD'S
PROPHETS ALREADY - YOU KNOW,
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THEY WORE CAMEL SKIN AND LEATHER
BELTS AND WERE A LITTLE WILD.
00:19:41.04\00:19:42.78
AND HERE JONAH, NOW,
HAS GONE THROUGH THAT.
00:19:42.81\00:19:45.25
HE SAYS, 'FORTY DAYS' AND HE
GOES UP AND HE CAMPS ON A HILL.
00:19:45.28\00:19:48.95
NEXT DAY, 'THIRTY-NINE DAYS' -
'THIRTY-EIGHT DAYS' - PEOPLE IN
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NINEVEH ARE
BEGINNING TO GET CONVICTED.
00:19:54.49\00:19:56.83
'YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRETTY WICKED.
IF I WAS GOD I'D DESTROY ME
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TOO.' AND PRETTY SOON IT REACHES
THE KING THAT THERE'S THIS
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JEWISH PROPHET
PRONOUNCING JUDGEMENT.
00:20:02.66\00:20:06.74
'TWENTY-FIVE DAYS' -
'TWENTY-FOUR' - AND, YOU KNOW,
00:20:06.77\00:20:08.94
THAT WOULD BE UNNERVING AS
HE DID HIS COUNTDOWN EVERY DAY
00:20:08.97\00:20:10.87
GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS
SAYING, 'JUDGMENT IS COMING
00:20:10.91\00:20:13.68
BECAUSE OF YOUR
SINS. THE KING PRONOUNCES A
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.18
PROCLAMATION AND
MAN AND BEAST REPENT.
00:20:16.21\00:20:22.18
THEY PUT
SACKCLOTH ON MAN AND BEAST.
00:20:22.22\00:20:23.59
THEY DON'T EAT, THEY DON'T
DRINK, AND THERE IS THE GREATEST
00:20:23.62\00:20:27.16
REVIVAL AND TURNING TO GOD THAT
IS SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE
00:20:27.19\00:20:31.39
FROM THE MOST RELUCTANT
EVANGELIST IN THE BIBLE.
00:20:31.43\00:20:35.63
AND YOU WONDER
IF GOD CAN USE YOU.
00:20:35.66\00:20:38.37
JONAH DIDN'T
EVEN WANT TO PREACH.
00:20:38.40\00:20:40.67
IT'S THE SHORTEST SERMON -
'FORTY DAYS AND NINEVEH WILL BE
00:20:40.70\00:20:44.51
DESTROYED.' PRETTY SHORT SERMON.
00:20:44.54\00:20:47.78
BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT
OF GOD AND IF THE LORD TELLS YOU
00:20:47.81\00:20:50.28
TO GO, HE WILL PREPARE
THE HEARTS AHEAD OF TIME.
00:20:50.31\00:20:53.38
THE WHOLE CITY TURNS FROM THEIR
SIN. THE WHOLE CITY REPENTS -
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AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY!
00:20:57.19\00:21:01.19
AND THEN JONAH GOES UP ON THE
HILL - I'M SUMMARIZING THE STORY
00:21:01.22\00:21:04.29
FOR YOU - HE GOES UP ON THE HILL
AND WHEN HE GETS TO COUNTING
00:21:04.33\00:21:09.16
DOWN AFTER HIS LAST MESSAGE -
HE'S MADE A LITTLE BOOTH UP ON
00:21:09.20\00:21:12.97
THE HILL AND HE'S WATCHING.
HE WANTS TO SEE FIRE COME DOWN
00:21:13.00\00:21:15.70
ON NINEVEH LIKE IT
DID ON SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
00:21:15.74\00:21:18.91
HE SAID, 'ALRIGHT,
LORD, I WARNED THEM.
00:21:18.94\00:21:21.31
I WENT THROUGH A LOT.
NOW HERE COMES JUDGMENT.
00:21:21.34\00:21:26.55
AND AFTER THE
FORTIETH DAY NOTHING HAPPENS.
00:21:26.58\00:21:30.55
HE WAITS ANOTHER
DAY - NOTHING HAPPENS.
00:21:30.59\00:21:32.89
NOW JONAH IS FEELING LIKE, 'NOW
I REALLY LOOK LIKE A HYPOCRITE.'
00:21:32.92\00:21:37.93
INSTEAD OF REJOICING THAT
GOD HAS SHOWN THEM MERCY BECAUSE
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.43
THEY REPENTED - DOESN'T THAT
TELL US THAT GOD IS MORE WILLING
00:21:40.46\00:21:42.83
TO SAVE? GOD'S NOT
JUST WANTING TO JUDGE
00:21:42.86\00:21:45.03
PEOPLE, HE'S
WANTING TO SAVE PEOPLE.
00:21:45.07\00:21:48.07
AN AMAZING THING ABOUT THE STORY
OF JONAH - EVERYBODY IN THE
00:21:48.10\00:21:50.97
STORY OF JONAH IS
LISTENING TO GOD EXCEPT JONAH.
00:21:51.01\00:21:55.24
THE STORM LISTENS TO
GOD. THE FISH LISTENS TO GOD.
00:21:55.28\00:22:00.18
THE SAILORS LISTEN TO GOD.
THE CAPTAIN LISTENS TO GOD.
00:22:00.22\00:22:04.95
IT SAYS EVEN THE PEOPLE OF
NINEVEH - THEY LISTEN TO GOD -
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AND THERE'S THIS GREAT REVIVAL
- THERE'S THIS GREAT REPENTANCE
00:22:08.52\00:22:11.26
AND THE ONE WHO'S THE MOST
DIFFICULT IN THE WHOLE STORY IS
00:22:11.29\00:22:13.73
JONAH. GOD CALLED JONAH WITH A
00:22:13.76\00:22:18.40
WORK TO DO TO SAVE OTHERS.
AND SOMETIMES, HUMAN NATURE -
00:22:18.43\00:22:22.80
WE'RE RELUCTANT TO DO
WHAT GOD IS CALLING US TO DO.
00:22:22.84\00:22:25.97
AND WHEN JONAH RAN FROM THE
WILL OF GOD, IT WENT VERY BADLY.
00:22:26.01\00:22:31.98
AND IT NOT ONLY WENT BADLY
FOR HIM, IT WENT BADLY FOR THOSE
00:22:32.01\00:22:34.88
AROUND HIM. AND
WHEN JONAH SURRENDERED TO
00:22:34.92\00:22:38.35
THE WORD OF GOD AND WENT TO DO
WHAT GOD TOLD HIM TO DO, PEOPLE
00:22:38.39\00:22:41.76
THAT WERE DOOMED WERE SAVED.
ONCE JONAH SURRENDERED TO THE
00:22:41.79\00:22:46.73
LORD IN THE BOAT AND
HE SAID, 'I'M THE CAUSE.
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.46
THROW ME OVERBOARD.'
THE SAILORS FOUND PEACE.
00:22:49.50\00:22:52.90
WHEN JONAH SURRENDERED AND
HE WENT TO NINEVEH, A WHOLE CITY
00:22:52.93\00:22:56.07
FOUND PEACE. AND GOD
HAD TO REASON WITH JONAH.
00:22:56.10\00:22:59.57
IN THE END OF THE BOOK HE SAID,
"AND SHOULD I NOT PITY NINEVEH,
00:22:59.61\00:23:03.91
THAT GREAT CITY, IN WHICH ARE
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
00:23:03.95\00:23:07.12
THOUSAND PERSONS WHO CANNOT
DISCERN BETWEEN THEIR RIGHT HAND
00:23:07.15\00:23:10.42
AND THEIR LEFT?"
JONAH'S WORRIED BECAUSE HIS
00:23:10.45\00:23:13.69
GOURD PLANT DIED THAT WAS GIVING
HIM SHADE. HE DIDN'T CARE.
00:23:13.72\00:23:17.93
SOMETIMES WE'RE MORE CONCERNED
WITH OUR DAILY INCONVENIENCES
00:23:17.96\00:23:21.13
WITH THE - THAN WITH THE
MILLIONS AROUND US THAT ARE
00:23:21.16\00:23:23.70
LOST. NOW, YOU KNOW WHY I SAVED
00:23:23.73\00:23:26.27
THIS MESSAGE FOR LAST?
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
00:23:26.30\00:23:29.50
STORIES - HEROES OF FAITH
- THAT DEAL WITH SALVATION.
00:23:29.54\00:23:32.77
WE MADE SEVERAL APPEALS FOR
PEOPLE TO COME TO JESUS THAT YOU
00:23:32.81\00:23:36.38
MIGHT BE SAVED. BUT WHY DOES THE
00:23:36.41\00:23:38.85
LORD WANT TO SAVE US?
WHY DID HE SAVE JONAH?
00:23:38.88\00:23:43.15
HE SAVED HIM AND THEN SAID,
'I'VE GOT A MISSION FOR YOU.
00:23:43.18\00:23:46.32
GO AND TELL THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE PERISHING THAT THEY MIGHT BE
00:23:46.35\00:23:49.99
SAVED. THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE
00:23:50.03\00:23:53.50
IS THAT YOU COME TO GOD - JESUS
CALLS IT THE GREAT INVITATION -
00:23:53.53\00:23:58.07
'COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU
WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN.
00:23:58.10\00:24:01.10
HE INVITES US TO COME TO
HIM. BUT HE DOESN'T STOP THERE.
00:24:01.14\00:24:04.01
THE LAST THING THE LORD SAYS IN
MATTHEW 28 IS 'GO YE, THEREFORE,
00:24:04.04\00:24:08.08
AND TEACH ALL NATIONS.' ALL
OF LIFE IS INVOLVED IN THOSE
00:24:08.11\00:24:12.71
TWO GREAT ENDEAVORS. IT'S
LIKE YOUR HEART IS CONSTANTLY
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.79
TAKING IN AND IT'S GIVING
OUT AND THAT'S HOW LIFE IS.
00:24:16.82\00:24:21.06
WE RECEIVE FROM GOD
AND THEN WE GIVE FOR GOD.
00:24:21.09\00:24:23.63
THE GREAT COMMISSION IS SUMMED
UP IN OUR COMING TO JESUS - THIS
00:24:23.66\00:24:27.13
IS THE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP
- AND THEN WE GO FOR JESUS.
00:24:27.20\00:24:31.53
I ALWAYS FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE
THE POPE WHEN I DO THAT - WE
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.10
COME TO JESUS AND WE GO FOR
JESUS - BUT IT IS - IT'S THE
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VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP AND THEN
IT'S THE HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIP
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WHICH DOES FORM A CROSS.
THE CROSS IS TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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FOR GOD - WHAT'S
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT?
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LOVE THE LORD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
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AND WHAT'S THE SECOND
ONE? LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
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AND SO, AS WE TALK NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT ABOUT OUR COMING TO GOD,
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DON'T STOP THERE, BECAUSE IF YOU
DON'T USE YOUR CHRISTIANITY, YOU
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LOSE YOUR CHRISTIANITY.
WHEN GOD GIVES YOU SOMETHING
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TO DO TO TELL
OTHERS, DON'T BE AFRAID.
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JONAH WAS AFRAID.
LAST THING IN THE WORLD HE
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EXPECTED WAS THE
BIGGEST REVIVAL IN THE BIBLE.
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I MEAN, NOAH SAVED EIGHT PEOPLE.
JONAH SAVED A WHOLE CITY.
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AND IF GOD COULD USE JONAH,
AS RELUCTANT - AND, YOU KNOW, HE
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PROBABLY WROTE THE BOOK, SO HE
ADMITTED THAT 'I WAS A RELUCTANT
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PROPHET'. HE
UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS WRONG.
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IF HE COULD USE
JONAH, CAN HE USE US?
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>>AMEN. >>IF HE
COULD ANSWER JONAH'S
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PRAYER, COULD HE
ANSWER OUR PRAYERS?
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SOME OF US, LIKE JONAH, HAVE RUN
FROM GOD AND WE'RE - WE MIGHT BE
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INSIDE THE WHALE RIGHT NOW,
GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES OR
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GOING THROUGH SOME STRUGGLES
AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE ONE OF
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THOSE EXPERIENCES, LIKE JONAH,
WHERE WE REACH THE BOTTOM.
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TALK ABOUT REACHING THE
BOTTOM. AND WE SAY, 'LORD' AND
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WE SURRENDER TO HIM.
JONAH MADE A COMPLETE SURRENDER.
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HE WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER
GOD WANTED HIM TO DO AND WHEN HE
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DID THAT, GOD WAS THEN ABLE TO
TURN EVERYTHING AROUND AND GOD
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WAS ABLE TO USE HIM.
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>>ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MOST
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>>THIS WHOLE PROCESS -
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I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED.
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>>I BEGAN
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>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
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>>I REALIZED THAT
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>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
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I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS
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WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
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I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND
ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE
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BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK
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EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS
STARTED BEING CHANGED, INCLUDING
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MYSELF. >>MY
QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID
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THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?'
THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
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AND - AND I
ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER.
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>>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS
WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOD
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MISSING IN MY LIFE.
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
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SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT.
THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND
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SO IRREFUTABLE, I
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