Jonah Part 3

Published: July 15, 2012, 10 a.m.

Majoring in the Minors (Minor Prophets)Jonah II: The Reluctant ProphetPlease turn in your Bibles to the Prophecy of Jonah Jonah 3: Jonah goes out for God App: Are you running for God? Make your purpose to keep your focus on Him and you will be fruitful3:5: Believing God\u201cAbraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.\u201d Romans 4:3b\u201cJesus answered, \u201cThe work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.\u201d John 6:29\u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved\u2014you and your household.\u201d Acts 16:31I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: \u201cThe righteous will live by faith.\u201d Romans 1:16-17App: Believe. Let your hope of standing before God be found in what Christ accomplished on the cross.App: A call to the Church to humble themselves before God\u2026If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2Chronicles 7:14So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. Ezekiel 22:30 NKJVJonah 4: Jonah\u2019s anger vs God\u2019s kindnessApp: Do you have a gripe with God? Consider His kindness. 4:1-10: Disappointed by kindness?8But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God\u2019s wrath through Him! 10For if, when we were God\u2019s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Romans 5:8-10App: Are we more concerned about our own personal comfort than we are about the souls of our fellow man?What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?