God’s Grace Toward Insiders and Outsiders - Jonah 1

Speaker: David Royes
Scripture: Jonah 1:1-16
November 14, 2021

Video:

Originally recorded during the 11/14/21 Worship Service and Sermon, the video below begins at the portion containing the sermon on Jonah.

Notes:

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-16
Key words: Missions, Disobedience, Grace, Mercy

God’s Grace Toward Insiders and Outsiders

God is trying to get the attention of a Gentile nation that is heading toward destruction (showing grace and mercy to a people who "don't know their right from their left"). To do this, he tells Jonah, a prophet of Israel, to go to Ninevah, the capital of Assyria, a nation that had been a source of torment for Israel for many years.

Jonah is not on board with God's plan, so he runs in the opposite direction. Every step he takes away from God is a step down. He goes down from the mountainous region of his hometown to Joppa on the coast. He boards a ship for Tarshish and goes down below deck. He will later ask to be thrown overboard to stop the raging storm, where he will be swallowed by a "great fish" and taken further down into the depths.

God shows his mercy and grace not only toward the Ninevites, but also toward the pagan mariners and his own prophet.

Audio:

The audio clip below contains the entire sermon on Jonah taken from the 11/14/21 Worship Service and Sermon. You can listen from here or download the entire clip.