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Evans Church of Christ. God Pursues Man. Jonah Go to Nineveh – preach to them Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish “Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.”. Why man tries to escape. Guilt – afraid - Adam and Eve Sin – love of – Prodigal son Duty – escape - Jonah. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JonahGo to Nineveh – preach to themJonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish
“Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.”
1) Guilt – afraid - Adam and Eve
2) Sin – love of – Prodigal son
3) Duty – escape - Jonah
God does not want us to flee
Adam and Eve - Gen. 3:9 Cain – Gen. 4:9 Hagar – Gen. 16 Samuel – 1 Sam. 3 Saul of Tarsus – Acts 22
Jonah Tried to flee to TarshishBelly of the whale
Luke 14:23 “Go out into the highways….”
Mark 1:17 “Come ye after me….”
Jn. 12:44-45 “He that believeth on me”
1 Jn. 4:9-10 “God sent his only begotten”
Rom. 5:8 “God commendeth his love”
Not…to punishprove power
But that He may…Save usUse usComfort us
Jonah – Samuel - Saul
Matt. 11:28-30 Mt.5:4
Lk.19:10Jn.6:402 Sam.12
“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;” Heb. 1:2
Adam – Gen. 3:9 “Lord called unto Adam”Cain – Gen. 4:6 “And the Lord said…”Jonah – Jonah 1:1 “Now the word of the..”
Jn. 17:17 “thy word is truth”2 Tim. 3:16-17 “inspiration of God”Mark 16:15 “preach the gospel”
John 3:16 “God so loved the world”
Rom. 2:4 “goodness of God”
2 Pet. 3:9 “all should come to repentance”
JonahCast into Sea - Whale – 3 days
Jonah 2:2 “And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.”
Trouble – Distress - Adversity
Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us…? Tribulation, distress, persecution…. For thy sake we are…. We are more than conquerors
Foolish to flee - cannot escape
Psalms 139:7-12Where can I flee from your presence?You are there !
Psalms 16:1 “in thee do I put my trust”
Isa. 55:6 “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
Jer. 29:13 “and ye shall seek me, and find me”
Matt.7:7-8 Ask = given Seek = find Knock = opened
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning September 21, 2014