1. Jonah 1 – 4
God of Compassion

2. Introduction to Jonah
People
Places
Principles

3. Jonah
People

4. Jonah 1:1-2
The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

5. Jonah 759 BC

6. Who 1:9 God of heaven 2:9 Lord of Salvation 1:9 Maker of sea & land
4:2 God of Grace & Compassion
1:14 the Lord who does as He pleases
4:2 God who is slow to anger & abounding in love
2:6 Lord my God
4:2 God who relents from sending calamity

7. The One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Principle
The One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4b

8. Application Questions
Do you believe God is Sovereign?
Will you believe God is always in control even in the worst of times?

9. Application I worship You, Sovereign & Supreme God
Thanks for ordering each day of my life Forgive my doubting Your Perfect Plan
Increase my faith & mature me fully

10. Jonah
Places

11. Jonah 1:1-2
The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.

12. Tarshish or Nineveh?
800 KM
3,200 KM

13. The safest place to be is
Principle
The safest place to be is
in God’s Presence

14. Application Questions
Where is your life headed?
Will you consciously seek to be where God wants you to be?

15. Application I worship You, Creator of heaven & earth
Thank You for including me in Your Work
Forgive my complacency & callousness
Impassion me for Your Word & Your Will

16. Jonah
Principles

17. Jonah’s lesson on God’s Compassion 4:5-11
Structure of Jonah
Jonah’s Commission & Disobedience 1:1-3
Jonah’s Re-Commission & Obedience 3:1-3
Jonah & the Gentile Sailors 1:4-6
Jonah & the Gentile Ninevites 3:3-10
Jonah’s Grateful Prayer 1:17-2:10
Jonah’s Ungrateful Prayer 4:1-4
Jonah’s lesson on God’s Compassion 4:5-11

18. Divisions in Jonah 1:1-17 God’s Commission 2:1-10 Jonah’s Confession
3:1-10 Nineveh’s Conversion
4:1-11 God’s Compassion

19. Repeated Words Down / Deep 10 Pray / Call / Cry Great 9
Word / Said / Commanded 7
Provided / Sent 5
joppa, below deck, lay down, fell deep sleep, into the sea, under the mountain, beneath the earth, into the pit, inside the fish
urgency
city, storm, wind, fear, fish, people, anger

20. Principle
Judgment is imminent
But God will relent
When sinners repent

21. Are you a Jonah 1:1-17 Running From God? 2:1-10 Running To God?
3:1-10 Running With God?
4:1-11 Running Against God?

22. Application We worship You, Author of Salvation
Thank You for never giving up on us
Forgive our indifference for the perishing
Send revival by spreading Your Gospel of Life through us all over our nation

23. Jesus You are KING
Jesus! I will actively develop my relationship with You!
Jesus! I will daily surrender my life, my desires and my dreams to You!
Jesus! I will strive for greater obedience to Your Will & Your Way!
Jesus! Be GLORIFIED!

24. Jonah 1 – 4
God of Compassion

25. Scripture Reading Jonah 1:1-9
1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

26. Jonah 1:1-9
Scripture Reading
4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

27. Scripture Reading Jonah 1:1-9
But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.”

28. Scripture Reading Jonah 1:1-9
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
8 So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

29. Scripture Reading Jonah 1:1-9
9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”

30. Jonah 1:14 14 Then they cried to the LORD, “O LORD, please do
not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us
accountable for killing an innocent man, for you,
O LORD, have done as you pleased.”

31. To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
Jonah 2:6
To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you brought my life up from the pit,
O LORD my God.

32. But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you.
Jonah 2:9
But I, with a song of thanksgiving,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
Salvation comes from the LORD.”