The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 I am not the man I ought to be, I am not the man I wish to be, and I am not the man I hope to be, but by the grace of God, I am not the man I used to be. - John Newton

The grace of a new season (v.1-3) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 The grace of a new season (v.1-3)

The grace of a new season (v.1-3) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 The grace of a new season (v.1-3) Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. (v.1-3)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 Duties once unwelcome become sweet when we have passed through the experience of the misery that comes from neglecting them. It is God’s mercy that gives us the opportunity of effacing past disobedience by new alacrity. - Alexander Maclaren

The grace of a new season (v.1-3) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 The grace of a new season (v.1-3) Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. (v.1-3)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day's walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." (v.3-4)

2. The grace of a strong warning (v.3-4) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 2. The grace of a strong warning (v.3-4) So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day's walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." (v.3-4)

2. The grace of a strong warning (v.3-4) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 2. The grace of a strong warning (v.3-4) So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day's walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." (v.3-4)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 And as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation. (Luke 11:29-30)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 And as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation. (Luke 11:29-30)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. (v.5)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. (v.5)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. (v.6)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. (v.6)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish? (v.9)

3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 3. The grace of a changed life (v.5-9) Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish? (v.9)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 God delights to do the impossible, and never more so than in turning men to Himself. [The repentance of Nineveh]… not the episode of the sea monster, is the greatest miracle in the book. - A.C. Gaebelein

4. The grace of peace with God (v.10) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 4. The grace of peace with God (v.10)

4. The grace of peace with God (v.10) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 4. The grace of peace with God (v.10) When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. (v.10)

4. The grace of peace with God (v.10) The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 4. The grace of peace with God (v.10) When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. (v.10)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2)

The Manifold Grace of God – Jonah 3 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2)