Jonah 1:1-17 | Swallowed Up By God’s Grace

About this episode

The episode discusses God's sovereign grace towards sinners as illustrated in the story of Jonah.

Three acts of God’s sovereign grace toward sinners. 1. God Speaks (1–3) 2. God Seeks (4–16) Three ways God seeks: 1. God seeks with a storm (4–6). 2. God seeks in the casting of lots (7–10). 3. God seeks through a judgment (11–16). 3. God Saves (17) Matthew 12:40–41: “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth… and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.” Main Idea. God pursues his rebellious people with unstoppable grace. 3 Responses from Jonah 1. 1. Cry out to the Greater God. 2. Commit to the Great Commission. 3. Confess the Greater Jonah

People in this episode

Host: First Irving

Topics covered

• God's grace
• sinners
• rebellion
• salvation
• Jonah
• Christianity

Keywords

• God's grace
• Jonah
• salvation
• rebellion
• Christianity
• storm
• Great Commission

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 12:40–41

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