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Disclaimer:
We are not talking about being in a pit of dispair because of what someone has done to you tonight.
If you have been abused in any way, the way you feel or the things that have happened are not because of your sin or because God is trying to discipline you.
Tonight, we dig in to the belly of the fish.
Pray
Jonah finds himself in a dark spot because of his disobedience.
And this was totally unexpected.
He doesnt want to go to Ninevah.
Its not that he doesnt want to obey God, he just doesnt want what God wants this time.
He’s literally saying no to God.
Then when God begins to make the storm swell around him, he chooses suicide as the ultimate way to rebel against what God wants him to do, yet here he is, still alive.
Now he finds himself in the most unlikely place.
Not Sheol.
Not Hell.
But the belly of a fish.
So bizarre.
God is using extreme means to discipline his child.
I question whether Jonah is sorry or sorry he got caught.
I guess as I work through the poem, that may come out.
But Jonah does seem to be repenting here.
FOR FEELINGS OR TRUTH, there seems to be truth here.
Jonah says that from his pit (of sin), he cried and God heard him.
That is astounding.
I dont think we realize how remarkable that fact is.
He is just telling God the details of what happened.
Jonah also is confident that God is doing this to him.
There is no bitterness, only acceptatence in his tone.
The above passage is a response of David.
Although its not a good thing to go around upsetting God, you need to understand that under the discipline of God is a good place to be.
He will instruct you how to change.
Its must better than being at the hands of men or in danger of God’s judgmental wrath.
Sometimes getting caught in your sin and finding your self in the belly of a fish is a good thing.
Sometimes the pit is your saving grace from God
He has hope for the future.
God is not done with him yet.
This isnt based on feelings but knowledge of how God has worked in the past.
Sounds like it wasnt immediately that the fish swallowed him.
There was some time of fear.
How do you think Jonah felt as he tossed around waiting to die?
God had the fish swallow him to save him from both his sin and his death,
and he had the fish throw him up once he repented.
What can we learn from this passage?
Sometimes the best thing that can happen to you is being swallowed up by God’s discipline.
Things dont go your way, and your way was sin - thats God’s grace for Him to remember you and discipline you
Sometimes you get caught - thats God’s grace
Heres what Proverbs says:
2.
You are safer in God’s discipline than any where else.
You can trust God.
This may hurt.
But you can trust God.
3. God doesnt want you to sulk or whine, he wants you to repent.
Remember we arent talking about suffering do to other peoples sin.
If you have been wronged or abused, i am not talking about you.
But if you are living in sin, God wants you to repent.
TONIGHT.
You will always hear me preach God’s grace
BUT IF YOU ARE IN SIN, YOU NEED TO REPENT.
God will discipline those that are his.
Time of Response
Exegete
Jonah finds himself in a dark spot because of his disobedience.
And this was totally unexpected.
He doesnt want to go to Ninevah.
Its not that he doesnt want to obey God, he just doesnt want what God wants this time.
He’s literally saying no to God.
Then when God begins to make the storm swell around him, he chooses suicide as the ultimate way to rebel against what God wants him to do, yet here he is, still alive.
Now he finds himself in the most unlikely place.
No Sheol.
Not Hell.
But the belly of a fish.
So bizarre.
God is using extreme means to discipline his child.
Upon reading verse 2, i thought maybe that Jonah was quoting a psalm or some prophet, but it doesnt seem to be the case.
He uses similar language to things found in Isaiah (comes after jonah), and in Psalms, but Tyndale commentary says its just similar, no quotes found.
It also calls this poem a Psalm and says that Jonah would have been familiar with Psalms used for worship, so would be familiar with the genre.
I question whether Jonah is sorry or sorry he got caught.
I guess as I work through the poem, that may come out.
But Jonah does seem to be repenting here.
FOR FEELINGS OR TRUTH, there seems to be truth here.
Jonah says that from his pit (of sin), he cried and God heard him.
That is astounding.
I dont think we realize how remarkable that fact is.
He is just telling God the details of what happened.
Jonah also is confident that God is doing this to him.
There is no bitterness, only acceptatence in his tone.
The above passage is a response of David.
Although its not a good thing to go around upsetting God, you need to understand that under the discipline of God is a good place to be.
He will instruct you how to change.
Its must better than being at the hands of men or in danger of God’s judgmental wrath.
Sometimes getting caught in your sin and finding your self in the belly of a fish is a good thing.
Sometimes the pit is your saving grace from God
Its ok to vent to God
He has hope for the future
Sounds like it wasnt immediately that the fish swallowed him.
There was some time of fear.
God had the fish swallow him to save him from both his sin and his death, and he had the fish throw him up once he repented.
Alternate Sermon
Jonah 2
In the belly of disobedience
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