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Sermon Notes - Sign of Jonah

Main Idea

Responsibility

Signs don’t equate to salvation

Spiritual Blindness and Hardness of Heart

Not all the Signs are the same - and Judgment

Salvation has come and is near to you -

Unbelief isn’t a sign problem

Newly - 1) warning of a sign seeking faith 2) Jesus is the ultimate and final sign 3) to whom much evidence is given and much is required

Why is this in the Bible

To repent like the nineties and believe like the queen of Nineveh

Connection to those stories

Confrontational grace - is a warning —>

Questions

the sign of Jonah - what is it? Resurrection or the repentance of the People

his referring to this generation?

Why is he calling them wicked?

Who is the son of Man

Who is the queen of South

Who or what is the something greater than jonah

why do these people have authority to condemn

Keys to unlocking the Text

Elements of stories of Jonah and Queen of Sheba - Jonah 3 Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone tur…”

1 Kings 10:1–10 “Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king that he could not explain to her. And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her. And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass…”

contrast between a hateful prophet and tender savior - Sign of all signs is coming!

Acts 6:7 “And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.”

Gospel

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