Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

When reading, there’s some similarity in chapter 3 and chapter 1.

These words seem familiar to us.

BUT the Jonah in chap.

3 is somewhat different from the person found in chap. 1.

If we read the Book of Jonah in one sitting, these words will be familiar, for 3:1–2 is strikingly similar to 1:1–2.

In a sense Jonah was back to where he began.

However, the Jonah in chap.

3 is somewhat different from the person found in chap. 1.

Much had happened, and many lessons were learned, but the process of discipleship obviously was not yet complete.

The text simply points out that God spoke to Jonah again.

There is no mention of reproach for the prophet’s former disobedience.

The Lord simply repeated his command.

While Jonah had taken quite a detour since the first command, God’s will remained steadfast.

Alot has happened.

Many lessons were learned, but the process of discipleship obviously was not yet complete.

The text simply points out that God spoke to Jonah again.

There is no mention of reproach for the prophet’s former disobedience.

The God simply repeated his command.

While Jonah had taken quite a detour since the first command, God’s will remained steadfast.

This text, more than anything else, points to God’s sovereignty and his insistence upon the accomplishment of his will.

As J. Baldwin has written, “He will not be frustrated by the effrontery of a prophet, nor has he allowed the prophet to wander indefinitely off course.”

WhAlthough God’s word came to Jonah a second time, demonstrating his forbearance and mercy, examples in Scripture show that not everyone has a second chance to do what God has commanded (cf.

; ; ).

However, this text should bring thanksgiving to the heart of every believer who has been given another opportunity to do what God requires.

This text, more than anything else, points to God’s sovereignty and his insistence upon the accomplishment of his will.

As J. Baldwin has written, “He will not be frustrated by the effrontery of a prophet, nor has he allowed the prophet to wander indefinitely off course.”

The Grace of God Vs. 1- 5

The Grace of God Vs. 1- 5

Vs. 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time Alright Jonah, lets try this again.

Vs. 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time Alright Jonah, lets try this again.

God goal is to show himself to Nineveh and Jonah.

Vs. 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

Same message God calls Jonah to do back in verse 1, God tells him to go again and do it.

He gets up and travesl about 500 miles to this city, taking about a month to do ti.

It’s like everything is back to square one (vs 1:1-2).

There’s familiarity here.

At the beginning of this story, Jonah rebels against God and instead of preaching to Ninevah, runs int he opposite direction.

God disciplines Jonah and then mercifully deliveres him.

God goes a further step by showing so much grace and mercy that he gives Jonah a second chance to bring his message to Nineveh.

that great city ”Journey” means it would take 3 days to see all of the stuff there.

Illustration: Seeing all of Disney.

Nineveh was huge.

Which means a ton of people who were all important to God; many lives were at stake.

But this “great city” also means that there are a lot of people.

God has a heart for those people.

We see it in 4:11

Nineveh has more than 120,000 people in it!

People made in my image!

And they are utterly lost, with no idea of what is right and wrong; they are like little children who cannot even tell the difference between their right hand and their left.

God sends Jonah

Again, the God we see in the Old Testament is the same God we see in the New Testament.

You can’t unhitch the Old Testament from the New Testament, they both show a God that in his wrath, he remembers his mercy because he is a God who is compassionate and gracious.

Vs. 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.

So unlike the first time, Jonah actually moves in obedience.

So what we thought should have happened, actually is happening.

God’s second chance also meant that God was going to get his way with his servant.

Jonah’s deliverance through the belly of the great fish was not a way out of God’s calling on his life.

God still called Jonah to preach in Nineveh, so Jonah’s restoration to God’s presence included the restoration of his calling to serve.

Phillips, R. D. (2010).

Jonah & Micah.

(R. D. Phillips, P. G. Ryken, & I. M. Duguid, Eds.) (p.

94).

Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing.

Think about how much grace is being shown here: Not only did God forgive Jonah and restore him to his favour, but also restored him to his office before him.

Vs. 4 “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

I must say that this gives me hope has a preacher.

Probably the worse sermon on record, yet what do we see in a bit.

God gives Nineveh a lot of time to listen to the message and to turn from their evil.

If they didn’t turn away, God would overthrow the city, basically annihilate it, like Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Ninevites have been warned: the Lord is about to bring his justice to bear against them.

So, you have been warned to.

The Bible says that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

That we have all, like sheep have gone astray.

That no, not one of us is innocent.

So he says to you, and to me, repent.

Turn away from your sin, believe the saving work of Jesus Christ and what he did for you and for me on the cross.

The message of God has two outcomes, it either hardens ones heart or it softens.

The outcome of God’s word softening their heart is what we see with the Ninevehites.

Vs. 5 And he people of Nineveh believed God.

Proper response to belief is action, they repented.

They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

But hold on, they repented, but Jonah’s message clearly didn’t talk about repenting.

When a prophet declared that judgment was coming because of evil, it was to be understood that the judgment would take place if repentance did not.

God makes this really clear in Jeremiah: “If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it” ().

The prophet’s warning is an invitation to repent.

The Ninevites take this warning and invitation fully to heart

Sklar, J. (2018).

Jonah.

In I. M. Duguid, J. M. Hamilton Jr., & J. Sklar (Eds.),

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VII, p. 413).

Wheaton, IL: Crossway.

Transition: God uses the proclamation of his Word to show his mercy and call people to himself.

BI: God uses the proclaimation of his Word to show his mercy and call people to himself.

BI: In God’s wrath, he remembers mercy because he is a God who is compassionate and gracious.

Gospel Move: You say, God is wrathful?

And I say yes.

Because why is God going to judge Nineveh?

Because of their evil deeds.

What are evil deeds?

They have broken God’s commands.