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INTRODUCTION:
What is man compared to God?
When we consider that God is the most powerful, most wise being in all the world - who are we next to him.
ILLUSTRATION:
Perhaps the closest comparison would be a astrophysicists and a two year old.
When my kids were 2 years old -
> They loved blocks.
They would build them as high as they could.
but as big as they made them … they couldn’t build anything as big as a house.
Further,
> They could talk,
but there words were limited to cup, thank you, and more please, No.
Now consider,
what would it be like to send a 2 year old to a conference full of astrophysicists.
The 2 year old can build, and can talk.
But there is no comparison between the 2 year old and a room full of astrophysicists.
That is us and God.
When we consider that God is the only uncreated being in all the universe.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)
That means God was the one who
laid the foundations of the ocean,
and carved the peaks of the mountains,
and sparkled the stars, moon, and planets in the Sky.
- who are we next to God?
David wrote this idea down in Psalm 8 and in fact asks that question in Psalm 8:3-4.
Which means, when are majestic Father speaks
What ought to be our response?
Behold, God shouldn’t care for me - because I am so small and he is so majestic.
So I should be incredibly humbled and listening when God speaks.
From Jonah 3,
We ought to Respond to the Word of God
And this text gives us 2 ways we ought to respond to the Word of God.
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The first way we ought to respond to the Word of God is by being:
1. Faithful Proclaimer’s of the Word.
We see Jonah receiving the Word a second time in Jonah 3:1-2.
That verse ought to stand out to you as you consider what it says.
Doesn’t this sound familiar?
In fact, it is an exact quote from Jonah 1:1; except this is the second time it is been given.
The God who shouldn’t even notice us - spoke twice.
And we see Jonah this time obeying the Word of God.
He should have done this the first time - the magnificent God has spoken.
But because of God’s mercy he gets a second chance.
Praise God we follow a God of 2nd chances.
If the prophet who ran from his presence of God,
defiantly slept through a God-sent storm,
and then refused to pray to him for 3 days in the belly of a fish
Got a second chance.
COMPARISON:
Then I think those who have been saved by the death of God’s own son will be given 2nd and 3rd and 4th chances.
If you running from God - don’t run because he is a God of second chances and Jonah is exhibit A.
But also,
we have a similar responsibility as Jonah.
Do I believe that all believers in the New Testament are prophets?
Absolutely not.
(a) We follow a prophet - Jesus (Lk 11:30, Jn 6:14)
But we do follow a prophet - and his name is Jesus.
So Christ is prophet, priest, and King.
And before Christ went to heaven to be with Father,
He left us an important responsibility.
(b) Our call to proclaim the Word - the Gospel.
(Mt 28:18-20, 1 Co 15:1-4)
We may not be prophets, but the great prophet told us to
make followers of Christ
and teach them all of his teachings.
In essence,
just like the Word of God came to Jonah,
the Word of God has come to us.
Perhaps a summary of that message we received from Christ can be found in 1 Cor 15:1-4.
Paul summarizes the Gospel in those 4 verses.
Just like Jonah had a responsibility to proclaim the Word of God to the Ninevites.
Matthew 28:18-20 makes it our responsibility to proclaim the Word of God to all nations.
Are you commited to proclaiming the Gospel of Christ?
We can say that we are,
but
when is the last time we shared Christ with someone?
when is the last time we invited someone to come to the chapel?
when is the last time we comforted the hurting with the peace of the Gospel?
As Christians,
we ought to so filled with the hope found in the Gospels - that it overflows into witnessing and helping others.
Further,
when is the last time we invested in unsaved relationship - so we can can lead them to the Gospel.
Having opportunity to witness at times can simply be talking with our neighbor.
But often it takes building a relationship - perhaps with coworkers, or people you share hobbies with - in order to have an opportunity to witness.
- You can’t speak to those you don’t know.
You can’t help the struggling who you don’t have a relationship with.
- Part of a commitment to being a proclaimer of the Word is having Gospel-centered, Truth-Saturated relationships with unbelievers.
Further, Scripture often speaks of our lives equally being a witness of the Gospel.
Much of 1 Peter speaks of living holy in light of suffering, discrimination, and persecution.
- partly as a witness to unbelievers.
Peter tells wives to subject themselves to their husbands as a witness in 1 Peter 3:1-2.
Peter tells Christians in general to respond to evil with good in 1 Peter 1:13-15.
Why?- so that they can witness of the hope found in Christ.
Does your purity display the hope found at the cross?
Does you love and compassion show the hope found at the cross?
The story of Jonah demonstrates that believers can neglect, run, or ignore the call to proclaim the Word of God.
We can fail to proclaim the Word that God sent us.
As NT Christians,
we ought to respond to the Word by faithfully proclaiming the Gospel.
The 2nd way we ought to respond is by being
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