Jonah

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Jonah

• Spiritual
• Indigestion

Pastor Dave Martin, Cross Creek Community Church,
July 13, 2003
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I. COMMAND

• GO MAKE DISCIPLES, BAPTIZE TEACH.
• Jonah 12 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and
  preach against it, because its wickedness has
  come up before me."
• Matthew 2818-20 Then Jesus came to them and
  said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
  been given to me. 19Therefore go and make
  disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
  name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
  Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I
  have commanded you. And surely I am with you
  always, to the very end of the age."

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II. CHOICE

• To OBEY or DISOBEY the Lord.
• Jonah 13a But Jonah ran away from the Lord and
  headed for Tarshish

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III. CONSEQUENCES

• We can RUN but We cannot HIDE from God.
• Jonah 112 "Pick me up and throw me into the
  sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I
  know that it is my fault that this great storm
  has come upon you.
• How do we Run from God Today?

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IV. CLEANSING

• In the midst of our REBELLION turn back to the
  Lord.

Jonah 21 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to
the Lord his God Jonah 210 And the Lord
commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry
land.
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V. CHALLENGE

• Jonah OBEYED and PROCLAIMED Gods Message.
• Jonah 31-4 Then the word of the Lord came to
  Jonah a second time 2"Go to the great city of
  Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give
  you." 3Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went
  to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important
  city--a visit required three days. On the first
  day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed
  "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned."

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VI. CHANGE

• Jonah Spoke, God Moved, Lives ETERNALLY changed!
• Jonah 35 The Ninevites believed God. They
  declared a fast, and all of them, from the
  greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
• Jonah 310 When God saw what they did and how
  they turned from their evil ways, he had
  compassion and did not bring upon them the
  destruction he had threatened.

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Dont Possess Spiritual Indigestion

• God Calls us to REACH our Community for Christ!
• Faithful Obedience ALWAYS produces Eternal Fruit!
• What can YOU do, to personally make a Difference?

• Be Praying!
• Be Inviting!
• Be Helping!
• Be Rejoicing!
• Be Making Disciples!

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