RUNNING FROM GOD

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RUNNING FROM GOD
Introduction

• Did it really happen?

• Parable or history?

KEY Same message and meaning!
Historical 1. Doesnt read like a parable
2. Other historical references (II Kings 141
Matthew 1240)
3. Miracles dont denounce historicity
(improbable vs. impossible)
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RUNNING FROM GOD
Introduction

• Whats the point?

NOT Man eaten by a whale!
God and His relationship with humankind!
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RUNNING FROM GOD
Main Point Jonah RAN from Godand weve been
doing likewise ever since!
ESVJonah 112 Now the word of the LORD came to
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and call out against
it, for their evil has come up before Me.
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A. Jonah ran FROM God and TO something else.
ESVJonah 13 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD. He went down to
Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he
paid the fare and went on board, to go with them
to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
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To Tarshish
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RUNNING FROM GOD
B. We all have a tendency to run from God.
1. UNCHECKED BEHAVIORAL SIN PATTERNS
2. AVOIDING RELATIONAL INTIMACY WITH GOD
3. SAYING NO TO HIS CLEAR CALL TO US
4. WITHDRAWING FROM FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER
BELIEVERS