The Perfect Storm Part 2

Welcome to Grace for Today I’m so pleased you’ve joined to study with us today as we see the Lord’s mercy and grace in action.

*Please open your Bibles and read (Jonah 1:7-16). Today, our focus will be on verses 11-16.  Let’s jump right in.

Through these events, God is showing these pagans who He is. God is showing Jonah just how hard his heart is because these lost people are showing more compassion for one person than Jonah had for all of Nineveh. They are willing to risk their lives and do everything possible to keep from throwing Jonah over board.

Jonah’s sin is discovered so he has no choice but to confess. So determined was Jonah to resist the will of God that he said, Pick me up and hurl me into the sea.

Jonah was really saying, I’d rather die than do what God says. Jonah hated foreigners. Notice, throwing Jonah overboard wasn’t the sailor’s idea.  In fact they tried everything to avoid doing that.  In the end, that’s all they could do. Continue Reading