When We Are Rescued from Ourselves (Jonah 2)

Theme: God can raise us up from self-inflicted ruin

I. Repentance precedes restoration (vv. 1-4)

a. Jonah reached a literal and figurative bottom

b. Jonah brought about his decent

c. Jonah was lifted up by God through repentance

II. Dead-ends precede new directions (vv. 5-6)

a. Jonah was facing literal and metaphorical death

b. Jonah found hope from hopelessness

III. Rebirth precedes resurrection (vv. 7-10)

a. Jonah was born-again

b. Jonah was delivered from death

c. Jonah's deliverance is a picture of the Cross

Conclusion: Have you died to self and live in Christ?