When We Are Rescued from Ourselves (Jonah 2)
09/01/19 • 36 min
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?
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?
Previous Episode
When We Run (Jonah 1)
Theme: Embrace God's leading for your life.
I. God's leading for our life sometimes will clash with our plans (vv. 1-3)
a. His thoughts are not our thoughts
b. His ways are always better than our ways
II. God's leading for our life will sometimes initially bring conflict (vv. 4-10)
a. Storms of our own creating
b. Rebellion of our own creating
III. God's leading for our life will sometimes lead us to bottom out (vv. 11-17)
a. God's permissive will allows us to run
b. God's direct will causes us to listen
c. Our sin and rebellion will lead to personal bondage
Conclusion: Are you trying to resist God's great plan for your life?
Next Episode
"When We Protest God" (Jonah 4)
What right do we have to be angry at God's justice and mercy?
I. Just as His thoughts are not our thoughts, His justice and mercy are not our justice and mercy.
a. Jonah wanted vigilante justice
b. Jonah wanted vindictive retribution
II. Just as Jonah would rather die than truly live, humanity chooses resentment over reconciliation.
a. Resenting others
b. Resenting God
c. Resenting grace
III. Just as Jonah thought he had a right to bitterness, humanity chooses weight over bitterness
a. The weight of grudges
b. The weight of hatred
c. The weight of self
IV. Just as Jonah had a short-sighted view of grace, God's people sometimes need an expansion of God's love.
a. God's love for the other
b. God's love for the lost
c. God's love for our neighbor
d. God's love for us
Conclusion: Lay down your anger at the Cross
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