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This message uses the biblical story of Jonah to illustrate the consequences of disobeying God's will, emphasizing that God's work, word, and workers are essential for reaching a lost world, and ultimately, embracing God's will leads to spiritual growth and fulfillment.
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welcome to back to the Bible radio in
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work depends upon God's workers and
God's workers have to do God's will
using God's Word that's what we
discovered from the first two verses of
The Book of Jonah in Chapter 1 we find
Jonah afraid of God's will he's running
away and he learns the lesson of God's
providence that you can't run away from
God that God has everything in control
consider now the losses that Jonah
experienced because he refused to obey
the will of God these are the same
losses that you and I will experience if
we try to run away from the will of God
first of all he lost his high purpose
God said arise and go to Nineveh but
verse 3 says but Jonah rose up not to go
to Nineveh to flee unto Tarshish the
opposite direction from the presence of
the Lord and he went down to Joppa and
he found a ship going to Tarshish so he
paid the fare and went down into it to
go with them unto Tarshish from the
presence of the Lord
Jonah was too smart a man to know or to
think that he could run away and go to
some place where God couldn't see him
when we're told that he left the
presence of the Lord
twice in verse three and you also find
it in verse 10 he had told the man that
he fled from the presence of the Lord
this phrase means he resigned his
commission a prophet stood in the
presence of the Lord a prophet would say
in the name of the Lord before whom I
stand and Jonah said I'm no longer going
to stand in the presence of the Lord I'm
gonna go at my way now everything in
nature has a purpose to full
Phil and you'll notice in the book of
johna that everything did fulfill God's
will the wind the waves the worm the big
fish the boats the dice the gourd
everything in this book fulfills the
will of God except Jonah and Jonah has
the most to lose
he lost his high purpose what was his
high purpose to serve God and to do
God's will it's interesting to note that
the heathen sailors tried to rescue
Jonah in verse 13 nevertheless the men
rode hard to bring her to land but they
could not for the sea rage and was
tempestuous against them
Jonah said throw me in they said oh no
before we'll do that we'll try harder to
get to land isn't this something the
heathen sailors were willing to save the
preacher but the preacher wasn't willing
to go to the heathen to share the
message that God had given to him
you know sometimes unsaved people put us
to shame by their devotion and their
dedication so Jonah was a creature in
God's creation he should have obeyed the
Creator furthermore he was a prophet
whom God had called but before we
criticize him let's stop and ask
ourselves are we doing all that we ought
to do to reach a lost world for Jesus
Christ we are creatures in God's
creation we are human beings we are our
brother's keeper
we are certainly a part of the New
Covenant as believers in Jesus Christ we
have been called to serve Him in one way
or another are we fulfilling that purpose
purpose
Jonah's first loss was he lost his high
purpose he's no longer living to serve
God he's living to please himself in
verse 4 I noticed he had a second loss
he lost the voice of God but the Lord
sent out a great wind into the sea and
there was a mighty tempest in the sea so
that the ship was in danger of being
broken why did God send a wind a storm
because Jonah would no longer listen to
the word you see when we won't listen to
God's words then we have to
into God's works and sometimes God has
to speak to us very very loudly using
the storm and the wind God could no
longer talk to him through the word God
had to speak to him through the storm
God even had to speak to him through the
heathen sailors in verse 6 so the ship
master came to him and said unto him
what meanest thou o sleeper arise call
upon thy God if so be that God will
think upon us that we perish not this
word perish keeps showing up here that
we perish not in verse 14 they said
wherefore they cried unto the Lord and
said we beseech thee O Lord we beseech
thee let us not perish for this man's
life and lay not upon us innocent blood
for Thou O Lord has done as it pleased
thee they were perishing do you realize
that today there's a world filled with
people who are perishing and it's
important that you and I get the word
out to them
he lost his high purpose and he lost the
voice of God is God talking to you
through his word do you hear the voice
of God saying this is the way walk ye in
it there was a third loss that he
incurred verse five he lost his
spiritual energy then the Mariners were
afraid the Hebrew word translated
Mariners really means salts the old
hands the these experienced sailors not
experienced sailors don't get frightened
in a storm but this was a very special
storm and they knew it then the Mariners
were afraid and cried every man unto his
God that didn't do any good
they cast forth the wares that were in
the ship into the sea to lighten it of
them that didn't do any good either the
storm got worse but Jonah was gone down
into the sides of the ship and he lay
and was fast asleep the Jewish people
were not Mariners they were landlubbers
and as such they weren't too interested
in being on a ship in a storm I'm amazed
that Jonah could sleep on that ship in
that terrible storm when the Mariners
were afraid you see he lost his
spiritual energy he was sleeping instead
of serving
he was selfish he wasn't sacrificing for
others he wasn't trying to do anything
to save even those crew members he was
in danger and didn't realize it a false
security and did you notice the
direction that Jonah is taking he went
down to Joppa he went down into the ship
he went down into the sides of the ship
when you rebelled against the will of
God there's only one way you can go and
that's down
he lost his spiritual energy there's a
fourth loss that he incurred verses 6 &
7 he lost his power in prayer the
shipmaster came down and told him to
wake up and pray and apparently he did
but nothing happened because in verse 7
they said everyone to his fellow come
let us cast lots that we may know for
whose cause this evil is upon us and
they cast lots and the lot fell upon
Jonah Jonah was not praying he was
sleeping sounds like the Apostles in the
garden doesn't it when Jesus was praying
they were sound asleep now we aren't
told that Jonah actually prayed but we
are told that the situation got worse
and they had to discover who was to
blame some 66:18 says if i regard
iniquity in my heart the Lord will not
hear me that means if I know there's sin
in my life and I'm keeping it there and
I'm protecting it and I'm defending it
God is not going to hear me pray in
verses 8 9 and 10 Jonah lost his
testimony they cast lots and the Lots
fall upon Jonah and they say to Jonah
what's going on so he tells them I'm a
Hebrew I fear the Lord you'd never know
it the God of heaven who made the sea in
the dry land Jonah believed in creation
but he wasn't willing to obey the
Creator and the men asked him why has
thou done this and he had told them that
he was running away from the will of God
you see Jonah had a wrong attitude
towards service he thought that service
was something you turn on and off today
I will serve God tomorrow I won't serve God
God
he had a wrong attitude toward
witnessing he thought that witnessing
was something you could do whenever you
felt like it
we are always serving God we are always
witnessing we are their good servants or
bad servants
good witnesses or bad witnesses here's a
man who lost his testimony can you
imagine that here's the preacher on
board ship the only man on the ship who
knows the true and living God and he's
lost his testimony it's like when
Abraham went down to Egypt he lost his
testimony before Pharaoh and Pharaoh
rebuked him and now Jonah has lost his testimony
testimony
well they say what should we do he says
cast me forth into the sea I know that
it's my fault and it's interesting here
Jonah would rather die than do the will
of God the trouble is he didn't die to
self and that's the tragedy had he died
to self had he given himself totally to
the Lord this never would have happened
well as I've already mentioned in verse
a 13 the heathen sailors did their best
to try to save Jonah and then they cried
out to God and said don't blame us for
this and in verse 15 they took up Jonah
and cast him forth into the sea and the
sea ceased from its raging a miracle
took place
he lost his testimony and he almost lost
his life not because he was devoted to
the Lord but because he was disobedient
to the Lord he'd rather die than serve
it's a dangerous thing to rebel against God
God
King Saul rebelled against God he lost
his life Samson rebelled against God he
lost his life Ananias and Sapphira in
Acts chapter 5 rebelled against God they
lost their lives for this cause many are
weak and sickly among you and and some
sleep said the Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians it's possible to disobey God
and be chastened to the point where God
will take the life and that's a
dangerous thing Jonah almost lost his
life then the men feared the Lord
exceedingly and offered a sacrifice
under the Lord and made vows it's rather
interesting that God used this
experience to convert these heathen to
believing in the true and the Living God
well Jonah didn't lose his life he'd
lost his high purpose he lost the voice
of God he lost his spiritual energy he
lost his power in prayer
he lost his testimony and he almost lost
his life but God in His mercy spared him
the Lord prepared a great fish and the
great fish swallowed up Jonah and Jonah
was in the belly of the great fish three
days and three nights you know why
because God loved Jonah and God was more
concerned about the worker than he was
the work he know that Jonah needed to
obey you count the cost of serving God
you'd better count the cost of not
serving god it's far more costly to
disobey God than to obey Him obey Him
and he will bless you don't be like
now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah
the son of a myth high saying arise go
to Nineveh that great city and cry
against it for their wickedness has come
up before me Jonah chapter 1 verses 1 &
2 The Book of Jonah is a love story
God's love for Jonah in God's love for a
lost world
because God loved Jonah he called him to
be a part of this love story and yet
Jonah disobeyed God there are four
factors involved in this marvelous love
story and these four factors are given
to us in Jonah chapter 1 verses 1 & 2
the first factor is God's work our Lord
Jesus Christ said my father has been
working and I am working we must work
the works of him that sent me while it
is yet Dave what is God's work God's
work is the work of winning a lost world
to salvation that's why the church is
here God has not left us here for the
purpose of just fighting battles or
carrying burdens God's left us here to
be a blessing God's left us here to use
our hands and our feet to use our lips
and our eyes and our ears and all of our
being to Minister the gospel of Jesus
Christ to a lost world are you involved
in God's work are you praying for the
lost are you praying for those who
minister to the lost are you giving that
people might come to know Christ God's
great concern is for a lost world and
this is why we are here factor number 2
in this love story is God's Word now the
word of the Lord came unto Jonah you see
our God is a God who speaks throughout
the Book of Jonah you'll find that when
God speaks things happen in verse 4 God
speaks to the wind and the wind begins
to blow and there's a mighty tempest on
the sea in verse 15 once again he speaks
to the sea
into the wind and it ceases it's raging
he's a God who can speak to nature he
speaks to the great fish in verse 17 of
chapter one and the fish swallows Jonah
he speaks to the fish again in chapter 2
verse 10 and the fish regurgitates Jonah
our God is a God who can speak to the
wind and to the waves and to the fish he
even speaks to a gourd in Chapter four
of Jonah he prepares the gourd and the
gourd grows up in shelters Jonah and
then God speaks even to a lowly little
worm in chapter four verse 7 and that
worm causes the gourd to die then God
speaks to another wind in chapter 4
verse 8 and this hot wind blows upon
Jonah is it not interesting that God
speaks to nature and nature obeys God
speaks to a man and the man disobeys
everything in nature obeys God even the
stormy winds fulfill his word but when
God speaks to man man says well I don't
think I'll obey and Jonah decided to go
in the opposite direction today while
you hear his voice harden not your heart
god's word is the second factor in this
love story and god's work means getting
out god's word to a lost world now
what's God saying to us today well he
says all authority in heaven and on
earth is given unto me go get going go
into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature repentance and
remission of sins shall be preached
beginning at Jerusalem as the father has
sent me so send I you you shall receive
power when the Holy Spirit is come upon
you and you shall be witnesses unto me
unto the uttermost part of the earth he
says to us get going because the Word of
God is what fulfills the work of God
God's work factor number 1 god's word
factor number 2 now factor number 3
god's worker now the word of the Lord
came unto Jonah the son of Amitai saying
God spoke to a servant God spoke to his
prophet Jonah Jonah was a prophet in the
palace of Jeroboam ii he was sort of the
court chaplain we might assume and he
was a well known prophet he had
prophesied victory for Jeroboam and this
had happened Nineveh needed Jonah arise
go to Nineveh that great city and cry
against it for their wickedness has come
up before me 14 times in the Book of
Jonah you'll find the word great and
whenever Nineveh is referred to it's
called a great sitting it was a great
city the city and its suburbs really
forced cities put together had a
circumference of about 60 miles they had
a huge wall around this arrangement of
cities probably a million or more people
lived in Nineveh at that time and it was
a great city great in history and great
in size and great in splendor and great
in power great in sin and Nineveh needed
Jonah because Nineveh was a wicked City
but you know what Jonah needed Nineveh
you see the will of God is the
expression of the love of God for us
Jonah was a very patriotic Jew the
Ninevites were enemies of the Jews and
Jonah did not want the enemy to succeed
he had good theology as you stay The
Book of Jonah you'll discover this man
has wonderful theology he knows all
about God he can quote scripture by the
yard and he has his theology straight
but he's very narrow he doesn't believe
in bringing the message out to anybody
else he's selfish and God says to Jonah
I want you to go to Nineveh Nineveh
needed Jonah but Jonah needed Nineveh
this is why God has put you where you
are you need that job you need that
exposure you need that challenge God was
going to put something into Jonah and
bring something out of Jonah
that he never could have accomplished
had he left Jonah where he was oh I'm
just like you I I don't like things to
change I like to get comfortable with my
circumstances and comfortable with my
work and wake up in the morning and say
well I can handle things today and then
along comes a challenge from God and I
say Lord I can't handle this and he says
how else are you gonna grow God uses
people to accomplish his work factor
number one God's work winning a lost
world factor number two God's Word the
word of the Lord came factor number
three God's worker the word of the Lord
came unto Jonah factor number four God's
will verse to arise go to Nineveh that
great city and cry against it for their
wickedness has come up before me God
gives to - Jonah the specific details of
what he wants him to do where he wants
him to go when he wants him to go what
he wants to do the will of God is not
something we have to mysteriously search
into God shows us what he wants us to do
and then as we obey his will he reveals
more to us
the problem is Jonah did not have the
right attitude toward the will of God in
chapter one he was afraid of God's Will
O God if you loved me you wouldn't send
me to Nineveh the Ninevites are wicked
people they skinned people alive they
are terrible people arise and go to
Nineveh don't be afraid of God's will in
Chapter two Jonah wanted God's will only
because he was in trouble he was in an
emergency oh I've met people like that
they get into an automobile accident or
sickness or surgery or something else oh
I want the will of God why didn't you
want the will of God before well I
didn't need it I was afraid of it and
yeah but now you want it because you're
in trouble and Jonah ran to God because
it was an emergency chapter three of
Jonah he obeyed the will of God because
he had to is afraid not to
God might chasing him again and there
are many people who today are doing
God's will only because they have to
they don't do it from their heart
because they love God
they can't say with the Lord Jesus my
meat is to do the will of him that sent me
me
I am nourished by the will of God I
enjoy the will of God just like sitting
down to a wonderful meal no no they just
do the will of God because they have to
in chapter 4 Jonah learned the most
important lesson in life he learned to
love the will of God he learned to do
what God wanted him to do because of his
love for people and his love for the
Lord God's will and of course the result
of all of this is because Jonah was
afraid of God's will he starts to run
away God said arise and go but he rose
up to flee and you'll notice he starts
to go down down to Joppa down into the
ship down into the bottom of the sea
down down down when you fight against
the will of God you go in one direction
down down when you obey the will of God
you go up and you get closer to the Lord
these are the four factors that are
involved in this great love story God's
work he wants to win the lost in this
world are you a part of God's work God's
Word he tells us in his word what his
will is are you in the Word of God do
you believe the Word of God God's worker
are you available to do what God wants
you to do now the word of the Lord came
on to put your own name there arise go
to where God wants you to go the fourth
factor is God's will do you really want
God's will are you afraid of it are you
running away from it are you obeying it
because you're afraid or are you obeying
the will of God because you really love
him Ephesians 6 6 doing the will of God
from the heart God's Word still comes to
us personally lovingly because the will
of God is the expression of the love of
God don't run away from God's will enjoy
it it's the greatest thing in all the
world thanks for being a part of our
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