The Reluctant Prophet

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Jonah was a reluctant prophet when told to go to Nineveh, and teaches us some very good reminders about the dangers of being reluctant evangelists.

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TheReluctantProphet

Jonah,CB OT p. 1478

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”

Jonah 1:2, CB OT p. 1478

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Scale of Miles

0 200

N

S

EW

Kanish

Carchemish HaranNineveh

Aleppo ArbelaNimrudEblaHamath

Tadmor Mari

Babylon

ErechUr

Susa

DumahEzion-geber

Jerusalem

Damascus

Ugarit

Tanis

Memphis

Early Empire c. 825 B.C.

Later Empire c. 650 B.C.

Assyrian Empire U r a r t u

L Y D I A

A S S Y R I A

P E R S I A

E G Y P T

S i n a i

E l a m

S u m e r

A k k a d

D e s e r t

Cyprus

NileRiver

RedSea

PersianGulf

LakeUrmia

LakeVan

GreatZab

River

HaborRiver

DialaRiver

TigrisRiver

EuphratesRiver

JordanRiver

Thebes

Judah

Ashur Ecbatana

c 1999 MANNA

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Scale of Miles

0 200

N

S

EW

Kanish

Carchemish HaranNineveh

Aleppo ArbelaNimrudEblaHamath

Tadmor Mari

Babylon

ErechUr

Susa

DumahEzion-geber

Jerusalem

Damascus

Ugarit

Tanis

Memphis

Early Empire c. 825 B.C.

Later Empire c. 650 B.C.

Assyrian Empire U r a r t u

L Y D I A

A S S Y R I A

P E R S I A

E G Y P T

S i n a i

E l a m

S u m e r

A k k a d

D e s e r t

Cyprus

NileRiver

RedSea

PersianGulf

LakeUrmia

LakeVan

GreatZab

River

HaborRiver

DialaRiver

TigrisRiver

EuphratesRiver

JordanRiver

Thebes

Judah

Ashur Ecbatana

c 1999 MANNA

Tarshish

Joppa

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

Jonah 3:2, CB OT p. 1480

Some lessons we must NOTlearn from

Jonah!

When God says “Go”...

run away.

When God says “Go”...

make Him tell you twice.

forget your own salvation.

When God says “Go”...

When God says “Go”...

don’t care about those who will perish.

When God says “Go”...

don’t try too hard.

When God says “Go”...

expect them to fail.

When God says “Go”...

blame God.

Three lessonswe must

learn fromJonah!

When God says “Go”...

preach Christ and Him crucified!

When God says “Go”...

rejoice at their salvation.

When God says “Go”...

go.

Will today be the day you decide

to go toheaven?

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The Reluctant ProphetJonah

Compiled and Presented by:Dave Stewart

2014 February 14www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: Jonah was a reluctant prophet, and teaches us some very good reminders about the dangers of being reluctant evangelists.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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