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Jonah Goes To Nineveh
Jonah
was a prophet who God called to preach in the foreign city of Nineveh. Jonah
tried to run away from God and was swallowed by a great fish.
When
the fish returned him to land, Jonah went to Nineveh and warned the people about
God’s judgment. Jonah learned, to his dismay, that God would forgive even a
heathen city if the people were sorry for their sins.
Jonah 3:1-10
1.
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
2.
"Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give
you."
3.
Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very
important city--a visit required three days.
4.
On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more
days and Nineveh will be overturned."
5.
The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the
greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
6.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his
royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.
7.
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and
his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not
let them eat or drink.
8.
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on
God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.
9.
Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so
that we will not perish."
10.
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had
compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.
1.
When and Where has God given you to witness?
2.
How do you feel when you responded God’s call?
3.
What is your Nineveh?
4.
What is a spiritual fast?
5.
When would you consider “fasting” and “putting on a sackcloth”?
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