What Could Go Wrong?
You Bought The Ticket
Jonah 1:4-6 “But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart. Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold. So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?’ he shouted. ‘Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’”
Previously…
Get up, go, and announce my judgment in Nineveh
Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.”
God Will Do What Suits His “But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.” (V.4)
Psalm 104:4 “The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.”
Psalm 139:7 “I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!”
God Will Do What Serves His “Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.” (v.5)
Jonah 1:6 “So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?' he shouted. ‘Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’”
Jonah 1:8-9 “Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. ‘Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?’ Jonah answered, ‘I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.’”
God Will Do What Saves His “So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?’ he shouted. 'Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’” (V.6)
Jonah 1:11 “And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, ‘What should we do to you to stop this storm?’”
Jonah 1:15-16 “Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.”
You Bought The Ticket
Jonah 1:4-6 “But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart. Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold. So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?’ he shouted. ‘Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’”
Previously…
Get up, go, and announce my judgment in Nineveh
Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.”
God Will Do What Suits His “But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.” (V.4)
Psalm 104:4 “The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.”
Psalm 139:7 “I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!”
God Will Do What Serves His “Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.” (v.5)
Jonah 1:6 “So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?' he shouted. ‘Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’”
Jonah 1:8-9 “Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. ‘Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?’ Jonah answered, ‘I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.’”
God Will Do What Saves His “So the captain went down after him. ‘How can you sleep at a time like this?’ he shouted. 'Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.’” (V.6)
Jonah 1:11 “And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, ‘What should we do to you to stop this storm?’”
Jonah 1:15-16 “Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.”