TCN's Biblical Journey September 17th

Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey

With Pastor Charles Areson

Today's reading is the book of Jonah

What is that heading toward the guy we threw overboard?

“Jonah was a prophet, Oo-ooh! but he really never got sad but true...” sing the vegetables in the Veggie Tales movie Jonah. The story has a lot of silly stuff happening in it but this song nails it. Jonah was a prophet and he never did get it.

In the first chapter Jonah, who later confesses God was the Lord of the land and the sea tried to run from him by going on the sea. This is as smart as jumping into the ocean to escape sharks. In the defense of his thinking, it wasn’t like staying on the land was going to help him any better. However, he should have known there wasn’t anywhere he could run to.

Though Jonah was not an example of what a prophet should be, I am amazed to see God using Jonah’s actions to bring people to Him. We see at the end of chapter one, as Jonah is being swallowed by a great fish, the sailor on the boat calling out and making vows to God.

God can even use disobedience though that doesn’t save the disobedient from trouble.

Here is a great video to help you understand Jonah (sorry no singing vegetables): https://youtu.be/dLIabZc0O4c

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