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.TRANSCRIPT
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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03) Everyday Evangelism
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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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