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"What can we learn from the life of Jonah?"

Proud, stubborn, disobedient, unfaithful, a grumbler, and altogether a bad-tempered, cantankerous old goat—this was Jonah, whose name means “dove”! Jonah was the son of Amittai, who came from Gath-hepher in Zebulun (called Gittah-hepher in Joshua 19:10-13). He was the earliest of the prophets and close behind Elisha in his place in the Old Testament. Jonah’s story is told in the short (just 48 verses) but powerful book of Jonah. 

When God called Jonah to go and warn the violent and godless Ninevites of their impending doom, all his pride in being a Hebrew—and therefore uniquely favored by the Almighty (so he thought, no doubt along with many others of his nation)—rose up in rebellion. Pagans, to him, were the worst kind of human garbage, not even fit to pollute the good earth by living on it. They were the “untouchables,” and that God should take an interest in them was unthinkable. Therefore, not being one to put up with that which was not to his mind, he fled to Joppa and got himself a passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, which was in the opposite direction from Nineveh.

Fortunately for all of us this was not the end of the line for Jonah. Join us for the next five weeks on Sunday mornings as we explore some of the main themes from the book of Jonah.

• God's Heart 
• God's Servant 
• God's Provision 
• God's Justice 
• God's Salvation

We find in the book of Jonah the sovereign grace of God tracing it's way through the whole book. Is it any wonder Jesus himself said in (Mat 12:39). that no other sign would be given to his generation except the sign of the prophet Jonah. If it's good enough for Jesus to mention then It should be good enough for the church of Jesus Christ to study together.

Enjoy!