Sermon Notes for: 7/20/2008
 “Jonah's Disobedience” - Jonah 1
-- Jeffrey C. Evans --
 

I. Introduction
a. What’s the real story of Jonah?
b. In Jonah 1, we are especially confronted with the need to
 repent of any waywardness or refusal to do what God commands of us.
c. Content and structure of the book
i. Not a parable, though similar to one
ii. Four chapters, with the climax in 4:4, 9
iii. Unique as a prophetic book, probably taking place sometime
 between 780-760 BC

II. Jonah Disobeys God’s Call (vv. 1-3)
a. Jonah the prophet (cf. 2 Kings 14:23-29)
b. Ninevah of Assyria
c. Jonah flees from the presence of God

III. The Sailors’ Discovery of Jonah (vv. 4-10)
a. A great storm while Jonah sleeps
b. The impossibility of Jonah escaping his guilt
c. Jonah’s confession

IV. Jonah and the Sea (vv. 11-17)
a. Jonah’s courage?
b. The sailors’ uprightness
c. The sailors’ conversion?

V. Application

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