May 9, 2006
The Word May 9, 2006
The Story & Lessons of Jonah
-Once Jonah was out of the belly of the fish, God gave him another chance to do what God told him to do in the first place, “And the word of the Lord can unto Jonah the second time, saying,” (Jonah 3:1). God is so great he gives us chance after chance to walk in his path for us.
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” Proverbs 24:16
-The key is to get up from the situation that caused us to fall, repent to the Lord, and turn from what ever got us in that situation. The people of Nineveh did that exactly. Jonah finally told the people, “yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” (Jonah 3:4). The next verse states, “So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them,” (Jonah 3:5).
-A sackcloth was worn as a sign of mourning or penitence. Penitent means sorrow for sins or faults. That was a part how they repented to the Lord. Thank God Jesus died on the cross so we don’t have to walk around in sackcloth. All we have to do is pray, ask God for forgiveness, and turn from our sinful ways.
-“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not,” God gave them a second chance (Jonah 3:10). When we repent and turn from our “evil way” God will forgive us and give us a second chance. Lord, please show me how to repent and help me to turn from my “evil ways.”
The Story & Lessons of Jonah
-Once Jonah was out of the belly of the fish, God gave him another chance to do what God told him to do in the first place, “And the word of the Lord can unto Jonah the second time, saying,” (Jonah 3:1). God is so great he gives us chance after chance to walk in his path for us.
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” Proverbs 24:16
-The key is to get up from the situation that caused us to fall, repent to the Lord, and turn from what ever got us in that situation. The people of Nineveh did that exactly. Jonah finally told the people, “yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” (Jonah 3:4). The next verse states, “So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them,” (Jonah 3:5).
-A sackcloth was worn as a sign of mourning or penitence. Penitent means sorrow for sins or faults. That was a part how they repented to the Lord. Thank God Jesus died on the cross so we don’t have to walk around in sackcloth. All we have to do is pray, ask God for forgiveness, and turn from our sinful ways.
-“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not,” God gave them a second chance (Jonah 3:10). When we repent and turn from our “evil way” God will forgive us and give us a second chance. Lord, please show me how to repent and help me to turn from my “evil ways.”
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