Jonah 1:3 ~ But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.
A. Unwanted Grace Came to a Self-Centered Heart.
Nineveh was in a weakened condition, and Jonah wanted it to stay that way..
Jonah knew of Nineveh’s cruelty and also of its expansionist desires..
Later Hosea, one of Jonah’s contemporaries prophesied that Assyria would take Israel captive, and Jonah knew that could happen..
Yet God told his prophet to go Nineveh – but his prophet didn’t want this grace from God..
Jonah was called to the greatest evangelistic ministry in history, but he turned it down..
He didn’t want God’s unwelcome, uninvited grace..
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