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Views Of Jonah
Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 10, 2004 (message contributor)
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1. A Test Of Will
Contributed on Sep 10, 2004
Jonah exibits free will when he runs from God. God will not make you do anything, but he will encourage you.
A Test of Will For the past couple of weeks we have been taking some of the Bible stories that we normally think of as children’s stories. We looking are at them from an adult point of view. Today we are picking up with Jonah. What do we know about Jonah from this scripture? From all we ...read more
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2. Skin Deep
Contributed on Sep 10, 2004
Jonah depended on family and nationality as the basis of his Spirituality. His relationship does not go to the heart.
Last week we talked about free will. How Jonah was exercising his free will when he went and caught a boat going the opposite direction from where God send him. We looked over the scripture to determine Jonah’s qualifications. If he was being called for the first time as a Prophet. From the ...read more
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3. Unhappy Success
Contributed on Sep 10, 2004
Jonah goes as directed but is not happy about it. When the mission goes great, the anger comes out.
Unhappy Success Jonah 3 & 4 Well in the way of a quick review, we have been talking about the prophet Jonah. We looked at how he exercised his free will and went in the opposite direction of God’s instruction. We heard about these Sailors that acted more righteous than God’s prophet. ...read more