Someone Must Come Preaching

Somebody’s Got To Come Preaching…

Jonah 1:1-2 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Jonah 3:1-2 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Somebody’s Got To Come Preaching today. Why is the need so important today? Today is similar to the day that Jesus looked over the multitudes and he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Oh, this was a day, because it was people in need [EVERYWHERE].

They were tired, broke down, displaced, needing guidance, needing support, lost, and left behind.

There was a man sick of the palsy. He was paralyzed, laying upon his bed. He needed something.

There were certain scribes there that believed that they had a monopoly on the grace of God so much so they slandered the name of Jesus. They too needed something.

There was a man named Matthew who collected taxes and he was there. Matthew needed something as well.

There were many publicans and sinners there who ate with Jesus. They needed something from Jesus.

There were Pharisees who judged the impartialness of Jesus. Lord knows, they too needed something.

There was a woman diseased with an issue of blood for the last 12 years. She too was there. This woman needed something.

A certain ruler’s daughter had just recently died (Father full of hope). The Certain ruler needed something.

Two blind men showed up crying and saying Thou son of David have mercy on us. They needed something.

A dumb man was brought to Jesus, possessed of the devil. He too needed something.

But when Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Somebody’s Got To Come Preaching.

Today is no different from that day in that we all need something.

A society ravaged by COVID-19 affecting how we live, play, worship, and entertain. A society that is infiltrated with high inflation. Families having to make decisions like should I pay a bill or buy food for my family. A society that is shaken by school-shootings and domestic terrorism. A society that says the children are our future but pays the teachers less than a living wage. A society that is witnessing more mental health conditions today than we have ever seen. A society that has young people taking their own lives and the lives of others at a pace that local law enforcement agencies believe that they need more police men and women on the streets to curb the violence and harm being done to and by our children.

Somebody’s Got To Come Preaching.

We all got something going on.

We all can stand a little grace.

My need may not be Your Need but you can believe we all are in need of something.

Today. The most segregated day of the week is the day that we have the most in common and that is that we all need something.

So Somebody’s Got To Come Preaching!!!

In the days of Jonah, the son of Amittai, a prophet of God had a Divine Call of God to direct a message to the lost.

This message was to the great city of Nineveh who had been the largest power of the time but was seeing some decline.

At this point in Jonah’s prophetic ministry, his job was to share God’s message to them. Due to their behavior, God had enlisted Jonah to preach to them.

These people weren’t your ordinary folks that said a little white lie here and there.

These Assyrians worshiped the vicious god Ashur and a multitude of other gods and goddesses. Their brutality and cruelty were legendary. These Assyrians were known to impale their enemies on the stakes in front of their towns and hang their heads from trees in the king’s gardens. They also tortured their captives–men, women, or children–by hacking off noses, ears, or fingers, gouging out their eyes, or tearing off their lips and hands. They reportedly covered the city wall with the skins of their victims. If you got out of line, they would be massacred by the hundreds, sometimes burned at the stake. Then their skulls would be placed in great piles by the roadside as a warning to others.

If Jonah had to decide between warning them that they would be overthrown or to not follow God, Jonah had to think about that. Jonah had to weigh all options. Jonah needed to make sure this decision was going to fit who he was and what he wanted to do.