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Training A Witness
Contributed by Sam Martin on Dec 22, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: Jonah a seasoned Evangelist still needed to ge trained in some area.
Training A Witness
Text: Jonah 1:1-4-4:11
I. Jonah’s Rebellion
a. A Divine Call 1:1 (The Word of the Lord)
b. A Direct Commission 1:2(Arise and go)
c. A Deliberate Choice 1:3 (Jonah didn’t go)
II. Jonah’s Running
a. The Fleeing - Why not stay?
b. The Fare – The cost was great!
1. Running from God is a pay now pay later plan.
2. The most expensive trip you will ever take is away from God.
c. The Forgetting – Sleeping
1. Rebellion
2. Backsliding
III. Jonah’s Repentance
a. The Conviction – 1:10
b. The Casting – 1:12
c. The Confession – 1:14-16
IV. Jonah’s Recommission – 3:1-3
a. The Second Chance – 3:1
b. The Same Commission – 3:2
c. The Short Sermon – 3:4
d. The Sack-Cloth – 3:5
V. Jonah’s Resignation
a. The Sulking – 4:1-3
b. The Surrender – 4:4-11
