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Why Hast Thou Done This?
Contributed by David Coe on Nov 11, 2000 (message contributor)
Summary: A sermon to show the foolishness of running from God.
WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS?
Jonah 1:1-3,10
A Message on "Running From God"
I. THE MOTIVE
1.) Disobedience 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh.."
a.) Displeasing 4:1 "But it displeased Jonah..."
b.) Difficult 1:2 "cry against it for their wickedness..."
II. THE MANNER
1.) Ditch God 1:3 "went down to Joppa .... ship going to Tarshish.."
2.) Disappear 1:3 "from the presence of the Lord."
a.) Psalms 139:7-11
III. THE MESS
1.) Damage 1:5 "...and cast forth the wares ... into the sea.."
2.) Dilemma 1:17 "And Jonah was in the belly of the fish..."
IV. THE MERCY
1.) Dry land 2:10 "...and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."
2.) Duplicate orders 3:1 ".. the word of the Lord came unto to Jonah the second time.."
