Our information about Jonah is limited but incontestable. From 2 Kings 14:23-25 we know that Jonah, the son of Amittai, was a prophet from Gath Hepher. He foretold that Jeroboam II would recapture the territory of Israel. Jeroboam reigned from about 782 to 753 BC. Thus, Jonah lived either during or prior to that period. Jesus says the Ninevites repented
Luke 11:29-54 [Matthew 12:38–45] We should be careful of calling someone or something a “type” unless the Bible does so. At times a parallel is drawn without using the language of “type and antitype.” Such is the case with Jesus and Jonah. There are both similarities and differences. Let us learn both from the similarities and the differences. Delivered from
The Book of Jonah is not just a story about a fish. It is a story about a runaway prophet, a wicked city, and a merciful God. Jonah wanted judgment. God wanted repentance. Jonah preached reluctantly. Nineveh repented completely. Jonah 3:10 reveals one of the most powerful truths in Scripture: God responds to genuine repentance. “Then God saw their works,
While the Biblical story of Jonah is for grown ups, we are often more familiar with the Sunday School version. I remember a drawing of Jonah seated on a chair at a desk with a candle…all inside of the fish. It seems that when God prepared the fish, he included furniture. Perhaps we should call this article “Jonah Revisited”. The
The structure of this psalm is interesting. The first 11 verses are personal lament. It is self-focused, although at verse 10 the focus shifts a little to the relationship between the speaker and the Lord.The focus in 12-16 is the Lord and His city. Personal considerations have been pushed aside in favour of a vision of God’s greatness (12), the
Key Passages: “You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers; just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His
We had our monthly Men’s breakfast this morning and the subject of the devotional after the meal was Perseverance. Towards the end of the class a metaphor came into my mind that is from an old Chinese story about the bamboo tree. Maybe you’ve already heard it but it is a motivational secular parable about persistence, patience and perseverance in
When we took our walk this morning things were different. Where we usually see many people hurrying to work or taking children to the school bus, cars rushing here and there, people on the sidewalks walking to their job or hoping for a lift to town, teenagers walking to their bus stop; there was almost none of that. Today is
This is one of the most challenging psalms. Its teaching is clear and straightforward. It is not difficult to understand, but it is challenging to carry out.If it is a psalm of David, it is one that he struggled to live by. We also may live up to it but poorly, but still, it is the ideal toward which we
Psalm 100 is the conclusion of a series of psalms that are particularly useful as “call to worship” readings.This psalm uses seven imperative verbs to call us to worship. We are told to make a joyful noise, serve the Lord, come into his presence, know the Lord, enter his gates, give thanks to him, and to bless him.This psalm does
One would have to work hard to miss the point in this psalm. Even the structure by which the main theme is broken into parts is made clear.The central affirmation is made three times (3, 5, 9). Each of these three statements of his holiness marks a section where a different aspect of that holiness has been examined. He is
“God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform.” Most of us have sung that song by William Cowper and have pondered the way our Lord works behind the scenes to bring about his will. Most of us have experienced his behind the scenes and unexpected means of working on us. On Wednesday April 15, I had no idea
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