Jonah 3 begins in almost exactly the same way as Jonah 1. Jonah 3:1 is nearly identical to Jonah 1:1.
Jonah 3:1 reveals that God is a God of second chances. After Jonah’s blatant rebellion and shameful disobedience of chapter 1, and after Jonah’s self-righteous, unrepentant behavior in chapter 2, God still calls Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach to it the message that God to him.
The Text of Jonah 3:1
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second time,
In this discussion of Jonah 3:1 we look at:
- Why Jonah 3:1 is nearly identical to Jonah 1:1
- What this reveals to us about the character of God
- How you should respond when God gives you a second chance
Resources:
- Redeeming God Discipleship Area
- The Six Denials of Peter
- Read Between the Worlds Podcast – Interview with Dan Mayhew
- Books by Dan Mayhew
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a God of second chances!
Thanks for sharing what is deep within yourself. We can all relate to to Jonah and how he struggled not to tell Gods message.
We live in a world that needs thousands of Jonahs.
We need more today than ever to know God and to give him recognition.
Our God truly is a God of second chances! Amen!
I love your Jonah studies Jeremy and am using them as a resource for my own preaching through the book of Jonah – all due credit given!
Oh, good! Glad to hear it! I hope to put these studies out as a book eventually…