Sermon Notes

Are You Running from God?

JONAH 1:1-17; PS 139:7-12;

INTRODUCTION:  

The Fugitive

✪  You cannot avoid, ignore or outrun ___________ forever.

1:1-3    Jonah refused to be sent to preach the message of repentance to the _______________.

• • God saw the Ninevites’ ___________. (v2)

• God, in His mercy, appointed a messenger of _________________. (v2)

• God saw Jonah’s _________. (v3)

1:4-6    Jonah’s disobedience caused great danger for the ______________. 

• God, in His mercy, sent a great ___________storm. (v4)
• ____________ was oblivious to the danger. (v5)
• The captain was _____________ for divine intervention. (v6)

1:7-10    The mariners confronted Jonah on his __________ against Jehovah.

• Jonah was found to be the _________ of the storm. (v7)
• Jonah was still unwilling to _______________. (v9)

1:11-16    The mariners reluctantly ____________ Jonah overboard into the sea.

• Jonah proposed a ____________ response. (v12)
• The mariners employed ____________. (v14)
• The mariners ____________ the great God greatly. (v16)

CONCLUSIONS: 

• God has not overlooked your __________, nor will He allow it to continue forever.
• God, in his mercy, sends messengers to preach the message of ________________ to you.
• Refusing to follow God’s _____________ is dangerous.
• You cannot ____________ the presence of God or defy His will.