Immanuel Baptist Church Corbin, Ky

The Mercy of God Jonah 1. Practice first time obedience. 1:1-3, 3:1-3 2. Develop a heart like God’s for people. 1:17, 2:10, 3:10 4:2 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 3. Remember that it is about God not you. 3:5, 4:4-11 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. 17 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - Jonah 1:17 10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. - Jonah 2:10 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster t