The Rescue
Notes
Transcript
Secular:
Swimming scare
Personal:
Ever felt like you were drowning? Like you had no control and nothing to grab onto?
In those moments we need to be rescued.
In life we can learn to swim and feel invincible, but there are some things that without God’s grace, would destroy us.
We need to be rescued.
Biblical:
Jonah ran away from God
He ran away from God’s call to warn his enemies of coming judgement
God desired to reach out with His grace to those undeserving
Nineveh
Jonah
Now Jonah is in the water, thrown overboard in response to a threatening storm
He was in need of rescue
Subject:
What does God’s grace rescue us from?
Textual:
Jonah 1:17-2:10
What does God’s grace rescue us from?
Distress (1-3)
Distress causes us to call out to God who hears
“Jonah prayed to the LORD his God”
Distress comes by the will of God who cares
Permissible will
Desirable will
Why?
So we’ll call to him...
So we’ll turn from our wicked ways...
dirty aquarium
DISTRESS DURING TIME OF CLEANING
Death (4-6)
Death is the separation from God
Death is beyond our control
Death is the fate of all, but God...
bananas
FATE OF ALL IS DEATH - BUT GOD OFFERS LIFE
Disorientation (7-9)
Disoriented by life
Disoriented by idolatry
Disoriented by independence
magnets
IF WE WANT TO BE DRAWN TOWARD GOD RATHER THAN AWAY FROM HIM, WE MUST TURN AROUND - “REPENT”