Oakwood Church
Confronted - Jonah 1:4-17
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“‘Arise, go to Nineveh…’ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish… away from the presence of the Lord.”
Jonah 1:2-3
Jonah 1:2-3
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
1. Intense Situations
“But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.”
Jonah 1:4
1. Intense Situations
“But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.”
Jonah 1:4
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
1. Intense Situations
“Do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:4-5
1. Intense Situations
“Do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:4-5
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
2. Insightful Connections
“Jonah… was fast asleep. So the captain came and said to him, ‘What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god!’”
Jonah 1:5-6
2. Insightful Connections
“Jonah… was fast asleep. So the captain came and said to him, ‘What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god!’”
Jonah 1:5-6
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
3. Internal Impressions
“So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah…‘I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and dry land.’”
Jonah 1:7,9
3. Internal Impressions
“So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah…‘I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and dry land.’”
Jonah 1:7,9
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
3. Internal Impressions
“Then the men were exceedingly afraid… for the men knew he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord because he had told them.”
Jonah 1:9-10
3. Internal Impressions
“Then the men were exceedingly afraid… for the men knew he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord because he had told them.”
Jonah 1:9-10
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
3. Internal Impressions
“Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me…”
Jonah 1:12
3. Internal Impressions
“Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me…”
Jonah 1:12
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.”
Jonah 1:13
4. Sacrificial Protection
“Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.”
Jonah 1:13
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“Therefore they called out to the Lord, ‘O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.’”
Jonah 1:14
4. Sacrificial Protection
“Therefore they called out to the Lord, ‘O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.’”
Jonah 1:14
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.”
Jonah 1:15
4. Sacrificial Protection
“So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.”
Jonah 1:15
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“All your waves and your billows passed over me…The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head.”
Jonah 2:3,5
4. Sacrificial Protection
“All your waves and your billows passed over me…The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head.”
Jonah 2:3,5
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“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
4. Sacrificial Protection
“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
God’s Gracious Intervention for our Redirection:
4. Sacrificial Protection
“For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
Matthew 12:40
4. Sacrificial Protection
“For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
Matthew 12:40
“My song shall be always of the loving-kindness of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be showing forth thy truth from one generation to another.”
~ John Wesley
~ John Wesley