Rose Ave Baptist Church
Second Chance
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Locations & Times
Rose Ave Baptist Church
702 N Rose Ave, Breckenridge, TX 76424, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Second Chances
Jonah 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
I. The Disobedience of God’s People
A. It was Deliberate – 3:1
B. It was Detrimental – vs. 4
1. The Mariners – vs. 5 Those around us will be affected by our acts of disobedience.
2. The Ministry – vs. 6 “…call upon thy God…”
3. The Message – “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord…”
4. The Morale – vs. 10 “…why has thou done this?”
C. It was Demeaning – vs. 10 Imagine the indignity of being vomited out!
II. The Degree of God’s Patience
Luke 19:39,40
39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Exodus 34:6,7
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,…
III. The Determination of God’s Purpose
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Acts 9:15,16
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Conclusion: This message is about God being a God of second chances.
Have you messed up? Have you stumbled and fallen? Have you disobeyed and discovered the misery of being out of God’s will? God can forgive and God can restore.