7 дек. 2013 г.

Book of Jonah. Outline.

Gustav Dore.
Jonah Calling Nineveh To Repentance
SECTION I.  FIRST COMISSION
God's 1st call to Jonah and his disobedient response.
Commission.
AWOL -- Absent without Leave.

CHAPTER 1.  FIRST CALL AND DISOBEDIENCE
Away from God.

1:1-3Disobeyed
Fleeing servant.
No Go, God!
Ticket to Tarshish.
Scene: at home. 

1:4-10.  Discovered
God exposes Jonah.
Scene: on the ship.

1:11-17.  Discarded
Discarded by men, not by God.
Dumped.

CHAPTER 2.  PRAYER AND REPENTANCE
To God.
Scene: in the fish.

2:1-6a.  Confession
"I..."

2:6b-8.  Praise
2:6b-8 "yet you..."

2:9-10.  Promise
"But I..."

SECTION II.  SECOND COMISSION
God's call to Jonah repeated and his obedient response.
Re-Commission.
AWOL -- Angry without Love.

CHAPTER 3.  TWO CRIES
With God.
Scene: in the Nineveh.

3:1-4.  Cry of Jonah
Jonah's cry to Ninevites.
Cause to vs 3:5-10.

3:5-10.  Cry of Nivevites
The Ninevites cry to God.
Nineveh repents.
Response to God's message.
Effect of vs. 3:1-4.

CHAPTER 4.  TWO HEARTS
Ahead of God.
Scene: outside of the Nineveh.

4:1-4.  Heart of Jonah
AWOL -- angry without love.
Angry, unmerciful heart.
Jonah's unmerciful reaction.

4:5-11.  Heart of Yahweh
God's heart of the Father.
God's lesson to Jonah.
Father teaches his son.

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