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.

1:1-3.  Disobeyed

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.