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The True and the Better - Week 1
Pastor Scott Borman

“The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’ But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish.” Jonah 1:1–3

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.” Matthew 12:41

Jonah resists God’s mission because he hates his enemies.

“I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.”
Jonah 4:2

“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44

Jonah descends into death, Jesus enters it.

“Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.” Jonah 1:15

“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help…” Jonah 2:2

“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” 1 Peter 3:18

Jonah resents mercy, Jesus delights in it.

“When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Jonah 3:10

“But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.” Jonah 4:1

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

Stop running.
Stop resisting.
Come to Jesus.