My Bible study notes for Wednesday night, April 17th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.
Jonah 2:1-10
INTRO
- God’s delieverance of Jonah
- Jonah’s realization… His Sin and His Prayer
- God’s Mercy and Grace
Realize the problem – vv. 1-2
- I called out
- My distress
- Taking ownership. OUR SIN before a holy God
Understand God’s discipline – v. 3
Heb. 12:5-11
Discipline is:
- To correct, train, and instruct
- Is motivated by God’s love for us
- It is for our profit…to share in His holiness
- Will lead to the fruits of our salvation
We can either
- Get mad and fight against it
- Get discourage and faint under it
- Get stubborn and invite more of it
- Get submissive and learn from it
Look upon God’s Holy temple – vv. 4-7
Notice two truths:
- He knew how bad he had gotten
- He knew God was the only answer
- Holy, Righteous, Just
Change your life– vv. 8-9
- He went from serving (vain & worthless idols). The idols of his own heart
- To serving and following the Lord