The Parable of Jonah @ WAFBEC 2022 by Apostle Arome Osayi

God came to his prophet Jonah and instructed him to go to the great city Nineveh to preach. Nineveh was a great city in terms of size, population, and influence, but it was also known for its great evil deeds. This preaching assignment was another manifestation of God’s mercy, kindness, and grace toward Jonah. It was an assignment that Jonah should have rejoiced in, being counted worthy by God for this task. However, as we know, when Jonah received this assignment, he rejected God’s clear command and headed in the opposite direction of Nineveh, choosing to go to Tarshish by way of the sea. He did this because he didn’t want any form of mercy, kindness, or grace from the Lord to come to this great city. Instead, Jonah had such disdain for Nineveh that he wanted judgment to fall upon it. However, as Jonah was fleeing, as you may recall, the Lord began to chase him. The Lord chased Jonah by hurling a great storm upon the sea. Interestingly, this storm was another grace in Jonah’s life. It was an act of God’s mercy and kindness to chase Jonah, an evidence of God’s love, as if the great hound of heaven was pursuing Jonah with the intention of bringing him back to Himself. You need to listen to this ser…

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