Jonah 1:1-17
Now, THE WORD OF THE
LORD (GOD Almighty) CAME TO Jonah, The Son OF Amittai, SAYING, “ARISE, GO TO
Nineveh, That Great City, AND CRY OUT AGAINST IT (Nineveh); FOR Their Wickedness
HAS COME UP BEFORE Me (GOD Almighty).”
BUT, Jonah AROSE TO FLEE TO Tarshish, FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD (GOD
Almighty). He (Jonah) WENT DOWN TO
Joppa, AND FOUND A Ship GOING TO Tarshish; SO He (Jonah) PAID The Fare, AND
WENT DOWN INTO IT (The Ship), TO GO WITH Them TO Tarshish, FROM THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD (GOD Almighty).
BUT, THE LORD (GOD
Almighty) SENT OUT A Great Wind ON The Sea, AND THERE WAS A MIGHTY TEMPEST
ON The Sea, SO THAT The Ship WAS ABOUT TO BE BROKEN UP. THEN, The Mariners WERE AFRAID; AND Every Man
CRIED OUT TO His god, AND THREW The Cargo That WAS IN The Ship INTO The Sea, TO LIGHTEN The Load. BUT, Jonah Had Gone Down INTO The Lowest
Parts OF The Ship, Had Lain Down, AND WAS FAST ASLEEP.
SO, The Captain CAME TO
Him (Jonah), AND SAID TO Him (Jonah), “What DO YOU Mean, Sleeper? ARISE, CALL ON Your GOD (GOD Almighty);
Perhaps Your GOD WILL CONSIDER Us, SO THAT We May NOT Perish.” AND They SAID TO One Another, “Come, Let Us
Cast Lots, That We May KNOW FOR Whose CAUSE This Trouble HAS COME UPON Us.” SO, They CAST LOTS, AND The Lot FELL ON Jonah. THEN, They SAID TO Him (Jonah), “PLEASE TELL
Us! For Whose Cause IS This Trouble UPON Us? What IS Your Occupation? And Where DO YOU Come From? What IS Your Country? And OF What People ARE YOU?” SO, He (Jonah) SAID TO Them, “I AM A Hebrew; AND I FEAR THE LORD,
THE GOD (GOD Almighty) OF Heaven, WHO MADE The Sea AND The Dry Land.”
THEN, The Men WERE
Exceedingly Afraid, AND SAID TO Him (Jonah), “Why Have YOU DONE THIS?” For The Men KNEW That He (Jonah) FLED FROM THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), BECAUSE He (Jonah) HAD TOLD Them. THEN,
They SAID TO Him (Jonah), “What Shall We DO TO YOU That The Sea May BE CALM For
Us?” For The Sea WAS Growing More Tempestuous.
And He (Jonah) SAID TO Them, “PICK Me UP AND THROW Me INTO The Sea; THEN
The Sea WILL BECOME CALM For YOU. FOR I KNOW
That THIS GREAT TEMPEST IS BECAUSE
OF Me.”
Nevertheless, The Men
ROWED HARD TO RETURN TO Land, BUT They COULD NOT, For The Sea Continued TO Grow
MORE Tempestuous AGAINST Them. Therefore,
They CRIED OUT TO THE LORD (GOD Almighty) AND SAID, “We Pray, O LORD,
Please Do NOT Let Us PERISH For THIS MAN’s Life, AND Do NOT CHARGE Us WITH
Innocent Blood; FOR YOU, O LORD, HAVE DONE AS IT PLEASED YOU.”
SO, They PICKED UP Jonah
AND THREW Him INTO The Sea, AND The Sea CEASED FROM ITS RAGING. THEN, The Men FEARED THE LORD (GOD Almighty)
EXCEEDINGLY, AND OFFERED A SACRIFICE TO THE LORD (GOD Almighty) AND TOOK VOWS. Now, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) HAD PREPARED
A GREAT FISH TO SWALLOW Jonah. AND Jonah
WAS IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH, Three (3) Days AND Three (3) Nights.
Jonah 2:1-10
THEN, Jonah PRAYED TO THE
LORD His GOD, FROM THE FISH’s BELLY. AND He (Jonah) SAID: “I CRIED OUT TO THE LORD BECAUSE OF My Affliction, AND He (GOD Almighty)
ANSWERED Me (Jonah). “OUT OF THE BELLY OF
Sheol, I (Jonah) CRIED, AND YOU (GOD Almighty) HEARD My Voice. FOR YOU CAST Me INTO The Deep,
INTO The Heart OF The Seas, AND The
Floods Surrounded Me; All Your Billows AND Your Waves PASSED
OVER Me.
THEN I (Jonah) SAID, ‘I
Have Been CAST OUT OF Your Sight; YET I Will Look Again, Toward YOUR HOLY TEMPLE.’ The Waters Surrounded Me, EVEN TO My Soul; The Deep CLOSED AROUND Me; Weeds WERE WRAPPED
AROUND My Head. I
WENT DOWN TO The Moorings OF The Mountains; The Earth
WITH ITS BARS CLOSED BEHIND Me, Forever;
YET, YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP My Life, FROM The Pit, O LORD, My GOD (GOD Almighty).
“WHEN My Soul FAINTED
WITHIN Me, I REMEMBERED THE LORD (GOD
Almighty); AND My Prayer WENT UP TO YOU, INTO YOUR HOLY TEMPLE. “Those
Who regard worthless idols, FORSAKE Their Own Mercy. BUT, I WILL SACRIFICE TO YOU,
WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING; I WILL
PAY WHAT I HAVE VOWED. SALVATION IS OF THE LORD.” So, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) SPOKE
TO THE FISH, AND IT VOMITED Jonah (ALIVE) ONTO Dry Land.
Fellow
Believers, Why Did Jonah Have TO GO THROUGH THIS TRIAL? Well, BECAUSE Jonah Purposefully Sinned
AGAINST GOD Almighty! That’s Right, GOD
Almighty TOLD Jonah TO GO TO Nineveh AND CRY OUT AGAINST IT, but what did Jonah
do instead? Jonah boarded a ship, in
Joppa, heading for Tarshish. So, what
was GOD Almighty’s Punishment for This sin?
Jonah WAS TOSSED INTO The Sea, SWALLOWED BY A GREAT FISH, AND Jonah WAS IN THE BELLY OF
THE FISH, Three (3) Days AND Three (3) Nights.
Folks, GOD Almighty CREATES A Specific
Path, FOR EACH OF Us TO Walk; I call it, “GOD Almighty’s Path.” FROM The Day We ARE CONCEIVED, We Begin
Walking THIS PATH! However, SIN TAKES Us
AWAY FROM Walking This Path.
Once We Acknowledge GOD Almighty’s Amazing
Saving GRACE AND Accept GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT OF Salvation, Which Comes
ONLY, THROUGH Jesus Christ, THEN We BEGIN Walking This Path, WITH PURPOSE IN
MIND! What is THIS PURPOSE, YOU ask?
Well, WITH GOD Almighty AS Our First
Priority, Serving Him (GOD Almighty) IS Our TRUE PURPOSE, IN THIS, Our Natural
Body Life! Sharing The Gospel OF Jesus
Christ WITH EVERYONE, Who Has EARS TO HEAR AND EYES TO SEE, THE TRUTH, IS Our
Primary Goal, IN SERVING GOD Almighty.
GOD Almighty Gives Each of Us Spiritual
Gifts, IN ORDER TO FULFILL Our Primary Goal.
We KNOW That Jesus Christ WALKS WITH Us, The Holy Spirit TEACHES Us, AND
GOD Almighty WATCHES OVER Us, KNOWING THIS, Should FILL Each of Us WITH Comfort
AND Confidence.
Now, TO The Main Point, GOD Almighty
Charges Us WITH Specific Tasks, Which He (GOD Almighty) Commands Us TO Perform,
just like Jonah. It may be to pack up
and move to another place; OR it may be to speak to a specific person; OR it
may be to change professions; OR IT MAY BE TO Boldly Preach The Gospel OF Jesus
Christ, Even Though We ARE ONLY Laypersons!
GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO Us, IN SO Many Ways,
GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO Us, THROUGH HIS WORDS We READ, IN The Holy Bible. GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO US, SPEAKS TO Our
Hearts, AS We READ HIS WORDS, IN The Holy Bible. GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO Us, SPEAKS TO Our
Hearts, AS We Sleep AT Night, AND Throughout Our Waking Day. GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO Us, AS We Commune WITH
Him (GOD Almighty) THROUGH Prayer. AND
GOD Almighty SPEAKS TO Us, THROUGH Fellow Believers, as well.
GOD Almighty MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO YOU,
Right Now, COMMANDING YOU, TO DO Something YOU Probably Do NOT Feel Comfortable
Doing, Perhaps OUT OF Your Comfort Zone.
My Question For YOU, IS THIS, DO YOU WANT Your Own Personal “Sign of
Jonah?” DO YOU WANT TO Wake Up “IN The
Belly OF A Great Fish”, SO TO SPEAK?
My Prayer, FOR EACH OF YOU, IS THIS, That
GOD Almighty IS Your First Priority, That YOU Are Using Your Spiritual Gifts TO
Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ, That YOU ARE Jesus Christ’s LIGHT UPON THIS
World (Satan’s World), AND Most Importantly, That YOU ARE Striving, Daily, TO ALLOW
GOD Almighty TO MOLD YOU AND CHANGE YOU, TO BE MORE LIKE Him, AND LESS LIKE The
Rest OF Mankind.
Fellow Believers, GOD Almighty, Jesus
Christ, AND The Holy Spirit WILL GUIDE YOU, Daily, Even OUT OF Your Comfort
Zone, SO, YOU MUST BE PREPARED FOR THIS!
THIS IS Our TRUE PURPOSE, IN THIS LIFE, AND UNTIL “The Being Caught Up
Together” OR GOD Almighty TAKING Us FROM THIS World (THROUGH Death), THIS
REMAINS Our TRUE PURPOSE!
Revelation 3:10
Because YOU (Believers)
Have KEPT My (Jesus Christ’s) COMMAND TO Persevere, I (Jesus Christ) ALSO WILL
KEEP YOU (Believers) FROM THE HOUR OF TRIAL (The Great Tribulation), Which
Shall COME UPON The Whole World (Satan’s World), TO TEST Those (Unbelievers)
Who Dwell ON The Earth.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
FOR THE LORD (Jesus
Christ), Himself, WILL DESCEND FROM Heaven, WITH A SHOUT, WITH The VOICE of an
Archangel, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD (GOD Almighty). AND The Dead IN Christ (Dead Believers) WILL
RISE First. THEN, We (Living
Believers) WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN,
Shall BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER, WITH Them (The Dead IN Christ), IN THE CLOUDS, TO
MEET THE LORD (Jesus Christ) IN THE AIR.
AND THUS, We (Believers) Shall ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD (Jesus Christ).
Hebrews 12:22-24
BUT YOU (Believers) HAVE COME TO Mount
Zion (Heaven) AND TO THE CITY OF THE LIVING GOD (GOD Almighty), THE HEAVENLY
Jerusalem, TO AN INNUMERABLE COMPANY OF Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels), TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, WHO ARE REGISTERED IN Heaven, TO GOD (GOD Almighty) THE JUDGE OF
ALL, TO The Spirits OF JUST Men (Believers) MADE PERFECT, TO Jesus, THE
MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, AND TO THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING, THAT SPEAKS
BETTER THINGS, Than That OF Abel.
The Being
Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond. SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There,
Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.
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