God called Jonah with a great call. It was great in it's authority, it's simplicity and it's great importance. But Jonah refused the call and decided to try and escape from God. Jonah rejected the honor God bestowed on him in the call; he rejected the opportunity God presented to him; and Jonah rejected God's desire. Are we like Jonah?

1. God’s Calling

2. Jonah 1:1-3
1 Now the word of the LORD came to
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise,
go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
out against it; for their wickedness has
come up before Me.”

3. Jonah 1:1-3
3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from
the presence of the LORD. He went down
to Joppa, and found a ship going to
Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went
down into it, to go with them to Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD.

4. • God called Jonah

5. Jonah 1:1,2
1 Now the word of the LORD came to
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and cry out against it; for their
wickedness has come up before Me.”

6. Jonah 3:1,2
1 Now the word of the LORD came
to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great
city, and preach to it the message
that I tell you.”

7. Luke 5:32
“I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners, to
repentance.”

8. 2Thessalonians 2:13,14
13 But we are bound to give thanks to
God always for you, brethren beloved by
the Lord, because God from the
beginning chose you for salvation
through sanctification by the Spirit and
belief in the truth,

9. 2Thessalonians 2:13,14
14 to which He called you by our
gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ.

10. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was
a great call

11. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was a
great call
• great in authority
• great in simplicity
• great in it’s assignment

12. Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, “Repent,
and let every one of you be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

13. Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to
them, saying, “All authority has
been given to Me in heaven and
on earth.

14. Matthew 28:18-20
19 Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

15. Matthew 28:18-20
20 teaching them to observe all
things that I have commanded
you; and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.”
Amen.

16. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was
a great call
• Jonah refused the call

17. Jonah 1:3
But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from
the presence of the LORD. He went down
to Joppa, and found a ship going to
Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went
down into it, to go with them to Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD.

18. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was a great call
• Jonah refused the call
• refused the honor God conferred
• refused the task God assigned
• refused a great opportunity

19. James 5:19,20
19 Brethren, if anyone among you
wanders from the truth, and someone
turns him back, 20 let him know that he
who turns a sinner from the error of his
way will save a soul from death and
cover a multitude of sins.

20. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was a great call
• Jonah refused the call
• refused the honor God conferred
• refused the task God assigned
• refused a great opportunity
• refused God’s desire

21. John 12:48
He who rejects Me, and does not
receive My words, has that which
judges him—the word that I have
spoken will judge him in the last day.

22. • God called Jonah
• God’s call to Jonah was
a great call
• Jonah refused the call