This story of Jonah reminds us that running away from God is too expensive, running away from God will take you down fast, and God will not call the equip person, but He equip the called.

1. Jonah 1:1,2
VERSE 1 “THE WORD
OF THE LORD CAME
TO JONAH SON OF A-
MIT –TAI.”

2. VERSE 2
“GO TO THE GREATE CITY
OF NINEVEH AND PREACH
AGAINTS IT, BECAUSE ITS
WICKEDNESS HAS COME.”

3. •JONAH LIVED ALMOST 2800
YEARS AGO NEAR THE SEA OF
GALILEE. WHEN GOD CALLED
HIM. EVEN THOUGH HIS NAME
MEANS DOVE, HE ACTED LIKE A
SCARED DOG WITH ITS TAIL
TUCKED BETWEEN ITS LEGS.
RUNNING OFF TO HIDE

4. BUT YOU
CANNOT HIDE
FROM GOD’S
CALL.

5. I.GOD HAS SPECIFIC PURPOSE
•WHEN GOD CALLS US,
HE HAS ALWAYS
SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
WHEN GOD CALLED
ISAIAH HE SAID, “
HERE I AM SEND ME!

6. •WHEN GOD
CALLED JONAH ,
HE SAID, “ HERE
AM I SEND
SOMEBODY ELSE!

7. II.GOD’S CALL IS VERY
PERSONAL
JONAH WAS A REAL PERSON
WHO LIVED IN A REAL CITY
JUST LIKE US. HE KNEW GOD
AND REALIZED IT WAS
REALLY GOD WHO WAS
CALLING HIM TO A WIDER
MINISTRY.

8. >GOD IS STILL CALLING
US TODAY. GOD DOES
NOT CALL THE
EQUIPPED PERSON, GOD
EQIPS THE CALLED. GOD
KNOWS US.

9. III.GOD’S CALL IS ALWAYS SPECIFIC
JONAH WAS CALLED TO NINEVEH,
THE WICKEDEST CITY IN THE
WORLD. NINEVEH DESCRIBED AS
PEOPLE HAD FALLEN IN TO SIN. THE
CITY OF BLOOD. THEY TORTURED
ADULTS BY SKINNING THEM ALIVE
AND LEAVING THEM TO DIE IN THE
BURNING SUN.

10. GOD IS STILL CALLING HIS
PEOPLE BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THE
MODERN CRUISE LINE
CALLED THE “ PRINCESS
TARSHISH” IS DOING BIG
BUSINESS IN THE CHURCH
TODAY.

11. YOU HAVE A HARD
TIMES TO KEEP THE
SABBATH AND YOU
YOURSELF DON’T WANT
TO KEEP AND WANT TO
WORK DURING SABBATH
AND EARN MONEY.

12. JONAH RAN FROM GOD
JONAH 1: 3 JONAH HEADED
FOR TARSHISH. HE WENT
DOWN TO JOPPA WHERE HE
FOUND A SHIP BOUND FOR
THAT PORT. JONAH DID THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD
WANTED HIM TO GO.

13. TARSHISH WAS HIS WILL BUT
NINEVEH WAS GOD’S WILL.
NOW YOU HAVE THE
FREEDOM TO GO TO
TARSHISH WHEN GOD HAS
CALLED YOU TO GO TO
NINEVEH , BUT YOU GO
WITHOUT BLESSING.

14. VERSE 3. JONAH FOUND A
SHIP BOUND FOR
TARSHISH. WHAT A
COINCIDENCE! THIS IS A
GOOD SIGN! LUCK IS WITH
ME! YOU MAY ALSO FIND A
SHIP READY AND WAITING.

15. BUT IF YOU ENROUTE
TO TARSHISH WHEN
GOD CALLED YOU TO
NINEVEH, YOU CAN BE
SURE A GREAT
STORM.

16. SATAN ALWAYS SEES THAT
TRANSPORTATION IS
PROVIDED FOR THOSE WHO
ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM
GOD’S WILL. AND THE DEVIL
WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE
THAT THE SHIP SAILS RIGHT
ON TIME.

17. IV.RUNNING FROM GOD
TAKE YOU DOWN FAST.
NOTICE HIS DOWNWARD FALL.
FIRST HE WENT DOWN TO JOPPA.
THENHE WENT DOWN INTO THE
SHIP. THEN INTO THE SEA, THEN
DOWN INTO THE WHALE’S
BELLY,THEN DOWN INTO THE
DEEP.

18. >WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO
LEAVE THE SURE PATH
OF GOD’S WILL YOU
BEGIN A LONG
DOWNWARD TRAIL THAT
LEADS TO DISASTER.

19. V.RUNNING FROM GOD IS
VERY EXPENSIVE
JONAH PAID THE FARE. SIN IS
COSTLY. JONAH PAID THE TICKET.
THE VOYAGE OFTEN TOOK 6
MONTHS OR EVEN PROBABLY
TOOK ALL THE MONEY HE HAD.
SIN IS LIKE THAT. WE PAY OUR
OWN WHEN WE FLEE FROM GOD.

20. GALATIAN 6:7. SIN IS THE
MOST EXPENSIVE THING
IN THE WHOLE WORLD. IT
COST THE BLOOD OF
JESUS.
ROMANS 6: 23 “ THE
WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH”

21. THE MOST
EXPENSIVE THING A
PERSON CAN EVER
DO IS RUNNING
AWAY FROM GOD.

22. IF YOU HAVE BEEN
RUNNING AWAY FROM
GOD, THINK OF HOW MUCH
MONEY YOU WILL SPEND.
DON’T BE LIKE JONAH AND
PAY FOR YOUR SIN.

23. IS GOD CALLING
YOU TODAY?
WHEN GOD CALLS
YOU, ANSWER HERE
AM I SEND ME!