Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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… And I know that because there are 12 amazing words in the Bible that says, then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. Wow. A second time. He blew the first time. God said, Jonah, I'm going to come back and give you another chance. You see, Jonah just made a bunch of bad decisions. I mean, God said to go to Nineveh, and Jonah headed 2,000 miles the other way. I would call that disobedience. God said go by land and Jonah decided to go by sea God said go east sailed west Jonah says arise and go and Jonah went down and to the bottom of a ship and God said preach and Jonah went to sleep and God said live for others and Jonah chose to live for himself he was a nasty boy. I mean he was just determined to do his thing and not do God's thing. And God watched him do it. And then he gave him a second chance. …
… Stand as we go to the Word of God. Jonah chapter 3 verse 1 there you'll find these words now the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time you may be seated No, sit down. Now the word of the Lord. I want you to look at somebody on your right and your left, and I need you to say this to them like you know they need it, and they might tear this place up on just what you're going to tell them. I want you to give them my subject. Look at them and tell them, neighbor, I don't care how rough it is. God has not changed his mind. about you. if somebody believes that you ought to shout just right there God He's not changed his mind. We are living in a cultural moment now where people can be erased with a click. It's called cancel culture. One post, one mistake, one misstep, one moment taken out of context. and you can be canceled. …
… Chapter three. and the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. How many of you are thankful for the God of second chances? Our God doesn't just call, but our God calls back. And so what did Jonah do? He finally obeyed the Lord. He wasn't happy about it, but he preached a very short, very direct message, but basically turn or burn, like you got 40 days to repent of your sins or God's gonna destroy you. And he preaches the message and all of the Ninevites actually turn. And how does the Lord respond to their repentance? How does God respond when the evil people turn from their sins? Chapter three tells us how they respond. When God saw that the Ninevites, the very last verse, when he saw the Ninevites did what they did and how they turned, how they repented from their evil ways, God relented and did not bring on them the destruction that he had threatened. What do we see? When they repented, God relented. …