“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, ESV)

31/01/2021 – Morning Service: Out of the Depths

Bible Readings:

Acts 27:1 – 44

Jonah 1:17 – 2:10

Sermon Outline:

Jonah 1:17–2:2 (NKJV)

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. 2 And he said:

“I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,

And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

And You heard my voice.

I  Jonah’s situation – hopeless!

Jonah 2:2 (NKJV)

2 And he said:

“I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,

And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

And You heard my voice.

II  Jonah’s faith – hopeful

Exodus 34:6–7 (NKJV)

6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 30:18 (NKJV)

18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;

And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Jonah 2:10 (NKJV)

10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.