In today’s episode, the guys talk about the story of Jonah, one of the stories of the Bible which is most mocked by atheists because it is seen as impossible. However, as Christians we know that with God nothing is impossible. Listeners are reminded that God created heaven and the earth out of nothing, therefore anything is possible. As students of God, we need to allow His Word to say what it says and be what it is. Jonah\u2019s story is presented as history, not fiction. God is a miraculous, extravagant God who holds the whole world in His hands. When we begin to explain God\u2019s Word away to make it more acceptable to the present culture, we are denouncing God\u2019s truth.<\/p>\n
The most fascinating thing about Jonah\u2019s story is just how short the book of Jonah could have been. If he had obeyed God\u2019s order to cry out against the wickedness of the city, he never would have endured the belly of the whale. Jonah\u2019s sin was not disobeying God, but that he was angry with God for loving his own enemies. However, God loves everyone, enemy or not. As Christians, we must also go out to spread God\u2019s Word with love in our hearts for our own enemies. Jonah\u2019s story goes to show how blinding hatred can be that it dims our view of Christs\u2019 love and compassion.<\/p>\n
When talking about these figures from the Bible, we should remember that we have something they don\u2019t: the cross, which serves as evidence of God\u2019s love for us. Thus, we should be forgiving of our enemies and love them just as God does. While Jonah spent three days in the belly of a whale, Jesus spent three days in the tomb. It is the very same power of God which caused the whale to spit Jonah out which also resurrected Jesus from the dead. Jonah\u2019s sin was what put him in his predicament, but it was our sin which sent Jesus to the cross. In this way, Jesus is the better Jonah. We should all aim to be men who God may use at all costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What do you see when you look at the biblical story of Jonah? Today the guys discuss this fishy tale, what we can learn from Jonah\u2019s mistakes, and how the whole thing points to the power, love, and forgiveness of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":281384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"post_series":[],"podcast_series":[11425],"speaker":[11188,11189,11190,11187],"podcast_topics":[11600,11601,11602],"class_list":["post-361963","episode","type-episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast_series-season-2","speaker-emeal-zwayne","speaker-mark-spence","speaker-oscar-navarro","speaker-ray-comfort","podcast_topics-jonah","podcast_topics-jonah-and-the-whale","podcast_topics-nineveh","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n