Sermons About Disobedience
Jonah 2 : It's Time to Get Real
Jonah's prayer here is often viewed as evidence that Jonah experienced a change of heart and repented of his disobedience. But I am going to challenge this view: I do not believe Jonah “repented†of those things that led him to flee to Tarshish for his attitude at the end of ch. 4 remained the same. That which led him to run away from the Lord in the first place still has a grip on his heart. I am not saying Jonah did not acknowledge any wrongdoing – I am only saying there is a big difference between acknowledging and repenting and this prayer helps us understand that difference.
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Preventing a Fall
In this text the writer gives us two preventatives against falling into the same pattern of disobedience as the Israelites. 1. An understanding of the nature and effectiveness of the Word of God is a preventative from falling. 2. An understanding of the judgment of God is a preventative from falling.
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Striving To Enter God's Rest
In our text this morning there are four questions that are inferred and answered by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews about God’s rest. Today we will cover three of them and next Sunday we will look at the fourth. Here are the questions. 1. Who gets to enter this rest? 2. Was the rest of God thwarted by the unbelief and disobedience of the Israelites? 3. Was the rest of God fulfilled when Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land? And then for next week: 4. Who is an example for us to look at to see how we enter God’s rest?
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