Jonah 1:15-16
1:15 - So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and
the sea stopped its raging.
The discipline/tribulation from God lifts with obedience.
Man acts in faith; God responds.
1:16 - Then the men feared the
Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Man's reaction to seeing the hand
of the Lord first hand.
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By faith, the men obey, and as a
result, God rewards with salvation.
Jonah 1:17 and Paragraph
Summary
1:17 - And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was
in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
God controls nature.
God works miracles in preserving
man.
Chapter 1 boiled down to a sentence: God orchestrates
events to accomplish His will, which is always good! The best, even! God's hand
will always move us from self focused to God focused, which is to draw us
closer to Him, which is for our best.
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