Jonah's Prayer

Jonah's Prayer

2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying,

x “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
y out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
z and you heard my voice.

a For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
b all your waves and your billows
passed over me.

c Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
d yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’

e The waters closed in over me f to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head

at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.

When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
g and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.

h Those who pay regard to vain idols
i forsake their hope of steadfast love.

j But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
k Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

(scripture taken from http://www.esvstudybible.org )

Earlier tonight, my pastor, Andy Lutz, gave a sermon on Chapter 2 of Jonah, showing us how Jonah's life points us to the beautiful Doctrines of Grace.

The main points:

1. verse 9

- Salvation belongs to the Lord!

- many theologians suggest this sums of the entire Bible

2. God brought Jonah to look to God's temple

- why would Jonah be reminded of God's temple in the belly of a fish?

- how does this point us to Christ?

3. God brought Jonah to rediscover grace

- what's the deal with unclean lips?

- how does God's grace enable us to serve?

Check tonight's service from Edgewood Baptist Church in Anderson, Indiana, and discover how the book of Jonah points us to the grace given to us by Christ!

bond-servant to Christ Jesus,

- josh

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