The Conversion Of Nineveh

Bible Text: Jonah 3:3-10 | Preacher: DeWayne Bolin | Series: 2012, Jonah

The Conversion of Nineveh
Jonah 3:3-10

Intro:

Jonah’s Mission Described: (Jonah 3:3)

The Physical Task
Its Spiritual Importance

Jonah’s Message and Method: (Jonah 3:4)

What It Wasn’t

It Was Not A Long Message
It Was Not Based On Gimmicks

What It Was:

It Was an Urgent Message, (Jonah 3:4 a) 
It Was a Negative Message, (Jonah 3:4 b) 

The Result of Jonah’s Preaching:(Jonah 3:5-10)

The Ninevites Believed God: (Jonah 3:5 a) 
The Ninevites Repented: (Jonah 3:8 a) 
Thoroughly Dealt With Sin: (Jonah 3:5-8)

Fasted and Put On Sackcloth 
Put Off Their Wicked Ways: (Jonah 3:8 b) 

Hopefully Plead For Mercy: (Jonah 3:9)

Grounded In The Message
Grounded In the Sign of Jonah 

God Repented: (Jonah 3:10)

A Seeming Contradiction
Some Plausible Considerations

What If God Had Destroyed Them?
Phenomenal Language?
Only A Reprieve?

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