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Jonah chapter 1 verses 1 through 3

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the Son of Amatai, saying,

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it,

for their evil has come up before me.

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarsish

from the presence of the Lord.

Thus begins the book of Jonah. It all starts with God saying to Jonah, there is a people,

the Ninevites, a great city that they live in, and they have sinned against me.

Why is God sending Jonah there?

Because God loves sinners because God

desires to make a way for their salvation. The message God is putting in Jonah's mouth here is for the

Ninevites to repent, to turn from their sin, and be reconciled to God be saved from his judgment.

From the first verse in this book we see that God loves sinners that God desires their salvation.

And yet by verse three,

we find a reluctance in God's people to proclaim this good news of God's love.

It doesn't make sense, does it?

Like, why would God's servant, Jonah, be reluctant to share God's love with the Ninevites.

Now there's so much we could talk about here when it comes to

prejudice against even hatred for the Ninevites among many Israelites.

But get the picture where we even as God's people are prone to prejudice, even hatred.

God is there any

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