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review on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks. We see that the sailors picked up Jonah and hurled him

into the sea and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the

Lord and made vows. This is significant. The last thing we'll focus on. The men actually feared the

calming of the sea the most. So they fear the storm. Then they fear the God in the storm or over the storm with authority

Jonah's God, the Triune God, and then the storm ceases, and this would be the moment for the fear

to cease along with it. Typically, once the threat has been neutralized, then the terror would go away along with it.

But here, in Jonah chapter one, is where we find these sailors most afraid, not least afraid.

The men actually feared the calming of the sea and the ceasing of the tempest most of all,

because it proved that Jonah's words

were true. There is a God who created all things and will hold each man accountable for his sin.

Now since the ship was a large vessel and bound on a long voyage, the men had livestock on board, which they offered

as a sacrifice. And in order to further display their gratitude, the sailors made vows before the

Lord. Now notice this. They're afraid of the storm. They're extra afraid when they realize that the

storm actually has a deity behind it controlling the storm. And then they're extra afraid when they realize that the storm actually has a deity behind it,

controlling the storm, and then they're even more afraid when that is confirmed by the storm

ceasing. Because now they're no longer have the storm as an immediate threat to their physical

bodies, but they know that everything Jonas just said about this God is true.

And although this immediate storm, in the physical sense, has ceased, there is another storm

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