Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivannis and this is Dialin. Question for you. Have you ever asked the

question, what is God like? Does he begrudgingly bestow his mercy on those who need it? Is he hesitant

to offer hope to those who have none? How does God view you? Now the answer to these questions can only be answered if God answers that

question or those questions himself, meaning that if you want to know what the heart of God is like,

God himself must reveal himself to us. It would be one thing for us to assess and determine

that this world is not the product

of accident or chance and to say there must be a God, but it is another thing for us to ask,

has God revealed what he is really like? Thankfully, in the words of Francis Schaefer,

God is there and he is not silent. He reveals himself. Let's dial in.

Now over the next four weeks, we are going to see God reveal his character in the book of Jonah.

Jonah is in a section of the Old

Testament known as the Minor Prophets, and these 12 books are known as minor, not because of their

significance, but because of their size. Jonah on the surface might be familiar to you, but there

is far more to it than the felt-bored veggie-tale story you are familiar with

from Sunday school.

This is a story that reveals the heart of God.

This book contains only 48 verses and a Hebrew sermon that consists of five words, but within

this short story is the single greatest evangelistic event

recorded in human history. The story is about far more than a great fish. It is the story of a

great God. A great God whom we will find within this story has a heart of profound mercy.

That is this small book's great theme.

God is rich in mercy towards those who are least deserving and towards those whom we would

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