Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivannis and this is dial-in. My voice doesn't typically sound this way,

but I just got done preaching at Hume Lake for the week, which is a summer camp in Central California,

and my voice is shot. But I wanted to get out this second episode on the short series we're doing

in the book of Jonah because I'm excited about what we're going to look at

here in this second chapter. Let's dial in.

Okay, let's recap from our first episode. Jonah is a rising star. He's not just a prophet. He's a prophet who has had prophecies

fulfilled within his own lifetime. Prophecies that have resulted in the people of God saying to one

another, hey, remember that Jonah guy? Remember, he's the one that said that the borders of our nation

would be restored. That actually happened. This guy, Jonah, he must the one that said that the borders of our nation would be restored. That actually happened.

This guy, Jonah, he must be intimate with the purposes of God.

He must have access to the plan of God.

Jonah headlines the biggest pastor's conferences.

He is well known.

He's got rapport.

He's got respect.

And that people hold him in high regard.

And then Jonah receives a command from God. And the command is not obscure or confusing in any way.

God tells Jonah, go to Nineveh. Go to the land of the Ninevites, those who skin their enemies alive,

who worship false idols. Go to them, Jonah. Why, you may ask? Well, the answer is because God

has a heart of compassion for the lost. This is the great theme of the book of Jonah. Yahweh is a

compassionate and merciful God, even to those like the Ninevites, who are not merely

morally insufficient or even morally impoverished, but those that are morally bankrupt.

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