God will not cast us aside for faithlessness
When Jonah failed Him the first time God did not give up on him. We can read the most encouraging words that a failing child of God can hear… “And the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time.” I have three thoughts about this.
1. This book of Jonah sets forth the resurrection as you can see if you study it. When the “wicked and adulterous generation where looking for a sign”, Jesus referred them here. “Jonah… so Jesus” is the fine comparison made by our Lord.
2. Salvation is not by works. Jonah 2:9 – “Salvation is of the Lord”
3. Gods purpose of Grace can not be frustrated. If Jonah had refused to go to Nineveh the second time, would God have destroyed the city? God would not have been limited by Jonah’s refusal. This book shows Gods determination to those who will hear and accept it.
God will not cast us aside for faithlessness. “And the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time.” Lets pray that the Word of the Lord comes to us a second time.
(what, you did not know there is more information about Nineveh?)