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Sunday, November 13, 2022
Series: Relentless ~ The Book of Jonah
LIVE Message: THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV
Podcast “Living The Message” Episode 43
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture Reading: Matthew 15:30-31, John 3:16-17
Matthew 15, John 3 ESV and Audio
Jesus Heals Many
Matthew 15:30-31 ESV
30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
For God So Loved the World
John 3:16-17 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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“Amazing Love” 1738 by Charles Wesley
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Sunday, November 13, 2022
Series: Relentless ~ The Book of Jonah
LIVE Message: THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
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Message: THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Series: Relentless ~ The Book of Jonah
Message: THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV
Jonah 3 ESV and Audio
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
The People of Nineveh Repent
6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
SERMON NOTES
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Series: Relentless ~ The Book of Jonah
Message: THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Sometimes people get the impression that in the Old Testament God is full of wrath, whereas in the New Testament He is full of love, compassion, and mercy.
It’s understandable why that impression could be formed. After all, the Old Testament contains major moments of judgment like the Flood, the Plagues, and the Exile, and the New Testament contains the epicenter of grace as Jesus lays down His life for our forgiveness.
But what we tend to forget is that while the cross does mean mercy and grace and forgiveness for us, for Jesus it meant judgment, wrath, and condemnation.
The reason the New Testament feels less full of judgment is because Jesus took the judgment we deserved. The reason it feels like there’s less wrath is that Jesus bore the wrath instead of us. The reason there’s no condemnation is because Jesus was condemned in our place.
The New Testament has its fair share of judgment, wrath, and condemnation, it’s just that Jesus has paid it all!
And not only that, but the Old Testament has far more mercy and grace and compassion than we often realize. Jonah 3:1-10 is simply dripping with the love, forgiveness, and kindness of our God. And the God of compassion who sent Jonah to a city filled with undeserving people, that they might be saved by His unrelenting grace, is the same God of compassion who, seven centuries later, sent Jesus to a world filled with undeserving people, that we too might be saved by His unrelenting grace.
See, in both Old and New Testaments we find the same heartbeat and enduring character of a God who is forever and always unrelenting in His grace for undeserving people.
This passage from Jonah 3:1-10 helps us see afresh three things about God:
Empowering Love
1) Empowering Love: God gives second chances. We are new too far gone for grace.
Sovereign Rule
2) Sovereign Rule: God is sovereign over all. And, God moves heaven and earth to reach us.
Proactive Mercy
3) Proactive Mercy: God is eager to forgive. Whatever you’ve done, whoever you’ve become, all is forgiven, please come home.
Benediction
Hebrews 13:20-21 ESV and Audio
Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Episode: 43: Are We Like Nineveh?
Podcast: Living The Message
Episode 43: Are We Like Nineveh?
Pastor Philip and Pastor Eric
Podcast Updated Weekly
Nineveh greatly needed God’s forgiveness. What if we’re more like Nineveh than we realize?
In this conversation, Pastors Philip and Eric discuss Jonah 3 and the topic of repentance. They answer important questions from the sermon, including:
1) In what ways are we like Nineveh?
2) What’s the difference between repentance, sorrow, and fear?
3) Why would the king of Nineveh have herds/beasts also wear sackcloth and fast? Is it because the image of such creatures represented their other (false) gods?
4) What’s the difference between an individual’s and a community’s repentance?
5) What lies do we tell ourselves that keep us from repenting?
Questions about this Series: “Relentless ~ The Book of Jonah” ~ Sermon, THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES ~ Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 ESV Submit them to 312-682-1888 or by email to livingthemessage@moodychurch.org. Your submissions will help us shape the conversation for our Live Weekly Podcast, Living the Message.
Image: The Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, DC
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, DC
Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2022: Honoring those who served…
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was officially dedicated on Veterans Day in 1993. During the Vietnam War, 265,000 American women volunteered to serve. About 11,000 were stationed in Vietnam, most as nurses.
PASTOR TO PEOPLE
We celebrate Veterans Day this weekend, as the election results continue to roll in. I’ve always liked how Veterans Day is so close to our elections. After all, our freedoms come through their sacrifice. But this year, I’m struck by the range of my emotions.
My chest swells with honor for those who, like my own Grandpa, fought to defend the freedoms I live in each and every day. I’m reminded that freedom isn’t free. To every retired and active member of our armed forces we say from deeply grateful hearts, “Thank you for your service!” I’m full of gratitude.
At the same time, I’m sorrowful over how bitterly divided our country is. I grieve the moral decay of our culture. I mourn the loss of decency in our public discourse. I lament the countless lives that continue to be lost through abortion. I weep the mistreatment of the poor and the injustice that too often marks our land. I’m distressed over the sexual confusion that continues to be pushed unabated upon our children. I’m full of sorrow.
And yet, I’m also deeply hopeful. In the darkness the light shines the brightest. Jesus is King. We are His people. The Gospel is the hope of the world. Our citizenship is in Heaven, and we await a Savior from there. Even now, God’s Holy Spirit is in the world convicting of sin, righteousness, and judgment. And we bear witness to the crucified, risen, and soon returning King who will set all things to rights. I’m full of hope.
So let’s celebrate Veterans Day with thanks. Let’s pray for our land with tears. And let’s keep our eyes joyously fixed on Jesus.
Because it is in Him that we are loved, more than we know!
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