I want to invite your attention to the Book of Jonah and we'll
read beginning in verse 1 of the third chapter of the Book of
Jonah for our text this morning, beginning there, in verse 1, the
Bible says, and the word of the Lord came unto.
Jonah. The second time saying, arise,
go unto Nineveh that great City and preach under the, and preach
unto it, the preaching that I bid thee.
So, Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh according to the word of
the Oh Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding,
great city of three days journey and Jonah began to enter into
the city, a Day's Journey and he cried and said yet forty days
and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh
believed God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth from
the greatest of them even to the least of them forward, came unto
the king of Nineveh and he arose from his throne and he he laid
his robe from him and covered him with sackcloth and sat in
ashes and he caused it to be proclaimed and published through
Nineveh by the degree, decree of the king, and of his Noble
saying, let neither man nor Beast heard nor flock taste,
anything less them not feed nor drink water, But let, man and
Beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily and to God, ye
let them turn everyone from his evil way.
And from the violence, that is in thy hand, their hands who can
tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his Fierce
anger that we perish not. And God saw their works that
they turned from their evil way and God repented of the evil
that he had said that he would do unto them and he did it not
correctly, read and barring any mistakes on my part reads, the
third chapter of the Book of Jonah.
This is the second of the Minor Prophets.
We've studied the book of Obadiah, the minor Prophet
Obadiah. And we understand that, when we
say Minor Prophets, were not talking about things that were
written in God's word, that were less important than other things
were just talking about the length of the writings.
And so of the literary prophets, we have major and minor prophets
under that category, this Is one of the Minor Prophets, it's only
four chapters long. And for a little while this
morning I want to talk to you about Jonah.
The Book of Jonah gives us an unusual insight into the
character of a man. His name and place of birth
identify him as the prophet of Israel in the days of jeroboam.
The second second, Kings, chapter 14, and verses, 23
through 25, there can be no doubt that Jonah played an
important role in the exploits of this king who restored, the
borders of Israel and brought great prosperity to the nation.
The home of Jonah is said to have been a village located
about four miles Northeast from what was later, the city of
Nazareth in Galilee. He is pictured in the book, that
bears, his name as a narrow-minded, fiercely zealous
Patriot, he is jealous for God and desirous of seeing the
enemies of his people destroyed. But the expression of divine
love for a heathen nation and of God's Great desire to spare, it
it is magnified. As it is shown in contrast to
the spirit of this prophet of old, the Book of Jonah also
differs from all other books of the prophets because it's
written primarily from a historical point of view where
it gives the history of a man the history of a nation.
And lastly and certainly not least it tells us a great deal.
All about God. There are three basic
interpretations of the book that are taken by various schools of
writers. And they are the mythical, the
allegorical, and the historical interpretation.
The mythical interpretation assumes that the story is just
that, that it is a fable or a myth that grew up around some
incident in the history of Israel.
The allegorical interpretation that some would assume or
contend that this This is it assumes that the story is an
allegory of Israel's captivity, repentance and restoration to
its land? But finally, the historical
interpretation that interpretation accepts, the fact
that there actually was a prophet named Jonah that he
actually went and lived and went to a place called Nineveh and
preach to the people of that City.
And because of the repentance that these people made based on
the Carmen that they heard from this profit, it accepts us,
historical fact. They repented and God spared the
nation. It also accepts as historical
fact that before he went to Nineveh Jonah, tried to do
something that no man could ever do.
He tried to flee from the very presence of the great God of
heaven, and when he did that, God created or manifested, a
great storm at sea that this prophet of old was cast into the
sea And was swallowed by a great fish that God had prepared and
was later. Vomited out, three days, and
three nights later out upon that beach.
And as Linwood Smith used to say.
And brother that man, hit the beach running, these are things
that are accepted as historical fact, let me just notice this
with you, rather briefly Jesus one time, placed his sanction on
this story as historical Bible. By comparing it to his own
death. His own burial and his own
Resurrection, Matthew chapter 12 and also Luke the 11th chapter.
You remember that? Jesus said these very words.
He said, as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whales
belly, so shall the son of man, be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth. Therefore, the historical
interpretation is by far. The only one that is Is worthy
of acceptance to all of us today who accept the fact that Jesus
Christ was the Lamb of God. And that in the great scheme of
redemption, God sent his son to Bear the sins of the world that
on gothis. Brow.
So long ago, he hung on calvary's Cross for about six
hours, they took his body down from the cross.
He was buried and on the third day he rose again from the dead.
Yes. We all believe that with all of
our heart and that's Reason that we have hope as we live this
life is because of what Jesus has done.
Jesus compared. What he was going to do before
he did it to what happened to the prophet, Jonah.
So we accept it as Bible, historical fact, let me just
notice one more thing along this line.
Before we move into our storing, a book may be historically
accurate and not be inspired. You can go to a library and pull
out any kind of history book that's recording any history on
any subject during any period of time.
And it can be absolutely even though it's coming by or being
written by the recollection of the human being and not
certainly coming from God, you can have line by line, you can
have a history book or a history story.
That contains facts that are 100% accurate.
You can find a history book, that'll do that.
And yet not be inspired. Here's my point though.
You cannot take a book like the Bible That's inspired and have
it be historically, inaccurate it is not possible.
All the things that are written in, God's word are historically
accurate because it's all divinely inspired by the holy
spirit of God. Well now our story surely we
know the story, we've known it probably since we were little
children. But notice this as it begins,
the word of the Lord comes to Jonah and said arise and go to
Nineveh that great City and cry against it for their wickedness
is come up before me. But instead of doing just
exactly what God or the word of the Lord had instructed Jonah to
do. He says, I've got a better
solution. I'm going to go to the further
ends, or I'm going to go in the opposite direction than what the
word of the Lord is, instructing me to do.
I'm going to go to tarshish in the Bible says that he goes down
to Joppa. The chief Seaport of the holy
land and finds a vessel sailing Westward, and he goes on board,
and he pays his fair in the Bible says, then he Goes down as
the King James version, says in chapter 1, he goes down into the
sides of the ship or Essence. He goes down into the very hold
of the ship and he begins to sleep very interesting though.
He is able to go and fall asleep without his conscience,
bothering him because somehow some way he hasn't said in his
mind that he can flee from the very presence of God, another
words if God said go to Nineveh and cry out against that City,
Preach the sermon that I'm telling you to preach that if he
goes in the opposite direction, if he goes on the ship he can
somehow someway hide from the eyes of the Lord deep down in
the sides of the ship. So his conscience.
Also slept you remember the story of Jesus one time in the
New Testament scriptures. You remember one time when there
was a tempestuous sea and Jesus was on board but he was sound
asleep. You remember that those that
were there came. Came to Jesus and they said
Master carest, thou, not that. We perish.
Remember that song we used to sing.
Peace. Be still carest.
Thou, not that. We perish.
How camp-style lie, asleep. And you remember that, they came
to Jesus and said that in utter, desperation in panic.
But Jesus said, he said, peace be still and the wind ceased and
there was a great calm. I like what one scholar said in
likening these two men, Jesus Christ was sound asleep without
Anything bothering him and Jonah on this ship was sound asleep,
without anything bothering him as well.
They're both in the very midst of this great storm and
tempestuous sea, that's beating against the ship.
But here's the difference, as one man said, as they both slept
peacefully, Jesus was confident. Not because he felt himself far
from God's hand, but because he was hidden in God's hand and
that's the difference. And as one said, One time when
you run from God there's going to be a storm.
Well, we know the story and the Bible says that the sea ran high
in the sailors or the Mariners began to pray to their own
idolatrous. God they're in utter
desperation. They think they're going to lose
their very lives and so they're going one to the other and
imploring or encouraging them to pray to their own God and see if
this Calamity be over past and all of a sudden they get
together and they Wait at each other that there has got to be a
culprit on board. We've done all that we can we've
lightened the load of the ship and yet it's not going to help.
We've done all these things and so on and so forth.
We prayed there are our own Gods, our own idolatrous Gods
but to no avail, there must be a culprit on the ship.
The Bible says that they cast lots and the lot fell upon
Jonah. You remember when they came down
and found him in the sides of the The ship asleep at the one
fella says, what is it thou sleeper?
What's going on? Who are you, where'd you come
from? And who is your God?
But notice what Jonah says, in reply to that.
He says, I am a Hebrew and I feared the Lord, the god of
Heaven, which hath made the Sea and the dry land and Jonah
admits to them to those that he was trying to flee from the very
presence of the Lord. And at that very moment, he was
the only as one scholar said, the only Heathen on the ship.
They asked Jonah, what could we possibly do that?
We're going to be spared from this great destruction, or this.
We're not going to be cast into the sea, Jonas's take me up and
cast me overboard. And the Sea would be made calm
until you again. Well, we know the story that
Jonah was cast into the sea and God There's a great fish and
that great fish, swallows, Jonah, ho and the Bible says
that he was three days and three nights in the in the belly of
that great fish. You know what he was doing when
he got there, very interesting. You know, if we think about the
story of Jonah, I would imagine. If God didn't have his
attention, he's got it now. And the Bible says that Jonah
begins to pray. And I like so very much his
prayers, some time, and your time.
Read the second chapter of the Book of Jonah time will not
allow us to do that today. But if you read that it reads,
more like a Psalm or a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.
Now, I'll tell you This? There was no man, that was in
any group any lower depths than Jonah, was when he was in the
belly of this whale, or this great fish.
And what does he do? He gives a prayer of praise and
thanksgiving. Why is that important?
I thought you might understand this.
This way. I like it.
It is fashion. Have you ever had something in
your life? That seems at the time that it's
so dark. Have you ever been an utter
desperation? And you bow before the great God
Of Heaven. And what do you pray for?
You pray for relief. You pray that God could State
the problem that is before you that somehow someway, he will
remove or relieved. What is before you?
Sometimes we get so desperate, we just beg and beg, and beg,
and beg, and beg. You know what Jonah did when he
was at its lowest depths? He praise God.
He praised him and offered a prayer of Thanksgiving.
And as he concludes his prayer, he says this, I will sacrifice
unto thee with the voice of Thanksgiving.
I will pay that I have vowed salvation is of the Lord.
And with these words, the Bible says that the Lord spake to the
great fish. I don't know what he said.
Bible doesn't say very interesting though.
The Bible says, he spake to the great fish and the great fish
vomited. Out Jonah on the ground.
And I'll tell you something. Now, this fellow is ready to
preach it all. He's ready to go.
He is ready to go and do just exactly what God had instructed
him to do. And like I said, I'm sure he hit
the beach running. He has a message to tell, he has
a charge to keep, and he is ready to do it.
Full force with every fiber of his being, but let me just
notice this. There are two great Wonders in
this story, one is a miracle or an act of God that God did
physically by actually creating a great fish that would swallow,
Jonah whole have Jonah in the belly of that.
Great fish for three days and three nights, he doesn't eat the
man, he doesn't digest the man, he just has him inside there in
the belly of that, great fish and then God speaks to this
great fish, another physical wonder who vomited out Jonah out
on dry ground. That's the first thing.
But let's not forget the Second Great Wonder of this story.
Hebrew Striker. Goes to Nineveh which is
considered a great City, this is not some little small town know,
this is a great City. My good friend Dwayne here.
And I the other night was talking about how sometimes the
various countries where people are really poor, how it said, if
some in the Philippines and in Africa, and various places, how
they have nothing, but the Lord. So they're willing to listen,
they're so poor, they have nothing in this world and the
gospel has free course, and souls are saved and people are
interested in spiritual things, but sometimes we that live in a
country of Plenty, some Sometimes we are so busy with
the distractions that are around us that it doesn't have the
effect that it could have or does have in other places.
We're not talking about one of these poor places like that.
No, we're talking about a great City and this Hebrew preacher
hits the ground and preaches a sermon to them.
That's a that's a wonder and noticed also, if not only
incredible, it is even Unthinkable.
I And Nineveh was the London of Jonah's day.
Having been built upon The Spoils of War.
It was a place. Also, that was very populist.
Having estimated not fewer than 120 thousand inhabitants, it had
walls surrounding her of 100 feet high and included within it
were parks and Gardens possibly even pastureland you can picture
the very last verse of the Book of Jonah chapter 4 when God has
a discussion with Jonah Any talks about all of those that
are there? He talks about the six core
thousand inhabitants, that don't know their right hand from their
left and all the much cattle. Chances are, this was a place
that beautiful pasture land. This was a place that was not
wanting for anything and that's the point when you notice the
power, Of God's message. The third chapter says that this
was a city of three days journey.
I understand that this has nothing to do with the diameter
or the circumference of the city, which some do say was
about 60 miles, but it referred to the fact that it would take
three days to visit and see all of its principal points of
interest. For example, Beirut, one time
was said to be a city of three days referring to its great
size. It takes three days.
To get to see all of the principal places of interest.
Well, Jonah enters Nineveh which was a Day's Journey and he
begins to preach And by a Stern, cryptic message of repentance
Universal Panic was once produced.
You know, we can almost picture in Our Minds Eye Jonah's
countenance, and his expression, his expression of desperation as
he hit those streets and preached that sermon, Getting
ready to preach. Perhaps, like a man that was
raised from the dead his face doubtless.
Shown like Moses so long ago, his eye doubtless flashed his
brow was knit and his lips trembled as he shouted.
Those famous words. Here it is.
I'll give you the English words yet forty days and Nineveh shall
be overthrown. You know what's interesting
about that. I understand that those eight
words in the English language in the Hebrew language, was only
five words. That's a five-word sermon,
that's it. That's it.
How many times? Did we preach our hearts out for
an hour? Days weeks and so on.
And it seems like we see no visible results.
This man, preaches, a five Hebrew, word, sermon, and the
results were electric. He was as one man.
Said, he surcharge with the thunderings and Lightnings of
divine oratory as we picture in Our Minds Eye one.
Prefers to think of Jonah as uttering these words as a Stern.
Preacher with a boldness, that is worthy of a Nathan or the
bow. Boldness.
That is worthy of the great Apostle, Paul so long ago, who's
burning truths within his preaching withered hostile
hearts, or of one whose borst would be crying from the
Wilderness John, the Baptist, who repeated his prophetic call
repent. Ye for the Kingdom of Heaven is
at hand, Jonah spoke. Those few words and words of
Doom it that but the effect was electric, the Bible says that
the ninevites repented. And as a consequence God, God
also repented of what he was going to do unto them and he did
it not. Now I'll tell you something.
For somebody that preaches God's word, you would think that he'd
be ecstatic. You would think that when he saw
those results that he would be absolutely beside himself.
You would think that he would bow before God and praise God,
for the increase and so on and so forth.
But he does not. He know what he does, he's angry
and God asks, him, do you do well to be angry?
And he says, yes, I do well, and he goes someplace and he sits
down and he begins to pout by himself.
And God produces a Vine that grows up over the night and when
he awakens, he sees the vine. And the Bible says that he is
elated. He's happy about what God has
produced. The very next night.
The Bible says that God also produces a worm and the worm
comes and smoke that plant and it withered and died.
And now, the profit is pouting again.
And as we near the end of our story, what happens what we find
is is God says to him, what a great Lesson.
What a great point. You have more sorrow for a plant
that you did absolutely nothing to enhance.
You did nothing to grow, you did nothing to help it along at all,
it was produced one day and the next day at withered and was
gone and you have a greater soft spot in your heart for that vine
or that plant. Then all of those inhabitants of
Nineveh who don't know their right hand from their left and
incidentally, that means this they don't know right from
wrong. And the much cap.
And that's the point that God made back to.
This prophet in summary, the entire story can be broken down
into four categories and the broken down into four chapters.
Number one running away from God.
Number two, running to God. Number three, running with God,
and number for running ahead of God.
That was the story of Jonah. I want to notice just a Few
things. All there are many preaching
points that we can pull from this story of.
There's certainly many things we could say, I want to leave you
with three brief lessons that we can glean today from this story.
Number one, get this. Regardless of how hard you try
regardless of all of your best intentions or efforts.
You will never run from God. You will never be able to run
from the All-Seeing Eye of the great God Of Heaven.
And the reason for that is, and the reason we cannot escape the
eyes of the Lord, is because God is everywhere.
And Acts chapter 17 and verse 28.
The Bible says, for, in him, we live and move, and have our
being as certain poets have said, for we are also his
offspring hear the words of the psalmist, David Who said this
about understanding with regards to, what he would do in his
life, he understood where God was and what God sees beginning
in verse 7, in the 139th Psalm whither, shall I go from thy
Spirit or whither? Shall I flee from thy presence
if I Ascend into heaven? Thou Art there, if I make my bed
in hell, behold Thou Art there. If I Take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea.
Even there shall be thy hand to lead me and thy right hand shall
hold me. If I say, surely Darkness shall
cover me. Even the night shall be light
about me. Yay, the darkness hideth, not
from D but the night shine it as the day.
The darkness and the light are both alike to be for thou Hast
possessed my rings. Thou has covered me in my
mother's womb. I will praise thee for, I am
fearfully and wonderfully. Made marvelous are thy works and
that my soul, no with right, well, my substance was not hid
from thee when I was made perfect made in secret and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine Eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in my
book and in thy book, all my members were written.
Which in continuance were fashioned when.
As yet there was, none of them all the psalmist, David
understood that he could never depart from the eyes of the
Lord. The Hebrew writer said and
Hebrews chapter 4, and verse 13. You said neither is there any
creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are
naked and open done to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Jeremiah 23 and 24 says, can any hide himself in secret places
that I shall not see him. Saith the Lord do not.
I feel Heaven and Earth saith. The Lord.
I'll tell you something. The greatest compliment, get
this. the greatest compliment that a Christian could ever
receive in this world is when someone looks at your life and
makes the statement that you live what you say, That is the
greatest compliment that you will ever be given is that those
people live it. What a beautiful thing that is
But sometimes folks, don't live. It's very sadly.
They some folks don't I'll just tell you this.
What you are for real in your heart is what you are.
When you're not around God's people, it's what you are in
your busy day, it's the decisions that you make.
It's the things that you say is the language, you choose.
It's the lifestyle that you have.
That's what God sees, when you're not around these people
and you can never escape the All-Seeing eyes of God.
No matter what we do. The Bible says be not deceived.
God is Not mocked for whatsoever.
A man soweth that shall he also reap but secondly you know what
else we learn we learn that it's dangerous to have a sectarian
Spirit, we find Jonah manifesting a sectarian Spirit.
Perhaps I don't know that there was an underlying racism in his
heart. This might explain why he fled
to Tarsus in the beginning. He possessed The Same Spirit as
As the elder brother of the prodigal son.
You know, we talk about that story.
We always mention the younger son, we mentioned the younger
son and rightfully, so we should because it shows the loving
father and forgiveness, when one, we would repent,
absolutely, beautiful story. But sometimes we forget the
Elder son. You know, he was a prodigal too.
The word prodigal means, wasteful.
And the one that left, he was a prodigal but the one that stayed
was the one as well. You would think.
That after his younger brother had come back and owned it and
accepted that all he had done and wasting his substance with
riotous living. And all of the horrible things
that he had done. He Hebrew boy, in the midst of
pigs Rises up. And says, I'm going to go to my
father and I'm going to say, don't make me like your son,
make me a hired servant, that's good enough for me.
I'm not worthy to be called thy son because of the choices that
I have made, and because of the sin That I have been living in
so we purposes I'm going to rise up and I'm going to speak to my
father when he does, he stands before his father and he says I
have sinned against heaven and against me and I am no more
worthy to be called thy son but you remember what the father
does? He stops him in mid-sentence and
says no put a ring on his hand. Put a robe on him.
Kill the fatted calf. Let's eat and drink and be merry
for this. My son was dead and is alive.
He was lost and is found You would think that his older
brother would be a lady but his older brother was out there in
the field. You remember that?
And all of a sudden he hears all of this goings-on, he hears the
celebration he hears the music and he wonders.
What's going on down there? When he finds out?
It's because his brother had come back.
He's angry and refuses to go into the celebration,
manifesting a sectarian Spirit. When the father entreated him
this. Was his response.
He said, Lo these many years. Do I serve thee neither
transgressed. I at any time thy commandment
and yet thou never gave us me a kid that I might make Merry with
my friends, but as soon as this by son was come, which hath
devoured thy living, with harlots thou Hast killed for
him, the fatted calf, and he said unto him, son, thou art
ever with me and That I have is thine.
It was meat that we would make Merry and be glad for this thy
brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found,
you know, there was another time when folks had this attitude and
it was to Jesus. You remember that in Matthew,
the 9th chapter verses 10 through 13 when they had their
Spirit toward Jesus, when Jesus was eating with publicans and
Sinners. And the Bible says beginning in
verse 10, and it came to pass. As Jesus sat at meat in the
house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down
with him and his disciples, and when the Pharisees saw it, they
said unto his disciples, why eateth your master with
publicans and sinners, but when Jesus heard that he said unto
them, they that be whole need not a physician, but they that
are sick, but go ye and learn what that meaneth.
I will have mercy and not sacrifice for.
I am not come to call the righteous.
But to The Sinner to repentance. Never ever, let it be said to of
any of God's people. That we would refuse to embrace
our brother or sister who repents and comes back.
You know why? That's a blessing, you know,
why? We Rejoice we rejoice and using
the verbiage of what the Bible just said, because he was lost
and is now found You remember 1st Corinthians 5.
Oh, what a simple thing was going on in court.
At that time, the Apostle Paul had to address.
The he said it's so bad, it's not even mentioned among the
Gentiles He repented their didn't and by the second letter
he says, you embracing you receive him and you love him.
So he's not overcome with over much sorrow.
All let's never have a sectarian Spirit when someone repents and
comes to the Lord, but thirdly and finally, we learned that God
is willing to relent where there is repentance.
We learned that from such preaching of condemnation.
It's also it's often conditional.
In Jeremiah chapter 18 beginning in verse 7.
It says, and what instance I shall speak concerning a nation
and concerning a kingdom to pluck up and to pull down and to
destroy it. If that Nation against whom I
have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil
that I thought to do unto them and at what instant I shall
speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to build
and to plant it if it do evil. In my sight that it obey not my
voice. Then I will repent of the good
wear with. I said I would benefit them and
notice this to you know, what else we learn?
We learn, sometimes that the least likely candidate is the
one that becomes converted, your seen.
That sure, we have Let's never prejudge Anonymous, folks.
Let's never prejudge a heart, we don't know what's going on in
the heart. So everyone is treated the same,
we take the Glorious seed of the gospel and we spread it to those
that are in the world. It's their responsibility to
have a good and honest heart. It's not my responsibility to
judge whether they have one and God.
He said that, if I'll do my part, if you'll do your part
with the seed of the gospel and the sin, Has the good heart God
will give the increase. Remember this?
There's been some folks that have made some horrible
decisions in their life and live as almost the devil's disciple
but came to a point in their life when they said I'm no
longer and going to live like this anymore, I'm going to
become a Christian that happens here.
What Paul said, here's an example of just that First
Corinthians chapter 6. Hear the language of Paul
beginning in verse 9 He says know, ye not that.
The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Be not deceived neither fornicators.
Idolaters adulterers effeminate abusers of themselves with
mankind, nor thieves nor Covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Paul is saying all of these that have taken these paths.
Are those of the unrighteous Righteous.
And they shall not see the kingdom of God, but notice what
he says next and such were some of you, you know, who he's
writing to. He's writing to Christians, he
said and such were some of you but you are washed, but you are
Sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus. And by the spirit of our God.
In conclusion this morning. This is a great lesson for so
many of us actually to great lesson for all of us.
It's a good lesson for preachers.
I'll tell you that and that's to never prejudge an audience and
don't ever avoid the responsibility that God has
placed upon the preacher. It's a value to every single
Christian as to never have a selfish narrow minded sectarian
spirit and to be concerned for the wicked wherever they are and
finally, it's a value to sinners.
That God loves you, but listen. Destruction is coming.
We have to be in obedience to
the word of God. The gospel in order to be saved.
But God loves The Sinner. He loves the alien sinner who
has never been washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Who has never heard the word of God, believing Jesus for, whom
he is repented of their sins and decided.
I no longer want to live like that.
Those that have not confess Jesus Christ.
As the Son of God, he gone down into the Waters of baptism
Horizon walking in the street life, God loves those people,
but destruction is coming. He also loves those that have
been enlightened by the gospel, and I've decided to go back and
turn back and go back to the ways of the world, he loves you.
But destruction is coming. But the best part of all, if
Will repent, if will change, if we're take that stand, if Will
obey the gospel would bake and be baptized for the remission of
our sins, we are embraced and he will relent the destruction.
That would be coming to us. We thank you for listening to
our podcast, put on by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans.
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