Jonah’s Disobedience The book opens with Jonah choosing to run away from God’s will for His life. Jonah chooses
to go his own way (vv. 1-2). God tells him to go to Nineveh which was the capital of Assyria,
and cry out against it for their great wickedness. Instead Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish f …
The Storm at Sea The sailors were afraid as the sea was raging and asked Jonah what they should do (vv. 10-
11) Notice that Jonah was willing to give his life to save the sailors even though he had
refused to do the same for the people of Nineveh (v. 12). In fact, he would rather die than
repent …
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Jonah’s Disobedience
The book opens with Jonah choosing to run away from God’s will for His life. Jonah chooses to go his own way (vv. 1-2). God tells him to go to Nineveh which was the capital of Assyria, and cry out against it for their great wickedness. Instead Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish f …
The Storm at Sea
The sailors were afraid as the sea was raging and asked Jonah what they should do (vv. 10- 11) Notice that Jonah was willing to give his life to save the sailors even though he had refused to do the same for the people of Nineveh (v. 12). In fact, he would rather die than repent …