Just to refresh our thinking, Jonah had been called upon by God to go preach salvation to the city of Nineveh, but he refused. He was traveling in the opposite direction of the way God had desired in his life. We all may go the wrong way for sometime in our life, but the wrong way is always a dead end. The consequence for Jonah’s rebellion was that he would be cast into the deep, by God Himself (2:3). Notice, Jonah cried out to the Lord (2:2), and the LORD heard and answered Jonah. Does God hear when we cry out to Him? Yes He does (Psalm 37:39) (Psalm 120:1) (1 Peter 3:10-12). Jonah worshiped God with a “voice of thanksgiving” Jonah was thankful for the salvation that he had received from the Lord. Jonah had come realized how much mercy the Lord had given him, in saving him from death, and sending a fish to save him.
It was only God Himself who could save Jonah. God will have to save you or you will be lost for all eternity. There is only one way to be saved (John 14:6). You can’t go with God your way
- Salvation Is Of The Lord (2:9)
- Jesus Christ is the only way to God and His dwelling place, heaven
- There is no other name under Heaven by which man can be saved other than through the name of Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ is God’s only plan of eternal salvation for fallen, sinful, man. It is sad that many people believe that God honors all other religions as long as people, you Know, live a good life, stay out of trouble, this is not true, God will not honor any other religion, it is only through His Son and His sacrificial death that people obtain eternal life. Listen to the extreme power and authority of these verses in God’s Word, (Ephesians 4:1-6) (Hebrews 10:19-23) (John 14:6) (Acts 4:12) (1 Timothy 2:5). One either believes on Him, on all that He is, all that He says, all that He does for me or you do not know there is no middle, no neutral ground on this issue…..
- (John 3:36)….”He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
- (John 5:24)….”Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
- (John 8:24)….”Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
- (1 John 4:14)….”And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.”
- (1 John 5:11).…”And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; He who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”