Jonah 1:3 reads that “Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.” The
significance of Tarshish is that it is geographically opposite of Nineveh on
the Mediterranean. Of Jonah’s running from God Pastor Tullian in Surprised by Grace writes, “To flee from
God is to rise against God. It is stand up, straight-out, in-your-face defiance
against the One to whom we owe all loyalty and love. It means insisting that
our way of doing things is better than God’s way.” (Pages 32-33)
Tullian Tchividjian’s observations of Jonah’s
running from God is similar to the observations Pastor Tim Keller makes of the two
brothers in Jesus’ parable commonly referred to as the Prodigal’s Son. Read Pastor Keller's message here. Read Luke 15:11-32. What similarities do
you observe between Jonah running from God and the two sons in Jesus’ parable?
What consequences do the following scriptures
reveal for those who run away from God?
Psalm 16:4--
Isaiah 5:11-15--
Jeremiah 2:23-25--
Matthew 6:28-32; Luke 12:27-30--
According to the following scriptures what ought we
run away from and how ought we run?
2 Timothy 2:22--
1 Corinthians 10:14--
Psalm 119:32--
Hebrews 12:1--
Galatians 2:2--
2 John 9--
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to respond as a
result of this study?
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