Summary: A sermon to show the foolishness of running from God.

WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS?

Jonah 1:1-3,10

A Message on "Running From God"

I. THE MOTIVE

1.) Disobedience 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh.."

a.) Displeasing 4:1 "But it displeased Jonah..."

b.) Difficult 1:2 "cry against it for their wickedness..."

II. THE MANNER

1.) Ditch God 1:3 "went down to Joppa .... ship going to Tarshish.."

2.) Disappear 1:3 "from the presence of the Lord."

a.) Psalms 139:7-11

III. THE MESS

1.) Damage 1:5 "...and cast forth the wares ... into the sea.."

2.) Dilemma 1:17 "And Jonah was in the belly of the fish..."

IV. THE MERCY

1.) Dry land 2:10 "...and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."

2.) Duplicate orders 3:1 ".. the word of the Lord came unto to Jonah the second time.."