Not all godly people act godly,one thinks of Jonah who was a prophet,he was supposed to do what God said,just do it , oh yes the prophets could ask questions,the prophet Habakkuk did.It is alright to ask questions , but it is not alright to be disobedient,disobedience to God is never right. One commentator says his name means,' Jonah the son of faithfulness', but unfortunately,he did not live up to his name. As Christians do we live up to that name?,the Lord declared to the at church at Sardis,' you have the name of being alive,and you are dead.'( Revelation 3 v 1 )Matthew Henry writes,'This church was not really what it was reputed to be. There was a form of godliness but not the power,a name to live,but not a principle of life'. The book starts,' Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah',in 2 kings 14 v 25, Jonah had a word of deliverance from God to Israel,who were oppressed,and it was fulfilled,under king Jeroboam.That was fine,but when it came to delivering the word of the Lord to Nineveh that was another matter.As regards proclaiming the word of the Lord we are not to discriminate.The gospel is for the whosoever.no matter what race they are,no matter what colour they are,no matter what gender they are,we are to be faithful.
For the next 11 days we will be looking at the book
of Jonah,I hope it will be helpful.
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