WRONG WILL

JONAH 1:2, 3

SOMEONE>SAID: “THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD; JUST

WRONG WILL.”

? WHY IS THERE: ENVY, JEALOUSY, DEBAUCHERY, APATHY & DECEPTION

AMONG CHRISTIANS TODAY>WRONG WILL

IN JONAH 1:2
GOD INSTRUCTS JONAH>PREACH>NINEVITES>REPENTANCE
BUT INSTEAD>HEADING NORTH>JONAH HEADS SOUTH TO JOPPA
TOWARD THE SEAPORT OF PALESTINE>AND BOARDS A CRUISE LINER.

THE MESSAGE!
WRONG WILL ALWAYS TAKES YOU SOUTH.

WATCH THE DECLINE: JONAH 1:

• HE WENT DOWN TO JOPPA VS.3
• HE WENT DOWN INTO THE SHIP TO SLEEP VS.5
QUESTION: ARE YOU ASLEEP WHILE THE TEMPEST IS BREWING?
• VSS.12, 15>THROWN OVERBAORD & WENT DOWN INTO THE SEA
• VS.17<>SWALLOWED DOWN INTO THE FISH’S BELLY
• 2:6>AND WHILE IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH, HE’S TAKEN DOWN TO
THE MOORINGS OF THE MOUNTAINS

THEN IN SELF PITY IN 2:3, JONAH BLAMES GOD>“YOU CAST ME INTO THE
DEEP.”
BUT FURTHER AHEAD IN 2:6 HE STICKS HIS FOOT...I WENT DOWN TO
THE MOORINGS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
OXFORD]>MOORING
• A FIXED OBJECT>TO WHICH A BOAT/ BUOY IS ATTACHED.
• PLACE WHERE A BOAT IS MOORED.
• A SET OF PERMANENT ANCHORS//CHAINS LAID DOWN FOR SHIPS TO
BE MOORED.
QUESTION: WHAT DOES MOORINGS OF THE MOUNTAINS HAVE TO DO WITH
JONAH AND THE NINEVITES?

! MESSAGE:
SOMETIMES, GOD ALLOWS US TO BE ANCHORED, CHAINED & CONFINED
IN A FISH’S DIGESTIVE SACK CONTAINING SLIME, SEAWEED & PUTRYING
DIGESTIVE JUICES, SO THAT OUR WILL MIGHT BE BROUGHT TO THE
MOORINGS OF THE MOUNTAINS [HEART OF THE SEA], IF NEED BE, THAT WE
MIGHT BOW TO HIS LORDSHIP.

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LISTEN TO JONAH’S IMPLICIT CONFESSIONS:
• GOD FORMED ME> 1:9>FEAR GOD>CREATOR>SEA & DRY LAND
• NATURE INFORMED ME> 1:4>THE LORD SENT A GREAT WIND
• SIN DEFORMED ME> 1:12>TEMPEST WAS BECAUSE OF HIM
• PRISON REFORMED ME> 2:6>THE EARTH WITH ITS BARS CLOSED
AROUND ME
• SPIRIT TRANSFORMED HIM> 3:3>SO JONAH AROSE AND WENT TO
NINEVEH ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD.
! THREE DAYS JOURNEY

AND IN JONAH 2:8, JONAH GIVES A STERN WARNING TO THOSE WHO ABOUT
TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD WHICH HE WENT DOWN.
“THOSE WHO REGARD WORTHLESS IDOLS FORSAKE THEIR OWN MERCY.”

LISTEN TO HIS PRAISE-A-THON TESTIMONIALS.

JONAH 2:9, “I WILL SACRIFICE TO YOU WITH THE VOICE OF
THANKSGIVING. I WILL PAY WHAT I HAVE VOWED.”
WHAT DID HE VOWED? CHAPTER 3:1-3, “I’LL GO!”
BUT IN VSS.9, 10 OF 3: HE BLOWS IT AGAIN!
RATHER THAN GOD BEING ANGRY AT HIM, HE GETS ANGRY AT GOD!

6 POINTS TO CONSIDER:
1. WRONG WILL DESTROYS WHILE GOD’S WILL DELIVERS 1:4-17

2. WICKEDNESS SHOULD PROMPT US TO CRY OUT NOT JUST TO

SPEAK OUT VS.2
MARK15:13 [MOB] cried out again, Crucify him...
JEREMIAH 20:8 I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

3. WRONG WILL SIDES WITH OPPOSITION WHILE GOD’S WILL

SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE SOULS VS.4-16.
? AND HOW DOES HE PLAN TO DO THAT?
• NATURE>MIGHTY WIND 1:4
• HUMANS>MARINERS VS.4>ABIMELECH & ABRAHAM
• FISH>GREAT FISH> 1:17
NATURE>//MARINERS=GENTILES//FISH>JONAH>PROPHET>DISOBEYS
! GOD COMMISSIONS>JONAH TO GO ...NORTH>HE GOES>SOUTH.

4. WRONG WILL DEMANDS EXPLANATION WHILE GOD’S WILL

DICTATES HIS SOVEREIGN DIRECTION>1:2; 3:10

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! JONAH HAD SUPPOSITIONS & EXPECTATIONS WHILE GOD HAD EVERY
INTENTION TO BE ALWAYS RIGHT>JOHN 3:16>WHOSOEVER.

E.G.W IN LETTER 226, JULY 8, 1906, TO ELDER G.I. BUTLER, “WE NEED HOLY
SPIRIT EDUCATION.”
! I’M AFRAID THIS STATEMENT MIGHT BE AN AFFRONT TO OUR
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES THE WORLD OVER.

5. SOMETIMES, GOD ALLOWS INSTINCT TO SUPERSEDE

INTELLIGENCE
• DONKEY>PROPHET
JONAH 2:10, “SO THE LORD SPOKE TO THE FISH AND IT VOMITED JONAH
ONTO DRY LAND.”

IN 3:1-3, GOD INSTRUCTS JONAH BY TESTING HIM YET AGAIN IN ORDER TO

WIN HIM OFF BREAST MILK AND FROM WEARING PAMPERS.
? WOULD HE SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY?
OOOPS! HE BLOWS IT AGAIN AND IS REQUIRED THIS TIME TO UNDERGO
ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASS UNDER A TREE IN THE HOT SUN!

NOTICE THOUGH, WHILE HE WAS AT HIS STRONGEST, HE WAS AT HIS

WEAKEST. HE FAILED WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED.
! BACK TO KINDERGARTEN

IN THE PAST... WHILE IN THE PRESENT...

• GOD LET HIM LIVE/// HE ASK GOD TO DIE>4:3
• GOD SHOULD>ANGRY AT HIM///HE’S ANGRY AT GOD & A PLANT>4:4
• GOD HAD PROVIDED SHELTER//HE PROVIDES SHELTER HIMSELF>4:5
! JONAH HAD MORE COMPASSION ON THE PLANT THAN HE HAD FOR THE
NINEVITE PEOPLE 4:10
SO WHY SHOULD WE GET UPSET WHEN PEOPLE EXHIBIT MORE
COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAN THEY WOULD FOR SOULS?

? SHOULD YOU BE ASKED TO DESCRIBE WRONG WILL IN ONE SENTENCE,

WHAT WOULD IT BE?
! WRONG WILL MADE A PERFECT DESIGN MALFUNCTION.