BOB
Good morning. This is Bob Peden of Central, a United Methodist Community here in Meridian. Jonah may be the most classic "Saved at Sea" story in the Bible! You have a storm, a boat, sailors in panic mode, a man thrown overboard, the lives of tens of thousands of people at stake, and you have a runaway prophet with a suspect pedigree.
Read it for yourself. It is a great story and not very long. Only this "Saved at Sea" story has an important point that often gets lost — lost in the Jonah story and lost to many Christians today.
God saves us FROM sin, death, and hell - not for our own benefit, but FOR his purpose of redeeming a lost world. This was true when God called Abraham and gave him those wonderful promises. And, it is true for us today. We aren't saved to go to church, to be nice, or to control politics. We're saved for the same reason Jonah was: God graciously loves us and wants to give us the privilege of sharing his good news of love and salvation for all people.
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