After Regeneration

In this Third chapter of Jonah, the Lord sends a renewed man to preach his word. This is followed by the effect of God's word upon the people of Nineveh. This will be the first of two messages on the third chapter of Jonah. The first message focuses on Jonah as a type of the born again believer. God sanctified Jonah for this work in redeeming him and revealing the sentence of death in him. Jonah knew his deliverance was only by the Lord himself. He could not deliver himself from the belly of the grave he was in. This same sanctification is wrought in every believer who will learn that we are not our own. But rather we are the Lord's chosen people for his use and purpose.