Complementary New Testament Passage:
Matthew 12:38-42
Sermon Outline:
1. Call out to the one who disciplines you
2. The greatest sorrow is to be cast from God’s presence
3. The Lord is the Lord of life and resurrection from the dead
4. Worship of the Lord contrasted with idolatry
Family Discussion Questions:
- Why was Jonah thrown into the sea?
- How did God save Jonah’s life?
- What did Jonah do when he realized his sin?
- What was Jonah most upset about as he was close to dying?
- What happened to Jonah is impossible without God doing a miracle. How does this teach us
- about Jesus?
- How is Jonah’s experience similar to Jesus’
- How is Jonah’s experience different than Jesus’
- How does the prayer of Jonah teach us about what saving faith in Jesus looks like?
- For those who are saved, who and what are we saved from?
- Describe some of the differences between worship of idols and worship of the Lord God?
- How is your own soul inclined to pay regard to vain idols, and how can this be resisted?
- Why is God’s love for the church called steadfast?
- What does this passage teach us about our ultimate final salvation in the New Heavens and
- Earth?
