'PRAYING IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair

by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           

 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,   

December 15^th, 2019 

http://accm.ncf.ca/images/19.12.15.mp3

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This week's broadcast is the sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. 

The sermon was called "Better than Kharma" 

 It is part of my series, "The Story of Jonah"

"Praying in the belly of the fish"

  

Today’s Reading: Jonah 1:17-2:10  (ESV)

A Great Fish Swallows Jonah

^17 [a] And the Lord appointed^[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah's Prayer

2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, ² saying,

“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
    and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
    and you heard my voice.
³ For you cast me into the deep,
    into the heart of the seas,
    and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
    passed over me.
⁴ Then I said, ‘I am driven away
    from your sight;
yet I shall again look
    upon your holy temple.’
⁵ The waters closed in over me to take my life;
    the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
⁶     at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
    whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
    O Lord my God.
⁷ When my life was fainting away,
    I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
    into your holy temple.
⁸ Those who pay regard to vain idols
    forsake their hope of steadfast love.
⁹ But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

¹⁰ And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

Footnotes:

1. Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
2. Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed

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 NOTES:

No Other: The Story of Jonah
Praying In the Belly of the Beast.
Jonah 1:17 - 2:10

1. Because the Lord is God, there is no other god, hence there is no other, when it comes to people.
   
2. Death swallowed Jonah, and the Lord had death spit Jonah out alive.
   
3. Death swallowed Jonah, and the Lord had death spit Jonah out alive. Death swallowed Jesus, and the Lord spit death out dead.
   
4. In Religion and spirituality, vows and sacrifices lead to “salvation.” With the Gospel, salvation leads to vows and sacrifices..
   
5. Grace leads to faith and obedience. So your faith and obedience flow out of grace.
   

George Sinclair George is the Lead Pastor at Church of the Messiah.
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