'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.
More about George Sinclair

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'SIN CLEANSED'

by Rev. Jonathan Griffiths                           

Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

Senior Pastor, The Metropolitan Bible Church,  Ottawa, ON.

www.metbiblechurch.ca/

 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, July 16th,  2017

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Broadcast Notes: 
 

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Sin Cleansed

 Reference passage:

Hebrews 10

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 For since the law has but ^va shadow ^wof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^xit can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. ² Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? ³ But ^yin these sacrifices ^zthere is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴ For ^ait is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

⁵ Consequently, ^bwhen Christ¹ came into the world, he said,

^c“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,

but a body have you prepared for me;

⁶  in burnt offerings and sin offerings

you have taken no pleasure.

⁷  Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,

as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ”

⁸ When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in ^csacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), ⁹ then he added, ^d“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will ^ewe have been sanctified through the offering of ^fthe body of Jesus Christ ^gonce for all.

¹¹ And every priest stands ^hdaily at his service, ⁱoffering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ^jwhich can never take away sins. ¹² But when Christ² had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he ^ksat down at the right hand of God, ¹³ waiting from that time ^luntil his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. ¹⁴ For by a single offering ^mhe has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

¹⁵ And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

^{16  n}“This is the covenant that I will make with them

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws on their hearts,

and write them on their minds,”

¹⁷ then he adds,

^o“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

¹⁸ Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

The Full Assurance of Faith

^19 pTherefore, brothers,³ since we have confidence to enter ^qthe holy places by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by ^rthe new and living way that he opened for us through ^sthe curtain, that is, through his flesh, ²¹ and since we have ^ta great priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts ^usprinkled clean ^vfrom an evil conscience and our bodies ^wwashed with pure water. ^23 xLet us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ^yhe who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And ^zlet us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, ^25 anot neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and ^ball the more as you see ^cthe Day drawing near.

²⁶ For ^dif we go on sinning deliberately ^eafter receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^fthere no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ^27 gbut a fearful expectation of judgment, and ^ha fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. ^28 iAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy ^jon the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one ^kwho has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned ^lthe blood of the covenant ^mby which he was sanctified, and has ⁿoutraged the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know him who said, ^o“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, ^p“The Lord will judge his people.” ^31 qIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³² But recall the former days when, after ^ryou were enlightened, you endured ^sa hard struggle with sufferings, ³³ sometimes being ^tpublicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. ³⁴ For ^uyou had compassion on those in prison, and ^vyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ^wa better possession and an abiding one. ³⁵ Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has ^xa great reward. ³⁶ For ^yyou have need of endurance, so that ^zwhen you have done the will of God you may ^areceive what is promised. ³⁷ For,

^b“Yet a little while,

and ^cthe coming one will come and will not delay;

^{38  d}but my righteous one shall live by faith,

and if he shrinks back,

my soul has no pleasure in him.”

³⁹ But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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Prayer:

Our Father, we thank you and praise you for Jesus and his shed blood at Calvary. We thank you that because his blood has been shed for us we are made clean and we are made fit for your service,  And we pray that we would serve joyfully as your people, knowing the great salvation that has been achieved for us; and we pray these things in Jesus' name. (Amen.)

Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

The Metropolitan Bible Church

2176 Prince of Wales Dr, Nepean, ON K2E 0A1

Phone: (613) 238-8182
www.metbiblechurch.ca/

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