Worship Service: Jonah 1 & 2 - The Village Chapel

The Wideness in God’s Mercy
The Minor Prophets: Jonah 1 & 2
The Village Chapel - 06/23/2024
You probably already know the story from when you were growing up. It was probably called “Jonah and the Whale,” or “A Whale of a Tale,” or something like that. Well, the fact is the OT book of Jonah is not primarily about a whale or about whether or not there was a fish big enough to swallow a full-grown, adult human being and then hold him in its stomach for three days and three nights. No, Jonah is about a prodigal prophet. It’s an Old Testament version of the parable Jesus told about the prodigal sons and their father in Luke 15. But in this case, Jonah looks like both the younger son who ran away from His father, then squandered his life, and the older prodigal son who refused to rejoice at the return home of his brother.
What is this wideness in God’s mercy all about? Why does the grace of God become such a scandal to so many of our hearts and minds? Why do we so often want justice for others, but grace and mercy for ourselves?
Join Pastor Jim as he helps us see the real message at the heart of the story of the petulant, prodigal prophet known as Jonah and the way it points forward to the greater Jonah, Jesus Christ. (35:02)
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Songs:
(3:30) “This Is My Father's World“ by Maltbie D. Babcock, Mary Crawford Babcock, and Franklin Lawrence Sheppard
(9:44) “He Is Making All Things Right” by Ben Shive, Bryan Fowler & Skye Peterson
(30:51) “Christ The Sure And Steady Anchor“ by Matthew Boswell and Matthew Papa
(1:25:26) “His Mercy Is More“ by Matt Papa and Matt Boswell
(1:29:16) “Doxology” by Thomas Ken & Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
(6:14) Call to Worship: Congregational Prayer
Lord, fill our hearts with reverence for You. Make us hunger for Your Word and passionately desire to walk in Your ways. Forgive us our sins, for they are many. Give us a greater glimpse of Your glory as we offer You this praise and worship. We thank You for the way You have rescued us over and over, through many difficult things. Come now and help us in this: to place our trust, hope, and confidence in You. May Your name be honored in our conduct. May Your kingdom be made visible in our relationships. May Your will be done in our hearts and minds.This we pray in the Name above all names, Jesus Christ, to Whom belongs all glory, forever and ever, amen!
(24:13) Classic Prayer: John Wesley, 1703-1791
O LORD God Almighty, Father of angels and men, We praise and bless your holy name for all your goodness and loving kindness to humanity. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and for your unceasing generosity to us throughout our lives; But above all, we bless you for your great love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ. We bless you for bringing us safe to the beginning of a new day. Grant that this day we fall into no sin, Neither run into any kind of danger. Keep us, we pray, from all things hurtful to body or soul, and grant us your pardon and peace, So that, being cleansed from all our sins, We might serve you with quiet hearts and minds, and continue in the same until our life’s end, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.
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