The Prodigal Prophet

Luke 13:25-28 KJV
[25] When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: [26] Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. [27] But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. [28] There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

According to the Meriam Webster Dictionary, a prodigal is a reckless person, who returns after a time apart. 

Jonah is the perfect picture of a prodigal. As God’s child, he knows what God desires of him (to preach to the inhabitants of Nineveh), but he runs in the opposite direction. God then has to take him to the depths of Hell (in the belly of the “great fish”), where Jonah finally repents and yields to God's command.

Don’t be so stubborn that God has to send the “great fish” to swallow you whole before you repent. Serve him today!

Corresponding Sermon: Nathan Smalley 11/1/20 AM