What does Jonah 1 teach us in Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide?

In this exposition of Jonah 1, Dr. Toby Holt of New Geneva Theological Seminary teaches that no sinner can flee the presence of an omnipresent, sovereign God. Jonah, a real prophet who ran from God's call to Nineveh out of a hardened heart, discovers that God rules the winds, waves, and even the casting of lots, and that God's wrath is satisfied only through a substitutionary death. The sermon shows the gospel hidden in Old Testament clothing: Jonah's three days in the great fish point to Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.

Questions this sermon answers:

1. What is the main issue in this passage? In this exposition of Jonah 1, Dr.

2. How does this text point us to Christ? It shows the need for God's grace and the hope fulfilled in the gospel.

3. How should Christians respond? With faith, repentance, and renewed trust in the Lord's Word.

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me." - Jonah 1:2 (NKJV)

Dr. Toby Holt is President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio. Find more verse-by-verse Bible teaching at newgeneva.org; support this ministry at newgeneva.org/give.