Jonah

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NASB	Jonah 3:5 ¶ Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Jonah 3:5 ¶ The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.

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Bible Question: What is the significance of this reference to the church today? Here is a city of sinful wicked people, whom God (someone they don't even know)announces he's going to destroy. They chose to believe! Does this story have relevence to the church today in a call deeper, proactive faith? If so, how?

Bible Answer: The whole point is that God did not want to destroy Nineveh. he sent Jonah to tell them to repent so that he would not have to destroy them.

The church today is the body of Christ holding out the sign "Repent" We need to be in touch with our head (Christ) so that we can so live as to draw those who are sinners to repentance. They need to see Jesus in us, and hear the Word of the Lord so that the Holy Spirit can work in their hearts.

We can not just sit by the side of the road making daisy chains while the rest of the world goes over the cliff of destruction.

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