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RUSSELL SANDERS
8-26-2020
JONAH PART 17
CH. 3 VS. 3
Jonah 3:3 says, “so Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.” Jonah, after his ordeal, obeyed God’s call by traveling a great distance from the Mediterranean coast to Nineveh. It was several hundred miles inland that he was sent to preach to a people he despised so greatly, that he had initially refused to go to them.
Why did he hate them so much? (Note: never tell God what you will not do. It doesn’t work.) Nineveh was the capitol of the vast Assyrian empire, the largest and strongest ruling empire of the world. Prior to King David, Babylon had been powerful, but they began to lose power during David’s reign. David’s defeat of the King of Zobah (Assyrian area just north of Babylon) and their ally, Syria, actually protected Assyria and allowed their rise to power from the end of Solomon’s reign and Jeroboam’s ascension (about 975 B.C.) until their fall about 612 B.C.
During Assyria’s empire, they were the fiercest warriors in the known world of that time. They were also extremely cruel. They were known to skin their prisoners alive, or to cut off their hands, feet, noses, or ears, put out their eyes, or pull out their tongues. They also made mounds of human skulls, all this to inspire terror. (Halley’s Bible Handbook: Assyria.)
They would also remove conquered people from their native land and resettle them into other countries. This gave them better control and eliminated resistance from a conquered people. This is exactly what happened when Assyria (Nineveh) conquered Israel (Samaria, the ten northern kingdoms) in 721-722 B.C. and resettled pagans from other lands into Israel. That is why Judah, the two southern kingdoms (Jerusalem, its capitol) so despised the “mixed breed” people of Samaria in Jesus’ time.
The Assyrian capitol of Nineveh was a huge city. The main part of Nineveh “proper” was three miles long and a mile and a half wide with a population of 120,000. However, “greater” Nineveh was much larger. It extended twenty miles further south to Calah and another ten miles north to Khorsabad, a stretch extending Nineveh to at least 33 miles.
You can see why Jonah had ill feelings for the Ninevites and why it took him three days just to walk from one end to the other end as he preached.
The Jews thought that God only loved them, and anyone who would convert to Judaism. Jonah’s commission showed that God loves everyone, even those that are the most evil.
You and I are to love others as God loved us. Ask yourself, “Do I love everyone? Is there anybody that I do not love?” If your answer to the second question is “yes,” then you must ask God to give you His supernatural ability to love whoever it is…His “agape” love. You cannot go to heaven to receive a reward with hate in your heart. Jesus’ commandment in John 13:34 is “That you love one another.”
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HELEN SANDERS
8-26-2020
AUTHORITY THROUGH THE NAME OF JESUS
Through the name of Jesus, we have been given all authority. How we use that authority will determine whether we are defeated or victorious.
Satan is a thief. In John 10:10 it says, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” So, if something is stolen, killed, or destroyed, you can be sure that the thief “Satan” is behind it. Satan will try to steal your life, your finances, your anointing, your family, your ministry, and everything else. Satan, being the prince and the power of the air, brings destruction through storms, earthquakes, and hurricanes
It was the spring of 1979. I was living in Grand Rapids, MI and had been growing in the things of the Lord. I was learning about the “authority of the believer.” I had not been brought up in a church that taught anything about this. It was all new to me, but I received it wholeheartedly. My faith was growing leaps and bounds. I had a mentor that spent much time answering questions and was thankful for the mentoring. I was learning that when we prayed, we had to have faith that God would answer. I had heard testimonies about rebuking storms in the name of Jesus. Jesus spoke to the storm while the disciples were in the ship and only said “Peace be still,” and the storm ceased. I learned that Jesus said the things He did we would do also because He went to the Father.
It was a muggy spring afternoon. I was outside and looked up into the sky and saw that a tornado had formed and was coming my way. I had been speaking with my neighbor about things of faith, and boldly said “We don’t have to put up with this.” I grabbed her hand and said, “In the name of Jesus I command you foul tornado to go back where you came from.” Instantly that tornado went back into the sky and disappeared. It was a life changing moment.
Since that day, these kinds of things have happened several times with me, Including during hurricanes. We need to not let Satan steal from us or destroy us. There is a fight of faith by using the word of God and speaking to the issues. We can take back what Satan has stolen from us by using the name of Jesus!
With what appears to be coming on the scene very shortly we need to be strong in faith and resist Satan and his plan. We need to say, “NO, you’re not going to steal from me!” Faith comes through studying and hearing the word of God. The more your faith grows the stronger you are against Satan’s ploys. Determine today to go into the enemy’s camp and take back what he has stolen from you. He is defeated by the Word of God! Don’t live a defeated life. You be the victor instead of the victim through the name of Jesus. Try it. I know it works.
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APOSTLE PAT MURRAY
AUGUST 24, 2020
Don't fret about the big transition that’s been going on in your life. Sure it’s taken you through some trials, a bit of trouble and even some travail; But just hold on, don’t give in and don’t you give up. For you’ll soon realize that it actually is working out for your good. Oh yes, what you couldn’t see is that your loving Lord God has been there for you working behind the scenes and causing all things to line up in order to line you up...And then to ultimately bring you up to a tremendous transformation. So you just keep on trusting God because The Great Transformer Himself has a tremendous transformation that’s soon coming to you. Now the surprisingly great thing about it all is that what’s coming to you is so much greater than the uncomfortable transition that you've travailed in for what seems to you like forever. So dig in, hold on and don’t you let go of God’s unchanging and never failing hand...For things could get a little messy. Just know that it takes much travail to bring forth the birthing of your promised promotion that will ultimately bring you to a great transformation from where you are...All the way to where God has been leading you to. #hangon4thebirthingcouldgetmessy
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Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
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