The
Lord is the Good Shepherd giving His life, seeking His lost sheep. Turn
over the leaves of the Bible and you can track His footprints from Eden
for long centuries. Half way through Scripture we come to Jonah. It is
the Old Testament book on evangelism. Talking of knowledge just now I
remember somebody said that Jonah learned more in the belly of the fish
than many do at theological college. Jonah’s terrifying ordeal had a
great meaning. It gave Him something in common with just one other
person - Jesus Himself. The jaws of death held Him for three days and
nights like Jonah. Both saw the light of day again. Jonah was the
world’s first evangelist. He had to begin simply by warning Nineveh that
its wickedness has mounted to heaven and judgment was about to fall. He
preached repentance. If Jonah obeyed and if Israel followed, their work
would go beyond Nineveh. They would be the hinges upon which history
would swing. The Lord had and has a plan of world salvation – and by the
Great Commission we are a part of it. GOD BLESS YOU. REINHARD BONNKE
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