him instruct and humble the Reader. Despite Jonah’s effort to get away from God and thereby not have to preach the Message of repentance to Nineveh, the Holy Spirit declares that Jehovah is still Jonah’s God. When disciplined and restored in soul, Jonah could say, “My God.” Fellowship may be broken, but relationship? Never! That is, if the person keeps believing. In the belly of the whale, Jonah begins to cry to God. He said, “But I will sacrifice unto You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay
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