Jonah and the Whale: Lesson Four

God can still use a servant who has failed.

Before Jonah said a word, every man on that ship was crying to his own god.

Jonah 1:5 (KJV): Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

Even while running, Jonah told the sailors who he was and which God he feared.

Jonah 1:9 (KJV): And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

Those men came away fearing the LORD, offering a sacrifice, and making vows.

Jonah 1:16 (KJV): Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

Scripture References: Jonah 1:5 Jonah 1:9 Jonah 1:16