Jonah and the Whale: Lesson Nine

Real repentance turns away from sin.

The people of Nineveh believed God, from the greatest of them to the least.

Jonah 3:5 (KJV): So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

The king did not only call for sackcloth. He told every man to turn from his evil way.

Jonah 3:8 (KJV): But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and He did not bring what He said He would do.

Jonah 3:10 (KJV): And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

If you cover your sin, you will not prosper. If you confess it and forsake it, you will find mercy.

Proverbs 28:13 (KJV): He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Scripture References: Jonah 3:5 Jonah 3:8 Jonah 3:10 Proverbs 28:13