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蒂莫西·凯勒：约拿书的核心是罪与恩典。罪是逃避上帝，恩典是上帝追寻我们，主动介入我们的生命，即使我们试图逃避祂。约拿逃避上帝的命令，前往他施，上帝则通过一场巨大的风暴来干预约拿的计划。这场风暴不仅危及约拿的生命，也危及船上所有人的生命，这突显了个人罪恶的普遍性后果。约拿最终承认了自己的罪，并要求水手们将他抛入海中，以平息风暴。这展现了真正的悔改，即承认自己的罪恶，并寻求上帝的饶恕。上帝的恩典体现在他拯救了约拿，并通过大鱼的事件进一步教导约拿。约拿的经历说明了上帝的慈爱和宽容，即使面对悖逆，上帝仍然寻求与人建立关系。上帝的介入并非惩罚，而是为了引导约拿认识到自己的软弱和对上帝的依赖，最终完成上帝的旨意。 蒂莫西·凯勒：悔改的关键在于将注意力从自身转移到上帝身上。约拿的悔改并非仅仅为了自保，而是认识到自己对上帝的悖逆，以及上帝的伟大与慈爱。他承认自己的罪，并开始思考上帝的属性，这表明他内心的转变。悔改不是为了逃避困境，而是为了寻求与上帝的和解。约拿的故事也揭示了上帝的介入方式的多样性，有时是通过苦难和风暴，有时是通过成功的空虚来提醒我们对上帝的依赖。无论上帝的介入方式如何，关键在于我们如何回应。正确的回应是谦卑自己，承认自己的软弱，并寻求上帝的帮助。只有这样，我们才能在风暴中找到平安和力量。

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God sends storms to intervene in our lives, showing us our incompetence and need for Him. This intervention is a way for God to reveal our true selves and our dependence on Him.

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Until you admit that you run from God, you can’t know him or find him. You’re not just a troubled person. You’re not just a hurting person. You’re not a self-sufficient person. Primarily, you’re running. 

Every one of us has unique, habitual ways of hiding and running away from God. Until you know what yours are, until you see them, you can’t really grow as a Christian. And that’s what the book of Jonah is about: it’s about Jonah running and God chasing.

Let’s look at 1) the storm God sent and 2) Jonah’s response to the storm.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on July 29, 1990. Series: Jonah. Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17.

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