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这段讲道探讨了约拿的故事，以及上帝如何通过一个人改变了当时世界上最大的城市尼尼微。布道者指出，上帝通过约拿的悔改，以及上帝的持久恩典、呼召、策略和能力，使约拿成为改变城市和世界的人。布道者认为，现代人缺乏为比自身需求更大的目标而活的信念，导致内心空虚。他鼓励听众找到比自身需求更大的目标，成为像约拿一样的“独军”，改变世界。他强调，苦难和失败可以使人变得更有用、更谦卑、更有同情心，但前提是人要走出自我，将苦难转化为侍奉和怜悯。布道者还指出，上帝是一个差遣的上帝，呼召人们走出安全区，参与到改变世界的使命中。他认为，城市是改变社会的战略要地，基督徒应该进入城市，侍奉城市，而不是利用城市。最后，布道者强调了悔改的力量，认为悔改可以解决城市的问题，改变城市，并鼓励听众相信上帝的话语和悔改的力量，成为上帝的使者，改变世界。

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God used Jonah, a single individual, to change the great city of Nineveh by applying four principles: God’s persistent grace, calling, strategy, and power.

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Nineveh was the greatest city the world had seen at its time. And yet, God decides to besiege it and sack it with an army of one. How did he do it? He did it by turning one person, Jonah, into a world-changer.

Are you an army of one? You have people all around you who need you, people all around you who are dying, and you see it. How could you become a world-changer like Jonah?

There are four things God brought to bear on Jonah that made him into a world-changer: 1) God’s persistent grace, 2) God’s calling, 3) God’s strategy, and 4) God’s power.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 26, 1990. Series: Jonah. Scripture: Jonah 3.

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