Whatever you’re carrying today isn’t the end of your story. Because He rose, it never will be.

Main message: The sermon contrasts Jonah with Jesus to show that Jesus is the greater deliverer: where Jonah was disobedient and spared, Jesus willingly took sin’s judgment, died, and rose again so that sin, shame, and failure do not have the final word.

Key points:

• Jonah ran from sinful people; Jesus moved toward them.
• Jonah was thrown into the sea because of his own sin; Jesus went to the cross because of our sin.
• Jonah received mercy though he deserved judgment; Jesus deserved glory.
• Jonah went down and came back up; Jesus died, was buried, and rose on the third day.
• Because Jesus rose victorious, sin, shame, addiction, divorce, failure, and the past do not have the last word.

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