Death – Forest Baptist Church

Have no idols

Through this short story, Jonah has shown himself unwilling to accept God on His own terms.

Jonah has survived a terrible threat of death twice: once in the sea, and once in Assyria.

Jonah was swallowed by a great fish, and survived by God’s kindness. Now he’s swallowed by a greater monster

Jonah is drowning. He cries to the Lord. The Lord saves him miraculously.

To illustrate his point about the relationship between faith and works, James calls to mind two characters from the Old Testament: Abraham and Rahab.

Although he doesn’t mention it directly, what happened on the cross to the Lord Jesus feeds into the ideas which James presents in his letter.