<TITLE>10. Par 42-46</TITLE>L-42 You know, so many people always condemn poor old Jonah. He was a prophet. Said he was out of the will of the Lord. I'm going take up for him a little while. I don't believe that that prophet was out of the will of the Lord. I believe the Bible said that all things work together for good to them that love God. A man surrendered his life to God, and trying to work--walk in the footsteps of God, God makes everything walk right--work right for him. True.

L-43 We find Jonah... 'Course, God told him to go to Nineveh, that great city about the size of St. Louis, Missouri, over there all in--all in idolatry. They worshipped the animals, and the--the god of the sea was a whale, and--and they had all kinds of gods. Wicked, adultery, all kinds of things was going on, till their sins even come up before God. And He sent this prophet down there to cry out against their sins.
Now, if that prophet went down there just in them days and cried out against the sin, them people would have laughed at him and walked away. So God had him to take the other ship. And he took his ship, and went... Instead of going to Nineveh, he goes to Tarshish. On his road down there, a storm came up. We know the Bible. And they bound his hands and feet and throwed him out. And the whale swallowed him.

L-44 Now, I know they brought a whale to Louisville, the bones of one, on a--on a flatcar not long ago, and the man was making a talk, said, "Now," said, "you've often heard ministers say that the--that this whale swallowed Jonah." Said, "Looky here, a football couldn't go through his throat." He said, "That shows that that Bible story was a legend."
That was too much for me. I just waited till I got my chance. I said, "Sir, I'd just like to say something to you. You're saying that because you don't know the Bible." I said, "God said He prepared a fish. This was a different kind. That's right. He had a throat big enough Jonah could've jumped in it." See? I said, "That was a special whale that God prepared. God prepared a fish. Yes, sir. He made him big enough to swallow Jonah."

L-45 God brings His Word to pass. I don't care how many critics says, like it was in the days of Noah, "It isn't going to rain." It rained anyhow. God said so. And what God says, God's able to perform. What He says, that Abraham believed it that way. And all of Abraham's children believes that way. And if we be in Christ, we are Abraham's seed and heirs with him, with the promise.
Then we got to have the faith that Abraham had in the Word of God. That's right. That's what bring--brings the things to pass, is faith in what He said. You'll never move it no other way but have faith in what God said. You must take His Word above everything else. Let every man's word be a lie, and God's be true. What God said, just believe it. If you can't believe it that way, you'll never get nowhere with God. You might be able to join a church somewhere, but I mean get somewhere with God. See? That's--that's a whole lot different.

L-46 Now, we find out that this whale swallowed Jonah. And then anyone knows... You sisters, can you feed your little goldfish? When it gets its little belly full, it goes right down to the bottom of the--the little jar you got him in, the little vase, or ever what it is. He goes down there, and puts his little swimmers right down on the bottom, and rests, because he's fed. He's prowled through the waters until he's found something to eat. When he gets his tummy full, he goes right down and rests.
Now, this certain big fish that God prepared had his tummy full of the prophet, so he goes down to the bottom of the sea to rest. It might've been about forty fathoms down there.
And I have often heard people say, "I was prayed for last night. Look at my hands. They're still crippled. My stomach hurts just the same." It's going to always do that too. See, you are looking at the symptoms. Don't look at symptoms; look at God's Word.


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