In this passage, we see God speaking to Jonah (again), Jonah speaking to the people of Nineveh, the people of Nineveh speaking to God and then in v.10 God has the last word.

In the first chapter of Jonah, we get to see how God is patient with him and provides for him again and again. First, God sends Jonah His word, then He provides a wind to remind Jonah of what he is meant to be doing and finally, He provides a fish to rescue him from the sea. Jonah has everything he needs in God, so why is he running away?

Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a public declaration of a person's faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In accordance with New Testament Scripture it should be administered only by total immersion which symbolises the believer's identification with Christ in death, burial and resurrection, the remission of sins and the believer's dedication of themselves to God to live and walk in newness of life.

The ministry of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the acceptance of God's provision of salvation. The Holy Spirit convinces sinners of their sinfulness, leads them to personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and so brings them to spiritual birth as God's children and to fellowship in Christ. Working within the life of believers the Holy Spirit makes real the presence of Christ, witnesses to their relationship with God, leads into all truth, bestows gifts for effective service and produces graces for holy living.

These two doctrines show us both the position that we find ourselves in, and what God has done to save us from our sin, that brings us into a relationship with Him.