{"id":460,"date":"2013-09-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/messages\/?p=460"},"modified":"2013-09-24T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T16:27:48","slug":"jonah-the-importance-of-cities-by-tim-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/2013\/jonah-the-importance-of-cities-by-tim-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah: The Importance of Cities (by Tim French)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outline<\/h3>\n
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  1. The key players\n
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    1. Protagonist: God <\/li>\n
    2. Antagonist: Good, moral upright guy (Jonah) <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. God’s purpose\n
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      1. What is God concerned with? <\/li>\n
      2. What is God trying to do? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      3. The importance of cities\n
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        1. Strategic <\/li>\n
        2. Cultural <\/li>\n
        3. Gospel-sharing <\/li>\n
        4. Economic welfare of His people <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        5. Two layers of every city\n
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          1. General population <\/li>\n
          2. Those who belong to the City of God <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          3. Christian impact in cities\n
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            1. Christians are the best possible citizens. <\/li>\n
            2. Christians preserve culture. <\/li>\n
            3. Christians expand literacy. <\/li>\n
            4. Christians have preserved entire communities. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            5. The eternal City that is to come\n
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              1. It will never fall. <\/li>\n
              2. One can never lose one’s citizenship. <\/li>\n
              3. We’ll enjoy the city, its economy and community, forever. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              4. God loves cities because God loves people\n
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                1. If we want to think more like God, we have to appreciate that where we are is filled with people. <\/li>\n
                2. God loves people so much that he provides a means of salvation that does not depend on how good they are\u2014God saves them because He wants to. <\/li>\n
                3. God even stops from destroying a city just because they say they\u2019re sorry. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Related Scripture:<\/h3>\n