VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Asleep In The Midst Of The Storm!?!

The Stories Of Jesus Christ, The Obedient Walker 

And 

Prophet Jonah, The Disobedient Runner 

In Ships On The Sea

During Raging Storms

Are Instructive To All Christians 

On Their Journey To Joy Everlasting!

Both Jesus And Jonah Were On Missions

And 

Both Were Asleep As The Storms Raged!

Jesus Was Sleeping The Sleep Of The Just

Resting In Peace

Confident In His Father's Love

Knowing That All Is Well For The Obedient!

Jonah Was Sleeping The Sleep Of The Self-Justified

Confident In The "Rightness" Of His Act Of 

Rebellious Disobedience 

And 

Ended Up ... By His Own Words

Being Cast Into That Raging Sea 

To Supposedly Die To Stop The Storm 

And Thereby

To Save Others!

The Storm For The Ship's Passenger

But

Jonah Ended Up "Resting" In A Great-Fish-Grave 

Aka The Fish's Guts

For Three Days And Three Nights!

Oh, The Horror Of It All! 

By Contrast

Upon Being Awakened

Jesus Stood In Faith ... Not Fear

And 

Spoke Rebuke To The Raging Storm

And 

Saved Others!

He Asked Those Saved Souls About

Their Lack Of Saving Faith!

Jesus Christ Left The Ship At Its Scheduled Stop!

The Moral Of The Story ...

Self-Justification Hurts You, Personally

And

Damages Others Physically, Emotionally

Financially And Spiritually!

Walk In Faith: 

Obedience Pays!

Who Are You

Or 

Who Will You Be Going Forward!?!
Think About It! 

Peace!

Self-Justification

Is

A Base Counterfeit

From

The Serpent's Accursed Domain!