Jonah 1:8 Then said they to him, Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is on us; What is your occupation? and from where come you?… In secular life God intends every man to have an occupation. So too in the Christian life. The world of sin inquires of the Church, "What is thine occupation?" A religion that cannot give a valid reason for existence will and ought to die. God's calls to duty are all Special calls. So are His calls to us. What is our response? The Church has been sent into this world on a special errand, with a special message; but many of her members are fleeing from duty; many are asleep over a volcano of human hate; are tossed skyward and hellward by the tumultuous waves of social unrest, every lift of the wave bearing them further from duty and Divine destiny. The Church should be a nursery — not a nursery for adults, but for babes. Men and women in the Church should be nursing fathers and nursing mothers. Then "what is your occupation?"(F. A. Swart.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? |
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