Theme: God can raise us up from self-inflicted ruin
I. Repentance precedes restoration (vv. 1-4)
a. Jonah reached a literal and figurative bottom
b. Jonah brought about his decent
c. Jonah was lifted up by God through repentance
II. Dead-ends precede new directions (vv. 5-6)
a. Jonah was facing literal and metaphorical death
b. Jonah found hope from hopelessness
III. Rebirth precedes resurrection (vv. 7-10)
a. Jonah was born-again
b. Jonah was delivered from death
c. Jonah's deliverance is a picture of the Cross
Conclusion: Have you died to self and live in Christ?