The authenticity of this book has been attested by the Lord Jesus. Matt 12:39-41. That places its contents beyond dispute for the child of God. In our study today we deal with: A PROPHET OF GOD MUST CONFRONT GOD'S ENEMIES 1. Jonah was to go to Nineveh. "Arise, go to Nineveh" verse 2. 2. He must go alone. Christ, Isa 63:1-3, Matt 26:56. David, Ps 31:11-13. Paul, 2 Tim 1:15, 4:10, 15-16. 3. He was to cry out. The word means "accost". "And Absalom met (same word) the servants of David," 2 Samuel 18:9. The ministry of God's servant must at times be aggressive. "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins," Isaiah 58:1. "But truly I am full of power (force) by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin," Micah 3:8.