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Don’t use this yet “The Lord asked, ‘Is it right for you to be angry?’”
Have you ever thought about the Lord’s mercy, love and forgiveness at Christmas?
I think that is a great point to consider at Christmas.
Honestly, isn’t that the whole meaning of Christ coming into the world?
God sent his son because of love, because of mercy, this is the whole reason he came… He came not to condemn the world, .
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john 3
So what does this tell us...
God is a God of love, mercy and forgiveness......
The truth is central to all we consider about God and the plan for his own Son to be our redeeming sacrifice.
God gave us a Christmas gift....
Now I have said all of this to bring this thought up....
Let me share a thought with you… Jonah 4:4
Jonah 4:4
Remember the story of Jonah....
God called him to go to preach to the Ninevites, and what was Jonah’s response?
No way!!!!!
Jonah ran from Nineveh and toward Tarshish because he did not want to preach forgivenss, He knew if they repented, God would forgive the Ninevites:
“That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.
I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster” ().
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Now let me ask you a question, what did God have against the Ninevites ?
, why was God angry against them and why did he want to send a messenger?
says
Evil has come out against me....
Nineveh, like so many other places have let people live for themselves, sin and wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah () , like what we see with Cain () your bother’s blood cries out to me ....
Evil is wickedness against God. it is sin…
And God was calling Jonah to preach the hope there is in God, He will punish sin but gives you the opportunity to repent!
And in the New Testament we find people like John, like other disciples.... who preached the message of Jesus in the New Testament
And the truth is central
And God was calling
God loves us in spite of our sin, that is why he would have His Son Jesus come to show us mercy, love and forgiveness.
Now lets think about Nineveh and its people.... What else is wrong with them...The people of Nineveh were archenemies to the people of God.
They had been mean to the Israelites, they had hurt them, persecuted them and stole from them along border fights…
It is like Iran, Iraq, Pakaistan… do we like them today?
No, we are not really… They have been mean to us, they have tried to kill us and so forth and so forth
Now think about Jonah...
And Jonah had no interest in their being forgiven.
So Jonah hates them....
And he doesn’t want to carry the message of God’s love and repentance to them, the Ninevites had been evil.... and Jonah knew God loved them and would forgive them.
Jonah ran from Nineveh and toward Tarshish because he did not want God to forgive the Ninevites: “That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.
I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster” ().
The people of Nineveh were archenemies to the people of God, and Jonah had no interest in their being forgiven.
That was his problem....
Jonah served a God who is much more compassionate than the prophet had ever considered being—and who has always wanted the nations to give glory to His name.
The people of Nineveh were archenemies to the people of God, and Jonah had no interest in their being forgiven.
So what does Jonah do when God told him to go?
He ran in the other direction....
The problem was that Jonah served a God who is much more compassionate than the prophet had ever considered being—and who has always wanted the nations to give glory to His name.
Jonah, in fact, never fully got over God’s willingness to forgive, and the book that carries his name ends with the prophet in a state of anger and frustration.
He accepted God’s gracious forgiveness offered to him, but he did not want that same forgiveness offered to his enemies.
Now why have I told you this right here?
God is calling us to go… even to people we might not always like, or agree with, and frankly enough want to be around.
This is the reason the Son of Man came into the world… so that the gospel could be preached and people could be saved by His great name through faith.
Jonah, in fact, never fully got over God’s willingness to forgive, and the book that carries his name ends with the prophet in a state of anger and frustration.
Jonah, in fact, never fully got over God’s willingness to forgive, and the book that carries his name ends with the prophet in a state of anger and frustration.
He accepted God’s gracious forgiveness offered to him, but he did not want that same forgiveness offered to his enemies.
Jonah, in fact, never fully got over God’s willingness to forgive, and the book that carries his name ends with the prophet in a state of anger and frustration.
He accepted God’s gracious forgiveness offered to him, but he did not want that same forgiveness offered to his enemies.
He accepted God’s gracious forgiveness offered to him, but he did not want that same forgiveness offered to his enemies.
Now think of that......
People want God’s forgiveness, but do they want to see others extended in such a way.
This book to which we often go to talk about God’s heart for the nations is thus also a book that slices open the heart of the reader.
Here is a great thought: is there any one, any people here or around the world I would not want God to touch, change and save....
Is it an ethnic group?
People who commit particular sins?
Someone who has hurt me or my family?
Followers of another world faith?
Chuck Lawless made this quote once.....
If we put our own parameters on God’s grace for others, we really haven’t let His grace change us much.
ACTION STEPS:
§ Answer the question about whether there are those you don’t want God to forgive.
§ If someone comes to mind, ask God’s forgiveness and help.
Ask Him to change your heart.
PRAYER: “Lord, transform me if I’m in any way like Jonah.”
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