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Introduction
Point: God’s heart is merciful and the heart of man evil.
Where does the anger of man come from?
The Easton Bible Dictionary defines anger as:
“the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view.
In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful.
It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted”
Here we see an anger that is deserving of judgement.
An anger towards a brother that is not justified but sinful.
Here we see an anger that can be without sin so long as it does not continue to the end of the day.
Being angry because of a wrong done for instance is normal.
Colossians
Here we see a command to put away anger.
ANGER—the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view.
In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful.
It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Matt.
5:22; Eph.
4:26; Col. 3:8).
As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure with sin and with sinners (Ps.
7:11).
An anger that is allowed to brew in a heart will cause one to sin.
We are speaking of human anger.
The anger that comes from man.
We are speaking of human anger.
The anger that comes from man.
The bible speaks of anger.
We don’t need to look far to see how evil the world is.
Well, we can see anger in someone’
Evil acts come from an evil heart.
The Scriptures warn us to be slow to be angry.
There is anger where it is sin.
The book of Proverbs is right to tell us to keep or guard the heart.
There is an anger that shouldn’t be due to having no reason to be angry.
We need to guard our hearts because from it one becomes defiled if it is evil.
Porverbs 4:23
There is an anger that is excessive.
Meaning an anger without restraint.
Matthew
It is clear that our hearts, our desires are what brings forth evil.
And there is an anger that should not be long and held on to.
The anger of man does not produce anything good.
But what about the heart of God?
It is clear that having a causeless, excessive, or protracted anger is sinful.
There can be an anger that is just.
What comes out from the heart of God since it has no evil and is holy and perfect?
When we speak of what comes out we are talking about what does God do since He is holy, perfect and with no evil and sin.
What does God do since He is who He is? Answer: He gives.
God gives.
And He gives not like we give.
God gives because He is a Giver.
We give somehow for something in return.
It doesn’t have to be a gift in return.
It can be that we give to feel good about giving.
Which is still selfish.
But what is at the root of anger?
What is the engine behind causing anger and sin?
At the root of anger is the sinful heart.
It is right to be angry over evil as an example.
It is right to be angry over evil as an example.
When a judge lets an offender go unpunished.
It is right to be angry.
When
There are many reasons to be angry in a just way.
But if we are honest, we can see within ourselves more anger that is found to be sinful than just.
Being sinfully angry is normal and it is the nature we all wrestle with.
We are hard wired to
Where does this anger come from?
It comes from a sinful heart.
Anger comes from the heart.
Out of the heart
And because we have a sinful heart this is where sinful anger comes from.
In our text today we see clearly a sinful heart at work which comes from the prophet of God.
Someone in whom God gives His word to has anger.
And it is an anger that is completely unjustifiable and sin.
But we also see another heart at work.
There is another heart that reveals a love that is amazingly merciful and without sin.
Sinful anger comes from the heart.
And in our passage we are seeing the sinful heart at work.
But there is another heart at work.
This heart that has no sin is doing something that man in themselves cannot do.
Nor can sinful man understand and comprehend it.
While the sinful heart is at work, a holy and sinless heart is seeking to give.
This heart, in our passage today, is revealed to be glorious and the reason salvation is possible.
Even while every person in this book is found to be deserving of wrath.
We are going to look at two hearts today.
This heart even overwhelms and works despite the sinful heart of the prophet and the sinful hearts of the evil people.
One has a heart that produces evil.
This heart stand alone perfect, holy and full of compassion.
And the other is producing life and mercy.
3 Points
1: The heart of the prophet exposed (v.1-4)
2: The anger of the prophet addressed (v.5-9)
3: The heart of God (v.10-11)
Background
1: Jonah flees from what the Lord told him to do.
Which was to go to Nineveh (1:1-16)
The word of the Lord came to Jonah and told him to go to NinevehNineveh was a pagan cityNever before did God send a prophet specifically to a nation to repent other than the covenant people of IsraelThe prophet was stunned that God would send him thereSo he fled from where God told him to go
2: Jonah’s Prayer (1:17-2:10)
Jonah trying to flee on ship was thrown out into sea and God appointed a great fish to swallow him upGod preserved the prophet in the belly of the great fish for three days and the prophet praysThe great fish vomits the prophet out into dry land
3: Jonah Goes to Nineveh (3:1-10)
The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second timeHe arose from where he was and he entered the cityHe told them of what God said and they all repentedThen God relented of the disaster that he said He would do ()This made the prophet angry.
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