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*Jonah 4:1-11 (NASB) *(1) But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
(2) He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my /own/ country?
Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
(3) "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life."
(4) The LORD said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?"
(5) Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it.
There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.
(6) So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort.
And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.
(7) But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
(8) When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with /all/ his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life."
(9) Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?"
And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death."
(10) Then the LORD said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and /which/ you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.
(11) "Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know /the difference/ between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"
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1. Jonah is an amazing book – so filled with grace and mercy
A. Grace and mercy towards the rebellious Jonah as God pursues Him
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Doing what is necessary to turn him back and then using him again
!!! B. Grace and mercy towards the sailors on the ship headed towards Tarshish
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Pagans at beginning of story – crying out to false gods
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By the end of witnessing God’s power they are worshipping Him – Saved!
!!! C. The greatest of all – God’s mercy to Nineveh – this ungodly, wicked city
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God uses the preaching of Jonah to bring wholesale revival to Nineveh
!!! *Thought: *What a story – since we love happy endings – end it there Jonah
!!! A. You’ve got this incredible story of grace and mercy
!!! B. You’ve got drama with the storm and the fish
!!! C. You’ve got a great story line – bad boy prophet makes good
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End it now – maybe with you and God walking into the sunset
Looking back on Nineveh while they worship God
!!! D. But NO! Jonah you have to go and write one more chapter
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A strange ending indeed – No rejoicing - No celebration or thanksgiving
a).
We find Jonah angry and depressed!
Mad at God!
!!! E. In reality we should be happy the book didn’t end in Chapter 3
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Jonah had one more lesson he had to learn that is so valuable
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Perhaps the most important lesson of all
!!! *AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT JONAH HAS LEARNED*
*Chapter 1* – He learned the lesson of God’s providence and patience
*Chapter 2 - *He learned the lesson of God’s pardon
That God forgives those who call upon Him
*Chapter 3* - He learned the lesson of God’s power
As he witnessed a whole city humble themselves before Him
*Chapter 4 -* He is going to learn the lesson of God’s pity
That God has compassion for lost sinners like the Ninevites
And God wants His servants to also have that compassion
!!! A. So in Chapters 1-2 God has dealt with Jonah’s */rebellion/*
In Chapter 4 God is dealing with his attitude
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Jonah is now doing what God told him to do – but his attitude isn’t right
a). God wants Jonah to obey not only externally but also internally
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A warning to us – we can be in God’s will in our actions
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But out of His will in our attitude – grumbling – doing it half-heartedly
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The works that are meant to glorify God
*Mat 5:16 (NASB)* "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
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But that won’t happen if we do those works with a lousy attitude
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It makes it look like serving God is not an honor – privilege
It makes it look like serving Him is nothing but drudgery – no delight
!!! *Point: *God wants both our actions and our attitudes to be right
!!! *Transition: *So again we have God correcting Jonah
!! 3. Signpost – two simple divisions
!!! A. The incensed prophet (4:1-3)
!!! B. The instructed prophet (4:4-10)
! i. the incensed prophet
*Jonah 4:1 (NASB) *But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
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He is mad at God (Heb.
Very indignant - furious)
!!! A. WHY?
He thinks God was wrong in showing mercy to the Ninevites
!!! B. He wanted God to judge Nineveh – destroy them – fire & brimstone
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In his mind that is what they deserved because of their cruelty and wickedness
!!! *Point: * But God extends mercy instead – and Jonah is fuming
!! 2. Jonah is judging God
!!! A. In the original language it hints that Jonah thought what God did was evil
“God you really messed up this time!
You should have handled this one differently!”
!!! B. How foolish this is!
He’s making himself the judge of almighty God
"God this is not what I’d have done - therefore its something you shouldn't have done"
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He’s acting like he is wiser than God - would make better choices than God
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He’s putting himself on a higher moral ground than God Himself
!!! *Thought: *We think "How could Jonah do that?"
Wait a minute - we do the same thing!
!!! A. There are a lot of Christians walking around judging God – bitter at Him
"I can't figure out why God would allow this or that!
Why He would do this or that!"
“I don’t know why God would allow me to have this disease?”
“I don’t know why God let them lay me off – Why He hasn’t given me a spouse yet”
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We get thrown for a loop – get bitter towards the God who loves us
*Question:* What is the answer to that?
Can I suggest - KNOW YOUR THEOLOGY
!!! A. Most times incorrect reactions toward God flow out of a shallow understanding of scripture
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A failure to realize who God is and what God is like
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And a failure to apply those truths to the situations we face in life
!!! B. Scripture tells us that God is */perfect/* in all His ways
*Deut 32:3-4 (NASB) *"…*/His work is perfect/*…
*2 Sam 22:31 (NIV) *"… */his way is perfect/*…
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