The God Who Weeps (5 of 5)
Series:Jonah, God’s Unbounded Love
Joe Alain
Jonah 4:5-11
In Jonah chapter 4, we find the prophet angry at God. Instead of shouting over the fact that Nineveh has repented and been spared, he's pouting. So In anger, Jonah heads east of Nineveh to sit and watch ''what would become of the city.'' Here is how it is described.
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, ''It is better for me to die than to live.'' 9 But God said to Jonah, ''Do you do well to be angry for the plant?'' And he said, ''Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.'' 10 And the Lord said, ''You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?'' Jonah 4:5-11
Apathy - Wait and See (4:5)
Through this passage I want us to ask some ''heart questions'' as a way of getting at the message of the text. The first question is, . . .
#1: Am I a spectator or a participant?
Jonah is sitting in the shade waiting for the fireworks to start. He's hoping for a front row to the coming apocalypse! He's still wishing and praying that he is going to witness the city going up in smoke. What a picture of indifference! Hopefully, we're no ...
Series:Jonah, God’s Unbounded Love
Joe Alain
Jonah 4:5-11
In Jonah chapter 4, we find the prophet angry at God. Instead of shouting over the fact that Nineveh has repented and been spared, he's pouting. So In anger, Jonah heads east of Nineveh to sit and watch ''what would become of the city.'' Here is how it is described.
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, ''It is better for me to die than to live.'' 9 But God said to Jonah, ''Do you do well to be angry for the plant?'' And he said, ''Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.'' 10 And the Lord said, ''You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?'' Jonah 4:5-11
Apathy - Wait and See (4:5)
Through this passage I want us to ask some ''heart questions'' as a way of getting at the message of the text. The first question is, . . .
#1: Am I a spectator or a participant?
Jonah is sitting in the shade waiting for the fireworks to start. He's hoping for a front row to the coming apocalypse! He's still wishing and praying that he is going to witness the city going up in smoke. What a picture of indifference! Hopefully, we're no ...
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