Sermon Notes
Jonah 3&4, Sharing God's Heart
Ch 3:
- Jonah's second opportunity (2:10-3:3)
- God's a god of second chances
- gives us opportunities to serve Him
- A message of judgement (3:3-4)
- overturned (also 'turned around' in hebrew)
- God set them a deadline
- A cry of repentance (3:5-9)
- if all you hear is that God loves you, there's no need to change
- God wants to change consequences of His judgement through Jesus
- they believed God, although didn't stick to it
- only God can resolve our (urgent) needs - repentance
- God's grace to Nineveh (3:10)
- undeserved
Ch 4:
- Jonah's problem with God
- The problem of human logic
- ran away because he didn't like God's way
- can't understand why God would forgive people
- The problem of human selfishness
- happy with God's action if its good for you
- The problem of human pride
- thinking you have a right to things
- didn't get own way, so left
- God's challenge to Jonah
- The challenge of divine sovereignty
- nothing is outside of God's control
- The challenge of divine compassion
- compassion even for enemies & those who reject Him
- The challenge of divine priorities
- we need to share God's priorities
- people-centred, not task-centred
- compassion for lost (even those you don't like)
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