Jonah 4 - final sermon

Jonah 4:5–11 (ESV)

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?”

Last time, we found out that this story is like a no win movie, where the villian nor the hero win, and everyone is pitiful and everyone dies.

Israel-wiped out

Assryia-wiped out

This is what is so different about the book of Jonah. In the end, the message went to the nations, but it really wasn't written for Nineveh.

The good guy ended up being the bad guy as much as the bad guy.

Does that make sense?

This is why the bible says, no one is good. Not one.

This is the great Irony of Romans 5 - that we are sinful because of who we are as much as what we do - Thanks Adam and Thanks ME!!!

But that God is so good that:

Romans 5:8 ESV

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

So Heres the jist of chapter 4 - Jonah you are missing the forest for the trees.

TOP 10 List of things that are important to us and might cause “injustice” to us, but may cause us to miss the bigger picture.

The wifi going out

My kids not listening to me.

Chainsaw breaking again.

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Do worksheet

Spend some time at the end to have open questions asked and have any kids share something that God has shown them in the book of Jonah.