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God’s Covenant Love
| Since I was a little shy when I was in high school, I didn’t ask many girls out on dates.
So my friend came up to me one day and said, “Hey, I’ve lined you up with a great date for Saturday night.
It’s all set.”“Who is it?”
I asked.
It turned out to be his cousin Doris.
I had never met her.
In fact, I had never met any girl named Doris.
“Oh, no,” I said, “I’m not going on a blind date.”“Hey,
don’t worry about this one,” my friend said.
“Doris is a terrific girl.
And trust me—she’s a real looker.
But if you don’t believe me, I’ll tell you how to get out of the date if you don’t like the way she looks.
This is what I do: I go to a girl’s front door to pick her up, and when she opens the door, I check her out.
If I like what I see, then great, we’re all set.
But if she’s ugly, I fake an asthma attack.
I go ‘Aaahhhhgggggg!’
(Hold your throat like you’re having trouble breathing.)
The girl asks, ‘What’s wrong?’
And I say, ‘It’s my asthma.’
And so we have to call off the date.
Just like that.
No problem.”“Well,
I don’t know...but okay, it sounds easy enough.
I’ll do it,” I said.So I went to pick up Doris.
I knocked on the door, and she came to the front door.
I took a look at her, and to my surprise, my friend was right.
She was beautiful!
I stood there not knowing exactly what to say.She took one look at me and went, “Aaahhhhgggggg!”
Unlike my dating life, God did choose to love me based on what I looked like, or what I can do for Him.
He just loves me because God is love.
It is apart of who God is.
Tonight, we finish our story of Jonah and we will see a picture of the love of God. |
| ReviewLet’s review the story of Jonah for some prizes.
Let’s see who knows more the guys or girls.
1.
Jonah was son of A.
Hezekiah B. Hosea *C.
Ammittai* D. Bro.
Danny2.
God told Jonah to go to what city A. Jerusalem B.
Ninevah C. Nashville D.
Couresant3.
Jonah fled and boarded a boat heading for A. Tarfish B.
Tarshish C.
Tardish E.
Yo’Mama4.
Jonah was selected by the sailors as the cause of the storm when they A. Played Spades B. arm wrestled C.
Cast lots D.
played rock, paper, scissors5.
Jonah was swallowed by a A. Whale B. Dolphin C.
Barracuda D. Fish6.
When Nineveh repented, they put on sackcloth and A. dirt B. sand C.
ash D.
poo7.
Jonah’occupation was A. priest B. Wiseman C. prophet D.
American gladiator |
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/Jonah 4:1-11/
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Rapport
/Chesed/ is the Hebrew word for God’s covenant love.
It is the ultimate picture of who God is wrapped up in other Divine attributes like goodness, kindness, mercy and grace.
“the nearest equivalent word in the New Testament is /agape, /translated “unconditional love.”
Both God’s Old Testament “covenant” love and God’s New Testament agape love communicate God unrelenting love for his creation and his people.
Both expressions of love will unconditionally receive the repentant sinner into reconciliation with God.
In general, one may identify three basic meanings of the word, which always interact: “strength,” “steadfastness,” and “love.”
Any understanding of the word that fails to suggest all three inevitably loses some of its richness.
“Love” by itself easily becomes sentimentalized or universalized apart from the covenant.
Yet “strength” or “steadfastness” suggests only the fulfillment of a legal or other obligation.
The word refers primarily to mutual and reciprocal rights and obligations between the parties of a relationship (especially Yahweh and Israel).
But /checed/ is not only a matter of obligation; it is also of generosity.
It is not only a matter of loyalty, but also of mercy.
The weaker party seeks the protection and blessing of the patron and protector, but he may not lay absolute claim to it.
The stronger party remains committed to his promise, but retains his freedom, especially with regard to the manner in which he will implement those promises.
/Checed/ implies personal involvement and commitment in a relationship beyond the rule of law.
God loves you not for who you are but just because he chooses to do so.
Tonight we will see Jonah discover one of God’s main attributes-His love and this passage will teach us some things about God’s love.
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Disagreement with God’s Love- Jonah 1-3
a. Displeased with God, not Nineveh
i.
“but it displeased Jonah” is connected to “God relented from disaster” in verse above
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Anger can be translated as “burning with fire”
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I would rather die- Jonah was broken over the salvation of the Ninevites.
He wanted them destroyed instead of saved.
That is why he ran in the first place because he knew that God would save them.
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So he thought that he would change God’s plans if he took himself and the message out of the equation.
God’s plans are going to be carried out with or without you.
Jonah did not stop God’s saving Ninevah by taking himself out of the picture.
God could have still saved them without Jonah but God was patient with Jonah and Jonah needed to learn a lesson about God’s love for all.
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Illustration: The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island.
He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.
The worst had happened; everything was lost.
He was stung with grief and anger.
“God, how could you do this to me!” he cried.
Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island.
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