Jonah 4 - God's Heart and Jonah's Anger

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TABLE AND CHAIRs/Youth Room Set Up + LUNCH

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Sr. High planning form!

Intro:

What makes you angry? Pet Peeves?

Elisabeth leaves the cap just on the toothpaste

Jonah get’s angry with God! Because He’s too merciful!

REFRESH

Last week:

JONAH OBEYED AND PREACHED

NINEVEH REPENTED

GOD RELENTED

Main Points:

Real Repentance is marked by genuine turning from sin/idols - earnest plea crying out to God.

God’s willingness to forgive sin and relent of punishment

This week the book focuses in on God’s heart and Jonah’s heart and teaches us about how we should think about ourselves and others!

Walk through Text

Noteworthy:

Emotions - Eceedingly

The Reason Jonah fled

The Character of God

Jonah desire to die - repeated

God’s questioning the legitimacy of Jonah’s anger

Object lesson of the plant: You pity a temporary fleeting plant that gave you shade.... HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD IO PITY NINEVEH!

God’s Sovereignty - repetition of appointed

Similarities and Difference between Nineveh and the Plant

Similar:

Jonah’s anger - angry enough to die (diff. motives)

Object lessons for Jonah

Created by God

Different:

Jonah pitied the plant vs detested Nineveh

Jonah did not create the plant but God created Nineveh

Nineveh - great city - plant , small insignifcant life

Emphasis on God’s care for people who he has created.

This care isn’t based on their performance and goodness!

This Care isn’t conditional but based on the fact that God created them in His own image and pities them! God pities them because of their lack of knowledge (don’t know there right hand from their left)

Matthew 9:36-38 (ESV)

Matthew 9:36–38 ESV

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

God’s Heart toward us:

Compassion, pity, steadfast love and mercy! WHY

because he made us! He loves us not because were so lovable, not because we are such good Christians but because we are his creation!

2 Questions:

What is God’s Heart toward You?

Parable of the prodigal son!

2. What is your heart toward others?

Jonah’s example - celebrates God’s mercy in his life, doens’t want it for his enemies.

Who are your enemies?

How do you treat them?

How do you talk about them to your friends?

Jesus came for the sinners not the righteous…

Who do you look down on..

the LGBTQ+

the misbehaving youth

your siblings

friends, neighbours

Their his creation, in his image, with real value!

have a heart like God - slow to anger, abound in steadfast love!