29 May 2016

PREJUDICE! (Jonah 4:1-11)

 

RAGE! (4:1-5)

  • Jonah burning with rage at God’s mercy

 

RELIEF! (4:6)

  • God sends a plant to comfort and teach Jonah

 

REBUKE! (4:7-11)

  • Do you do well to be angry for the plant?
  • Should I not pity Nineveh that great city?

 

LESSONS:

  • God’s mercy and grace knows no racial, national, social, sexual, intellectual, or religious boundaries.
  • God loves people (John 3:16)
  • We are His ambassadors in the world