The Angry Prophet
Notes
Transcript
Read Jonah 3:10-4:11
“God relented”
(v3:10)
more interested in showing mercy than justice
“But it displeased Jonah”
“But it displeased Jonah”
(v4:1)
Jonah is attempting to ascend to God’s throne of judgement (self- idolatry)
how often do we seek to take the place of God on thrones of our own imagination
marriage- domineering spirit
leisure- what time do we own?
politics
taking up the cause of another
Jonah’s complaint
Jonah’s complaint
(v2)
“I knew it! This is just what I thought you would do- FORGIVE THEM!”
“I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, relenting from disaster”
What should have been the qualities that Jonah celebrated, became the source of his rage
Jonah would have celebrated these qualities if they were aimed at him
Instead he calls for an end to his own life (ultimate petulance)
God’s gracious response- “Do you do well to be angry?”- is this making you a better man?
God’s Provision
God’s Provision
v 5-9
ability to build a booth
appointed plant
appointed worm
scorching wind
How to respond to God’s disciplinary tactics
God’s gracious response- “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?”- is this making you a better man?
Petulance- “yes I do well to be angry enough to die”. (You’re getting your wish.)
Justified Hurts
Justified Hurts
(Sennacherib and Hezekiah)
painful sins that are committed against us.
EITHER- covered by Jesus on the cross
OR- justice seen on the day of Judgement (Ecc. 12:14)
NO THIRD OPTION- God has not ceded any authority for justice or judgement over to you
Rom. 2:3-5
3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed
4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.