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 Jonah, it's a short one. I'll give you a few moments to get there. Flip past it a few times.

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 We've spent the last two weeks in this book, and today will be the final Sunday of it.

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 The books of the Bible were not given titles, so we call this the book of Jonah because it's about a prophet named Jonah.

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 I sometimes want to add subtitles to these books.

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 It's Jonah, God's whiny prophet, or Jonah, how not to be a prophet of God.

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 I've always really liked the name Jonah, and I don't think there's anyone in our congregation with a child named Jonah.

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 This morning anyway. If you know somebody with a child named Jonah, please don't be offended by this.

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 I couldn't name a child Jonah after studying this book. What a mess he was.

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 This morning our text will be Jonah chapter 4, so verses 1 through 11 of chapter 4.

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 But before we get into that, I want to kind of give some summary of where we've been,

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 and then I'm going to read the entirety of the book to you.

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 It's such a short story and such a wonderful story.

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 I think you need to hear it in its entirety, especially if you haven't been here with us over the last two weeks.

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 The way we've kind of structured across the book in these three weeks began with a sermon whose theme was rebellion,

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 where we looked at the rebellion of the mariners, those who piloted the ship that Jonah got onto as he fleed from the presence of God.

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 And we saw that they cried out to their various gods.

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 They weren't worshipers of the one true God.

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 Certainly see the rebellion of the Ninevites.

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 God called it a great city and said that their evil has come up before him.

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 And the message that's given to Jonah to take to the Ninevites is that in 40 days,

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 Nineveh will be destroyed for their wickedness.

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 And we saw the rebellion of Jonah as he worked at fleeing from the presence of God,

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 although was entirely incapable of doing so.

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 And as we think about these various forms and various accounts of rebellion,

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 the lesson for us to learn in all of that, I think, goes one of two ways.

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 And that is either that you find yourself this morning very self-righteous,

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 that you think you're a pretty good person and that you've done well in the sight of God,

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 that you're not like the Ninevites and you're not like Jonah and you're not like the mariners.

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 But what you need to know is that you are.

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 Even the smallest offense against the holy God, an infinite God, demands infinite punishment.

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 It's weighted the same before him.

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 By God's grace, you may not be in human terms quite as evil as the Ninevites.

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 However, you are found before God condemned because of your sin.

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 The other side of that is you might be very self-abasing.

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 You might find that you're never in your own mind worthy of the mercy of God to you.

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 That you don't think he could possibly forgive the sins that you've committed.

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 And there's this great measure of mercy in this book that God abounds on all of these various characters.

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 And I want you to be comforted by that today.

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 As we looked at the rebellion, particularly in chapter 1, we talked a bit about God's purpose.

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 That when the gospel of Jesus Christ came to Paul,

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 and he was given the commission to go and preach it to the Gentiles,

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 this was not a new revelation.

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 This was an amazing thing, an astounding thing for Paul in his day to be told to take the Word of God

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 beyond the borders of Jerusalem.

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 But God has always had a global purpose for His glory.

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 He has always wanted His name to be proclaimed amongst the nations.

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 There's many Old Testament texts that say this.

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 My favorite is Isaiah 43, 6 and 7.

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 God says,

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 And God has always had this intention.

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 And Jonah is aware of this intention,

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 which is the very reason that he flees from the presence of God.

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 This is the reason he takes off and goes in the opposite direction of the city of Nineveh,

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 because he knows that God has a purpose.

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 And we ask the question,

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 do we live in light of God's purpose to the world?

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 We talk about God's presence and about how living in God's will is to live in God's presence.

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 And we talk about God's power and the way in which He sovereignly works His will.

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 To observe that Jonah did not have the power to thwart God's intention for the people of Nineveh.

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 And God brings about these extraordinary circumstances to reorient Jonah's life

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 for the preaching of the destruction and therefore good news.

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 Ultimately, as we consider all the rebellion that's found in this book,

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 particularly the rebellion of Jonah as the centerpiece of it,

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 we need to remember that this is primarily, in a very high way,

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 this is a story of God's great mercy.

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 You see all of this rebellion,

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 but you see God's mercy in the proper and right thing for God to do for all of these people

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 is just to go ahead and destroy them.

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 Just go ahead and wipe them off the face of the earth.

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 But yet He brings these great mercies in the form of a great wind that He hurls upon the mariners.

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 Consider that Jonah being on the ship and God punishing his disobedience

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 was what turned the mariners to God.

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 You see in chapter 1, verse 16,

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 And the men feared the Lord exceedingly,

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 and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord,

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 and they made vows.

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 They repented.

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 They turned from their ways,

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 and they turned to the one true God.

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 God sent great mercy in the form of a great fish

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 that came along and swallowed Jonah whole.

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 Jonah certainly would have died in the midst of the sea

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 had it not been for this fish.

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 And it's this fish that is used in His time in its belly

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 to bring Him to repentance.

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 And God brings great mercy to the city of Nineveh

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 with the promise of a great destruction.

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 The call to repent.

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 Forty days and I will destroy.

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 And there's this call to repent.

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 And in chapter 3, you see even the king himself gets involved

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 in the fasting and the mourning over their offense to God

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 and calls them to righteousness.

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 So all of these great mercies leading to proper and right repentance.

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 Repentance.

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 Today, I want to talk about Jonah's regret

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 as the theme for this morning.

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 Let me read to you the story of Jonah.

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 Follow along with me, if you will.

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 I'm reading from the ESV version of the Scripture

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 if you manage to have a technological piece

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 that you can flip between translations.

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 Chapter 1, verse 1.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai,

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 saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,

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 and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.

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 So he paid the fare and went on board to go with them to Tarshish

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 away from the presence of the Lord.

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 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,

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 and there was a mighty tempest on the sea,

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 so that the ship threatened to break up.

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 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his God.

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 And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them.

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 But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship

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 and had laid down and was fast asleep.

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 So the captain came and said to him,

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 What do you mean, you sleeper?

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 Arise, call out to your God.

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 God, perhaps the God will give you a thought to us that we may not perish.

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 And they said to one another,

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 Come, let us cast lots,

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 that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us.

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 What is your occupation, and where do you come from?

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 What is your country, and of what people are you?

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 And he said to them,

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 I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven,

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 who made the sea and the dry land.

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 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him,

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 What is this that you have done?

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 For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord,

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 because he had told them.

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 Then they said to him,

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 What shall we do to you that the sea may quiet down for us?

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 For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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 He said to them,

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 Pick me up and hurl me into the sea,

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 then the sea will quiet down for you,

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 for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.

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 Nevertheless, the men rode hard to get back to dry land,

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 but they could not,

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 for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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 Therefore they called out to the Lord,

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 O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life,

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 and lay not on us innocent blood,

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 for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.

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 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea,

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 and the sea ceased from its raging.

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 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,

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 and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

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 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah,

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 and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days.

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 And three nights.

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 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord as God from the belly of the fish,

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 saying,

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 I called out to the Lord out of my distress,

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 and he answered me.

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 Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

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 and you heard my voice.

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 For you cast me into the deep,

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 into the heart of the seas,

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 and the floods surrounded me.

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 All your waves and your billows passed over me.

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 Then I said,

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 I am driven away from your sight,

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 yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.

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 The waters closed in over me to take my life.

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 The deep surrounded me.

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 Weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains.

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 I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.

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 Yet you brought up my life from the pit,

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 O Lord my God.

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 When my life was fainting away,

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 I remembered the Lord,

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 and my prayer came to you into your holy temple.

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 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving,

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 will sacrifice to you what I have vowed I will pay.

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 Salvation belongs to the Lord.

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 And the Lord spoke to the fish,

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 and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time,

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 saying,

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 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,

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 and call out against it the message that I tell you.

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 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh,

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 according to the word of the Lord.

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 Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,

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 three days' journey in breadth.

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 Jonah began to go into the city,

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 going a day's journey,

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 and he called out,

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 Yet forty days,

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 and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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 And the people of Nineveh believed God.

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 They called for a fast,

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 and put on sackcloth,

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 from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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 The word reached the king of Nineveh,

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 and he arose from his throne,

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 removed his robe,

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 covered himself with sackcloth,

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 and sat in ashes.

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 And he issued a proclamation,

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 and published through Nineveh,

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 by the decree of the king and his nobles,

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 let neither man nor beast,

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 herd nor flock,

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 taste anything.

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 Let them not feed or drink water,

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 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth,

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 and let them call out mightily to God.

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 Let everyone turn from his evil way,

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 and from the violence that is in his hands.

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 Who knows?

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 God may turn and relent,

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 and turn from his fierce anger,

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 so that we may not perish.

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 When God saw what they did,

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 how they turned from their evil way,

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 God relented of the disaster

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 that he had said he would do to them,

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 and he did not do it.

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 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,

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 and he was angry,

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 and he prayed to the Lord and said,

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 O Lord, is this not what I said

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 when I was yet in my country?

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 That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish,

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 for I knew that you were a gracious God,

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 and merciful, slow to anger,

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 and abounding in steadfast love,

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 and relenting from disaster.

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 Therefore now, O Lord,

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 please take my life for me,

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 for it is better for me to die than to live.

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 And the Lord said,

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 Do you do well to be angry?

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 Jonah went out of the city

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 and sat to the east of the city

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 and made a booth for himself there.

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 He sat under it in the shade

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 till he could see what would become of the city.

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 Now the Lord God appointed a plant

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 and made it come up over Jonah

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 that it might be a shade over his head

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 to save him from his discomfort.

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 So Jonah was exceedingly glad

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 because of the plant.

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 But when dawn came up the next day,

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 God appointed a worm that attacked the plant

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 so that it withered.

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 When the sun rose,

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 God appointed a scorching east wind,

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 and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah

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 so that he was faint.

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 And he asked that he might die

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 and said,

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 It is better for me to die than to live.

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 But God said to Jonah,

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 Do you do well to be angry for the plant?

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 And he said,

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 Yes, I do well to be angry,

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 angry enough to die.

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 And the Lord said,

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 You pity the plant,

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 for which you did not labor,

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 nor did you make it grow,

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 which came into being in a night

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 and perished in a night.

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 And should I not pity Nineveh,

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 that great city

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 in which there are more than 120,000 persons

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 who do not know their right hand

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 from their left,

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 and also much cattle.

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 And so we see in the story

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 this wonderful display of God's mercy.

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 And let me draw your attention

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 or your mind's attention

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 just momentarily

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 to the great deal of mercy

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 that He showed Nineveh,

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 this massive city

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 that takes three days to cross,

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 which likely included the suburbs around it.

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 But this huge populace

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 of wickedly evil people,

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 the Ninevites were Assyrians

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 and were historically horrid, horrid people,

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 and they turn from their ways,

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 and God relents from the disaster.

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 This wonderful revival,

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 possibly the largest revival ever in history.

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 And Jonah regrets it all.

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 I want to structure this morning,

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 this sermon,

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 in just two quick and easy ways.

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 First, the sin of Jonah's regret.

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 Regret.

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 The sin of Jonah's regret.

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 Sometimes I just move right past the mistakes

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 because it's not worth stopping

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 and sometimes it's worth stopping.

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 And secondly, God's merciful response.

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 God's merciful response.

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 So, the sin of Jonah's regret.

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 It's really interesting

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 that there's this little glimpse of obedience.

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 We see this repentance on his part

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 in chapter 2,

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 this wonderful prayer of repentance.

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 The beginning of chapter 3,

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 he's recommissioned to go.

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 He's obedient now.

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 He's now following God.

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 He goes and he preaches this message.

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 But it's bookended by sin

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 on both sides.

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 The fleeing from God's will.

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 The very beginning,

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 verse 1 of chapter 4,

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 you see that Jonah was unhappy and angry.

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 It displeased Jonah exceedingly.

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 And he was angry.

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 The fact that the Ninevites

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 were actually listening

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 to what he had to say,

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 that the Ninevites were doing

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 all that they could

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 to flee from the wrath of God

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 for their disobedience to him,

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 displeased Jonah exceedingly.

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 And we see in this

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 that Jonah's obedience

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 was not rightly motivated.

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 He's gone through this epic adventure

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 of sailing on a ship

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 and getting tossed overboard

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 and swallowed up by a great fish

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 for three days

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 and vomited back up onto a beach

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 and journeying across a desert.

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 And he does the thing

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 that God has asked him to do

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 in the preaching of judgment,

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 but he does not do it rightly.

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 He doesn't walk in

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 to the city of Nineveh

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 hoping for their repentance.

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 In fact, it would seem

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 that what he's really hoping for

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 is their destruction.

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 I'm going to go and preach

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 the destruction of God

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 and I hope that's how it turns out.

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 You see, the Assyrians

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 were evil people.

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 There's a prophecy,

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 a judgment cried out to them.

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 I've read to you the last two weeks,

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 but I just want to highlight this once again

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 and in a little bit of a way,

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 I'm kind of getting in Jonah's corner on this

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 because these people

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 were the enemies of Israel.

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 They had done atrocious things in the past

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 and they still would do atrocious things

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 to Jewish peoples.

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 I think the very similar cross-reference

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 for us today would be ISIS

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 and the way that ISIS is going after

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 Christian populations so heavily.

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 So if you can imagine that

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 as you're thinking about

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 who these people are

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 that he's going to preach to.

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 Nahum 3, 1-4 says,

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 Woe to the bloody city.

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 Talking about Nineveh.

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 All full of lies and plunder.

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 No end to the prey.

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 The crack of the whip

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 and the rumble of the wheel.

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 Galloping horse and bounding chariot.

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 Horsemen charging,

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 flashing sword and glittering spears.

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 Hosts of slain.

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 Heaps of corpses.

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 Dead bodies without end.

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 They stumble over the bodies.

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 And listen to the why

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 that they're doing this thing.

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 That they're so viciously brutal.

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 And all for the countless whorings

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 of the prostitute.

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 Graceful and of deadly charms.

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 Who betrays nations with her whorings

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 and peoples with her charms.

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 Right?

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 They're violent because of sex.

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 A wicked, wicked people.

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 But it would seem that Jonah

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 has misplaced the very character of God

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 and His mercy.

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 It would seem that he's forgotten

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 that God was merciful to him.

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 All the same, in his wickedness,

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 being called by God to go

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 and preach a message,

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 he flips and goes the other direction

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 and flees from the presence of the Lord.

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 And yet, God shows him

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 this great measure of mercy.

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 Beloved, our God is a gracious God.

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 He is merciful.

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 If we are in Christ,

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 He has been abundantly,

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 aboundingly merciful to us.

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 And I think we too often forget that.

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 In some way,

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 we begin to believe

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 that we deserve God's grace to us.

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 And deserve grace ceases to be grace altogether.

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 We were the Ninevites.

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 It seems that as Jonah repents

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 and is spit out on the shore,

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 and it makes this long journey

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 he would have had to make to Nineveh,

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 that the desert crossing

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 dried up his affection for God.

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 Jonah obeyed God.

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 This is of great importance.

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 Good for Jonah.

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 He obeyed God.

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 The repentance of the Ninevites come

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 as a result of God using Jonah's preaching.

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 His obedience was important,

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 but God wants not only our obedience,

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 but He wants us.

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 He wants all of us.

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 He doesn't want us just to immediately

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 go through the motions

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 of doing the things

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 that we're supposed to do.

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 He wants us to do those things

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 because we have a heart for Him.

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 Because those things are meant to be

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 acts of worship for Him.

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 We are not to be concerned

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 with the appropriateness

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 or the inappropriateness

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 of the outcome of our obedience.

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 We are to be concerned

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 with the obedience

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 and our trust

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 in God's good and merciful purpose.

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 We are to go and share

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 the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 The destruction of God

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 being the bad news.

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 The good news of Jesus Christ.

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 That there's a way back to God.

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 There's a way to avoid that destruction.

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 There's a way to be saved

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 from the wrath to come.

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 This is a command given to all believers.

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 It's not reserved for a few.

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 It's not reserved for the trained professional.

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 It's for all of us to go

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 and to do this thing

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 and to trust God with the result.

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 To go where we're called to go.

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 To preach the good news.

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 And to do so in a desire to honor Him.

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 To bring glory to His name.

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 To praise Him amongst the peoples.

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 And then God will do what He will do

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 with our obedience.

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 Now in Jonah's sinful anger

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 he did three things that we should note

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 and we should filter our own thinking through.

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 Firstly, Jonah tried to justify

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 his previous action.

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 Look in verse 2.

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 He prayed to the Lord and said,

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 Oh Lord, is not this what I said

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 when I was yet in my country?

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 That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish.

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 For I knew that you were a gracious God,

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 merciful, slow to anger,

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 and abounding in steadfast love,

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 and relenting from disaster.

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 He says to God,

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 See, that's why I didn't want to come.

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 I was right in what I did before.

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 Because the very thing that I feared would happen,

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 the repentance of the Ninevites,

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 has happened.

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 So he starts to try to justify it.

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 And when we walk in sin,

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 we always think that we're right.

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 And we will not be convinced otherwise.

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 Do you know people that are like this?

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 You do if you know me.

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 I'm so often this way,

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 so convinced that I'm right

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 in the way that I should walk.

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 I need God's intervention in my life

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 to show me otherwise.

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 We become the standard of what is right and true.

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 And this is such a dangerous,

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 dangerous thing.

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 Try to justify our actions.

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 There's such a great deal of value

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 in self-awareness.

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 And I will tell you that as you mature as a Christian,

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 you will begin to trust yourself less.

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 You'll begin to understand

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 just how deceptively wicked

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 your heart can be.

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 Praise God that I am not

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 the standard of what is right and true.

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 When I talk to professing believers

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 who don't believe in the inerrancy

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 and the sufficiency of Scripture,

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 it frightens me.

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 Because if I can't believe that God's Word

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 is completely true

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 and that it is enough

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 to teach me how it is

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 that I should walk

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 all of it

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 in its completion,

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 then suddenly I become the standard.

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 What a scary thing.

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 If you've not found yourself in that place yet,

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 it's coming.

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 Just live life a little while longer.

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 I can remember being in my late 20s

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 and thinking that I had a lot figured out.

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 I thought,

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 I kind of got this life thing sorted out.

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 And then I had kids

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 and I realized that I didn't know anything

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 about anything.

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 And that's still where I'm at today.

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 I think I'm beginning to learn

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 some of the things that I should learn.

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 But right now I know nothing.

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 And so I have to go to the Scripture, right,

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 for the way to live rightly.

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 I've got to be here

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 that I might walk in the way

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 that pleases God.

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 Jonah tried to justify his previous actions.

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 Secondly,

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 Jonah tried to use Scripture against God.

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 Now this is a bit subtle,

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 but I want to show you what I mean

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 and I want to show you the danger of this.

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 Right?

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 So in verses 2,

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 I guess it's just 2, isn't it?

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 Yep.

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 Just in verse 2,

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 he quotes loosely

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 from Exodus 34, 6, and 7.

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 The Lord passed before him

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 and proclaimed.

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 This is when God hides Moses

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 in the cleft of the rock

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 and lets his glory pass,

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 lets him see the back of God.

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 Passed before him and proclaimed,

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 I am the Lord, the Lord,

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 a God merciful and gracious,

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 slow to anger and abounding

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 in steadfast love and faithfulness,

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 keeping steadfast love for thousands,

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 forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.

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 You see that loose quotation of that

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 in 4.2 of the book of Jonah.

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 Let me read to you the rest of verse 7

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.259
 from Exodus 34.

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 But who will by no means clear the guilty,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:26.319
 on the children and the children's children

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 to the third and the fourth generation.

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 So God is this God

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:35.019
 abounding in steadfast love,

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:37.639
 keeping this love for thousands,

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.799
 for a multitude,

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:41.400
 forgiving iniquity and transgression of sin,

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 but also storing up wrath,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:49.240
 and visiting wrath on those who are guilty.

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.660
 You see that Jonah didn't believe

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.900
 that the Ninevites should be recipients

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:58.779
 of the first part of Exodus 34, 6, and 7,

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:02.559
 but rather he preferred the second part of it.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:07.599
 He saw himself as the arbiter

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:10.160
 of God's merciful character.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:14.039
 He goes preaching this judgment that will come,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.879
 and it's as if he says,

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.559
 had I not preached your judgment,

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:20.700
 then you would not have had to act

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.960
 according to your mercy.

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.399
 If I hadn't said it,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.440
 you wouldn't have had to do it.

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.920
 The Ninevites shouldn't receive your mercy,

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:31.400
 therefore I was right in fleeing to Tarshish.

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:34.539
 He leverages God's character against him

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:37.480
 to try to justify his activity.

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:40.940
 Can you think of another attempt in the Scripture

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.860
 to do the same,

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.060
 to pick up the Scripture and use it in a way

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:47.120
 that it's not meant to be used?

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.720
 Matthew 4,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.960
 Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.600
 where Satan tempts him.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:58.339
 And Satan uses the Word of God to tempt him.

00:27:58.639 --> 00:28:02.439
 He warps it to meet his purposes.

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:07.419
 And Jesus so brilliantly responds with Scripture

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:09.859
 and a right understanding of it.

00:28:10.699 --> 00:28:11.859
 And in this way,

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:16.379
 Jonah acts as a progeny of Satan.

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:20.419
 You can see this as an offspring of Satan,

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:23.599
 using the Scripture to meet his ends,

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.779
 to find the justification

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:26.539
 for why he didn't want to preach

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:28.359
 to the Ninevites.

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:32.000
 This happens all the time

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.419
 in Christian circles.

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:36.679
 How have you used the Scripture

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:39.859
 to justify your own position?

00:28:40.699 --> 00:28:42.699
 The Scripture is not a neutral thing

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:44.699
 that you pick up

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:46.859
 and you make your case from it.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:49.199
 This is God's Word.

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.839
 God condescending

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:52.379
 to become an author

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:54.659
 through the hands of many men

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:56.299
 across many, many years

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:58.179
 to tell us something.

00:28:59.459 --> 00:29:01.399
 And we too often stand over it

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.519
 in judgment of it

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.059
 rather than being under it.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.759
 Humble.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.699
 God has spoken.

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.959
 What has He said?

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.439
 Let me give you an example.

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.500
 Turn to Matthew 7.

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:13.259
 Mark Jonah for me.

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.219
 We're going to go back into it.

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.600
 But turn to Matthew 7.

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:25.460
 There are many common examples

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:27.279
 of this being done.

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.460
 Jeremiah 29 11.

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:30.900
 Amen?

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.480
 Those of you know

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.059
 what I'm talking about?

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.220
 Misused.

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.319
 All the time.

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.299
 All the time.

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:38.360
 You walk into somebody's church building

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.319
 in the southeast,

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:41.880
 and Jeremiah 29 11 is on the wall,

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:43.380
 and walk back out.

00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:44.640
 Okay?

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.700
 Because they don't understand the Bible

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.860
 and they don't use it properly.

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.040
 I'm going to use

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:51.040
 a less controversial example.

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.560
 Take my foot out of my mouth.

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 All right.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.020
 Matthew chapter 27.

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.560
 It's the end of the Sermon on the Mount,

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:59.380
 verses 24 through 27.

00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:00.720
 Everyone then who hears

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.560
 these words of mine

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.660
 and does them

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.980
 will be like a wise man

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.900
 who built his house

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.860
 on the rock.

00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:07.620
 And the rain fell

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.440
 and the floods came

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.140
 and the winds blew

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.020
 and beat on that house,

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.960
 but it did not fall

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.079
 because it had been founded

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.220
 on the rock.

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.880
 And everyone who hears

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.860
 these words of mine

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:17.299
 and does not do them

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.900
 will be like a foolish man

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.900
 who built his house

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.680
 on the sand.

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.360
 And the rain fell

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.819
 and the floods came

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.039
 and the winds blew

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.240
 and beat against that house

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.319
 and it fell

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.539
 and great

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:30.360
 was the fall of it.

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.440
 I have heard

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.420
 countless

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:35.180
 people use this.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.160
 I have heard

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.420
 many sermons

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.819
 using this text

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.899
 to talk about

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:41.619
 if you found

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.099
 your life

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.700
 on Christ

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.460
 that your life

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.079
 will be really good.

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.019
 There's this

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.159
 subversive

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:49.419
 prosperity gospel

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.099
 being taught

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:52.740
 in so many places.

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.819
 This morning

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.439
 being taught

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.919
 in so many places

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.639
 that says,

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.159
 hey,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.720
 we're Americans,

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.779
 we've got a pretty good life.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.960
 If you add Jesus to it,

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.539
 it's going to get

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.119
 a little better.

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.599
 Texts like this

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.700
 being used for that.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.099
 The beginning

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.799
 of verse 24

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.500
 says,

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.819
 everyone then

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.899
 who hears

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.599
 these words

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.639
 of mine

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:14.460
 and does them.

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.619
 Here's this

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.819
 preaching of the gospel

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.960
 from the Sermon

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.559
 on the Mount

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.379
 which ends

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.579
 just before this

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.440
 with a number

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.139
 of warnings

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:24.759
 about final judgment.

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.779
 This is not about

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.740
 good happy life

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.680
 that Jesus is talking

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.419
 about here.

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.980
 This is about

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.259
 where does your

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.720
 foundation sit?

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.000
 In this day

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.460
 they would have had

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.579
 to dig down

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.140
 through layers

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.519
 and layers

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.900
 and layers

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.400
 of sand

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.279
 to hit bedrock.

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.039
 It was a lot

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.079
 more work

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.420
 to do that.

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.579
 He's saying

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.019
 that the Christian

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.720
 life is a life

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.619
 of sacrifice,

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.299
 of following

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.019
 Jesus Christ

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.839
 so that

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:50.359
 in the final day

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.019
 the house

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.119
 stands.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.400
 This is not

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.819
 about

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.539
 some version

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.960
 of kumbaya

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.279
 that Jesus

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.240
 gives to us.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.079
 A gospel

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.920
 preached here,

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.180
 a text used here

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.700
 in a way

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.200
 that can't

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.900
 apply everywhere

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.640
 in the world

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.620
 is being taught

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.440
 improperly.

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.880
 So many places

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.380
 in the world

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.580
 if we did this

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.660
 on a Sunday

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.060
 morning

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:14.880
 we would be

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.580
 gathered up

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.100
 as we left

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.740
 this place

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.759
 and jailed

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.380
 or beaten.

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.259
 This is not

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.799
 consistent.

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:21.640
 Right?

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:23.340
 Your earthly

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.400
 life could get

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.299
 worse by following

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.100
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.480
 It could become

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.460
 miserable

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:30.080
 in human terms.

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.079
 but we have

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.919
 Jesus.

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.099
 We have

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.939
 eternal joy.

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.980
 We're looking

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.839
 to the reward.

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.679
 So we use

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.359
 Scripture in this

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.819
 way

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:43.539
 quite often.

00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.740
 I tremble

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.740
 that I do it

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.259
 sometimes.

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.079
 I pray

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.960
 that I don't.

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.779
 Your job

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.500
 as the congregation

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.980
 to hold me

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.379
 accountable.

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.939
 If I begin

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.679
 to do that

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.799
 I begin

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.799
 to use

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.180
 the Scripture

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.920
 to justify

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.140
 some opinion

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.960
 that I have

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.920
 or some

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.420
 behavior

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.180
 that I do

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:05.039
 oh charge

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.460
 me with it

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.000
 please.

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.480
 We're meant

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:11.259
 to exegete

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.740
 the Bible.

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.980
 We're meant

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.460
 to see what

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.840
 the Scripture

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.519
 says.

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:14.920
 What does

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.460
 the Bible

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.420
 say?

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.080
 What is it

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.640
 communicating?

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.120
 What does

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.600
 the text

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.240
 mean?

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.940
 And how does

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.420
 it change

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.080
 the way I

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.380
 live?

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.680
 We're not

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.019
 meant to

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.600
 eisegete

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.920
 or read

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.519
 into it

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.019
 the things

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.900
 we want

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.240
 read into

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.519
 it.

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.220
 We are

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.559
 to read

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.039
 the Bible

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.559
 in order

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.839
 for it

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.160
 to read

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.519
 us.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.319
 Proverbs

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.059
 18.2

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:37.200
 speaks of

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.579
 us so

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.000
 often

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.879
 and of

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.139
 Jonah

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.559
 here

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.379
 says a

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.799
 fool

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.259
 takes no

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.879
 pleasure

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.759
 in understanding

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.519
 but only

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.740
 in expressing

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.000
 his opinion.

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.420
 I on

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.680
 Sunday

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.059
 mornings

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.480
 have

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.259
 nothing

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.200
 to say

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.559
 to you

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.279
 if I

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.480
 don't have

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.819
 the Scripture.

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.519
 I mean

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.819
 I gotta

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.879
 just pat

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.059
 them on

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.440
 the back

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.900
 the men

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.119
 that can

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.379
 get up

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.859
 and preach

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.460
 and just

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.859
 talk

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.359
 and talk

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.879
 and talk

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.379
 and talk

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.859
 and say

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.139
 nothing

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.680
 from the

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.920
 Bible.

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.400
 How do

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.660
 they have

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.019
 so much

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.519
 to say?

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.700
 If

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.719
 my Scripture

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:10.719
 was to be

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.300
 a couple

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.780
 of verses

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.400
 that are

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.579
 going to

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.079
 get displayed

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.739
 on a screen

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.300
 when it's

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.739
 convenient

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.500
 for what

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.900
 I'm trying

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.340
 to say

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.820
 to you

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:18.199
 I would

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.679
 clam up

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.079
 and run

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.400
 off the

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.719
 stage

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.460
 every Sunday

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.759
 morning.

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:22.820
 the Word

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.180
 of God

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:24.180
 is powerful

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.000
 and it

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.600
 speaks

00:34:25.600 --> 00:34:26.200
 and it

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.820
 moves

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.180
 and it

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.640
 works

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.260
 in us

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.300
 if we

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.560
 pick it

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:29.700
 up

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.000
 rightly.

00:34:31.040 --> 00:34:31.440
 Don't

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.940
 use the

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.100
 Word of

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:32.340
 God

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.700
 to justify

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.740
 your behavior.

00:34:35.020 --> 00:34:35.160
 And then

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.520
 thirdly

00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:36.920
 Jonah wished

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.140
 he were

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.440
 dead.

00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:37.700
 I just

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:37.860
 want to

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.280
 point out

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:38.640
 that he

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:40.360
 is a bit

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.860
 ironically

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.900
 he wished

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.120
 he was

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.280
 dead

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.600
 earlier.

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:42.900
 He was

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.100
 asked to

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.400
 be thrown

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.140
 overboard

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.600
 into the

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.860
 sea.

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.360
 He's

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.660
 fleeing from

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:45.940
 the presence

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.400
 of God.

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.800
 Just throw

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.120
 me into

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:47.480
 the sea.

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.840
 I might

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.079
 as well

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.719
 die here.

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.179
 Here's

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.280
 saying

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.719
 verse 3

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:51.960
 Therefore

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.199
 now

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.440
 Lord

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.940
 please

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.440
 take

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.619
 my

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.900
 life

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.139
 from

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.360
 me.

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.139
 God

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.260
 has

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.420
 just

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.860
 preserved

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.099
 his

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.420
 life

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.780
 and

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.179
 saved

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.320
 him

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.420
 in

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.559
 this

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.740
 most

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.280
 remarkable

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.780
 way

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.320
 for it

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.380
 is

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.559
 better

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.820
 for me

00:34:59.820 --> 00:34:59.960
 to

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.500
 die

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.960
 than

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.139
 to

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.500
 live.

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.780
 He

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:01.980
 is

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.579
 so

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.599
 angry.

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:03.760
 He

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:03.860
 is

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:03.980
 so

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.860
 extremely

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.740
 dissatisfied

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.519
 with the

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.880
 repentance

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.539
 of the

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.000
 Ninevites

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.320
 that he

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.780
 just

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.500
 wants

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.460
 to be

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.780
 dead.

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.960
 So

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.159
 that's

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.500
 the sin

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.960
 of Jonah's

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.400
 regret.

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.079
 Let's

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.380
 look at

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.920
 God's

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.700
 merciful

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:19.360
 response.

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.740
 Never

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:20.980
 fear,

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.119
 we're

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.420
 more than

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.780
 halfway

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.500
 there.

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.360
 God's

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.700
 merciful

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.680
 response.

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.360
 God

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.800
 asked

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.160
 Jonah

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.340
 three

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.200
 questions

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:29.440
 beginning

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.619
 in

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.079
 verse 4

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.500
 the first

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.000
 question

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.720
 and the

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:31.900
 Lord

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.380
 said

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.160
 do

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:33.599
 you

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.380
 do

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.900
 well

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.059
 to

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.240
 be

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.599
 angry?

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.240
 And

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.340
 it

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.519
 seems

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.640
 to

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:37.740
 be

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:37.860
 a

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.200
 rhetorical

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.559
 question.

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:38.740
 We

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:38.900
 don't

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.180
 have

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.539
 a

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.860
 vocal

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.599
 recorded

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.180
 response

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:43.000
 to this

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.440
 question

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.099
 in the

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.519
 text.

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.679
 God

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:46.860
 is

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.280
 saying

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.579
 as he

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.860
 asks

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.119
 this

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.800
 question

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.019
 we

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.199
 are

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.519
 both

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.820
 looking

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:50.960
 at

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.099
 the

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.320
 same

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.960
 situation

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.280
 you

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.420
 and

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.619
 I

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.920
 Jonah

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.079
 but

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.199
 we're

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.420
 looking

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.659
 at it

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:54.800
 in two

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.039
 very

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.380
 different

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.940
 ways.

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.300
 Who

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.059
 has

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.199
 the

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.599
 correct

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.440
 perspective?

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.840
 Is the

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.000
 correct

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.440
 perspective

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.759
 the one

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.000
 of the

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.239
 prophet

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.619
 of God

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:03.860
 or

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.159
 of

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.219
 God

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.300
 himself?

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.360
 Do

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.519
 you

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.720
 do

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.280
 well

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.340
 to

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.539
 be

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.039
 angry

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.740
 with

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:10.900
 the

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.200
 purpose

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.420
 of

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.800
 God

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.800
 in

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:12.940
 your

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.460
 life?

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.820
 Jonah

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.039
 should

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.160
 have

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.380
 had

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.539
 the

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.840
 mind

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.000
 of

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.440
 Paul

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.760
 in

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:16.980
 Romans

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.180
 3

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.420
 4

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 he

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.680
 says

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.880
 let

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.220
 God

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.420
 be

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.880
 true

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.800
 though

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.539
 everyone

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.760
 were

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:21.920
 a

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.240
 liar.

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.960
 We

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.140
 get

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.360
 some

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.960
 response

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.140
 to

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.260
 the

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.640
 question

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:25.960
 not

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.700
 vocally

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.440
 but

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.539
 in

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.700
 verse

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.140
 5

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.320
 it

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.760
 says

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.400
 he's

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.500
 in

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.640
 the

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:29.900
 city

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.840
 and

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:30.920
 he

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.120
 has

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.400
 this

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.240
 temper

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.720
 tantrum

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.760
 first

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:33.960
 few

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.400
 verses

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.900
 God

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.160
 asked

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.260
 him

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.380
 the

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.740
 question

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.019
 do

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.099
 you

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.299
 do

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.859
 well

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.979
 to

00:36:38.979 --> 00:36:39.139
 be

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.579
 angry?

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:40.939
 And

00:36:40.939 --> 00:36:41.059
 verse

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.299
 5

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:41.479
 says

00:36:41.479 --> 00:36:41.699
 Jonah

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:41.899
 went

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:42.219
 out

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.299
 of

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.439
 the

00:36:42.439 --> 00:36:42.679
 city

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:42.879
 I

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:43.439
 imagine

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:43.639
 that

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:43.799
 he

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.279
 huffed

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.439
 out

00:36:45.439 --> 00:36:45.559
 of

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.699
 the

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:45.979
 city

00:36:45.979 --> 00:36:47.439
 and

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:47.500
 he

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.779
 walked

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:47.899
 out

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:47.959
 of

00:36:47.959 --> 00:36:48.059
 the

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.259
 city

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:49.319
 and

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.439
 he

00:36:49.439 --> 00:36:49.719
 sat

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:49.859
 to

00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:49.939
 the

00:36:49.939 --> 00:36:50.099
 east

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.179
 of

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.279
 the

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.519
 city

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.779
 and

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:50.959
 made

00:36:50.959 --> 00:36:51.159
 a

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.399
 booth

00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:51.559
 for

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.819
 himself

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:51.979
 there

00:36:51.979 --> 00:36:52.119
 now

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.219
 a

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.359
 booth

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.479
 would

00:36:52.479 --> 00:36:52.559
 have

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.719
 just

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:52.959
 been

00:36:52.959 --> 00:36:53.339
 a

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:53.579
 crude

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.019
 structure

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.179
 it

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.299
 wouldn't

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.379
 have

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:54.479
 been

00:36:54.479 --> 00:36:54.719
 anything

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.259
 fancy

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.859
 maybe

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.459
 sticks

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:56.839
 maybe

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.119
 a

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.819
 bit

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:57.979
 of

00:36:57.979 --> 00:36:58.519
 tunic

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.639
 or

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.860
 something

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.059
 that

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.139
 he

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.259
 was

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.380
 able

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.539
 to

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.800
 hang

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.159
 to

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.380
 give

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.659
 a

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:01.840
 bit

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.000
 of

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.219
 shade

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.539
 obviously

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.759
 the

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:02.960
 shade

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.239
 isn't

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.579
 ample

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.820
 because

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.079
 God

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.360
 brings

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.579
 him

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.239
 more

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.699
 shade

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.320
 but

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.500
 a

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.940
 bit

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.099
 of

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.460
 shade

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.900
 he

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.280
 gets

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.619
 he

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:08.880
 goes

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.519
 out

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.719
 he

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.119
 sits

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.579
 under

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:10.800
 it

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.400
 in

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.539
 the

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.880
 shade

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.300
 till

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.579
 he

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:12.960
 should

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.360
 see

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.940
 what

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.059
 will

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.659
 become

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.519
 of

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.659
 the

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:15.920
 city

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.239
 that

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.280
 is

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.840
 fascinating

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.139
 because

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.460
 it

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.019
 appears

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.460
 that

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.659
 he

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.119
 still

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.559
 wants

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.860
 God

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.019
 to

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.440
 destroy

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.880
 the

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.059
 city

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.199
 of

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.519
 Nineveh

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.519


00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.840
 40

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.300
 days

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.440
 is

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.880
 have

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.940
 repented

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.139
 the

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.420
 text

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.679
 says

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:31.860
 that

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.159
 God

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.619
 relented

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.360
 of

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.460
 the

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.019
 disaster

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.900
 Jonah

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.059
 may

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.239
 not

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.360
 have

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.559
 known

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.780
 this

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:35.920
 at

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.019
 the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.420
 time

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.420
 he

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.820
 marches

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:37.980
 out

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.039
 of

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.179
 the

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.420
 city

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.579
 and

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.679
 he

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.280
 sits

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.519
 up

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.739
 on

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.199
 the

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.480
 hill

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.679
 to

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.119
 see

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.820
 what's

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.099
 going

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.300
 to

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.699
 happen

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.719
 to

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:43.900
 the

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.239
 city

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:45.440
 and

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.579
 in

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.739
 so

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.099
 doing

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.300
 he

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.659
 errs

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.800
 in

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.099
 three

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.519
 ways

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.960
 first

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.800
 he

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.360
 quits

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.079
 sharing

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.480
 God's

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.880
 word

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.960
 here

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.039
 are

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.159
 these

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.519
 people

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.739
 that

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:53.880
 have

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.139
 just

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.739
 repented

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:54.759
!

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:54.960
 They

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.199
 just

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.579
 turned

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.579


00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.800
 from

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:55.960
 their

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.420
 sin

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.120
 and

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.220
 he

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.320
 is

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.620
 peacing

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:57.960
 out

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.840
 right

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.480
 Jonah

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.640
 could

00:37:59.640 --> 00:37:59.720
 have

00:37:59.720 --> 00:37:59.880
 been

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.100
 the

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.880
 great

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.440
 pastor

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.900
 of

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.039
 the

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.240
 city

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.420
 of

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.840
 Nineveh

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:05.180
 part

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:05.320
 of

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.500
 the

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.000
 largest

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.500
 revival

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.820
 in

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.360
 history

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.800
 the

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.120
 first

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.560
 great

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:10.400
 megachurch

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.120
 and

00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.240
 he

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.720
 marches

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:11.860
 out

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:11.920
 of

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.039
 the

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.260
 city

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:14.280
 his

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.700
 message

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.120
 seems

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.300
 to

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.580
 end

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:15.840
 with

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.080
 yet

00:38:16.080 --> 00:38:16.460
 forty

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.920
 days

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.140
 and

00:38:17.140 --> 00:38:17.460
 Nineveh

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.620
 shall

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:17.780
 be

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.460
 overthrown

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:20.060
 and

00:38:20.060 --> 00:38:20.480
 quits

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.400
 secondly

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.480
 he

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.740
 builds

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.880
 a

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.140
 booth

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.260
 or

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.360
 you

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.480
 can

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.640
 think

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:24.740
 of

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:24.820
 it

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.019
 as

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.539
 a

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.300
 private

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.139
 retreat

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.579
 a

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.800
 place

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:27.940
 of

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.259
 shelter

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.380
 and

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.440
 there

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.539
 was

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.779
 plenty

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:28.900
 of

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.139
 shelter

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.380
 to be

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.639
 found

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.800
 in

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.000
 this

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.599
 three

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:30.860
 day

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.380
 wide

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.179
 city

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.599
 and

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.900
 its

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.679
 surrounding

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.360
 suburbs

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.820
 Jonah

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.119
 kind of

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.360
 seems

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.579
 to

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.279
 launch

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.539
 a

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.320
 separatist

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.759
 movement

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:40.199
 there's a

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:40.380
 whole

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.639
 city

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.759
 of

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:40.960
 people

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.159
 who

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.340
 have

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.000
 said

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.659
 we

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:42.860
 want

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:42.960
 to

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.139
 follow

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.300
 the

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.460
 one

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.639
 true

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.960
 God

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.079
 we

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.199
 want

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.279
 to

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.420
 turn

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.599
 from

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:44.920
 evil

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.400
 ways

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.800
 look

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:45.960
 we're

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.440
 repenting

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.940
 sackcloth

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.259
 ashes

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.679
 all of

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:47.940
 that

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.159
 like

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.279
 we

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:48.480
 really

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.639
 want

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:48.739
 to

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:48.940
 follow

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.400
 this

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.659
 God

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:49.779
 and

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:49.879
 he

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.119
 goes

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.480
 nope

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.119
 I've

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.199
 got

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.359
 other

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.739
 ideas

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.619
 a

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:52.899
 different

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.440
 denomination

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.139
 one

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.319
 that

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:54.579
 will

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.980
 destroy

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.299
 you

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:55.799
 for

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.099
 sure

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:57.519
 he

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.719
 builds

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:57.859
 a

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.139
 booth

00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:00.219
 and

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.519
 thirdly

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.619
 he

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.940
 becomes

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.099
 a

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.619
 spectator

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.079
 he

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.299
 ceases

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.480
 to

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.619
 be

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.139
 involved

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.839
 in

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:03.960
 the

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.159
 things

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.259
 that

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.359
 are

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:04.699
 happening

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.599
 there

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.940
 do

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.139
 you

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.359
 do

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.960
 well

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.699
 to

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.000
 be

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.719
 angry

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:11.039
 now

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.179
 there's

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.279
 a

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.500
 second

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.099
 question

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.219
 before

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.539
 God

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.920
 asks

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.059
 the

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.420
 question

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.599
 he

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.099
 creates

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.359
 a

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.859
 scenario

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.299
 to

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.719
 prepare

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.519
 Jonah

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.819
 for

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:17.960
 the

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.139
 very

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.659
 question

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.440
 that

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.619
 he

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.260
 asks

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.460
 in

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.740
 verse

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.760
 six

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.400
 the

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.500
 Lord

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.000
 appointed

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.200
 a

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.579
 plant

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.800
 and

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:23.960
 made

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.119
 it

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.420
 come

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.720
 up

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.320
 over

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:26.220
 Jonah

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.400
 so

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.480
 it's

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.539
 a

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.659
 very

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.039
 rapidly

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.700
 growing

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.400
 plant

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.079
 God

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.800
 says

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.099
 later

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.280
 that

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.519
 this

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.139
 plant

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.059
 was

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.559
 made

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.800
 in a

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.019
 day

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.179
 and

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.440
 destroyed

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.679
 in a

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:33.860
 day

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.380
 if I'm

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.519
 getting

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.700
 that

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:34.980
 right

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.960
 it

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.139
 doesn't

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.380
 matter

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.780
 it

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:37.920
 came

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.019
 up

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.159
 very

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.480
 quickly

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.940
 that

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.019
 it

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.159
 might

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.500
 shade

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.659
 over

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:40.760
 his

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:40.880
 head

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.059
 to

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.360
 save

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.639
 him

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.039
 from

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.740
 his

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.360
 discomfort

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.360
 and

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.460
 we

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.659
 get

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.860
 the

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.220
 first

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.460
 little

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.019
 glimpse

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.019


00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.200


00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.740
 four

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.619
 so

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.159
 Jonah

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.960
 was

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.820
 exceedingly

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.659
 glad

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.800
 because

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.079
 of the

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.460
 plant

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.920
 miserable

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.079
 prophet

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.820
 the

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.260
 preacher

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.619
 of

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.460
 potentially

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.659
 the

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:01.860
 greatest

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.179
 revival

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.500
 in all

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.179
 history

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:04.059
 is

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.619
 really

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.340
 glad

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.220
 for the

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.740
 plant

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.260
 and it

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.659
 just

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.320
 highlights

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.780
 the

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.619
 extremity

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.460
 of

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.239
 Jonah's

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:12.299
 selfishness

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:13.719
 here's

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:13.819
 an

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.139
 entire

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.579
 city

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.159
 turning

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.699
 their

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.159
 hearts

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.659
 toward

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.019
 God

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.599
 and he

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:17.779
 is

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.139
 happy

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.759
 he's

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:18.900
 got

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.000
 a

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.119
 little

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.559
 shade

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.480
 when

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:22.719
 dawn

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:22.920
 came

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.039
 up

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.139
 the

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.299
 next

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:23.659
 day

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:23.940
 verse

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.259
 seven

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:24.559
 God

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.900
 appointed

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.359
 a worm

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.519
 that

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.819
 attacked

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:25.960
 the

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.199
 plant

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.359
 so

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:26.460
 that

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.579
 it

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.980
 withered

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.960
 when

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.099
 the

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.279
 sun

00:40:28.279 --> 00:40:28.519
 rose

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:28.699
 God

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:28.980
 appointed

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.159
 a

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.559
 scorching

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.980
 east

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.420
 wind

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.000
 coming

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.559
 across

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.960
 the

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.359
 desert

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:33.920
 hot

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.219
 wind

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.319
 and

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.440
 the

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.599
 sun

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:34.779
 beat

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:35.039
 down

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.139
 on

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.219
 the

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.319
 head

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:35.440
 of

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.440


00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.639
 Jonah

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.639


00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.819
 so

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:35.960
 that

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.079
 he

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.279
 was

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.699
 faint

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.199
 and

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.319
 he

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:37.659
 asked

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:37.779
 that

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:37.880
 he

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.059
 might

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.539
 die

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.739
 and

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.000
 said

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.360
 again

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.579
 he's

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:39.960
 asking

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.400
 for

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.759
 death

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.039
 is it

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.319
 better

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:41.960
 it is

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.139
 better

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.400
 for me

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.000
 to die

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.619
 than

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:43.980
 to live

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.119
 but

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.440
 God

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.799
 said

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.000
 to

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.360
 Jonah

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.139
 do

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.400
 you

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.719
 do

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.299
 well

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.739
 to

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:47.900
 be

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.420
 angry

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.799
 for

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:48.900
 the

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.119
 plant

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.239
 or

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.360
 do

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.460
 you

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.599
 do

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:49.840
 well

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.179
 to

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.299
 be

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.519
 angry

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.699
 that

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:50.920
 the

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.139
 plant

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.420
 was

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:52.099
 destroyed

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.799
 and

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:52.980
 he

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.519
 says

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:55.779
 yes

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.480
 I

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.699
 do

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:56.920
 well

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.059
 to

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.219
 be

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.599
 angry

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.000
 angry

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.340
 enough

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.539
 to

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:58.980
 die

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.000
!

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.619
 And

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.059
 anger

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:05.099
 we saw

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.299
 at the

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.519
 beginning

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.940
 of chapter

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.400
 four

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.700
 he's

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.000
 angry

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.220
 at

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:07.700
 God

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.260
 he's

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.480
 angry

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.660
 at

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:09.120
 the

00:41:09.120 --> 00:41:09.980
 mercies

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.120
 that

00:41:10.120 --> 00:41:10.380
 God's

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:10.800
 working

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.340
 amongst

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.539
 the

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.080
 Ninevites

00:41:12.080 --> 00:41:12.900
 anger

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.420
 so often

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.800
 takes

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.000
 this

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.280
 type

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.500
 of

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.340
 diminishing

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:16.300
 form

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:17.140
 it's

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:18.039
 foolishness

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.240
 that he

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:18.480
 would be

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.860
 angry

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.220
 over

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.800
 this

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.480
 plant

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.680
 he

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:20.920
 moves

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.120
 from

00:41:21.120 --> 00:41:21.400
 angry

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.560
 at

00:41:21.560 --> 00:41:21.840
 God

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.019
 to

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.519
 angry

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.680
 at

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:22.800
 the

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.100
 death

00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:23.539
 of

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.660
 a

00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:24.019
 plant

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:25.920
 almost

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.280
 as a

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.539
 side

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.740
 note

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:26.960
 if we

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.080
 are

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.519
 angry

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.820
 by

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.340
 nature

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.560
 the

00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:28.760
 very

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.280
 littlest

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.840
 things

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.600
 set

00:41:30.600 --> 00:41:30.760
 us

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:31.100
 off

00:41:31.100 --> 00:41:32.300
 James

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.760
 Montgomery

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:32.760


00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.600
 Boyce

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.279
 wrote in

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.380
 his

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.719
 commentary

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.400
 on this

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.779
 chapter

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.619
 first we

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:36.880
 are angry

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.079
 with

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.460
 God

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.119
 next we

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.500
 express

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.779
 our

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.079
 anger

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.360
 at

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.199
 circumstances

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.980
 then

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.440
 minor

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.159
 circumstances

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:43.319
 finally

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:43.980
 our

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.400
 shoelace

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.679
 breaks

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:44.860
 one

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.139
 morning

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.719
 and we

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:45.960
 find

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.480
 ourselves

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:47.360
 swearing

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.299
 the way

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.539
 his

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.980
 anger

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.480
 just

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:50.880
 is he's

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.059
 so

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.860
 frustrated

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:53.119
 in general

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.940
 that he's

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.539
 mad that

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.019
 this plant

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.319
 that gave

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:55.639
 him shade

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:55.900
 for a

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.119
 day

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:57.019
 is now

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.380
 withered

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.539
 and gone

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.500
 and then

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.920
 verse

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.659
 10

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.400
 and the

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.559
 Lord

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.960
 said

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:03.199
 you pity

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.840
 the plant

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.679
 for which

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.039
 you did

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.579
 not labor

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.759
 nor did

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.099
 you make

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.579
 it grow

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.840
 it was

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.059
 just

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.539
 there

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.440
 which

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.739
 came

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:09.920
 into

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.279
 being

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:10.739
 in a

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:11.119
 night

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.820
 and

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.340
 perished

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.739
 in a

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.000
 night

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.300
 there

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.719
 it is

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:15.820
 and the

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.079
 last

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.639
 question

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.380
 the third

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.860
 question

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.460
 and should

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.079
 I

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.679
 should

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.960
 not

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.420
 I

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.039
 pity

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.300
 Nineveh

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.440
 that

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.739
 great

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.000
 city

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.199
 in which

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:24.320
 there

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:24.420
 are

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:24.579
 more

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:24.759
 than

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.400
 120

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:26.099
 thousand

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.559
 persons

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.739
 who

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:26.820
 do

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:26.960
 not

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.099
 know

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.239
 their

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.480
 right

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.860
 hand

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.860
 from

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.000
 their

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.320
 left

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.579
 and

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.980
 also

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.440
 much

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.800
 cattle

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.000
 and

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.120
 I

00:42:31.120 --> 00:42:31.599
 believe

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:31.800
 what

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.480
 he's

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.300
 expressing

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.660
 here

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:33.980
 is this

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.559
 vast

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.019
 vast

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.900
 number

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.599
 of

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:36.960
 people

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.400
 and

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.559
 God

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.840
 saying

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.200
 shouldn't

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.340
 we

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.519
 at

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.019
 very

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.780
 least

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.920
 pity

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.099
 the

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.460
 cattle

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.700
 and

00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:42.860
 not

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.180
 destroy

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.380
 all

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:43.519
 of

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:43.780
 them

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.000
 and

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.160
 not

00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:44.440
 destroy

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.640
 all

00:42:44.640 --> 00:42:44.780
 the

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:44.980
 little

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.400
 children

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.740
 the

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:45.920
 ones

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.039
 that

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.280
 can't

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.720
 differentiate

00:42:46.720 --> 00:42:47.740
 right

00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:47.940
 from

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.300
 left

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:48.920
 yet

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.720
 so

00:42:49.720 --> 00:42:49.900
 he's

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.180
 speaking

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.340
 to

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:50.519
 the

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.840
 scope

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.000
 of

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.140
 the

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.340
 city

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.500
 but

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.640
 he's

00:42:51.640 --> 00:42:51.860
 also

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.260
 simply

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.500
 just

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.820
 saying

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.220
 should

00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:53.420
 we

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.920
 not

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.640
 have

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:58.220
 least

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:59.099
 of

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.240
 the

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.720
 offenders

00:42:59.720 --> 00:43:00.940
 in

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.140
 all

00:43:01.140 --> 00:43:01.320
 of

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.740
 this

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:04.240
 and

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:04.300
 he

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:04.440
 just

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.620
 leaves

00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:04.720
 it

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.019
 hanging

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.140
 it's

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:05.240
 such

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.340
 an

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.599
 interesting

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:05.920
 story

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.039
 in

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.160
 that

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:06.400
 way

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:06.640
 you

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:06.840
 want

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:06.960
 to

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.260
 know

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.380
 you

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:07.500
 want

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.599
 to

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.000
 hope

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:10.079
 Bob

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.180
 and

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:10.280
 I

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.460
 this

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.720
 morning

00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:10.840
 were

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.140
 talking

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:11.480
 about

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.680
 what

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:11.880
 may

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.000
 have

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.280
 happened

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.440
 to

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.620
 Jonah

00:43:12.620 --> 00:43:12.820
 did

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.019
 Jonah

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.320
 stay

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.720
 on

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.240
 Nineveh

00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:14.599
 wasn't

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.140
 destroyed

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:15.880
 obviously

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.900
 did

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.280
 Jonah

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.599
 stay

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:17.940
 on

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.059
 and

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.300
 begin

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:18.519
 to

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.780
 help

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:18.940
 and

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.059
 to

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.400
 lead

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.320
 I

00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:20.579
 hope

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:20.940
 so

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:22.000
 doesn't

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.140
 seem

00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:22.140


00:43:22.140 --> 00:43:22.220
 to

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.300
 be

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.400
 the

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.720
 point

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:22.940
 of

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.039
 the

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.300
 story

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.559
 though

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.880
 it

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.000
 seemed

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.180
 to

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:25.559
 see

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.220
 Jonah

00:43:26.220 --> 00:43:26.639
 as

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.320
 the

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.660
 whiny

00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:28.420
 prophet

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:30.519
 I

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.660
 think

00:43:30.660 --> 00:43:30.780
 in

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:30.920
 so

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.059
 many

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.280
 ways

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:31.380
 it

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:31.619
 becomes

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.139
 distracting

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.340
 to

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:32.460
 the

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.639
 main

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:32.920
 point

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.099
 that

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.260
 it's

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.639
 primarily

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:33.900
 a

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:34.200
 story

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.900
 of

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.019
 a

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.300
 merciful

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:35.820
 God

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:36.619
 who

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:36.780
 is

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.139
 working

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.380
 his

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.000
 purpose

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.079
 through

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.380
 feeble

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.760
 people

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:41.920
 so

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.200
 as we

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.579
 relate

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:42.800
 to

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.119
 Jonah

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.539
 we

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.639
 can

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:43.820
 take

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:43.920
 a

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.079
 great

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.280
 deal

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.400
 of

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.680
 comfort

00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:44.800
 in

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:44.900
 the

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.079
 fact

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.240
 that

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.500
 God

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.940
 works

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:47.720
 his

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.079
 certain

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.579
 promises

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:49.400
 to

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.599
 his

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.059
 church

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.700
 through

00:43:50.700 --> 00:43:50.820
 the

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.059
 work

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.340
 of

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.179
 feeble

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:53.440
 people

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:55.480
 so

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.820
 many

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.320
 of

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:56.639
 us

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:56.940
 this

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.500
 congregation

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:59.320
 who

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.579
 hold

00:43:59.579 --> 00:43:59.820
 a

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.920
 particular

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:03.119
 soteriological

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.779
 persuasion

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.199
 and if

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:04.360
 you don't

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.659
 know what

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.500
 that means

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.340
 that's

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.599
 okay

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.420
 I'm

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.619
 actually

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:07.880
 happy

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.159
 that you

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.480
 don't

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.539
 if

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:09.599
 you

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:09.699
 know

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:09.820
 what

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:09.900
 it

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.139
 means

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.320
 I'm

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.539
 talking

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.699
 to

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:10.880
 you

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.159
 we

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.320
 hold

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.460
 a

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:12.900
 particular

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.380
 soteriological

00:44:14.380 --> 00:44:15.579
 persuasion

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.739
 and I

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:16.880
 think

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.019
 we

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.299
 too

00:44:17.299 --> 00:44:17.679
 often

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:18.239
 focus

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.440
 our

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:18.820
 thoughts

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.099
 on

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.299
 the

00:44:19.299 --> 00:44:19.679
 judgment

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.019
 of

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.299
 God

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:21.840
 particularly

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.160
 as we

00:44:22.160 --> 00:44:22.560
 seem

00:44:22.560 --> 00:44:22.900
 to see

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.600
 so few

00:44:23.600 --> 00:44:23.980
 around

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.240
 us

00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:24.660
 really

00:44:24.660 --> 00:44:25.440
 faithfully

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:25.940
 following

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.320
 him

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:29.140
 and for

00:44:29.140 --> 00:44:29.500
 me at

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.820
 least

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:30.220
 I hope

00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:30.700
 for you

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:32.039
 this

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.600
 story

00:44:32.600 --> 00:44:33.180
 so

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:33.720
 readily

00:44:33.720 --> 00:44:34.280
 highlights

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:34.720
 for me

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.180
 has really

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.500
 caused

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.740
 me to

00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:36.000
 really

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.480
 consider

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.580
 the

00:44:37.580 --> 00:44:37.880
 mercy

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:38.539
 of

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.780
 God

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:39.800
 to

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.120
 remember

00:44:40.120 --> 00:44:40.300
 that

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:40.440
 he

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.660
 is

00:44:40.660 --> 00:44:41.800
 abounding

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:43.280
 instead

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:44.400
 fast

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.840
 love

00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:46.900
 let

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.120
 take

00:44:47.120 --> 00:44:47.220
 you

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.340
 to

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.579
 another

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.100
 text

00:44:48.100 --> 00:44:48.320
 in

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.760
 closing

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:50.079
 Matthew

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.800
 chapter

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:51.360
 12

00:44:51.360 --> 00:45:09.579
 beginning in

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.519
 verse 38

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.780
 18

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:12.039
 then some

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.480
 of the

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:13.699
 scribes

00:45:13.699 --> 00:45:13.980
 the

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:15.219
 lawyers

00:45:15.219 --> 00:45:15.519
 of the

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:15.800
 day

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:16.139
 and

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:17.019
 pharisees

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:17.259
 this would

00:45:17.259 --> 00:45:17.400
 have been

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.199
 the religious

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:19.059
 elite

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:20.380
 answered him

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.019
 saying

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:22.159
 teacher we

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:22.880
 wish to

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.920
 see a

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.280
 sign

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:24.659
 from you

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:24.920
 do

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.320
 something

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.900
 miraculous

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.460
 to show

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.719
 us that

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.000
 what you're

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.360
 saying

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:28.579
 is true

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:29.940
 but he

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.320
 answered

00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:30.800
 them

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:32.840
 an evil

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.880
 and adulterous

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.480
 generation

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:35.119
 seeks

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.880
 for a

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.300
 sign

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:37.380
 but no

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:37.900
 sign will

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.219
 be given

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:38.619
 to it

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:39.099
 except

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:39.460
 the

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:39.940
 sign

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.659
 of

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:40.799
 the

00:45:40.799 --> 00:45:41.239
 prophet

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:42.079
 Jonah

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:43.960
 so

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.139
 hear

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.659
 what I'm

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:44.880
 saying

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.239
 to you

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.659
 this is

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:45.940
 Jesus

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.519
 speaking

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.239
 about

00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:47.519
 this

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:48.059
 story

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:50.500
 so

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:50.799
 many

00:45:50.799 --> 00:45:51.239
 of us

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:51.480
 are

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:51.719
 running

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:52.199
 around

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:53.019
 looking

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.440
 for

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:53.719
 a

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:54.259
 calling

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:55.619
 some

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:55.819
 kind

00:45:55.819 --> 00:45:55.900
 of

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.079
 a

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.519
 sign

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.480
 to

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:57.699
 turn

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:57.920
 from

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.059
 our

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.259
 evil

00:45:58.259 --> 00:45:58.599
 ways

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:58.779
 and

00:45:58.779 --> 00:45:59.000
 turn

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.159
 to

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.380
 God

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.759
 whether

00:45:59.759 --> 00:45:59.900
 you're

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.219
 outside

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.460
 the

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:00.659
 faith

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:00.880
 you've

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.039
 never

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.279
 placed

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.500
 believing

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:01.739
 faith

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:01.859
 in

00:46:01.859 --> 00:46:02.019
 Christ

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.179
 or

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.299
 if

00:46:02.299 --> 00:46:02.400
 you

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:02.880
 have

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:04.980
 pay

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.339
 attention

00:46:05.339 --> 00:46:05.639
 to

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:05.759
 the

00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:06.059
 story

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:07.239
 of

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:07.559
 Jonah

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:07.559


00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:09.279
 for

00:46:09.279 --> 00:46:09.559
 just

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.759
 as

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:10.239
 Jonah

00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:11.199
 was

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.659
 three

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.199
 days

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:12.739
 and

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.199
 three

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.719
 nights

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.059
 in

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.259
 the

00:46:14.259 --> 00:46:14.559
 belly

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.839
 of

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.019
 the

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.319
 great

00:46:15.319 --> 00:46:15.920
 fish

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:17.199
 so

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:17.539
 will

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:17.739
 the

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:17.980
 son

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.139
 of

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.440
 man

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:18.659
 be

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:18.940
 three

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.480
 days

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:20.199
 and

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.579
 three

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:21.079
 nights

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.679
 in

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:21.819
 the

00:46:21.819 --> 00:46:22.000
 heart

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.099
 of

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.219
 the

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:22.460
 earth

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:22.679
 isn't

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:22.819
 that

00:46:22.819 --> 00:46:23.460
 fascinating

00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:23.679
 that

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.079
 Jonah

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:24.880
 is a

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.259
 type

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:25.759
 of

00:46:25.759 --> 00:46:26.139
 Christ

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.639
 Christ

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:26.859
 being

00:46:26.859 --> 00:46:27.339
 the

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:27.619
 anti

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.019
 type

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.659
 this

00:46:28.659 --> 00:46:29.440
 prophet

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.039
 is

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.179
 a

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:30.460
 type

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:31.440
 of

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.779
 Christ

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.359
 Jesus

00:46:32.359 --> 00:46:32.679
 himself

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:32.859
 is

00:46:32.859 --> 00:46:33.039
 saying

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.239
 that

00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:33.519
 right

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.819
 here

00:46:33.819 --> 00:46:35.199
 the

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:35.739
 men

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:35.960
 of

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.460
 Nineveh

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.460


00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.599
 will

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.139
 rise

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.319
 up

00:46:40.319 --> 00:46:40.420
 at

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.539
 the

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:40.940
 judgment

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.739
 with

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.079
 this

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.699
 generation

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.539
 and

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:43.980
 condemn

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:44.279
 it

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:45.039
 for

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.339
 they

00:46:45.339 --> 00:46:45.900
 repented

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.539
 at

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:46.659
 the

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:46.940
 preaching

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.139
 of

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.460
 Jonah

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:48.199
 and

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:48.799
 behold

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.960
 something

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.940
 greater

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.480
 than

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:51.880
 Jonah

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:52.940
 is

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:53.299
 here

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:54.359
 the

00:46:54.359 --> 00:46:54.480
 men

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.599
 of

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.059
 Nineveh

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.739
 repented

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:55.859
 at

00:46:55.859 --> 00:46:55.960
 the

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.219
 preaching

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:56.779
 of

00:46:56.779 --> 00:46:57.059
 Jonah

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.599
 they

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:57.779
 had

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.079
 not

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.699
 heard

00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:59.119
 the

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.420
 preaching

00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:00.259
 of

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:00.739
 Christ

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.380
 something

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:01.960
 greater

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.559
 is

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:02.880
 here

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.059
 the

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.279
 good

00:47:03.279 --> 00:47:03.619
 news

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:03.880
 of

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.279
 Jesus

00:47:04.279 --> 00:47:05.179
 Christ

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:05.599
 the

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:06.019
 person

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.440
 of

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:06.940
 Jesus

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.359
 Christ

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:09.860
 there

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:09.980
 is

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.099
 a

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.320
 hymn

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.519
 which

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:11.039
 says

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:11.740
 there

00:47:11.740 --> 00:47:11.860
 is

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:12.059
 a

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:12.800
 wideness

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:13.140
 in

00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:13.640
 God's

00:47:13.640 --> 00:47:14.019
 mercy

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.340
 like

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:14.559
 the

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:15.260
 wideness

00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:16.360
 of

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:16.559
 the

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:16.900
 sea

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:17.940
 I

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.200
 like

00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:18.420
 that

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:18.800
 line

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:19.640
 we

00:47:19.640 --> 00:47:19.900
 can't

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.099
 see

00:47:20.099 --> 00:47:20.260
 the

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.420
 other

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.820
 side

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.460
 of

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.599
 the

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:21.920
 ocean

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.280
 you

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:22.500
 can't

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:23.059
 see

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.340
 the

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.380
 other

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:23.680
 side

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:23.800
 of

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:23.980
 the

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.340
 Atlantic

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:24.559
 you

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:24.940
 can't

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.200
 see

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.360
 the

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:25.519
 other

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:25.820
 side

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:25.940
 of

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.019
 it

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:26.140
 and

00:47:26.140 --> 00:47:26.240
 so

00:47:26.240 --> 00:47:26.380
 to

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:26.559
 think

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:26.860
 in

00:47:26.860 --> 00:47:27.019
 those

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.420
 terms

00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:27.900
 that

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.120
 there's

00:47:28.120 --> 00:47:28.240
 a

00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:28.780
 wideness

00:47:28.780 --> 00:47:28.940
 in

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:29.220
 God's

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:29.539
 mercy

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:29.820
 that

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.220
 we

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:30.579
 can't

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:30.760
 even

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:31.360
 quite

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:32.280
 fathom

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.540
 but

00:47:32.540 --> 00:47:32.800
 even

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.240
 still

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:33.420
 I

00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:33.560
 think

00:47:33.560 --> 00:47:33.680
 that

00:47:33.680 --> 00:47:34.140
 expression

00:47:34.140 --> 00:47:34.720
 falls

00:47:34.720 --> 00:47:35.280
 short

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.640
 just a

00:47:35.640 --> 00:47:35.780
 little

00:47:35.780 --> 00:47:35.980
 bit

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:36.120
 it's

00:47:36.120 --> 00:47:36.320
 not

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:36.740
 quite

00:47:36.740 --> 00:47:37.460
 wide

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.300
 enough

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:39.600
 the

00:47:39.600 --> 00:47:39.940
 real

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.360
 measure

00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:40.500
 of

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:40.660
 the

00:47:40.660 --> 00:47:41.100
 wideness

00:47:41.100 --> 00:47:41.220
 of

00:47:41.220 --> 00:47:41.519
 God's

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:41.900
 mercy

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.800
 is

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.180
 found

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.400
 in

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.580
 the

00:47:43.580 --> 00:47:44.400
 outstretched

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:44.780
 arms

00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:44.980
 of

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.200
 Jesus

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:45.700
 Christ

00:47:45.700 --> 00:47:46.660
 on

00:47:46.660 --> 00:47:46.800
 the

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.200
 cross

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:48.279
 this

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:48.439
 is

00:47:48.439 --> 00:47:48.579
 the

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:49.079
 measure

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.699
 of

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:49.859
 the

00:47:49.859 --> 00:47:50.439
 effort

00:47:50.439 --> 00:47:51.059
 of

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:51.199
 the

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.339
 love

00:47:51.339 --> 00:47:51.480
 of

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:51.779
 God

00:47:51.779 --> 00:47:52.500
 for

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:52.659
 you

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:52.799
 and

00:47:52.799 --> 00:47:53.019
 I

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:54.399
 that

00:47:54.399 --> 00:47:54.899
 sacrifice

00:47:54.899 --> 00:47:55.399
 made

00:47:55.399 --> 00:47:56.839
 on

00:47:56.839 --> 00:47:56.980
 our

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.460
 behalf

00:47:57.460 --> 00:47:59.460
 how

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.699
 can

00:47:59.699 --> 00:48:00.119
 we

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:01.359
 having

00:48:01.359 --> 00:48:02.019
 experienced

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:02.259
 the

00:48:02.259 --> 00:48:02.719
 love

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:03.159
 and

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.579
 mercy

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:03.899
 of

00:48:03.899 --> 00:48:04.119
 God

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.339
 to

00:48:04.339 --> 00:48:04.719
 us

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:05.599
 in

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:05.859
 Jesus

00:48:05.859 --> 00:48:06.339
 Christ

00:48:06.339 --> 00:48:07.199
 not

00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:07.799
 be

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.119
 loving

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:08.619
 and

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:08.939
 merciful

00:48:08.939 --> 00:48:10.219
 how

00:48:10.219 --> 00:48:10.359
 can

00:48:10.359 --> 00:48:10.480
 we

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:10.799
 not

00:48:10.799 --> 00:48:11.059
 share

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.259
 the

00:48:11.259 --> 00:48:11.819
 vastness

00:48:11.819 --> 00:48:11.960
 of

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:12.259
 God's

00:48:12.259 --> 00:48:12.559
 mercy

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.359
 with

00:48:13.359 --> 00:48:13.819
 others

00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:15.399
 why

00:48:15.399 --> 00:48:15.699
 should

00:48:15.699 --> 00:48:15.879
 we

00:48:15.879 --> 00:48:16.199
 not

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:16.419
 with

00:48:16.419 --> 00:48:16.599
 all

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:16.779
 the

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.460
 strength

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:17.820
 that

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:18.320
 God

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:19.160
 provides

00:48:19.160 --> 00:48:20.140
 present

00:48:20.140 --> 00:48:20.980
 God's

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:21.660
 love

00:48:21.660 --> 00:48:22.480
 to

00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:22.640
 the

00:48:22.640 --> 00:48:23.000
 world

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:24.640
 this

00:48:24.640 --> 00:48:24.760
 is

00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:24.900
 the

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:25.440
 natural

00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:26.240
 and

00:48:26.240 --> 00:48:26.780
 normal

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:27.240
 thing

00:48:27.240 --> 00:48:27.420
 to

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:27.720
 do

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.000
 in

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.760
 response

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:29.480
 to

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:29.580
 the

00:48:29.580 --> 00:48:29.900
 truth

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.680
 of

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:30.800
 the

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.140
 gospel

00:48:31.140 --> 00:48:32.340
 what

00:48:32.340 --> 00:48:32.580
 is

00:48:32.580 --> 00:48:33.180
 stopping

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.940
 you

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:34.800
 from

00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:35.040
 doing

00:48:35.040 --> 00:48:35.400
 that

00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:37.320
 draw

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.500
 your

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:37.760
 attention

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:37.920
 to

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:38.019
 the

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.180
 front

00:48:38.180 --> 00:48:38.280
 of

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:38.420
 your

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.120
 bulletin

00:48:39.120 --> 00:48:39.960
 in

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:40.260
 closing

00:48:40.260 --> 00:48:43.660
 I

00:48:43.660 --> 00:48:43.820
 don't

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:44.140
 put

00:48:44.140 --> 00:48:45.740
 quotations

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:46.180
 from

00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:47.339
 famous

00:48:47.339 --> 00:48:47.559
 old

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:47.799
 saints

00:48:47.799 --> 00:48:47.919
 on

00:48:47.919 --> 00:48:48.000
 the

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:48.119
 front

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:48.199
 of

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.279
 the

00:48:48.279 --> 00:48:48.679
 bulletin

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.000
 to

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:50.839
 flex

00:48:50.839 --> 00:48:51.059
 the

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.299
 fact

00:48:51.299 --> 00:48:51.440
 that

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:51.559
 I

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:51.759
 read

00:48:51.759 --> 00:48:52.219
 books

00:48:52.219 --> 00:48:53.899
 in

00:48:53.899 --> 00:48:54.159
 fact

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.559
 most

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:54.739
 of

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:54.879
 them

00:48:54.879 --> 00:48:55.059
 you'll

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:55.279
 notice

00:48:55.279 --> 00:48:55.440
 are

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:55.799
 Spurgeon

00:48:55.799 --> 00:48:56.139
 quotes

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.440
 because

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:56.679
 my

00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:56.919
 wife

00:48:56.919 --> 00:48:57.159
 bought

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:57.299
 me

00:48:57.299 --> 00:48:57.519
 a

00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:57.719
 book

00:48:57.719 --> 00:48:57.879
 of

00:48:57.879 --> 00:48:58.159
 Spurgeon

00:48:58.159 --> 00:48:58.599
 quotes

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:59.339
 and

00:48:59.339 --> 00:48:59.440
 I

00:48:59.440 --> 00:48:59.519
 can

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.679
 go to

00:48:59.679 --> 00:48:59.779
 the

00:48:59.779 --> 00:48:59.980
 table

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:00.119
 of

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:00.500
 contents

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.779
 and

00:49:00.779 --> 00:49:01.019
 look

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.299
 at

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.399
 it

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:01.539
 and

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:01.679
 go

00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:01.879
 read

00:49:01.879 --> 00:49:01.980
 a

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.099
 bunch

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:02.199
 of

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.440
 Spurgeon

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.819
 quotes

00:49:02.819 --> 00:49:03.259
 in

00:49:03.259 --> 00:49:03.359
 a

00:49:03.359 --> 00:49:03.539
 matter

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:03.679
 of

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:04.039
 moments

00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:04.039


00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:05.519
 I

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:05.719
 do

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:06.039
 this

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.679
 because

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:08.579
 we

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:09.360
 include

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:09.779
 myself

00:49:09.779 --> 00:49:10.000
 even

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.380
 primarily

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:10.739
 myself

00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:10.920
 have

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.139
 lost

00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:11.300
 a

00:49:11.300 --> 00:49:11.699
 mastery

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:11.860
 of

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:11.960
 the

00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:12.199
 English

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:12.639
 language

00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:13.539
 to

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:13.759
 say

00:49:13.759 --> 00:49:14.019
 things

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.159
 in

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:14.340
 such

00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:14.820
 beautiful

00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:15.019
 and

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:15.500
 impactful

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.039
 ways

00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:16.239
 that

00:49:16.239 --> 00:49:16.400
 some

00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:16.500
 of

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:16.619
 the

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:16.860
 saints

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 of

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 old

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 did

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 I

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 also

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 do

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 it

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 because

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 reminding

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 us

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 that

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 the

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 church

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 exists

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 as a

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 global

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 reality

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 and also

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 exists

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 as a

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 reality

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 through

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 time

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 our

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 brother

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 Charles

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 Spurgeon

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 right

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 and we

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 have

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 access

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 to

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 them

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 to

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 their

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 minds

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 and

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 their

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 writing

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 and

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 that's

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 such

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 a

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 beautiful

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 thing

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 so

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 I

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 hope

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 you

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 enjoy

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 it

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 I

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 try

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 to

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 read

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 the

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 quote

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 and

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 have

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 it

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 there

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 for

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 you

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 so

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 you

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!

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 so

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 listen

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 to

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 words

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 of

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 Spurgeon

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 ah

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 if

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 we

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 did

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 but

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 love

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 Christ

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 better

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 my

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters

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 if

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 we

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 lived

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 near

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 the

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 cross

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 if

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 we

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 knew

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 more

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 of

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 the

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 value

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 of

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 his

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 blood

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 if

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 we

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 wept

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 like

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 him

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 over

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 Jerusalem

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 if

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 we

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 felt

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 more

00:50:01.560 --> 00:50:02.200
 what

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 it

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 was

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 for

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 souls

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 to

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 perish

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 and

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 what

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:04.540
 it

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 was

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 for

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 men

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 to

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 be

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 saved

00:50:07.040 --> 00:50:07.980
 if

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 we

00:50:08.120 --> 00:50:08.300
 did

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 but

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 rejoice

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:09.019
 with

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 Christ

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 in

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 the

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 prospect

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:10.660
 of

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 seeing

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 the

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 travail

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 and

00:50:14.620 --> 00:50:14.860
 being

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 abundantly

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 satisfied

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 if

00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:17.019
 we

00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:17.160
 did

00:50:17.160 --> 00:50:17.280
 but

00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:17.740
 delight

00:50:17.740 --> 00:50:18.240
 more

00:50:18.240 --> 00:50:18.440
 in

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 the

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 divine

00:50:19.100 --> 00:50:19.580
 decree

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 that

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 the

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 kingdoms

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 shall

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 be

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 given

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 to

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 Christ

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 I

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 am

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 sure

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 we

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 would

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 find

00:50:26.700 --> 00:50:27.019
 more

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:27.500
 ways

00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:28.080
 and

00:50:28.080 --> 00:50:28.380
 more

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.880
 means

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.460
 for

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 sending

00:50:29.700 --> 00:50:30.560
 forth

00:50:30.560 --> 00:50:31.060
 the

00:50:31.060 --> 00:50:31.420
 gospel

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:32.280
 of

00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:32.600
 Christ

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 let's

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 pray

00:50:33.660 --> 00:50:33.960
 together