WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.840 Amen. 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:02.000 Amen. 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:12.980 We have weighty things going on. 00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:19.140 And this afternoon is a parade. 00:00:22.940 --> 00:00:25.560 You know, people will be gathering for this parade 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:28.379 all along 60th Avenue, 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:30.279 all along Library Square. 00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:33.920 There will be hundreds, if not thousands, 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:35.560 of people coming out to watch 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:40.079 the Kenosha Civic Veterans Day Parade. 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.320 Surely, many people will have been saved. 00:00:45.519 --> 00:00:47.019 Many people in attendance 00:00:47.019 --> 00:00:49.640 will have gone from darkness to light, 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.480 but the majority of people 00:00:51.480 --> 00:00:54.560 that will be participating in 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.599 and watching this parade 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.300 are perishing in their sin. 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.219 Now, I know that by saying that, 00:01:08.060 --> 00:01:10.620 I can be a giant party pooper. 00:01:12.579 --> 00:01:15.960 That I can be, so to speak, 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:19.460 reigning on your Civic Veterans Day parade. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:22.919 Maybe you're like, 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:24.539 you know, Salvati, 00:01:24.639 --> 00:01:26.339 I just really want to go 00:01:26.339 --> 00:01:29.859 and hang out with friends and family, 00:01:30.679 --> 00:01:32.239 see some muscle cars, 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.659 be wowed by some acrobats, 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:37.479 listen to some bands, 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:40.519 celebrate our great country, 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:42.839 and I really don't want to be thinking 00:01:42.839 --> 00:01:45.280 about the people around me. 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:46.099 I don't want to be thinking 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:48.280 about their standing before God. 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:51.359 You must. 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:53.540 You must. 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:57.120 Because it's true. 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.579 What is more important to God? 00:02:05.240 --> 00:02:06.799 A parade? 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:12.939 Celebrating our independence as a nation? 00:02:12.939 --> 00:02:18.020 Or the eternal standing of each person present? 00:02:20.219 --> 00:02:21.919 This morning, we've reached the climax 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:23.199 of the book of Jonah. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:24.079 Chapter 4. 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:25.579 Climax of the book. 00:02:25.699 --> 00:02:27.199 It's been quite a story. 00:02:27.359 --> 00:02:29.539 Chapter 1, Jonah gets called. 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:30.680 Turns the other way. 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.159 Goes as far away from Nineveh as he can. 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.159 God catches him. 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:37.419 Remember that storm at sea. 00:02:37.419 --> 00:02:39.959 And during that storm, 00:02:40.399 --> 00:02:41.259 the unbelieving, 00:02:41.419 --> 00:02:43.500 those non-Hebrew crew, 00:02:43.619 --> 00:02:44.780 do you remember what happens to them? 00:02:46.299 --> 00:02:49.560 They end up crying out to Jonah's God 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:51.199 for deliverance. 00:02:51.779 --> 00:02:53.919 And do you remember what God did? 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.000 He delivered the crew. 00:02:57.479 --> 00:02:59.419 All who call upon the name of the Lord 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:00.159 will be saved. 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.520 And so chapter 1 closes 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:06.579 with this non-Jewish crew 00:03:06.579 --> 00:03:08.259 having believed in Yahweh, 00:03:08.419 --> 00:03:09.620 going and rejoicing 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:11.180 in this great deliverance 00:03:11.180 --> 00:03:11.939 they've experienced. 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:13.560 And the prophet himself 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.919 is now in the Mediterranean Sea. 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:19.740 That's how Jonah 1 closes. 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:21.639 And then with Jonah 2, 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.019 as Jonah sinks down 00:03:24.019 --> 00:03:25.740 into the depths of the Mediterranean, 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:28.300 as he draws closer and closer 00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:29.820 to the gates of death, 00:03:29.880 --> 00:03:32.780 as he descends lower and lower, 00:03:33.180 --> 00:03:35.060 it finally occurs to him 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:36.920 that not only is he perishing, 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.219 but he can call out 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:41.020 on the name of the Lord Himself. 00:03:42.980 --> 00:03:44.400 And so at the verge 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.980 of losing consciousness, 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:49.000 Jonah cries out to his God 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.280 of whom he's a prophet. 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:53.900 And God supernaturally delivers him. 00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:56.880 He sends a great fish 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.240 that swallows him whole 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:00.000 in order to wholly deliver him. 00:04:01.359 --> 00:04:02.199 And as a result, 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:03.919 Jonah rejoices. 00:04:04.219 --> 00:04:04.840 He celebrates. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:05.620 He declares, 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:08.379 salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:10.219 Hallelujah, amen. 00:04:10.579 --> 00:04:11.379 I've been delivered. 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:15.539 All who call on the name 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:16.300 of the Lord will be saved. 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:20.000 And now, 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.240 at the end of Jonah 2, 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:22.879 Jonah has experienced 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:24.620 deliverance from being, 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:25.759 from perishing. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.159 God commands the fish 00:04:28.159 --> 00:04:29.120 to spit him out. 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:31.599 Spit out. 00:04:31.699 --> 00:04:32.439 In chapter 3, 00:04:32.599 --> 00:04:34.420 Jonah is recommissioned by God. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.019 Sent to Nineveh. 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.240 And Jonah has been changed enough 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:41.379 to be willing to go. 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:44.019 And so Jonah obeys. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:46.379 And as he gets to Nineveh, 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:47.719 into the very heart of the city, 00:04:48.039 --> 00:04:50.060 he declares a message 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:52.039 that's just five words in Hebrew. 00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:53.139 Just five words. 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:54.959 But it was anointed by God. 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.259 And as a result, 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.439 there is a city-wide revival 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:00.740 of foreigners. 00:05:01.259 --> 00:05:03.039 And they call out to 00:05:03.039 --> 00:05:04.360 the one true God, 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:04.839 Yahweh. 00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:08.300 They have realized 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:10.899 that because of their sin, 00:05:11.420 --> 00:05:12.539 they were perishing. 00:05:13.620 --> 00:05:14.659 Doomed for destruction. 00:05:14.660 --> 00:05:17.500 And so they repent. 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:19.020 They cry out to God. 00:05:19.460 --> 00:05:19.900 And God, 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:21.600 seeing their repentant hearts, 00:05:22.400 --> 00:05:23.900 He relents 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:26.280 of the disaster He foretold. 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:27.780 You see that in chapter 3, 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:28.280 verse 10. 00:05:29.940 --> 00:05:31.760 All who call upon the name of the Lord 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:32.280 will be saved. 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:33.400 And so the book of Jonah 00:05:33.400 --> 00:05:35.000 is one 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.260 supernatural deliverance 00:05:38.260 --> 00:05:39.120 after another. 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.759 God saving Gentiles, 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:43.480 God saving Hebrews, 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:45.980 God saving Gentiles. 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.199 God has a heart for all people. 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.060 And so here we are 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:56.240 in Jonah chapter 4. 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:58.480 The climax of the book. 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.540 It's all been moving to a point. 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:04.580 And it comes to a head 00:06:04.580 --> 00:06:05.420 in a dialogue 00:06:05.420 --> 00:06:06.780 between Jonah and God. 00:06:08.460 --> 00:06:10.480 A dialogue in reaction 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.300 to what God has just done. 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.180 God's delivered the Ninevites 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:16.500 and Jonah is hot! 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:17.600 Man, he's angry! 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:21.439 And so the dialogue starts 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.600 with a heated accusation 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:24.580 from the prophet 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:25.620 to his God. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:27.280 We'll see that in verses 1-3. 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.259 And that moves to a 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:33.159 loving confrontation 00:06:33.159 --> 00:06:35.000 of God with His prophet. 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:38.639 And then finally, 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:40.379 the chapter in book 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:43.119 climaxes in a very challenging question 00:06:43.119 --> 00:06:44.419 in verses 10 and 11. 00:06:45.699 --> 00:06:47.019 A question that we're going to have 00:06:47.019 --> 00:06:48.039 to end up asking ourselves. 00:06:49.679 --> 00:06:50.839 So let me walk through 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:51.619 this story with you. 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:53.939 Let's start with this 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:55.219 heated accusation. 00:06:55.220 --> 00:06:57.300 So God has just delivered 00:06:57.300 --> 00:06:58.980 120,000 Ninevites. 00:06:59.180 --> 00:06:59.600 By the way, 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.660 they were enemies of Israel 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:04.060 and brutal enemies of Israel. 00:07:05.080 --> 00:07:06.440 He's just delivered him. 00:07:06.840 --> 00:07:08.620 We see in verse 10 of chapter 3, 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:09.780 God has relented. 00:07:10.940 --> 00:07:12.760 And then the very next verse, 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:14.960 chapter 4, verse 1, 00:07:16.020 --> 00:07:17.120 what you read is this. 00:07:17.960 --> 00:07:20.640 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly 00:07:20.640 --> 00:07:22.280 and he was angry. 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:25.319 God relents 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:28.099 and Jonah rails. 00:07:29.099 --> 00:07:30.419 He is so mad. 00:07:31.719 --> 00:07:32.799 It's quite a contrast. 00:07:33.239 --> 00:07:35.519 Why is Jonah so angry? 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:39.579 I mean, is this the same Jonah 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:40.759 that we see rejoicing 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:41.859 in God's deliverance 00:07:41.859 --> 00:07:43.619 at the end of Jonah 2? 00:07:44.119 --> 00:07:45.939 Salvation belongs to the Lord! 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:47.239 Same guy? 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:48.239 It is the same guy. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.900 Why would Jonah rejoice 00:07:51.900 --> 00:07:53.100 in God's deliverance 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:54.079 at the end of Jonah 2, 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:56.680 but then get all bent out of shape 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.160 at God's deliverance 00:07:58.160 --> 00:07:59.699 that we see in Jonah 3? 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:01.840 What's going on? 00:08:03.460 --> 00:08:05.100 Well, it has everything to do 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:06.720 with those who are being delivered. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:09.960 In Jonah 2, 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:11.579 it was Jonah that was perishing. 00:08:13.460 --> 00:08:14.699 In Jonah 3, 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:15.759 it was the Ninevites 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:16.540 who were perishing. 00:08:16.540 --> 00:08:20.100 And so what we see going on here 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:21.420 is that when God's mercy 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:22.540 and steadfast love 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:23.760 was extended to Jonah 00:08:23.760 --> 00:08:25.160 in Jonah 2, 00:08:25.580 --> 00:08:26.680 thanksgiving, praise, 00:08:26.760 --> 00:08:27.600 and glory to God. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.480 But when we see God 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:31.379 extending this same mercy, 00:08:31.820 --> 00:08:33.500 this same steadfast love 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:34.920 to the Ninevites, 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:36.379 the enemies of Israel 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:37.899 in Jonah 3, 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:40.680 Jonah is outraged. 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.379 His true colors are revealed. 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:51.200 Jonah accuses God 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:52.220 out of his anger. 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:53.919 By the way, 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:55.720 we shouldn't be surprised 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.860 that when we are saved by Jesus 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.519 that there is more work 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:02.139 to be done later on 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:04.419 to work out bigotry, 00:09:04.539 --> 00:09:06.279 to work out edges. 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:08.120 It's typical. 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:08.960 It's normal. 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:11.180 But in verse 2, 00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:12.320 we see Jonah 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:14.400 angrily accusing God. 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:15.240 And we learn, 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:16.000 finally, 00:09:16.540 --> 00:09:18.120 why Jonah left 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:19.240 in the first place. 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.060 Why he hightailed it 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:22.440 out to Tarshish. 00:09:23.900 --> 00:09:24.800 O Lord, 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:27.000 is not this what I said 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:28.240 when I was yet in my country? 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:30.519 That is why I made haste 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.139 to flee to Tarshish? 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:33.240 What he's saying is this. 00:09:34.160 --> 00:09:35.600 Is this not the reason 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.360 why I left in the first place? 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:40.180 What's the reason? 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:45.480 His reason for running 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:46.500 is astonishing. 00:09:49.700 --> 00:09:50.419 For, 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.100 I knew 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:55.139 that you, God, 00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:57.039 are a gracious God 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:58.800 and merciful, 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:00.440 slow to anger 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:02.080 and abounding in steadfast love 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:04.139 and relenting from disaster. 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:06.759 Jonah's anger 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:10.019 is because God 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.100 is compassionate 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:12.199 towards sinners. 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:14.899 Jonah is angry 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:15.759 at God 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.240 that God would deliver 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:18.039 the Ninevites. 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:22.179 What is blowing 00:10:22.179 --> 00:10:23.439 Jonah's categories here 00:10:23.439 --> 00:10:24.679 is that the Ninevites 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:25.199 were not only 00:10:25.199 --> 00:10:26.480 not Jews, 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:27.699 but they were enemies 00:10:27.699 --> 00:10:28.519 of Israel 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.200 in a looming 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:30.039 and brutal threat. 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:30.960 What are you doing, 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:31.379 God, 00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:32.220 saving them? 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:38.000 What we see happening here 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.759 is an 8th century 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:40.639 B.C. 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:42.560 prophet 00:10:42.560 --> 00:10:45.019 who is throwing 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:46.340 a temper tantrum 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:48.000 after 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.920 he's just preached 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:50.700 and seen 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:52.600 120,000 people 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.120 repent 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.560 and experience 00:10:54.560 --> 00:10:55.460 God's deliverance. 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:56.560 It's amazing, 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:57.100 isn't it? 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:57.279 It's not. 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:01.659 Jonah is angry 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.480 because he did not 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:03.199 want Nineveh 00:11:03.199 --> 00:11:03.980 to be spared 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.039 and he holds 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:05.959 God responsible. 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:08.000 It's so arrogant. 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:10.659 It's like he's saying, 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:11.279 I knew it. 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.819 I knew if I went 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:13.559 and preached, 00:11:13.699 --> 00:11:14.299 you would do 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:15.600 your nice God thing. 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:18.779 You would deliver him. 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:19.519 I knew it! 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:26.279 You know, 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:27.100 it's like 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:28.419 Jonah is saying, 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:28.600 hey, 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:29.259 you can deliver 00:11:29.259 --> 00:11:30.360 your people, 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:31.059 the Jews, 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:31.980 all you want, 00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:32.340 God. 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:33.840 Show us compassion 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:34.819 over and over 00:11:34.819 --> 00:11:35.579 and over again, 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:36.720 but when it comes 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.539 to showing 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:38.620 any kind of mercy 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.299 and compassion 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:40.379 on our enemies, 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:41.600 done! 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:43.539 You've crossed a line. 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:45.240 I'm ticked! 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:46.100 That's what he's saying. 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:46.180 Jonah. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.980 It's obvious 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:50.800 that Jonah is not 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:51.720 getting the scope 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:52.240 and scale 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:53.600 of God's heart 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.759 for all people. 00:11:55.300 --> 00:11:56.060 That's obvious, 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:56.680 isn't it? 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:58.740 He's stuck. 00:12:00.540 --> 00:12:01.740 The very reason 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:02.800 God chose Israel 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:03.740 in the first place 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:05.060 to be his covenant people 00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:06.879 was to show 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:08.240 to the surrounding nations 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:08.980 his great 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:10.139 and steadfast love. 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:13.200 He chose Israel 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:14.200 to be the object 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.120 of his affection 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:15.899 so that their 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:17.000 resulting holiness 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:18.980 would shine like a beacon 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.399 to the Gentile nations 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.240 surrounding them, 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:21.960 calling them 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.639 to the worship 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.659 of the one true God. 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:30.060 But Jonah 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:31.240 has gone inward. 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:34.159 Jonah is hoarding 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:34.700 his God. 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:35.580 God is for us 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:36.320 and us alone. 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:38.799 His grace, 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:39.340 His mercy, 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:39.820 His pity, 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.500 His compassion, 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.440 His steadfast love 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:42.639 is for us. 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:46.980 And what God 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:47.799 wants to do here 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:48.960 and what God does here 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:50.580 is correct that. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:53.299 He's not going to let 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:54.539 Jonah put him 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:55.179 in a box. 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:58.399 God wants to use 00:12:58.399 --> 00:12:58.960 His people. 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.059 He's always wanted 00:13:00.059 --> 00:13:00.939 to use His people. 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:02.220 He wants to use 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:02.679 His people 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.879 to show the world 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.439 who He is. 00:13:06.319 --> 00:13:07.379 A holy God 00:13:07.379 --> 00:13:08.120 willing to save 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:08.819 any sinner 00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:10.039 who calls upon Him 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:11.019 because He's gracious 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.779 and merciful, 00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:12.860 slow to anger, 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.699 abounding in steadfast love 00:13:14.699 --> 00:13:15.240 and relenting 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:15.919 from disaster. 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:21.519 So in verse 3, 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:24.839 Jonah is so angry 00:13:24.839 --> 00:13:26.699 that he's so caught up 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:27.779 in the injustice 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:29.039 that he sees, 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:31.159 he wants to die. 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:33.439 He'd rather die 00:13:33.439 --> 00:13:35.120 than see the Ninevites live. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.159 That's the point. 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.839 It's kind of ironic. 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.300 I mean, 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:40.160 this is the same guy 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:40.860 that called out 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.720 to the same God 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.580 when he was dying 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.500 and God delivered him. 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:44.980 What happened? 00:13:51.780 --> 00:13:52.259 Jonah 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:55.580 is being really selfish 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.360 with his God. 00:13:59.780 --> 00:14:01.240 Jonah wants God 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.960 to save his way, 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:04.040 not God's way. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:07.599 Jonah, 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:10.199 his disdain 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:11.179 for the Ninevites 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:12.939 forms his theology, 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.500 forms his thinking 00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:16.379 about God 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:17.459 and God is like, 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:19.000 no, you can't do that, buddy. 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.759 And so he corrects him. 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:24.860 He lovingly confronts Jonah. 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:28.419 And so here we have 00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:29.659 the beginning of Jonah 4, 00:14:29.819 --> 00:14:31.159 a really angry prophet, 00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:33.459 angry at his God. 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.939 For saving people 00:14:34.939 --> 00:14:35.980 who needed to be saved. 00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:38.360 And if there's one thing 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:38.919 that we can learn 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:39.799 from Jonah's mistake 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.399 is that we, 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.019 the church, 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:42.500 the new covenant people of God, 00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:44.299 we don't hoard 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:46.419 God's mercy and grace. 00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:48.139 We don't want to keep it 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.000 in the walls 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.059 of this building. 00:14:53.339 --> 00:14:54.559 We're not to keep 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.620 who our great God is 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.399 a secret 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:59.000 from the rest of the city. 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.159 We don't decide 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:03.679 who God shows compassion on. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.460 We don't decide 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.860 who God shows his wrath to. 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:07.200 We don't make that decision. 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.679 We have no grounds 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:10.379 to challenge God's compassion 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.039 because we, 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:11.840 of all people, 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:13.259 we deserve wrath, 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.059 but Christ 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.620 has shown us grace, 00:15:15.820 --> 00:15:16.080 mercy, 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.139 and steadfast love. 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:23.220 Jonah is standing 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:23.740 in judgment 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.399 over the judge. 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.120 It is astonishing. 00:15:30.319 --> 00:15:31.120 And so God, 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.500 the judge, 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.399 lovingly 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.399 confronts 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:36.620 this angry prophet. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.120 God puts on a clinic. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.539 So Jonah vents. 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.819 He has a hissy fit. 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.399 And now God responds 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.679 in verses 4 through 9. 00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:49.840 In verse 4, 00:15:50.199 --> 00:15:52.679 Jonah in verse 3 is like, 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:54.679 I'm so mad I can die! 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:57.459 Take my life! 00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:01.600 And in verse 4, 00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:02.759 God totally ignores it. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.519 Totally ignores it. 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.079 He totally ignores 00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:10.799 Jonah's drama 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.199 and confronts him 00:16:13.199 --> 00:16:13.879 with a question. 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.600 A question intended 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.220 to expose Jonah's heart. 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.179 Jonah, 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.819 do you do well 00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:19.340 to be angry? 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:22.279 Maybe a better way 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.220 of understanding it is, 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.519 Jonah, 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.860 what right do you have 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.720 to be angry? 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:29.039 What grounds? 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:31.100 How can you, 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.399 Jonah, 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.039 be angry 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:32.799 with my 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.220 compassionate heart 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:36.079 to save anyone 00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:37.059 who will call upon 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.519 my name? 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.240 Why are you getting 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.840 angry at that, 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.039 Jonah? 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:42.639 And in verse 5, 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:45.279 we see Jonah's response. 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.340 So God asks him 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.840 the question 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.519 in verse 4. 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.399 And in verse 5, 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.259 what does Jonah do? 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:52.439 I'm out of here. 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.860 He walks out. 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:57.000 Walks out of the city 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.480 of Nineveh. 00:16:58.939 --> 00:16:59.460 Walks out, 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.159 sets up a booth, 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.360 sets up shop, 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.299 and it's kind of like, 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.860 okay, God, 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.400 show me. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.039 Clear him out. 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.859 Basically, 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.559 it's kind of like Jonah 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.779 saying, 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.140 okay, God, 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.980 I'll give you one more chance. 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.680 I don't want to talk 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.200 about this anymore. 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.839 I'm going out. 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.500 I want to see, 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.579 I want to see you 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.180 do your stuff 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.680 on this city. 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.839 So Jonah's hoping 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.900 that God will change 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.480 his mind 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.839 or something, 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.259 but 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:26.200 what we know 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.279 is that he's still angry. 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.819 So what's God 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.220 going to do? 00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:32.539 How does God 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.099 handle this 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:34.920 heated prophet? 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.140 I mean, 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.680 I guess God 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.400 could have responded 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.299 by wiping Jonah 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.920 off the face 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.359 of the earth 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.099 if he wanted to. 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:45.059 but he doesn't. 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.859 God responds 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.279 to Jonah 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.319 as he's responded 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.799 to Jonah 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.439 all throughout 00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.259 the book of Jonah 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:54.959 with tremendous patience. 00:17:56.699 --> 00:17:57.740 God is slow 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.279 to anger 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.919 and abounding 00:17:58.919 --> 00:17:59.980 in steadfast love 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:01.480 not only to sinners, 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.679 not only to those 00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:04.059 outside the people 00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.399 of God, 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.439 but with his people. 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.719 And the way 00:18:08.719 --> 00:18:09.459 that God handles 00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:10.579 Jonah's sinful anger 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.740 is just simply amazing. 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.660 And this is our God. 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.539 He patiently 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.880 addresses this guy. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.900 He is patient 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.539 with Jonah. 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.620 He is patient 00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.599 with us. 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:25.140 Even in the midst 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:26.019 of our missionary 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.519 call as a church, 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:29.079 God is patient 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.680 with us. 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.000 Working things out. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.980 So in verse 6, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.420 God in his loving wisdom 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.640 changes tactics. 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:37.759 He's not. 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.960 It's kind of like 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.799 God takes stock. 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.559 Okay, Jonah, 00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.519 you're not obviously 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.559 listening to me. 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:50.099 So I'll just expose you 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:51.279 in another way. 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.319 And so, 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.480 call to mind 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.140 that God 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.380 is sovereign 00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:57.900 over all things. 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.980 He orchestrates 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.859 all things 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.700 to do his bidding. 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.680 And we've already 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.059 seen it in chapter 1 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.700 where God 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:05.799 calls out a storm 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.200 and throws it 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.339 onto the Mediterranean Sea 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.899 to get done 00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:09.339 what he wanted 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:09.839 to get done. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.119 And we see it 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.039 in chapter 2 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.619 and God appointing 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.419 a great fish 00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:16.599 to swallow Jonah 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:18.059 and then to spit him out. 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:20.279 Here in chapter 4, 00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.319 we see God's 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.059 sovereign control 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.000 over all things 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.579 to carry out 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.019 his purposes. 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.159 It's on display again 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.180 with three appointees. 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.019 And might I just tell you, 00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:35.279 God is determined 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.019 to expose 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.420 Jonah's hypocrisy 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.779 that God can save him 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.759 but God can't save 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.440 anybody else. 00:19:40.540 --> 00:19:41.300 It's double standard. 00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:42.519 He's going to expose it 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.400 because he loves Jonah. 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.980 So in verse 6, 00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:48.100 God appoints a plant. 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.900 Appointing number one. 00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:51.720 And he makes this plant 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.920 grow over Jonah 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.960 in order to provide 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.000 shade for his heaven. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.259 Remember, 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.440 we're in the Middle East. 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.720 This is in modern day Iraq. 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.579 It gets hot. 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.380 And we read 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:03.900 that God 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:06.140 raised this plant 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:08.000 up to verse 6 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.220 to save him 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.059 from his discomfort. 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.079 It's tongue in cheek. 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.940 And what is Jonah's response 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:19.359 to this leafy plant 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.299 that has just grown 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.920 over him? 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:23.240 Exceeding gladness. 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:26.339 He's now run the gamut. 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.380 He was exceedingly angry 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:31.480 and now he's exceedingly happy. 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.319 He's so happy 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.299 that he's got shade 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.180 for his head. 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.759 But God, 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.839 in his loving wisdom, 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:44.180 knows that this is just a setup. 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.819 God is sovereignly, 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:49.319 wisely setting Jonah up 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:51.000 for a very important lesson. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.519 verse 7, 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:54.279 God appoints a worm 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.740 at dawn the next day 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.720 in that worm 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.980 attacks the plant. 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.619 Sometime early morning, 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.140 crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.640 crunch, 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:03.960 worm eats the plant, 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.380 some aspect of it, 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:07.319 and the plant withers. 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.319 Right at the, 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.539 just at the right time. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.019 So now, 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.279 the plant withers, 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.740 Jonah's exposed, 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.819 just in time for verse 8, 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.379 when the sun rises 00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:19.159 and appointing number 3, 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.319 God appoints a scorching east wind 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:24.819 that when coupled with the sun, 00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:27.519 beats down on Jonah's head 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:30.559 and pushes our prophet Jonah 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:32.700 to a physical breaking point. 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:34.619 He wants to die again. 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:38.019 Echoing the words of verse 3, 00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:39.659 he asks God to take his life. 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:41.480 It's better for me to die 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.080 than to live. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.720 I can't stand this heat. 00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:47.000 I can't live without this plant. 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.900 Jonah is upset 00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:53.980 that the plant has perished. 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.600 He has pity on the plant. 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.680 And up until this point, 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.640 in the book of Jonah, 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:11.500 the only one he's been concerned about 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.580 when it comes to perishing 00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.380 has been himself. 00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:18.040 He wasn't concerned about 00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:19.140 the captain or the crew 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:20.540 who were perishing on the ship 00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:21.320 in chapter 1, 00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.279 verses 6 and 14. 00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.660 He wasn't concerned about 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:25.100 the 120,000 Ninevites 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.480 who were going to perish 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.240 if they hadn't repented. 00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.800 Chapter 3, verse 9. 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.380 For the first time in the book, 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.320 Jonah is concerned 00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.640 about something perishing 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.660 besides himself. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.860 And do you know what it is? 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:39.480 A plant. 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.720 God is exactly, 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.380 He's got Jonah 00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:49.259 exactly where He wants him. 00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.440 God has exposed Jonah 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.200 and once again, 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.680 God has brought Jonah 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.840 to an end to himself. 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.120 We saw that in chapter 2. 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:01.879 Why is God bringing Jonah 00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:03.000 to an end to Himself? 00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.779 Because God loves Jonah 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.879 and He does not want Jonah 00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.859 ruled by any kind of selfish hate 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:10.639 that boxes God in 00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:12.779 to some kind of self-made God. 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:16.559 He wants Jonah to take on 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.000 His heart for those 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.699 who are perishing. 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:20.019 Instead of being bitter 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:22.179 and callous and whatever, 00:23:22.479 --> 00:23:23.259 I don't give a rip, 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.699 God wants Jonah 00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:26.459 to be full of pity 00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:27.399 and to be compassionate 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.200 and to be concerned about 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.519 these people who are perishing. 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.259 The whole episode 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.180 with the plant 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:37.200 is one great sovereign orchestration 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:39.420 of love for Jonah 00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:41.960 to expose Jonah, 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:44.200 to confront Jonah, 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.519 to show him 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.900 his double standard. 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.740 Now that God has Jonah 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.460 where He wants him, 00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.220 verse 8, 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.340 God asked Jonah 00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:55.100 the same question 00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:56.200 as He did in verse 4 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.660 with a slight adjustment. 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.559 Jonah, 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.380 do you have the right 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.259 to be angry 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:04.480 about the plant 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.220 that's just perished? 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.580 Jonah, 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.200 do you have the right 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.840 to be angry right now 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.680 about that plant 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.700 that is no more? 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.819 Jonah gets the question 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:20.200 and man, 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.220 He has had it. 00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.799 Yes, 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.240 I have the right 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.859 to be angry, 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:29.059 angry enough to die. 00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.740 Thank you. 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:32.240 Let me just die, 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.799 God! 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.799 He doesn't want to, 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:39.200 He doesn't get His way. 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.779 And so He does what we do 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.879 when we don't get His way. 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.659 He pouts. 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:46.580 I mean, 00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.620 big time pout, 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:47.920 like, 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.860 I'm out of here, 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.140 pout. 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.160 Classic, 00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:53.880 self-preoccupation. 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.880 And before you look down 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.000 at your nose at Jonah, 00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.100 remember, 00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.279 we've got the same 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.540 tendency ourselves. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.700 Even after being saved, 00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.540 when things don't go 00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.200 our own way, 00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.440 when we're denied 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.279 our comfort, 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.500 we get upset. 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:12.420 could it be 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.799 that when we are 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.619 denied comfort, 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.279 it's actually God 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:18.680 orchestrating our situation 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.500 in order to expose 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.599 our hearts 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.980 so that He can get 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.960 at the comfort 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.200 that gets in the way 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.240 of His compassion 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.220 for all people? 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.579 Could it be? 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:28.619 Could it be? 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.700 God lovingly 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.519 confronts Jonah 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.579 and us. 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.759 Do we have the right 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.079 to get angry with God 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:43.299 when He sovereignly 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.940 denies us 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.140 some kind of shade? 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.559 Some kind of comfort? 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.319 When He exposes us 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.039 with some kind 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.559 of scorching heat? 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.240 Some kind of hardship? 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.660 We're going to experience 00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.259 some heat 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:01.000 with the Supreme Court's 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.359 decision this past week. 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.319 Do we get angry 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.799 with God? 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.539 Do we have the right 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.299 to be angry? 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:16.819 God is just scratching 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.079 at the surface 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.480 of Jonah's heart. 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.200 Because you know 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.859 what He's really doing? 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.940 He's helping Jonah 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.819 and us 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.559 see what we really 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.380 get upset about. 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.599 What really 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.759 ticks us off. 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.000 What really 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.680 gets our goat. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:38.299 what do you get 00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.820 upset about? 00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.120 What do you 00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.779 get angry about? 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.920 What happens 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.680 when you're denied 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.380 some shade? 00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.960 Do you get angry 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.880 when you are denied 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.900 the shade of sleep? 00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.900 I do. 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.460 When you're denied 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.400 the shade comfort 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.980 of money, 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:02.480 the shade of advancement 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.240 success? 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.339 When you're denied 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.579 the shade comfort 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.779 of being well thought 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.140 of by those people 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.740 around you. 00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.440 What God is doing here 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.500 is setting Jonah up, 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.860 exposing him 00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:17.539 in order to make 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.980 a glorious point. 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.079 plant. 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.640 In other words, 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.599 this whole plant 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.140 episode 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:27.360 is a divine 00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.880 setup. 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.779 What God is doing 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:40.180 is showing Jonah 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.620 that he is getting 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.559 upset about 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.259 something 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.720 terribly 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.660 insignificant. 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:48.180 a plant. 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.140 He pities a plant 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:57.160 more than 00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.720 120,000 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.700 people. 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.980 So in verses 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.640 10 and 11, 00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:07.480 God turns the table 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.080 on Jonah. 00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.640 It comes to a head. 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.259 This whole book 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.980 comes to a head 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.000 in verses 10 and 11. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.519 And it takes the form 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.799 of a very 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.160 challenging question. 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.019 It's the climax 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.180 of the book. 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:20.119 And it represents 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:21.700 a kind of rationale. 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.579 So let's look at 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.400 verses 10 and 11. 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.200 I'm going to read that. 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.339 And the Lord said, 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.380 You pity the plant 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.299 for which you did 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.779 not labor, 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.660 nor did you make it 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:29.940 grow, 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.940 which came into being 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.460 in a night 00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:33.000 and perished in a night. 00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.099 And should not 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.299 I pity Nineveh, 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.579 that great city 00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.519 in which there are 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.980 more than 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.339 120,000 persons 00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.059 who do not know 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.539 their right hand 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.000 from their left 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.079 and also 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.779 much cattle. 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.639 The kind of rationale 00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.759 that God is using 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.279 right here, 00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.339 it's a kind of argument. 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.799 It's called 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.159 a how much more argument. 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.180 And so 00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.740 there's a contrast 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.819 between two things 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.639 in order to show 00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:01.099 how much more 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.859 one is 00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.559 over the other. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.779 We see it in Matthew 7. 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.639 Jesus says, 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.700 If you then 00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.500 who are evil 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.220 know how to give 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.799 good gifts 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.579 to your children, 00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.700 how much more 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.899 will your Father 00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.680 who is in Heaven 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.759 give good things 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.799 to those who ask Him? 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.619 So it's a comparison 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:20.059 between evil dads 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.500 and our Heavenly Father 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.119 and it gets to the point 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.159 that God gives 00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.159 awesome gifts 00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:26.559 better than we can 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.139 ever imagine. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.180 So Jesus' point is 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.079 go big, 00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:30.299 go often to your God, 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.399 ask Him for big stuff. 00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.139 That's the point. 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.440 Back to Jonah 4. 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.460 Here the 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.720 how much more argument 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.680 takes the form 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.279 of a question. 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.220 A question 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.259 aimed to make 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.019 a point. 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.660 And the comparison 00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.779 in this 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.880 how much more argument 00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.140 is between 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.100 Jonah's pity 00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.860 for the plant 00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:51.420 and God's pity 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.980 for the Ninevites. 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.539 So Jonah's pity 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.140 for a plant. 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.220 He did not labor 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.900 for this plant. 00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.940 He did not make 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.600 this plant grow. 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.339 It was just 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.120 one plant. 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.839 It came into being 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.259 in a night 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.100 and perished in a night. 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.940 It was a short-lived plant. 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.539 Bottom line is 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.460 it was a very 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.640 insignificant plant. 00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.019 Now let's compare 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.200 that to God's pity 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.039 for the people 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.640 of Nineveh. 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.559 A great city 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.600 important to God. 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.420 Remember 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:21.460 Jonah 3.3 00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.160 a great city 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.779 to God. 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.360 120,000 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.299 people 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:28.039 not plants. 00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.299 Image bearers. 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:33.119 120,000 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.460 people 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.019 made 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:35.720 by God 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.220 like God 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.940 and for God. 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.119 120,000 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.500 people 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.759 created by God 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.059 himself 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.639 to worship 00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.220 him alone. 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.480 120,000 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.859 people 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.519 who will 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.919 one day 00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.839 stand before 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.879 God 00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.460 someday 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.220 at the judgment. 00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.279 120,000 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.579 people 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.039 who do not 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.359 know their 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.839 left hand 00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.480 from the right. 00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.899 What's being said 00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.359 there is 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.180 they're ignorant 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.940 of who God is 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.480 even though 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.180 they are morally 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.299 accountable to God. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.119 I mean the whole 00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.839 reason God 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.599 sent Jonah 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.259 in chapter 1 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.719 was because 00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:02.179 their evil 00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.699 was being 00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.559 rising up 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.079 to God. 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.219 The very last 00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.740 line is a little 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.359 odd isn't it? 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.039 Also much 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.399 cattle. 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.219 It's like 00:31:12.219 --> 00:31:12.599 where did that 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.000 come from? 00:31:14.939 --> 00:31:15.439 Well it's kind 00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.959 of like this. 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.879 God's saying 00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.559 hey if you 00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.199 don't buy 00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.159 the image 00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.699 bearer 00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.279 argument 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.879 cattle are 00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.459 more important 00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.039 than plants. 00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:27.099 120,000 00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.500 people 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.000 perishing 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.619 is more 00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.059 important 00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.179 than one 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.039 plant 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.580 that 00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.120 perished 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.600 Jonah. 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.920 From God's 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.480 perspective 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.840 what's 00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.299 more 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.940 important 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.680 are 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.440 people 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.720 than 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.360 plants. 00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.759 Jonah was 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.259 not seeing 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.700 things from 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.080 God's 00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.560 perspective 00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:49.060 but is 00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.480 from his 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.140 own distorted 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.680 perspective. 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.580 He was 00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.060 valuing 00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.700 one plant 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.100 over 00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:55.360 120,000 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.859 people 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.899 therefore 00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:58.379 the question 00:31:58.379 --> 00:32:00.939 Jonah 00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:02.039 you pitied 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.779 one 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.939 insignificant 00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.919 plant 00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:06.439 how much 00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.000 more 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.859 should I 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.219 pity 00:32:08.219 --> 00:32:10.059 120,000 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.799 of my 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.719 image bearers 00:32:11.719 --> 00:32:12.159 whose 00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.659 eternity 00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.419 is in 00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:14.219 the balance. 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.419 Point made. 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.659 The point 00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.199 has been made. 00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.759 Jonah has 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.439 no right to be 00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.859 angry with 00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.159 God. 00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:24.119 God has 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.919 every right 00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.199 to save 00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:26.699 whoever he 00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.059 wants. 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.579 And we are 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.439 left asking 00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:30.199 ourselves the 00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.579 question 00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.979 does God have 00:32:31.979 --> 00:32:32.419 the right to 00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:32.899 save anybody 00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.439 he wants? 00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:37.299 And here's 00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.639 the point. 00:32:40.479 --> 00:32:41.319 God has 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.059 every right 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.679 to show 00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.539 mercy on 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.139 whomever he 00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.479 pleases. 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.419 God has 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.119 every right 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.639 to show 00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.319 mercy on 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.839 whomever he 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.159 pleases. 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.580 God is 00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.279 not bound 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.040 by human 00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.880 expectations 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.680 of who he 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.600 can and 00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.000 who he 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.680 can't save. 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.420 God's not 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.940 even bound 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.360 by our 00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.040 disobedience 00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.580 and obeying 00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.000 him in the 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.259 mission. 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.940 God is 00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.740 free in 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.220 who he 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.700 is. 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.279 He's 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.779 gracious, 00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.519 merciful, 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.160 slow to 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.480 anger, 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.800 abounding in 00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.600 steadfast love, 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.660 relenting from 00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.240 disaster. 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.140 He is 00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.259 free to 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.120 have mercy 00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.420 on whomever 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.420 he will. 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:18.320 And he 00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:19.360 invites all 00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.460 to come to 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.880 him for 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.400 salvation. 00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.700 Let's fast 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.220 forward to 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.759 Jesus in 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.480 Matthew 11 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.060 28 and 00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:25.440 29. 00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:25.980 Jesus says 00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.279 it this 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.500 way. 00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:27.600 Come to 00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:29.759 me all 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.600 who labor 00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.259 and are 00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.039 heavy laden 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.800 and I will 00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.160 give you 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.460 rest. 00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.220 No 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.940 qualifications 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.360 on the 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.519 all. 00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:37.120 All who 00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.519 are heavy 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.900 labor 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:39.240 and are 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.840 heavy laden 00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.480 and I will 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.779 give you 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.019 rest. 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.680 Take my 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.240 yoke upon 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.539 you and 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.920 learn from 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.560 me for 00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:43.800 I am 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.539 gentle and 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.119 lowly in 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.639 heart and 00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:45.879 you will 00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.559 find rest 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.039 for your 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.960 souls for 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:49.099 my yoke is 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.559 easy and 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.019 my burden 00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.619 is light. 00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.859 God wants 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.919 all people 00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:55.500 everywhere to 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.639 call upon 00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.700 his name 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.639 for salvation. 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.960 And what we 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.359 see in the 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.680 book of 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.460 Jonah is 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.220 that the 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.099 scope of 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.759 God's 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.859 saving grace 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.480 defies 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.159 Jonah's 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.219 expectations. 00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:13.039 It makes 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.559 him angry. 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:19.620 God wants 00:34:19.620 --> 00:34:20.019 all people 00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.620 everywhere to 00:34:20.620 --> 00:34:21.000 call upon 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.400 his name. 00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:22.560 Experience 00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:23.180 the mercy 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.780 he alone 00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.320 can give. 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.380 All who 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.019 call upon 00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.460 the name 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.780 of the 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.300 Lord will 00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.960 be saved. 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.060 Salvation 00:34:29.060 --> 00:34:30.140 belongs to 00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.640 the Lord. 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.740 Salvation 00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:33.060 for anyone 00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:34.580 belongs to 00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:34.980 the Lord. 00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.380 So the 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.960 point being 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.480 made here is 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.720 God has the 00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.440 right to 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.140 show mercy 00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.000 on whomever 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.619 he pleases. 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.460 So I want 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.860 to bring that 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.360 to bear in 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.980 three ways 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.460 in our 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.800 lives. 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.719 First, 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.380 God's 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.920 heart for 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.619 people must 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.539 prioritize how 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.139 we live our 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.480 lives. 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.360 If God 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.659 prioritizes people 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.380 over plants 00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.340 because people 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.019 are eternal 00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.880 and plants 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.559 are temporal, 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.739 we too 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:05.360 must prioritize 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.380 people over 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.920 things. 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.340 Every person 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.340 is hardwired by 00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.039 God to worship 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.679 God alone 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.099 and there's no 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.699 other name under 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.360 heaven by which 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.980 man can be 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.440 saved. 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.320 It's the name 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.800 of Jesus. 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.000 Jesus. 00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:19.980 And so, 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.180 we've got to 00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.600 ask the 00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.039 question, 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.300 are we 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.260 elevating 00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.440 something of 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.500 more importance 00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.820 than people? 00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.860 Or are we 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.840 getting distracted? 00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.660 God's 00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.080 second thing, 00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.680 God's heart 00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.400 for all the 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.539 Ninevites must 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.539 form our 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.460 heart for all 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.840 people. 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.820 Jonah's 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.680 mistake was 00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.380 believing there 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.780 were some 00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.640 people outside 00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.519 the reach of 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.240 God's saving 00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.780 grace. 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.920 of His 00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.300 mercy. 00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.120 And we 00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.519 can't make 00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.000 the same 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.420 mistake. 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.220 Last week 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.600 we talked 00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.000 about some 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.820 obstacles to 00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.260 sharing our 00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.560 faith. 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.200 Fear, 00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.380 unbelief. 00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.920 So let me 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.340 ask you, 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.700 is there 00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.740 someone or 00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.320 a group of 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.140 people who 00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:05.080 threaten you? 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.320 Or are 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.720 distasteful to 00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.060 you? 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:10.780 Or you 00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.180 just don't 00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:11.700 believe we'll 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.320 be saved if 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.800 they hear the 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.240 gospel? 00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.539 So you 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.080 run! 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.920 You pull 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.400 a Jonah. 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:21.860 we're more 00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.300 like Jonah 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.640 than we 00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:22.880 think. 00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.039 And what 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.720 God does is 00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.900 confronts us 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.900 with Himself. 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.740 He says, 00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.340 this is who 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.860 I am! 00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.180 All who 00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.680 call upon 00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.220 my great 00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.620 name will 00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.400 be saved, 00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.080 even your 00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.539 perceived 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.920 enemies, 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.940 even those 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.300 you think 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.120 are distasteful, 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.960 even those 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.300 who you 00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.780 think right 00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.160 now would 00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.840 never respond. 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.340 All who 00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.820 call upon 00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.140 me will 00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.580 be saved. 00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.579 God's 00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.880 love. 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.119 It has a 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.460 way of 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.119 softening 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.960 our hearts. 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.619 This forms 00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.079 our mission 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.739 as a church. 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.880 That's why 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.360 we're here. 00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.739 To make 00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.099 known the 00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.840 life-transforming 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.400 power of the 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.880 gospel of 00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.360 Jesus Christ 00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.920 to all 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.460 people. 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.079 The last 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.539 thing I want 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.940 you to see 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.340 here is 00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.639 this. 00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.279 God's 00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.960 character 00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.239 is 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:07.159 absolutely 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.199 glorious. 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:10.799 worthy of 00:37:10.799 --> 00:37:11.599 eternal praise 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.299 and adoration 00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:13.339 from as 00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:14.879 many lips 00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:16.639 as possible. 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.119 God 00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.659 continues 00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.439 today to 00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:19.879 be a God 00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.139 who is 00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.559 gracious, 00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.219 merciful, 00:37:21.439 --> 00:37:21.819 slow to 00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.079 anger, 00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.619 and abounding 00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.259 in steadfast 00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.679 love, 00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.019 relenting from 00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.679 disaster. 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.539 Brother and 00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.899 sister in 00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.119 Christ, 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.559 can I just 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.379 remind you 00:37:28.379 --> 00:37:30.000 that you, 00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:31.719 by God's 00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.179 grace, 00:37:32.879 --> 00:37:33.279 because of 00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.739 what Jesus 00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.339 has done, 00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.339 you have 00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.419 experienced 00:37:36.419 --> 00:37:37.199 His 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:38.919 relent of 00:37:38.919 --> 00:37:40.579 disaster over 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.339 your head. 00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:42.939 He delivered 00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.579 you from the 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.000 wrath of 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.219 God. 00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.799 Jonah used 00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:48.139 God's 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.939 character against 00:37:48.939 --> 00:37:49.199 him. 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.699 He accused 00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.000 him. 00:37:52.399 --> 00:37:52.739 He came 00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.379 really close 00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:53.980 to cursing 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.279 God. 00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.879 He saw 00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.259 God's 00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.739 character as 00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.559 a liability. 00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:01.019 We in 00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.460 Christ, 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.939 we don't 00:38:03.939 --> 00:38:04.439 see God's 00:38:04.439 --> 00:38:04.919 character as 00:38:04.919 --> 00:38:05.419 a liability. 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:07.619 God's 00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.119 character as 00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.460 an asset. 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.700 We see 00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.099 God's 00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.920 character and 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.579 we are like, 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.860 who is like 00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.200 you? 00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.340 Gracious, 00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.360 merciful, 00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.980 slow to 00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.240 anger, 00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.800 abounding in 00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.440 steadfast love, 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.360 relenting from 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.139 disaster, my 00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:22.380 disaster, and 00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.840 so we don't 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.619 accuse Him, we 00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.260 worship Him. 00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.900 We glorify Him. 00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:29.720 So today, as 00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.260 you leave this 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.300 building, there's 00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.820 already people 00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.539 lining up, I'm 00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.820 sure. 00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.099 You've seen all 00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.659 the chairs set 00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.420 up for the 00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.779 parade. 00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.219 This 00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.900 afternoon, as 00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.819 you watch the 00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:40.739 participants of 00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.539 the parade and 00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.599 the spectators of 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.119 the parade, 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:46.639 can I just 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.360 encourage you to 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.900 see them as 00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.440 God sees 00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.659 them? 00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.659 Image 00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.500 bearers who 00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.480 are perishing 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.519 and are in 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.539 need of hearing 00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.559 the gospel of 00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.360 Jesus Christ. 00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.619 God has 00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.539 entrusted us with 00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.559 the only message 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.420 that will save 00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.659 them. 00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:04.659 God has 00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.019 the book of 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.500 Jonah is not 00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.960 about a big 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.299 fish. 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.859 The book of 00:39:06.859 --> 00:39:07.259 Jonah is about 00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.879 a big God 00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:09.819 with a big 00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:11.319 heart who 00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.940 offers a big 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.940 salvation to a 00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.500 lot of people. 00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.659 Salvation belongs 00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.219 to the Lord, 00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.500 our Lord, our 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.980 Lord Jesus. 00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.420 Let's pray. 00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.359 God in 00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:26.319 heaven, we 00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:30.059 are freshly 00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.940 aware of your 00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.900 great heart for 00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.620 all people and 00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.160 we would pray 00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.720 that God you 00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.519 would make us as 00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.120 a church, a 00:39:36.120 --> 00:39:37.000 church that is 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.600 bold in our 00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:38.100 witness and 00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:40.700 winsome, that 00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.600 as those who 00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:42.120 have been 00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:43.100 delivered from 00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:44.039 disaster, that 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.920 we would speak 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.360 of your saving 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.519 grace to those 00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.039 who would hear. 00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.059 I pray that God 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.120 today, that as 00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:52.160 we leave this 00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:53.019 building and see 00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.559 people, 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.840 hordes of 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.320 people, crowds 00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:58.079 of people, that 00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.679 we would see 00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.139 them with new 00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.460 eyes. 00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.259 Give us a new 00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.779 heart, your 00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:03.099 heart, for all 00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.440 people. 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.759 In Jesus' name, 00:40:05.279 --> 00:40:05.539 amen.