WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.219 Alright, I want you to picture with me that you are working for a major company. Let's say this company stretches across all of Saskatchewan. It has about 30,000 plus customers and you are the head of the marketing department. 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:30.460 Now you have a major job that needs to be completed by the end of the week and you have been working on this task for months. And you are about halfway through the week, you are almost done, you are going to have it completed by the end of the week. 00:00:30.460 --> 00:00:41.000 You will have it sent off and things will be good. But somebody you work with who you already have a hard time getting along with, they end up screwing up the project. 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:46.359 And it's not major, but it's just enough that it throws off your timeline and it's not going to be done by the end of this week. 00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:53.299 Now because of this, you receive an email and your supervisor is asking you why this project is late. 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:58.780 And they're also asking you to apologize to each one of your suppliers and explain why it's late. 00:00:59.740 --> 00:01:04.019 And because of this email, you are outraged because you weren't the one who screwed it up. 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:14.780 It was this person you're working with and you just, you can't understand why you're responsible to apologize when it was their fault for this screw up. 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:22.099 So in this moment, you have to decide, are you actually going to send this email and take the hit? 00:01:22.420 --> 00:01:26.000 Or do you want to find fairness? Is it their fault? 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.159 So you just leave it and let them be responsible. 00:01:28.819 --> 00:01:32.120 So in this moment, you might want it to be fair rather than seeing mercy. 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.520 And that's kind of what we see here with Jonah. 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:41.260 Jonah was called to go to Nineveh, but he didn't think Nineveh was worthy of receiving mercy. 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:42.939 He wanted it to be fair. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:48.860 So Jonah didn't listen to God's call and ran when he was called to go to Nineveh. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:56.300 So we're going to be looking at Jonah 3 today, but I'm going to give you a bit of context just to catch you up to speed. 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:58.560 Because we're obviously skipping 1 and 2. 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.140 So the first person we see is we see Jonah. 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:04.480 Jonah. He's a prophet of Israel, which was God's chosen people. 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:07.019 And then we see Nineveh. 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:08.659 Nineveh was a large city. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:17.139 It was about 100 to 200,000 people, which doesn't seem very large today. 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.020 That would be smaller than Saskatoon. 00:02:19.139 --> 00:02:21.340 But back then, that would be a very big city. 00:02:21.979 --> 00:02:26.800 It was the capital of Assyria, which Assyria and Israel didn't get along very well. 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:36.020 And it was right on the Tigris River, which made it a military powerhouse, which caused Nineveh to be very intimidating to approach. 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:38.740 And then we see Tarshish. 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:42.000 It was a city on the opposite side. 00:02:42.100 --> 00:02:44.020 It was about 1,500 miles the other way. 00:02:44.260 --> 00:02:45.180 It was a port city. 00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:49.260 And to put it into modern terms to help you understand. 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.040 Let's say that Jonah was in Regina. 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:53.200 And God called him to go to Toronto. 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:54.920 So that's way east. 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:57.300 And Jonah turns the other way and goes to Vancouver. 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:01.200 So that's not like perfectly down to the kilometers. 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:05.900 But it will help you get the idea of Jonah going the completely opposite direction. 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:09.180 It wasn't where he's like, well, I'll just go to the city beside. 00:03:09.380 --> 00:03:11.000 Like, I'll go to Hamilton inside of Toronto. 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:14.500 He like turned the other way and said, get me away from Nineveh. 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:15.760 I don't want to go to Nineveh. 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:20.880 And part of it might have been that he didn't think Nineveh was worthy of hearing this message. 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.500 And part of it might have just been that Nineveh was very intimidating. 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:29.740 So yeah, we're going to look at verse 1 quickly before we go. 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.060 Chapter 1 before we go to chapter 3. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.280 Just to catch you up to speed. 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.840 Most of you probably know the story of Jonah. 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:38.599 But we're just going to fill you in. 00:03:39.379 --> 00:03:42.020 So Jonah 1, 7 to 10. 00:03:42.219 --> 00:03:42.860 I'll read it. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:44.340 And I'm reading from the ESV today. 00:03:45.259 --> 00:03:47.719 And they said to one another, come let us cast lots. 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:51.439 That we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us. 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:52.900 So they cast lots. 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:54.319 And the lot fell on Jonah. 00:03:55.099 --> 00:03:59.659 Then they said to him, tell us whose account this evil has come upon us. 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:01.060 What is your occupation? 00:04:01.539 --> 00:04:02.659 And where do you come from? 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:04.180 What is your country? 00:04:04.699 --> 00:04:06.360 And what people are you? 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.719 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew and I fear the Lord. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:12.740 The Lord, the God of heaven. 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:14.920 Who made the sea and the dry land. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.180 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, 00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:19.939 What is this that you have done? 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:25.120 For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord because he had told them. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:30.180 So here we see that Jonah ran from Nineveh, went the other way. 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.560 He's on this ship. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:34.160 And this storm comes. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:37.300 And they are like, we need to throw somebody overboard. 00:04:37.300 --> 00:04:39.120 Because this isn't working out. 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.060 And that's when Jonah says, hey guys, sorry. 00:04:43.020 --> 00:04:44.139 I didn't listen to God. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:46.259 And that's where he gets thrown overboard. 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:48.219 Now that could be the end of Jonah. 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:50.800 That could easily be it. 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.459 That could be the end of my sermon. 00:04:52.579 --> 00:04:53.259 I could sit down. 00:04:53.599 --> 00:04:53.800 Boom. 00:04:53.899 --> 00:04:54.439 Jonah's dead. 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:55.079 He's in the water. 00:04:55.860 --> 00:04:57.439 But then we see verse 17. 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:57.439 Verse 17. 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.899 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:04.639 And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:08.120 Now this is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Jonah. 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:09.379 You think a big fish. 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:10.339 Or maybe a whale. 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:12.459 Depending on how you heard it. 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:17.259 And often we just think, oh there's a great fish or there's a big whale. 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:22.399 And maybe we even think that it was bad that this great fish came to swallow Jonah. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:28.899 But this was actually a true act of mercy because Jonah was left out there to swim or sink. 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.219 And it could have been the end of Jonah. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:36.879 But this fish was a true act of mercy because it gave Jonah a second chance to obey. 00:05:38.159 --> 00:05:41.219 And that's how we get to chapter 3 here. 00:05:41.719 --> 00:05:43.259 So I'm going to read chapter 3. 00:05:44.719 --> 00:05:47.620 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time. 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.799 Saying, arise, go to Nineveh, that great city. 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.900 And call out against it the message that I tell you. 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:58.040 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. 00:05:58.699 --> 00:06:00.920 Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city. 00:06:01.280 --> 00:06:02.720 Three days journey in breadth. 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:06.560 Jonah began to go into the city going a day's journey. 00:06:06.860 --> 00:06:10.240 And he called out, yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:12.780 And the people of Nineveh believed God. 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:15.860 They called for a fast and put on sackcloth. 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:18.040 From the greatest of them to the least of them. 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.960 The word reached the king of Nineveh. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.379 And he arose from his throne. 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:23.720 Removed his robe. 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:25.400 Covered himself with sackcloth. 00:06:25.640 --> 00:06:26.740 And sat in ashes. 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:29.540 And he issued a proclamation. 00:06:30.260 --> 00:06:31.879 And published through Nineveh. 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.740 By the decree of the king of his nobles. 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:36.580 Let neither man nor beast. 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:37.939 Herd nor flock. 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:38.900 Taste anything. 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.680 Let them not feed or drink water. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.819 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. 00:06:46.259 --> 00:06:48.019 And let them call out mightily to God. 00:06:48.540 --> 00:06:50.939 Let everyone turn from his evil way. 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:53.699 And from the violence that is in his hands. 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:54.639 Who knows? 00:06:54.900 --> 00:06:56.180 God may turn and relent. 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:58.019 And turn from his fierce anger. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:06:59.939 So that we may not perish. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:02.399 When God saw what they did. 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.199 How they turned from their evil way. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.120 God relented of the disaster. 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:08.019 That he had said he would do to them. 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:09.399 And he did not do it. 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:11.799 And before I jump in. 00:07:12.179 --> 00:07:12.899 I'm just going to pray. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:16.579 Lord I thank you for this message. 00:07:16.579 --> 00:07:17.879 That you've given to us in Jonah. 00:07:18.099 --> 00:07:19.599 And just the ways that. 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.959 We can see this story of Jonah. 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:23.979 And see your mercy. 00:07:23.979 --> 00:07:24.739 And your goodness. 00:07:25.099 --> 00:07:25.719 Throughout it. 00:07:25.799 --> 00:07:26.500 And I pray that. 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:28.639 As I just continue to. 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:29.939 Share your message here. 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:31.799 That you would just speak through me. 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:33.000 And just calm my nerves. 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:35.839 And just allow the words. 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:36.799 To sit in our hearts. 00:07:37.359 --> 00:07:39.079 And that we'd be able to walk out of here today. 00:07:39.819 --> 00:07:41.219 Just knowing more about you. 00:07:41.779 --> 00:07:42.819 I pray these things in your name. 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:43.339 Amen. 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:45.599 Alright. 00:07:45.979 --> 00:07:47.399 So first we're going to take a look. 00:07:48.039 --> 00:07:49.959 At verses 1 and 2. 00:07:50.539 --> 00:07:52.079 Where God shows mercy to Jonah. 00:07:52.779 --> 00:07:54.120 So the first thing we see. 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:56.000 Is that the word of the Lord. 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:57.680 Came to Jonah a second time. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:58.959 Right away. 00:07:59.079 --> 00:07:59.779 That sticks out. 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:00.199 Because. 00:08:01.159 --> 00:08:02.199 These words here. 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:03.639 Say arise. 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:04.319 Go to Nineveh. 00:08:04.419 --> 00:08:05.060 The great city. 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.259 And call out against it. 00:08:06.419 --> 00:08:07.620 The message that I tell you. 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:09.019 Now. 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:11.240 As I read these next words. 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:12.560 I want you to think of this message. 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:13.560 He gets the second time. 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:15.240 I'm going to read you. 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:16.759 The message he got the first time. 00:08:17.660 --> 00:08:18.040 Arise. 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:18.819 Go to Nineveh. 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:19.759 That great city. 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:21.100 And call out against it. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:21.759 For their evil. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:23.280 Has come up before me. 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:25.000 So what I just read. 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:25.519 Was. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:28.160 What God called Jonah to do the first time. 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:29.240 And here's. 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:31.000 What he calls him to do the second time. 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:32.039 Right away. 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:32.680 What I noticed. 00:08:32.680 --> 00:08:33.120 Is that. 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:35.100 This message doesn't change much. 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:37.100 The wording is slightly different. 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.540 He just adds on to the end of it. 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:39.080 At the beginning. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:40.080 But. 00:08:40.920 --> 00:08:41.540 Really this. 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:43.040 This message doesn't change. 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:44.500 And what sticks out. 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:45.180 Is how God. 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:46.519 Says this to Jonah. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.580 So kindly. 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:48.320 And graciously. 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:49.440 Um. 00:08:49.540 --> 00:08:50.860 Maybe you guys as parents. 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:52.680 Can understand what it's like. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:54.040 To say something a second time. 00:08:54.139 --> 00:08:54.740 Whether it's. 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:55.840 Emptying the dishwasher. 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:56.820 Or picking up toys. 00:08:57.220 --> 00:08:57.500 I mean. 00:08:57.540 --> 00:08:58.240 I don't have kids. 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.279 But I know what it was like. 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:00.019 When I was a kid. 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:02.060 And if I was asked to. 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:03.080 Clean up my toys. 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.400 And my mom comes into the room. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:04.840 Later. 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.700 It didn't sound so kind. 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.460 The second time. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:08.040 It was. 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:08.480 Simon. 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:09.639 I told you to do this. 00:09:09.780 --> 00:09:10.680 Why didn't you do this? 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:11.759 And. 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:13.020 That's what we could have expected. 00:09:13.020 --> 00:09:13.580 From God. 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:14.660 To go in there. 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:15.400 A second time. 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:16.360 And. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:18.100 Be visibly upset. 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:19.940 But here we see that. 00:09:20.400 --> 00:09:20.639 God. 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:22.440 Tells Jonah so kindly. 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:23.139 To do this. 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.000 A second time. 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:25.100 And. 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:26.120 The fact that he even. 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:27.420 Allowed him to do it. 00:09:27.420 --> 00:09:28.100 A second time. 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:29.020 Is. 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:30.200 Just so cool to see. 00:09:30.300 --> 00:09:30.759 Because again. 00:09:30.920 --> 00:09:31.580 We saw the. 00:09:31.640 --> 00:09:32.120 The fish. 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:32.920 Swalling up Jonah. 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:33.860 That could have been. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.579 The end of Jonah. 00:09:35.259 --> 00:09:36.099 And this would have been. 00:09:36.179 --> 00:09:36.860 The end of the story. 00:09:37.339 --> 00:09:37.899 But God. 00:09:38.259 --> 00:09:38.860 Saved Jonah. 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:40.379 For a specific purpose. 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:41.179 And he. 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:42.179 He doesn't change. 00:09:42.179 --> 00:09:43.479 What he's asking Jonah to do. 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:44.939 He has the same task. 00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:45.419 For Jonah. 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:47.079 And he just asks him. 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:47.519 To do it. 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:49.659 So I'm just going to give you. 00:09:49.699 --> 00:09:50.279 A bit of a story. 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:51.379 To help you paint the picture. 00:09:51.459 --> 00:09:51.979 A little bit better. 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:53.899 So there's a student. 00:09:54.299 --> 00:09:55.779 Who had a major assignment due. 00:09:56.259 --> 00:09:57.519 And he completed this assignment. 00:09:57.959 --> 00:09:59.199 But he didn't complete it. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:00.860 Fully to how he was supposed to. 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:02.120 So. 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:02.200 So. 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:03.759 He assumed that he would. 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.039 Fail this assignment. 00:10:05.300 --> 00:10:06.519 And maybe even fail the class. 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:07.519 But. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:09.759 As he goes to his teacher's office. 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:11.399 His teacher looks at him. 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:11.879 And says. 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.000 I asked you to do this assignment. 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:14.720 A certain way. 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:16.279 And you didn't complete it properly. 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:17.620 But I'm going to give you. 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:18.340 A second chance. 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:19.840 To complete this assignment properly. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.000 And he doesn't change the assignment. 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:23.100 He doesn't make the assignment. 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:23.639 Harder. 00:10:23.800 --> 00:10:24.480 As a punishment. 00:10:24.700 --> 00:10:25.680 He doesn't make it easier. 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:27.139 Rather he just says. 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:28.180 I want you to do. 00:10:28.300 --> 00:10:29.440 Exactly what I asked you to do. 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:30.060 The first time. 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:32.320 And that's exactly what we see here. 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:33.539 God doesn't change. 00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:35.560 What he's asking Jonah to do. 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:37.340 He just asks him to do it again. 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:38.060 Saying. 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.300 This is what I told you. 00:10:39.800 --> 00:10:40.539 Now do it again. 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:42.519 And this time. 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:44.159 We see that Jonah does obey. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:46.440 And that's where we get to verse 3 and 4. 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:49.620 So Jonah arose. 00:10:50.060 --> 00:10:51.120 And went to Nineveh. 00:10:51.300 --> 00:10:52.519 According to the word of the Lord. 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.059 Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city. 00:10:55.439 --> 00:10:56.939 Three days journey in breadth. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.419 Jonah began to go into the city. 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:00.500 Going a day's journey. 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:01.740 And he called out. 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:02.980 Yet 40 days. 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.759 Nineveh shall be overthrown. 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.899 So here we see. 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:08.579 The size of Nineveh. 00:11:08.699 --> 00:11:10.379 Earlier I was talking about how big it was. 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.100 But this really helps us to see how big it is. 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:14.460 So it says that. 00:11:14.699 --> 00:11:16.699 Nineveh was three days journey in breadth. 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:18.720 Now that doesn't necessarily mean. 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:19.720 That going from. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:20.980 The west side. 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.360 All the way to the east. 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:23.360 Takes three days. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.200 But rather what it means is. 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:26.740 To go through the city. 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:28.419 To preach the message. 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:29.580 It would take three days. 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.080 And as my study notes say here. 00:11:32.419 --> 00:11:33.779 It sums it up really well. 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:35.320 It says it would take Jonah three days. 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:36.440 To preach God's message. 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:37.879 Throughout the whole city. 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:40.240 So for example Davidson. 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.779 It would maybe be. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.539 Two hours breadth. 00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:45.340 Just going through Davidson. 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:47.000 Making all the stops. 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.539 To share this message. 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:50.360 But Nineveh was a very large city. 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:53.460 And maybe you can think of say a city like Calgary. 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:56.300 Where it's like you got to go to the zoo. 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.519 And maybe Heritage Park. 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:58.899 And maybe catch a Flames game. 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:02.180 And it would take about three days to do the city of Calgary. 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:03.820 So that's kind of what it means by this. 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.419 It wasn't a three day walk across. 00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:09.120 Rather it took three days to go through the city. 00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:10.580 So that's what it would take. 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.580 Three days to go. 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.200 And share this message with Nineveh. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.600 And then we see that Jonah. 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:18.560 Goes a day's journey. 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:20.740 So he's one third of the way through. 00:12:21.160 --> 00:12:22.600 He's still got two more days to go. 00:12:23.160 --> 00:12:24.580 And then he gives this message. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:26.120 Yet forty days. 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:28.160 And Nineveh shall be overthrown. 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:30.060 Now this message. 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:32.160 Could have easily been sent in a text. 00:12:32.400 --> 00:12:34.020 Obviously back then they didn't have text. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:34.920 But it's just. 00:12:35.020 --> 00:12:35.700 It's so small. 00:12:36.140 --> 00:12:38.280 It's not some big long letter. 00:12:38.420 --> 00:12:38.840 That's like. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.500 Here guys. 00:12:39.680 --> 00:12:40.220 Read this. 00:12:40.300 --> 00:12:40.700 It's just. 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:42.040 This is what he has to say. 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.920 He stands in the middle of the city. 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:44.420 And says. 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:45.340 Forty days. 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.620 And you guys will be overthrown. 00:12:47.140 --> 00:12:48.140 And just like that. 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:49.100 That's all he had to say. 00:12:49.660 --> 00:12:51.060 And it makes me think of. 00:12:51.540 --> 00:12:52.460 Like a fire alarm. 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:53.720 Or an amber alert. 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:54.379 Where. 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:55.540 A fire alarm. 00:12:55.640 --> 00:12:56.840 All it takes is one person. 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:58.000 To pull the trigger. 00:12:58.540 --> 00:12:59.980 And it'll send an alarm. 00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:01.379 Throughout the whole building. 00:13:01.520 --> 00:13:02.379 And everybody knows. 00:13:02.800 --> 00:13:03.980 Or like an amber alert. 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:05.160 It takes one person. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.580 To press that button. 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.340 And everyone's phone starts buzzing. 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.440 And everyone knows. 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.840 That there's this alert. 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:11.840 And we need to do something. 00:13:12.380 --> 00:13:13.760 And that's kind of what I see here. 00:13:13.880 --> 00:13:14.100 Is. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.100 Jonah. 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:15.680 He goes. 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:16.980 And just does this. 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:17.940 This simple thing. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:19.000 That God called him to do. 00:13:19.300 --> 00:13:19.840 Gives this. 00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:21.060 One sentence. 00:13:21.660 --> 00:13:22.340 And Nineveh. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:23.480 Knows the drill here. 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:24.900 They know what they need to do. 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:26.720 And. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.240 God doesn't ask Jonah. 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:29.520 To do anything crazy. 00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:30.600 He doesn't say. 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:32.600 Go and start dancing. 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:33.400 In the middle of the city. 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:33.900 And all this. 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:34.340 Like. 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.400 All he says is. 00:13:35.820 --> 00:13:36.100 Go. 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:37.340 And give this message. 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.600 It was one sentence. 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.920 And what's super cool. 00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:40.980 Is he didn't just say. 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:42.779 You go to Nineveh. 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:43.440 Jonah. 00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.639 And I'm just going to stay here. 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:45.500 And watch from a distance. 00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:47.139 But he's there with Jonah. 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.420 And Jonah. 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:50.480 Is just speaking God's message. 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.460 And we see that. 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:53.519 When we look further. 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.820 Verses five to ten. 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:57.040 And the people of Nineveh. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.800 Believed God. 00:13:58.040 --> 00:13:59.200 They called for a fast. 00:13:59.420 --> 00:14:00.540 And put on sackcloth. 00:14:00.540 --> 00:14:01.899 From the greatest of them. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.800 To the least of them. 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:05.160 The word reached the king of Nineveh. 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.279 And he rose from his throne. 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:08.659 Removed his robe. 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.399 Covered himself with sackcloth. 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.579 And sat in ashes. 00:14:12.719 --> 00:14:14.639 And he issued a proclamation. 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.899 And published through Nineveh. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:18.600 By the decree of the king. 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.679 And his nobles. 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:21.519 Let neither man nor beast. 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.639 Herd nor flock. 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.579 Taste anything. 00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:25.199 Let them not feed. 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.079 Or drink water. 00:14:26.079 --> 00:14:28.179 But let man and beast. 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.799 Be covered with sackcloth. 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:32.179 And let them call out mightily to God. 00:14:32.719 --> 00:14:35.099 Let everyone turn from his evil way. 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:37.819 And from the violence that is in his hands. 00:14:38.239 --> 00:14:38.799 Who knows. 00:14:39.099 --> 00:14:40.459 God may turn and relent. 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.399 And turn from his fierce anger. 00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:44.379 So that we may not perish. 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:47.120 When God saw what they did. 00:14:47.719 --> 00:14:49.719 How they turned from their evil way. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.479 God relented of the disaster. 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:53.679 That he had said he would do to them. 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:55.139 And he did not do it. 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.019 So here we see. 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:00.399 That earlier I was saying that. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.000 God is using Jonah. 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.319 And we see that in verse 5. 00:15:03.819 --> 00:15:05.699 And the people of Nineveh believed God. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.620 It doesn't say the people of Nineveh believed Jonah. 00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:10.220 But they believed God. 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.699 They knew that these words coming out of Jonah's mouth. 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.179 Were a message from God. 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.439 And. 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:19.679 That just continues to show us how. 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:22.639 Jonah wasn't being asked to do something on his own power. 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:26.199 He was just being asked to do what God had asked him to do. 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.620 And through his obedience. 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:30.679 This message was able to spread across Nineveh. 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.399 Now Nineveh was an evil city. 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:37.080 And seeing them repent so quickly. 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.879 Kind of blows me away. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.340 Because. 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:41.820 It could have easily said that. 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:44.179 Jonah gave this message. 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.179 And. 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.060 Nineveh attacked him. 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.560 Or they. 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.580 They tried to. 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.080 They tried to kill Jonah. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.060 But rather they hear the message. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.100 And. 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.860 They repent. 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:56.899 And not only does it say that they believed God. 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.879 And stop there. 00:15:58.820 --> 00:16:00.100 But it shows what they did. 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.800 They called out for a fast. 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.180 And put on sackcloth. 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:04.940 From the greatest of them to the least of them. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.940 So back in that day. 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:09.000 When somebody put on sackcloth. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:11.240 It was something that was uncomfortable to wear. 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.539 And it showed grieving. 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:14.460 And this just shows that they were. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:16.659 Truly grieving over their sin and evil. 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.019 They didn't just say. 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.039 I believe God. 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:19.879 Cool. 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:21.799 I'll go on with my day. 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.960 But rather. 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:25.080 They believe what God had to say. 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.240 And in. 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.899 Response to that. 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:29.100 They go and repent. 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.879 And there's a full 180. 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.659 Shift. 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.159 And we see that from the people of Nineveh. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.240 But then. 00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:36.080 In verse 6. 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.240 We also see it from the king. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.820 The word reached the king of Nineveh. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.360 And he arose from his throne. 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.379 Removed his robe. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.980 Covered himself with sackcloth. 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.320 And sat in ashes. 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.000 And then it says. 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:49.039 That he made a proclamation. 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.039 For all of Nineveh. 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.519 So earlier I was saying. 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.419 That Jonah made it. 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:55.059 One third of the way into the city. 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.320 He's done one day's worth. 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:58.720 And the king is basically saying. 00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.639 Thanks Jonah. 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:01.179 Now I'll look after this. 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.399 He uses his. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.740 Royal powers. 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:04.579 To. 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.039 Go and send a message. 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.019 Throughout all of Nineveh. 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.420 So Jonah's work. 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.799 Is basically done here. 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.539 The king's. 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.200 Taken over. 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.559 He says. 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.240 I got this. 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.160 And. 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.619 He makes it something. 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:16.099 That all of Nineveh is going to do. 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.819 We as a city. 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.059 We're going to repent. 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.859 And we are going to fast. 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.460 And it just. 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:23.039 It shows true repentance here. 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.519 Because it's. 00:17:23.899 --> 00:17:24.759 It's not just. 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.859 We believe God. 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.659 And maybe we'll make it look like. 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.919 We are repenting. 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.940 But we see true repentance here. 00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:32.819 And. 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:34.319 It blows me away. 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:34.980 That this is. 00:17:35.179 --> 00:17:36.940 A completely opposite response to Jonah. 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:36.980 Jonah. 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.600 If you didn't know the story. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.640 At the beginning. 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.400 And I told you. 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.019 We have. 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.259 A prophet of God. 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.960 And we have an evil city. 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.140 Now who's going to listen. 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.299 To God first. 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.799 You probably would say. 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.220 Oh well. 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:49.080 The prophet of God. 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.460 Now I guess technically. 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.600 He responded first. 00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.820 But the first time. 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.799 God spoke to Jonah. 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.059 Jonah turned. 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.000 And ran the other way. 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.019 But. 00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:58.960 When God spoke through Jonah. 00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.600 To Nineveh. 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.980 They didn't turn. 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.039 And run the other way. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.160 They turned. 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.160 A full 180. 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.279 And repented. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.920 And it was. 00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.259 Yeah. 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:08.300 It's just cool to see. 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.680 How it was. 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.040 It's an opposite response. 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.980 To what Jonah did the first time. 00:18:12.540 --> 00:18:12.940 And. 00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:13.779 It's not really. 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.960 What we would expect. 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.060 From such an evil city. 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.820 I want you to think. 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.640 Of the worst person. 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.180 That you know. 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.900 Maybe it's somebody. 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.120 Who was a bully in school. 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.519 Maybe they. 00:18:25.040 --> 00:18:26.440 Have vandalized property. 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.680 Or they've. 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.640 Abused others. 00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:28.980 Or. 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:30.140 Whatever it is. 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.640 That makes them. 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.720 The worst person you know. 00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:33.680 Now imagine. 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.279 That person. 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:35.940 Walks in these doors today. 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.340 And they hear a message. 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.500 On repentance. 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.560 And on the gospel. 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.100 And in response. 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.720 They decide. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.279 To repent of their sins. 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.700 Change their lifestyle. 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:47.360 And start walking with God. 00:18:48.340 --> 00:18:49.180 When I mentioned. 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.259 To think of the worst person you know. 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.880 Is that what you thought right away? 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:53.940 Did you think. 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.140 Oh. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.360 They'll walk into these doors. 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.779 And repent. 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.660 Or did you have them written off? 00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:59.360 Do you think of that person. 00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.700 And say. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:18:59.860 Oh. 00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.700 They're too far gone. 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.799 They've done too much evil. 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.420 God wouldn't save them. 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.340 They're. 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.340 They're too far gone. 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.779 And that's. 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.180 That's what we see with Jonah. 00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.560 Towards Nineveh. 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.700 Jonah thought that Nineveh. 00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.560 Was too far gone. 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.200 They wouldn't be able to repent. 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.340 He's like. 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.840 I'm not wasting my time. 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.820 If I go to Nineveh. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.320 It's this scary city. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.519 They'll probably just kill me. 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.440 For going in here. 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.580 And sharing this message. 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.860 But Nineveh. 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.580 They respond in a way. 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.519 That we wouldn't expect. 00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:27.140 And. 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:27.860 For me. 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.939 Mentioning the worst person. 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.279 You know. 00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:31.240 You probably wouldn't expect them. 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.059 To come into here. 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:32.919 And repent. 00:19:33.219 --> 00:19:33.719 Just like. 00:19:33.979 --> 00:19:34.979 Jonah didn't expect that. 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.479 From Nineveh. 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.719 But it shows us. 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.159 That God. 00:19:38.719 --> 00:19:39.439 Is not eager. 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.179 To destroy. 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.219 His people. 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.959 He could have easily said. 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.159 Sorry Nineveh. 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.719 You've done too much evil. 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.659 And I'm going to wipe you out. 00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.919 Or he could have looked at Jonah. 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.639 And said. 00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:51.259 Sorry Jonah. 00:19:51.659 --> 00:19:52.199 You ran. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.959 And I'm just going to let you. 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.440 Sink here. 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.779 In this. 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.700 Ocean blue. 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.480 But he doesn't do that. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.680 He's not eager to destroy. 00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.759 Rather. 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.480 He's eager to see repentance. 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.220 From his people. 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.380 And that's. 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.559 Why he gives Jonah. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.319 That second chance. 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.759 And that's why he uses Jonah. 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:08.140 To speak to Nineveh. 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.539 Now. 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.600 You might be wondering. 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:13.120 So why would Nineveh. 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.840 Receive mercy? 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.900 It's one thing. 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.559 If it was like. 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:15.880 Some. 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.039 Some good city. 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.360 That. 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.480 They followed God. 00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:18.759 But. 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.620 They just. 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.860 They struggled along the way. 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.660 And God gave them another chance. 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.480 But like Nineveh. 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.840 They were. 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.319 Evil. 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.279 They attacked Israel. 00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.240 Which was God's people. 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.640 Like. 00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.840 Nineveh was not great. 00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:30.220 So why would Nineveh. 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.900 Receive mercy? 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.440 And maybe today. 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.900 To put it. 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.600 In terms you might understand better. 00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.120 Is like. 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.100 For example. 00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.200 Let's think of Las Vegas. 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.620 Like it's nicknamed. 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.259 Sin City. 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.539 So like. 00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.640 Would you expect. 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.539 God. 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.440 To show mercy. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.340 To a place like Las Vegas. 00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.940 Or are they too far gone? 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.779 Then we see. 00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.840 Verse 10. 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.640 When God saw what they did. 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.600 How they turned. 00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:56.020 From their evil way. 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.000 God relented. 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.860 Of the disaster. 00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.759 He had said he would do to them. 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.020 And he did not do it. 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.640 Now this. 00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.960 Is my favorite verse. 00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.820 Out of the 10. 00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:05.720 Because. 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.920 First we see Jonah. 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.160 Saying. 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.700 Yes. 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.200 To God. 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:11.140 After it took a second try. 00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.299 So Jonah. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.059 Obeyed God. 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.500 Cool. 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.960 Then Nineveh repented. 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.680 Cool. 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.980 Both those things are cool. 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.220 But that could have been. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.880 All for nothing. 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.059 If God said. 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.080 Too late. 00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:22.100 I'm destroying Nineveh. 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.180 But rather. 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.279 Because of these actions. 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.580 Because of Jonah's obedience. 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.340 Even though it took a second time. 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.160 And because Nineveh repented. 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.860 God chooses. 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.100 To relent. 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.860 Of the disaster. 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:34.240 That he had said he would do to them. 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.800 And I feel like this just shows. 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.940 God's power so much. 00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:39.980 And his mercy here. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.180 And. 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.080 We shouldn't necessarily be surprised. 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.300 That. 00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.980 He would show wrath. 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.980 Rather what. 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:48.180 What should surprise us. 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.860 Is his mercy. 00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.340 Like Nineveh. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.560 They deserve to receive God's wrath. 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.400 Jonah. 00:21:53.540 --> 00:21:54.460 He ran from God. 00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:56.259 He would deserve his wrath too. 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.259 We today. 00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.039 As sinners. 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.799 Would deserve God's wrath. 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.779 But what should surprise us. 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.579 Is the way that God shows mercy. 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.420 And. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.420 Not surprise us. 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.720 In something that we wouldn't expect. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.379 From his character. 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.079 But rather. 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.480 We shouldn't overlook. 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.279 This mercy. 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.359 It should be something. 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.619 That we should be thankful for. 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.460 And. 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.579 Not. 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.619 Not take it lightly. 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.640 When we read this. 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.259 We should be like. 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.579 Wow. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.619 That's amazing that God would do that. 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.500 Like Nineveh. 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.379 They didn't deserve mercy. 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.259 For how evil they were. 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.960 But yet. 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.980 God gave them mercy. 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.620 And that's the same for us today. 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.160 We should not overlook this. 00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:32.019 This mercy that is shown. 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.100 But we should. 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.640 Be thankful for this mercy. 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.440 That God shows. 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.420 And. 00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:40.259 I just want to leave this message. 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.920 With you guys. 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:43.200 That God wants our heart posture. 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.860 Set on him. 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.140 Now. 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.460 The reason I say that. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.299 Is we see Jonah. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.600 In the beginning. 00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:50.299 His heart posture. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.500 Was not set on God. 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.259 He got this message. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.319 And. 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.400 His first response. 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.740 Wasn't. 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.319 Okay God. 00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.059 I'll listen to you. 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.000 His response was. 00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.420 No. 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.400 I'm going the other way. 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.799 And then. 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.799 We see Nineveh. 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.920 They were evil. 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.819 Their heart posture. 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.779 Is not set on him. 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.440 But we see Jonah. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.079 When he sets his heart posture. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.599 On God. 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.119 When he decides. 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.019 To obey. 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.339 And go to Nineveh. 00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:14.319 God is able to work through him. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.799 And share this message. 00:23:16.739 --> 00:23:17.000 And. 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.859 Jonah didn't have to do anything outrageous. 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.819 He just had to have his heart posture. 00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.519 Set on God. 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.419 And obey. 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.139 What God wanted him to do. 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.659 And God was able to work through him. 00:23:26.219 --> 00:23:27.459 And that's the same with Nineveh. 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.959 When they repented. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.719 And set their heart posture. 00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.500 Towards God. 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:33.239 God was able to relent. 00:23:33.239 --> 00:23:33.979 Of the disaster. 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:35.299 That he had said he would do to them. 00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.959 So we see here. 00:23:37.219 --> 00:23:38.259 That the heart posture. 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.019 Shifting. 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.879 Is what shifts the story here. 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.220 On us today too. 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.259 Our heart posture. 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.759 Might be on different things. 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.619 But. 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.700 God isn't asking us. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.660 To do something outrageous. 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.700 He's just asking us. 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.519 To shift our heart posture on him. 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.920 And make him our focus. 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.099 And he'll work through us. 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.579 We see. 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.519 From Jonah. 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.539 In Jonah chapter one. 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.519 He has a heart posture. 00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.240 That is not set on God. 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.099 But in Jonah chapter three. 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.240 We see that it is. 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.920 Is set on God. 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.759 Now I want you to think. 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.000 Do you have. 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.240 A Jonah one heart. 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.619 Or a Jonah three heart. 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.259 Is your response. 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.559 To run from God. 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.559 And what he calls you to do. 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.059 Or is your response. 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.319 To obey. 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.599 What God has called you to do. 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.839 God's not necessarily. 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.480 Asking us to do anything outrageous. 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.240 Maybe in human terms. 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.799 It sounds uncomfortable. 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.160 What he might ask us to do. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.859 But we see here that. 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.519 Even a scary city. 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.220 Like Nineveh. 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.700 Jonah is able to enter it. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.240 And God uses Jonah. 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.960 So are our hearts. 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.480 Like Jonah. 00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.440 In chapter one. 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.139 Where we hear God calling us. 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.639 And we're scared. 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.639 And we run from him. 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.180 Or do we have our hearts set. 00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.220 On God. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.879 The way that Jonah is. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.660 In chapter three. 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.379 And then. 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.079 The last thing we can take from here. 00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:00.259 Is the repentance of Nineveh. 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:03.660 And there's kind of three different truths. 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.720 We can take about repentance. 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.000 So firstly. 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.339 We see that. 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.660 They repent very quickly. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.140 They don't say. 00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.960 We believe God. 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.759 Cool. 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:14.059 Maybe in the future. 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.720 We'll do something. 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.519 Or. 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.640 We'll. 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.579 Make it look like. 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.660 We repent on the outside. 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.900 But on the inside. 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.339 Not really care. 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.279 But rather. 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.599 They. 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.519 They instantly. 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.940 They say. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.259 Believe. 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.460 We believe God. 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.579 And then they go. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.059 And they. 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.100 Sit in ashes. 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.640 And wear sackcloth. 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.620 Like to me. 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.220 That doesn't. 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.420 That doesn't show. 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.360 Like. 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.700 Oh yeah. 00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.120 We'll. 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.279 We'll repent later. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.519 But it shows that right then. 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.880 They're like. 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.819 We need to do this. 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.420 Because we don't have much time. 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.880 Otherwise God will destroy us. 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.860 And we see that they repent. 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.019 With emotion. 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.660 It's not just that they repent. 00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.779 Outwardly. 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.980 But inwardly. 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.819 Do as they wish. 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.079 We see that. 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.279 They truly. 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.240 Repent. 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.200 With the. 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.900 Fasting. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.440 And the sackcloth. 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.680 And the ashes. 00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.279 It just. 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.220 It shows. 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:01.059 More than just an outward repentance. 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.140 But an inward repentance. 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.200 And then lastly. 00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.579 What we can see with repentance. 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.740 Is. 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.860 Nineveh. 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.480 They repent. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.960 And later down the road. 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.079 Nineveh. 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.900 Again. 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.700 They're not so great. 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.920 So. 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.720 We might say. 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.259 Oh well. 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.059 This repentance. 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.220 Wasn't true. 00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.259 But. 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.660 Rather. 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.779 What we need to see from this. 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.519 Is that repentance. 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.600 Isn't a one time thing. 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.680 We need to live a life of repentance. 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.819 Because. 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.819 Nineveh. 00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.480 They repented. 00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:28.559 And then they went back to their evil ways. 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.659 And we today. 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.480 We can repent. 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.059 Of our sins. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.139 And our actions. 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:35.319 And continue to drift away. 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.799 But this should be a call. 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.379 To not just repent once. 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:40.259 But to live a life of repentance. 00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.099 So. 00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.839 We can see Nineveh. 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.599 And take some truths about them. 00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.480 But. 00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.259 In the end. 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.919 We shouldn't just repent once. 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.699 Like Nineveh. 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:51.559 We should be living a life of repentance. 00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.619 Lastly. 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.279 I'm going to. 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:58.119 Take a look at the New Testament here. 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.480 We're going to go to. 00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.439 Romans 2. 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.279 1 to 4. 00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:02.500 Where it says. 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.819 Therefore. 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.899 You have no excuse. 00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.359 Oh man. 00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.779 Every one of you. 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.539 Who judges. 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.000 For in passing judgment. 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.980 On another. 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.180 You condemn yourself. 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.319 Because you. 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.860 The judge. 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.420 Practice. 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.960 The very same things. 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.500 We know that the judgment. 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.319 Of God. 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.539 Rightly falls on those. 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.799 Who practice such things. 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.140 Do you suppose. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.900 Oh man. 00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.279 You who judge those. 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.400 Who practice such things. 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.019 And yet do them yourselves. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.360 That you will escape. 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.380 The judgment of God. 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.980 Or do you presume. 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.200 That the riches. 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.120 Of his kindness. 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.259 And forbearance. 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.059 And patience. 00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:37.200 Not knowing that God's kindness. 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.559 Is meant to lead you. 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.119 To repentance. 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.059 So we see here. 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.700 Judgment. 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.240 Maybe you look at Jonah. 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.539 And judge him. 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.799 And say. 00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.220 Why would. 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.579 Why would Jonah run from God? 00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.480 Why would he do that? 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:50.179 Why wouldn't he just listen to God. 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.919 The first time. 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.859 Now we wouldn't have the whole story. 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.460 Of the fish. 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.679 He could have just listened. 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.299 The first time. 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.259 Or maybe. 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.039 You're judging Nineveh. 00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:59.119 From the eyes of Jonah. 00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.819 Saying. 00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:01.059 Why would they receive mercy? 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.440 That doesn't make sense. 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.659 But we're. 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.940 We're not supposed to. 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.419 Judge in that way. 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.099 Rather. 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.179 Rather. 00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.259 We should see. 00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:10.000 What Jonah did. 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.579 And take that as a lesson. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.039 Or see what Nineveh did. 00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.419 And take that as a lesson. 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.079 And lastly. 00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.659 Looking at. 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.839 Matthew 12. 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.119 40 to 41. 00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:21.059 For just as Jonah. 00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.099 Was three days. 00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.799 And three nights. 00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.399 In the belly. 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.379 Of the great fish. 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.159 So will the son of man. 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.919 Be three days. 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.619 And three nights. 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.679 In the heart. 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.480 Of the earth. 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.039 The men of Nineveh. 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.819 Will rise up. 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.619 In the judgment. 00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.839 With this generation. 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.079 And condemn it. 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.399 For they repented. 00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.740 At the preaching of Jonah. 00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.759 And behold. 00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:40.000 Something greater. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.819 Than Jonah. 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.519 Is here. 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.539 So we see a gospel connection here. 00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.679 We see Jonah. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.299 And then we see. 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.139 Jesus. 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.220 Jonah. 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.759 He almost died. 00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:52.579 But then he was able. 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:54.819 To give God's message to Nineveh. 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.419 But then we see Jesus. 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.939 He truly did die. 00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.359 So that he can. 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.480 Fulfill. 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.880 What we see. 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.000 In the Old Testament. 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.640 And it just shows us that. 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:07.059 That Jesus is the greater Jonah here. 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.700 And. 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.920 We see that. 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.940 Three days. 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.539 And three nights. 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.720 In the belly of the great fish. 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.380 Was Jonah. 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.980 But the son of man. 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.019 Will spend three days. 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.640 And three nights. 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.099 In the heart of the earth. 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.440 And this here. 00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:20.819 It just. 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.860 It really ties it all together. 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.599 Because we see. 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.980 God's mercy in Jonah. 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.160 And we see repentance. 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.400 Repentance. 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.420 But. 00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.279 In the end. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.519 What we should see. 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.000 Is that. 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.240 Jesus is the true answer here. 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:35.259 Jesus is the greater Jonah. 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.080 Let's pray. 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.180 Lord. 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.040 I thank you for. 00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:43.920 The words that you've given to us. 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.120 And. 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.300 Just the truths that we've been able to. 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.500 See from this passage. 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.259 And I pray that we would. 00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.920 Desire to. 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.480 Live a life of repentance. 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.580 And just be thankful daily. 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.220 For the mercy that you show to us. 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.180 And I thank you for. 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.299 Just the way that you show us. 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.559 That you are the greater Jonah. 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.720 And that. 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.299 We can rely on you. 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.140 In our lives. 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.440 And yeah. 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.160 I pray that we would. 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.559 Just take these truths with us. 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.299 This week. 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.240 And. 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.559 That we would not just. 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.539 Hear them. 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.440 And say we believe you. 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.940 And go about our days. 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.039 But that we would. 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.799 Believe you. 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.059 And that we would fully repent. 00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.600 Of what we need to repent of. 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:22.299 I pray these things in your name. 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:22.960 Amen. 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.059 Amen.