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 All right, well, it's been a fun series in Jonah, and really it's been more than fun.

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 I have thoroughly enjoyed diving into this book like never before.

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 I used to work in children's ministry when I was younger and, you know, taught Jonah

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 and the whale and that Bible story several times, but never preached on it as a sermon

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 series in adult church until now.

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 So I've really enjoyed diving into the scriptures and seeing what God has given us through the

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 story of Jonah.

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 So by way of recap, if you haven't been here for all of those Sundays, just to give you

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 a little recap.

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 In Jonah chapter one, we talked about the runaway prophets and we said, why do we run?

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 Sometimes we run like Jonah did, and it's usually because our lack of faith in God, just like

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 Jonah had.

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 Then why does God pursue us?

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 Why doesn't he just let us run?

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 But he pursues us to draw him back to himself out of his great unfailing love for us.

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 And then our takeaway was God's plan always wins.

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 Man, Jonah had other plans, but God's plan won the day.

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 And so we are grateful for that.

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 And we're grateful that even when our plans try to supersede what God has done or wants

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 us to do, his plans somehow always still win.

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 So we're grateful for that.

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 Then in week two, we talked about two lies and a truth.

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 And we all played a little game of two truths and a lie.

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 But in Jonah chapter two, this prayer from the belly of the whale or great fish to God

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 by Jonah, we see these two big lies and a truth.

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 We see that Jonah blamed God for what had happened to him.

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 And he never ultimately repented.

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 He cried out to God for deliverance.

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 But he never ultimately took ownership of what he had done, the consequences of his actions.

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 And he never repented to God.

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 And our takeaway from that week was that self-deception keeps us from real change.

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 Self-deception keeps us from real change.

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 And we see that play out through Jonah chapter three and chapter four.

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 So two weeks ago, we covered Jonah three.

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 And we learned that God is in the saving business.

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 If you didn't know it, it's clear in Jonah chapter three, when Jonah went to the great

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 city of Nineveh, perhaps the most evil city on the earth in that day, at least blatantly

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 publicly evil, disregarding of any of God's commands.

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 And God, through this begrudging message from his still unrepentant prophet, God saved this

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 entire city.

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 What an incredible testimony to what God can do.

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 And our takeaway from that day two weeks ago was nothing is too hard for God.

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 Nothing is too hard for God.

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 You might have a situation in your life that seems too hard for anyone, God included, but

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 you can be encouraged by the fact that nothing is too hard for God.

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 Now today, we're going to talk about angry Christians.

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 Angry Christians.

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 Anybody angry this morning?

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 Nobody's raising their hand.

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 Angry Christians.

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 Y'all, this is going to be fun.

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 All right.

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 Jonah chapter four.

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 This is one of the most colorful stories in the Bible.

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 This fitting conclusion to the tale of Jonah.

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 Now, before we get into it, I'd like to talk about Mondays for a minute.

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 Monday's coming tomorrow.

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 Anybody look forward to Mondays?

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 You just can't wait for Monday to get here.

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 Those of you raising your hands are lying through your teeth.

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 I'm kidding with you.

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 Anybody ever heard somebody's got a case of the Mondays?

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 I think that's been in a couple movies or shows out there.

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 You've got that annoying coworker when you go into the office on Monday morning and they're

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 just all too excited and energized and you're just like, I'm not ready for you this morning.

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 Well, somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

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 Yeah, it's me.

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 All right.

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 Monday letdown is real.

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 Right.

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 Anybody ever heard the phrase?

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 I'm living for the weekend, working for the weekend.

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 Everybody loves the weekend.

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 They love when Friday gets here because Saturday is right around the corner.

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 You got your weekend.

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 Some people, a lot of people are off on Saturdays and Sundays.

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 So you've got this to look forward to.

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 But you know the dreaded Monday is coming.

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 Well, that's the vibe I get from reading Jonah chapter four.

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 Now, before we get into that part of it, I want to go back to the end of Jonah three

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 and realize the last verse of Jonah three shows us that God converted this whole city.

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 They chose to put their faith in this God of the Jewish people, repent of their sins against

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 him.

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 They were all living in fear of the judgment of God, his prophet, just as God knew what

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 happened.

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 If Jonah had just listened from the beginning, we could have avoided all this mess.

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 But just as God knew what happened, they just needed somebody to go and preach this message

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 to Nineveh because they were ready to turn.

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 Had all these events happening and disasters happening, a big famine.

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 There was a big eclipse that was happening.

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 He had orchestrated all these things to prepare the hearts of these people.

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 And he just needed his man, his prophet to show up and preach his message.

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 And they were ready to turn.

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 So they did.

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 They turned.

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 I dare say that Jonah had never had such a sweeping, successful result to his preaching

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 ever before.

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 Right?

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 He was a prophet of God.

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 But I dare say this was his greatest church meeting ever.

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 He'd never converted a whole city before.

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 So you would think that on the heels of going through what he went through, leading up to

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 that, and then showing up and seeing God use and bless his preaching as he did, you would

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 think that Jonah would be on a high.

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 You'd think he'd be on the mountaintop.

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 You'd think he would be racing back to King Jeroboam to say, hey, by the way, the Assyrians

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 aren't going to be a threat anymore to us because they all converted to Jehovah God.

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 They all now have faith in our God.

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 Don't worry.

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 We're okay now.

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 You would think that he would at least feel some responsibility to get back to his own

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 people and report what God had done.

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 But he doesn't do that, does he?

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 The Monday letdown is real.

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 I can tell you as a pastor, I think we have another pastor in the room.

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 I think you would agree that sometimes, even as a pastor, after a great day on Sunday when

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 God blessed, God moved, we see people baptized.

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 Sometimes we see decisions being made at the end of the service.

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 Sometimes we see visible fruit of God moving in a church and changing lives.

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 Sometimes, even after a day like that, Monday can make you want to quit.

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 Throw it in and say, you know what?

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 I can't face another week of this.

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 The Monday letdown is real.

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 And Jonah had a case of the Mondays in a big way.

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 So what happens?

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 Let's look at Jonah chapter one.

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 Would you turn in your Bibles with me to Jonah chapter one?

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 Did I say chapter one?

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 What chapter did I mean?

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 Making sure y'all were with me, all right?

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 I'd love to say that was an accident, but I think I just misspoke.

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 Jonah chapter four.

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 If you're able to physically, would you mind join us in standing and let's read this short

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 chapter together.

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 Jonah chapter four and verse one.

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 I'm reading out of the New Living Translation.

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 You got to kind of read the last verse of chapter three before you get into chapter four

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 and verse one.

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 When God saw what they had done, speaking of the Ninevites and how they had put a stop

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 to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.

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 This change of plans, chapter four, verse one, greatly upset Jonah and he became very angry.

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 So he complained to the Lord about it.

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 Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, Lord?

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 That is why I ran away to Tarshish.

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 I knew that you're a merciful and compassionate God, slow to angry and filled with unfailing love.

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 Something to get mad at God about, right?

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 God, you're amazing and I'm so mad about it.

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 You are eager to turn back from destroying people.

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 Just kill me now, Lord.

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 And y'all, we're going to see this again in just a minute.

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 But do you realize how messed up Jonah was in his head?

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 You go back to his prayer to God in Jonah 2 and he, I'm sorry, his crying out to the men

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 on the boat in Jonah 1, actually.

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 You go back to that when he says, I've run away from God.

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 And instead of just falling to his knees in repentance and crying out for God in godly sorrow,

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 instead of just repenting for what he had done, he asked the guys to assist him in committing suicide.

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 He says, throw me over the boat into the water.

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 He knew, according to this verse here in chapter four, he knew that God would forgive.

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 He knew that God was merciful and compassionate to those who had turned away from him.

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 But instead of using that with his own heart of repentance, he refused to repent and said, forget this.

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 I'm just going to end my life.

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 Guys, throw me in the water.

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 Jonah has these suicidal tendencies that are coming from this deep place in his heart, in his mind, that is not okay.

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 And we see this pop up a couple of times here in chapter four.

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 So he said, you're eager to turn back from destroying people.

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 And in verse three, just kill me now, Lord.

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 I'd rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.

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 It was all about him.

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 Verse four, the Lord replied, Jonah, you're crazy.

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 What's wrong with you?

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 That's what I would have said.

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 Instead, God says, is it right for you to be angry about this?

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 Don't worry, we're going to come back to that.

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 Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city.

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 And the Lord God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there.

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 And soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah's head, shading him from the sun.

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 This eased his discomfort.

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 And Jonah was very grateful for the plant.

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 But God also arranged for a worm.

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 The next morning at dawn, the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.

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 And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah.

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 The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die.

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 Death is certainly better than living like this.

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 Once again, Jonah turning immediately to the extreme of death.

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 Then God said to Jonah, is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?

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 Yes, Jonah retorted, even angry enough to die.

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 Then the Lord said, you feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there.

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 It came quickly and died quickly.

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 But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals.

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 Shouldn't I feel sorry for such a great city?

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 And this is how the story ends.

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 It's crazy, right?

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 It's not exactly a Disney movie where everything is okay at the end.

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 Where it all gets resolved and everybody lives happily ever after.

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 He ends right here.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God, I ask that you would speak to us from your word today.

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 That you would teach us something from this life and conclusion of this story about Jonah.

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 Your prophet.

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 About our anger.

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 Your heart of compassion.

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 And how we can conquer by your power, your might, the sin within our own hearts and become more like you.

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 In Jesus name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Thank you for standing so long.

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 Monday letdown.

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 Monday letdown.

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 Man, this was a case of it.

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 If we had ever seen a case of a letdown, it's what happened here with Jonah.

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 He begrudgingly went and preached his message.

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 This entire city converted.

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 And then as soon as it happened, Jonah was upset.

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 Jonah was in deep despair, discouragement.

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 He was at the end of his rope.

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 I can't believe that my preaching worked.

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 And God is going to actually save this wicked people.

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 You have to understand.

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 The Israelites and the Assyrians were enemies.

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 They had committed unspeakable atrocities against the people of Israel.

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 There was a lot of understandable hatred of these people on Israel's part.

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 And I believe that's why God chose this people to redeem so he could communicate then that he is able to save to the uttermost the extreme far reaches of sin anyone who will turn to him in faith.

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 I believe this was a picture of when God would open up his salvation to you and me, to all the Gentiles who would turn to him.

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 And the age of the church in which we live now, in which we have this command given to us in Matthew 28 and Mark 16 and all throughout the Gospels, we have received this command to carry the gospel out to the nations.

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 We get to see a little glimpse of that here in the book of Jonah.

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 So, do God's changes upset you?

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 Let's go back and look at verse 1.

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 This change of plans greatly upset Jonah.

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 So let's stop there for a second.

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 When God changes plans, does it throw us off?

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 Oftentimes it does, doesn't it?

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 Sometimes we have a plan.

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 We have a vision in our mind of how this is going to go.

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 And then when God throws us a curveball, which is not a curveball for him, he knew it all.

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 He knows the before, the during, and the after.

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 But when God throws us a curveball, all of a sudden we get all bent out of shape, don't we?

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 Well, God, you didn't prepare me for that.

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 God, I didn't know that was coming.

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 And his whole point is to teach us to rely on him.

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 To trust in him.

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 To let him direct our steps.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 Don't lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways, acknowledge God.

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 And he will what?

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 Direct your path.

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 Direct your steps.

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 God will order your steps if you walk closely with him and lean on his wisdom, not your own understanding.

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 Then God's changes won't seem like big changes.

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 Then all of a sudden it's, okay, God, what are we going to do today?

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 I'm going to go to work, but what if you have my car breakdown on the way there?

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 I'm ready for whatever you bring me today.

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 What if somebody gets mad at me?

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 What if they fire me?

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 What if all of a sudden I have a car wreck and I'm in the hospital?

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 What if a curveball comes out of nowhere?

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 And that's where we landed last week.

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 We talked about how God can do anything.

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 Nothing is too hard for God.

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 Do you understand that anything that comes your way, whatever seeming curveball, whatever change of plans comes your way, that is not too hard for God.

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 It was all part of his master plan to bring good to you, Romans 8, 28, and bring glory to himself.

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 That's why the entire Bible was written.

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 That's why God deals with us.

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 Because we are his creation.

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 And he wants to use us to show his glory.

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 So do God's changes upset us?

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 Or do we by faith say, God, I didn't plan for this.

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 I don't understand this.

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 I can't wrap my head around this.

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 Jonah's thinking these people are too far gone.

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 They're too wicked.

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 They don't deserve repentance.

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 They don't deserve forgiveness.

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 They don't deserve God's blessings.

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 But he didn't understand that he could have looked in a mirror and said the same thing.

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 Sometimes God might be teaching us a valuable lesson when he throws us what seems like a sudden change.

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 So this change of plans greatly upset Jonah.

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 And what was his response?

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 He became very angry.

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 Look back in Jonah chapter 2 and verse 9 real quick.

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 Just turn a couple pages over if you've got it.

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 Jonah chapter 2 and verse 9.

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 I will offer sacrifices to you.

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 With songs of praise I will fulfill all my vows.

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 My salvation comes from the Lord alone.

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 What an attitude.

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 What a wonderful thing to say about God.

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 But now look at chapter 4 and verse 2.

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 Salvation comes from the Lord alone.

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 I will praise God for this wonderful truth about him that God saves.

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 And then in Jonah chapter 4 and verse 2.

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 What does he say?

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 He complained to the Lord about it.

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 Didn't I say you would do this?

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 You're a merciful and compassionate God.

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 You're slow to angry.

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 Filled with unfailing love.

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 You're eager to turn back from destroying people.

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 He was celebrating the fact that God saves back in Jonah chapter 2.

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 When he was begging God to save him.

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 But when God chose to save this huge city.

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 According to his miraculous power.

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 Jonah couldn't handle it.

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 He said no God.

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 That's too far.

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 I want you to save me.

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 But not them.

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 Y'all are we ever in that boat?

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 So to speak.

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 In that boat.

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 Do we ever.

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 Sorry little dad joke there.

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 Do we ever find ourselves in Jonah's shoes.

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 Of wanting God to work on our behalf.

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 But not somebody else's.

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 Wanting God to bring people into our church.

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 To experience the love of God.

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 The compassion.

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 The community with the believers.

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 The teaching of the word of God.

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 The corporate worship of God together.

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 How we sharpen each other.

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 Iron sharpens iron.

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 We want people in our body of believers.

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 But not those people.

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 Right?

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 Not those people.

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 I've had conflict with them.

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 Those people are a mess.

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 I want them to go to the Methodist church.

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 Just bless Aaron.

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 And all those folks over there.

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 No man.

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 We don't want to think about that.

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 Well it's not that I want them to go to hell.

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 I just think.

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 They.

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 No.

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 No.

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 We don't want them around here.

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 What if God wants to do something.

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 And exercise complete transformation.

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 And life change.

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 In somebody else.

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 You know what's interesting?

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 Those people.

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 In that city.

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 And those sailors.

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 In that boat.

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 When Jonah tried to run away from God.

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 All.

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 Those.

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 Both those people groups.

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 Had a better.

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 Response.

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 To God.

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 Than Jonah ever did.

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 Jonah knew the most about God.

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 He was a prophet of God.

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 He had worked on God's behalf.

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 He was a professional.

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 God worker.

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 But he had.

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 So much more of a man centered.

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 Self centered response to God.

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 Than these.

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 What he would call heathen.

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 And truly were heathen.

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 Ever did.

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 Let that not be said of our church.

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 Let it not be said.

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 That as people.

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 That as people.

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 Start to.

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 Get drawn by the scripture.

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 Get drawn by the.

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 Hearing of the gospel.

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 Get drawn by the Holy Spirit of God.

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 And God takes them.

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 From zero to hero.

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 So to speak.

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 God takes them.

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 From nothing.

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 Living in sin.

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 Lost.

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 So obviously.

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 Openly.

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 Without God.

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 And then God.

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 Does a work.

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 Of saving.

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 Transformation.

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 In their life.

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 And then we see them come.

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 And get saved.

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 And get baptized.

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 And give their lives to God.

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 And start serving.

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 And start.

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 Letting the Holy Spirit of God.

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 Work through them.

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 To touch others.

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 I'm afraid.

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 That some of us.

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 Long time Christians.

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 Long time church people.

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 Get left behind.

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 Because we've lost.

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 That initial.

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 Love.

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 We've lost.

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 That initial.

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 Zeal.

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 We've lost.

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 That initial.

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 Excitement.

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 We've lost.

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 That appreciation.

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 We've lost.

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 That gratitude.

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 Somewhere along the way.

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 Life got in the way.

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 And it became more about us.

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 Than even.

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 About God.

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 And certainly.

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 About others.

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 So.

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 We see this.

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 Drastic.

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 Attitude difference.

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 In Jonah 2.

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 And in Jonah 4.

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 When it came to him.

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 God save me.

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 When it came to them.

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 No God.

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 Don't save them.

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 So.

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 Verse 3.

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 Jonah.

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 Was a classic.

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 Narcissist.

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 Jonah was a classic.

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 Narcissist.

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 Back in Jonah chapter 1.

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 And verse 12.

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 We see it here too.

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 We talked about it.

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 Just a moment ago.

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 He said.

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 Throw me into the sea.

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 It will become calm again.

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 I know that this terrible storm.

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 Is all my fault.

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 Yeah.

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 He was right.

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 The storm was his fault.

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 But the answer.

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 Was not ending his life.

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 The answer was.

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 Calling out to God.

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 For repentance.

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 Calling out to God.

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 And say.

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 God.

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 This was on me.

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 I will now.

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 Obey you.

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 I will now.

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 You got my attention.

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 I will do.

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 What you told me to do.

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 But instead.

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 He was looping.

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 Other people.

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 Those sailors in the boat.

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 Into his own sin.

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 And saying.

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 Now I want you guys.

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 To be guilty.

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 Of throwing me.

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 Into the water.

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 It was all about him.

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 And then you see it.

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 Back in Jonah 4.

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 Look back in Jonah 4.

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 And verse 3.

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 Just kill me now Lord.

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 I'd rather be dead than alive.

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 If I predict.

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 If what I predicted.

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 Will not happen.

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 It was all about.

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 Jonah's reputation.

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 All about Jonah's desired outcome.

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 He just couldn't handle it.

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 Because he.

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 Wasn't happy.

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 With what God.

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 Decided to do.

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 It was all about him.

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 He was a classic.

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 Narcissist.

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 So.

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 Jonah 4.

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 And verse 4.

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 Here's the question.

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 That is kind of the theme.

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 Of today.

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 All right.

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 Is it right.

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 To be angry.

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 About this.

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 So Jonah cries out to God.

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 God.

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 I hate what you're doing here.

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 This is the wrong move.

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 And God.

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 Instead of coming back.

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 And explaining.

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 All of his reasons.

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 Which were right.

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 Which were righteous.

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 Which were just.

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 And it didn't really matter.

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 What Jonah thought.

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 God is in charge.

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 This is his world.

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 He can do whatever he wants.

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 But instead of flexing.

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 On Jonah.

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 Which God could have done.

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 Right there in that moment.

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 He comes back.

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 And just asks a question.

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 Jonah.

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 Is it right.

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 For you to be angry about this?

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 A convicting question.

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 Which should have pierced.

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 Jonah to the heart.

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 Is it right.

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 For you.

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 To be angry about this?

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 Y'all.

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 I think that's a question.

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 We can ask ourselves.

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 Probably 90% of the time.

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 When we find ourselves angry.

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 Is it right.

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 For us to be angry.

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 About this?

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 Usually.

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 The vast majority of the time.

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 The answer is going to be no.

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 It isn't.

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 It isn't right.

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 For us to be angry.

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 About this.

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 Charles Spurgeon.

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 Perhaps the most famous.

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 And.

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 Well loved.

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 And read.

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 And quoted.

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 Pastor.

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 That we've got.

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 In church history.

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 Perhaps.

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 Definitely one of.

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 Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle.

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 Metropolitan Tabernacle.

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 Over in London, England.

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 Definitely in the Baptist tradition.

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 He's kind of one of our heroes.

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 And he said.

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 We think that we do well.

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 To be angry.

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 With the rebellious.

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 And so we prove ourselves.

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 To be more like Jonah.

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 Than Jesus.

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 Don't read that with me.

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 One more time.

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 Would you?

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 Let's read it together.

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.039
 Huh?

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.299
 We think.

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.799
 That we do well.

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.100
 To be angry.

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.799
 With the rebellious.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.080
 And so.

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.519
 We prove ourselves.

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.200
 To be more like.

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:35.960
 Jonah.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.299
 Than Jesus.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.899
 Remember back.

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.079
 When we talked about.

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.379
 The sign of Jonah.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.419
 That was back in.

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.240
 I believe.

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:44.279
 The first Sunday.

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.440
 We talked about.

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.399
 The sign of Jonah.

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.519
 Jesus actually.

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.619
 Referenced Jonah.

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.399
 The difference.

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.879
 We believe that Jonah.

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:53.259
 Was a forerunner of Jesus.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.339
 But it was kind of.

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.319
 A contrast.

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.220
 Jesus spent.

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:57.960
 Three days.

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.579
 After his.

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.599
 Crucifixion.

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.460
 In the belly of the earth.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.419
 Jonah spent.

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.099
 Three days.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.139
 In the belly of the whale.

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.139
 We see this.

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.279
 Referenced in Matthew.

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.519
 Jesus himself.

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.000
 References.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.380
 As Jonah.

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.279
 But you see.

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.539
 A stark contrast.

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.799
 There.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.279
 That even though.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.099
 There were similarities.

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.980
 In the story.

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.559
 Jesus was completely.

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.079
 Different.

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.160
 In his responses.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.259
 In his heart.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.400
 In his goals.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.180
 Than Jonah.

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.900
 So we.

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.680
 Our goal.

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.319
 Is more.

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.819
 To be like Jesus.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.619
 Than to do anything.

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.960
 That Jonah did.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.420
 But we understand.

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.619
 That when we show.

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.619
 The kind of anger.

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.539
 That Jonah showed.

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:34.059
 Who was he angry at?

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.240
 Was he angry.

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.339
 At the people of God?

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:37.980
 Was he angry.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.759
 At the lost?

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.959
 He was angry.

00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.899
 At the rebellious.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.359
 Y'all.

00:27:41.439 --> 00:27:42.079
 If we ever.

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.299
 Find ourselves.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.199
 In a place.

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:45.559
 Where we are angry.

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.799
 With lost people.

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.839
 We can be assured.

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.319
 That we are behaving.

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.359
 More like Jonah.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.199
 Than we are.

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.059
 Like Jesus.

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.659
 When was the time.

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.980
 That we see Jesus.

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.079
 Showing.

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.720
 Exhibiting.

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.519
 His anger.

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.759
 In the New Testament.

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:03.159
 Anybody know?

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.360
 What's that?

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.820
 In the temple.

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.300
 Right?

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.779
 When the religious people.

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.920
 Were cheating people.

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.940
 In the temple.

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.660
 When they had turned it.

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.640
 Into this market.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.340
 So to speak.

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.279
 And they were.

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.560
 Selling things.

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.200
 Dishonestly.

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.840
 And charging people.

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.820
 Exorbitant prices.

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.740
 To gain money.

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.340
 For themselves.

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.019
 And go ahead.

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.540
 Get ahead.

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.279
 That's what Jesus.

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.220
 Was angry at.

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:29.279
 It was religious people.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.440
 Capitalizing on.

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:33.039
 Faith in God.

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.660
 To use it.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.420
 For their own.

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.099
 Devices.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.920
 To hurt.

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.460
 And harm.

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.160
 Other people.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.220
 In the name.

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.899
 Of God.

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:44.059
 That's what got him angry.

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.740
 It wasn't.

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.700
 The horrible.

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.700
 Wicked.

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.339
 Pagan.

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.859
 Heathen.

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.359
 Culture.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.920
 Surrounding them.

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:53.339
 What did that do.

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.920
 To Jesus.

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.319
 When he looked.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.099
 At the wickedness.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.599
 Of the world.

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.200
 Around him.

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.160
 Anybody know?

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.640
 What did Jesus.

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:01.019
 What was his response?

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.540
 Gave his life.

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.580
 It was sacrifice.

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:04.880
 Right?

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.860
 If you read.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.779
 Throughout the New Testament.

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.279
 There's a.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.680
 There's a common theme there.

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.720
 His response.

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.460
 Was sorrow.

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.720
 It was compassion.

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.140
 It hurt him.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.279
 The very people.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.140
 That put him on the cross.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.880
 That drove in the spear.

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.240
 That drove in the nails.

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.180
 That drove in the crown of thorns.

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.560
 He loved them.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:27.679
 He never.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.799
 Responded.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.639
 In anger.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.779
 When we respond.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.419
 To the lost world.

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.419
 Around us.

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.200
 In anger.

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.099
 Especially when we do it publicly.

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.720
 We are changing.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.460
 The message.

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.240
 Of Jesus.

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.240
 To those people.

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.940
 And y'all.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.279
 We don't get that many chances.

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.539
 To communicate.

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.720
 Who Jesus is.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.500
 To the lost world.

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.059
 Around us.

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.579
 Let it not be said.

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.339
 Of the church.

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.000
 In Henrietta.

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.480
 Texas.

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:53.140
 That we are.

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.079
 Exhibiting.

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.860
 To the lost world.

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.900
 That we're showing them.

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.539
 That Jesus.

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.940
 Is angry.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.779
 With them.

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.599
 Because he's not.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.019
 Jesus.

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.960
 Loves them.

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.799
 Jesus.

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.819
 Hates the sin.

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.240
 He hates the devil.

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.240
 He hates Lucifer.

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.039
 But when.

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.640
 We get to the point.

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.599
 Of transferring.

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.360
 That hatred.

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.960
 Onto.

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:14.759
 People.

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.420
 That Jesus.

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.740
 Gave his life for.

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.599
 Boy.

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.200
 We're behaving.

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.400
 Like somebody else.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.720
 We're not behaving.

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.299
 Like Jesus.

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.019
 Jesus.

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.259
 Sacrificed it all.

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.380
 Jesus.

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.180
 Gave it all.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.539
 For them.

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.960
 He communicated.

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.759
 His love.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.420
 In.

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:32.420
 The most powerful.

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.779
 Way.

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.600
 He ever could.

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.700
 To those.

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.319
 Wicked.

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.960
 People.

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.559
 Let's personalize that.

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.319
 To.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.059
 Us.

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:40.880
 Wicked.

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.360
 People.

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.759
 He died.

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.500
 For us.

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.700
 Too.

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.039
 And just.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.519
 Because.

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.920
 You.

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.920
 Are not out there.

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.380
 Committing.

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.100
 The same.

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.800
 Sins.

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.800
 That gets you.

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.500
 So angry.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.460
 In others.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.539
 Doesn't mean.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.620
 That your sins.

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.420
 That you've committed.

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.320
 And my sins.

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.080
 That I've committed.

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.500
 Don't condemn us.

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.700
 To the same hell.

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.940
 Didn't also.

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.680
 Put Jesus.

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.660
 On the cross.

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.460
 Ourselves.

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.840
 There is no room.

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.320
 For us.

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.140
 To point the finger.

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.080
 At somebody else.

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:15.539
 That is without Christ.

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.080
 And say.

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.819
 Those people.

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:17.839
 Those people.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.939
 Are too far gone.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.619
 Nothing.

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.699
 Is too hard.

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.179
 For God.

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:23.740
 There was a whole city.

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.899
 Of people.

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.460
 That were too far gone.

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.859
 There's a whole city.

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.859
 Of people.

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.599
 That were committing.

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.159
 Things.

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.199
 That nobody.

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.679
 In the United States.

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.220
 Of America.

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.960
 Is committing.

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.659
 On the same scale.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.519
 You can look at.

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.599
 How lost we are.

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.199
 As a country.

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:41.019
 And we don't come close.

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.139
 To what Nineveh was.

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:44.060
 And God.

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.300
 Saved them all.

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:48.580
 He used his prophet.

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:50.240
 To go and preach.

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.920
 The reality.

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.060
 That their sin.

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.480
 Was destroying them.

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.220
 That their sin.

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:55.700
 Would bring God's destruction.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.340
 Upon them.

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.759
 But he wanted them.

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.300
 To repent.

00:31:58.800 --> 00:32:00.000
 He wanted them to turn.

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:01.220
 And they did.

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.420
 And he saved them.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.820
 Would you be okay.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.240
 If God saved.

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.200
 The politicians.

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.220
 That you can't stand.

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.740
 So much.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.200
 Would you be okay.

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.360
 If God saved.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.100
 The abortion doctors.

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.819
 That are killing babies.

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.360
 Would you be okay.

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.380
 If God saved.

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.900
 The people.

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.920
 That you.

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.920
 Absolutely.

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.600
 Hate.

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.400
 And are so angry at.

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.420
 Because God loves.

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.140
 Those people too.

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.819
 And he wants to save them.

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.640
 And we are supposed to pray.

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.039
 For their salvation.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.420
 We're supposed to pray.

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.620
 For them to turn.

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.799
 And then we are supposed.

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.259
 To conduct ourselves.

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.919
 In a way.

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.000
 That communicates.

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.639
 The gospel.

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.879
 And not anger.

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:49.139
 God will judge.

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.359
 This world.

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.319
 The end.

00:32:52.459 --> 00:32:53.219
 Of this world.

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:53.959
 Will come.

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:55.179
 You can read about it.

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.599
 In Revelation.

00:32:57.219 --> 00:32:58.699
 But during the time.

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.539
 That we have.

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:01.179
 God has us.

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.079
 On this earth.

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:03.479
 To show.

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.579
 That he.

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.779
 Wants to save.

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:08.299
 It's not all about.

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.839
 Destruction.

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.319
 With God.

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.700
 It's about salvation.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.700
 Of those.

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.500
 Who will turn.

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.379
 So.

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.220
 Do God's changes.

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.980
 Upset you.

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.200
 And is it right.

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.480
 To be angry.

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.240
 About what God.

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.359
 Wants to do.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.319
 Now.

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.319
 Let's don't just take.

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.619
 Charles Spurgeon's word for it.

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.759
 Let's look at the scriptures.

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.740
 Ephesians chapter 4.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.779
 We'll be done in just a moment.

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:30.119
 Ephesians chapter 4.

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.000
 In verse 26.

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.140
 Don't sin.

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.380
 By letting anger.

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.359
 Control you.

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.779
 Y'all.

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:36.000
 You want to see people sinning.

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.980
 By letting anger.

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.700
 Control them.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.180
 Log on to Twitter.

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.299
 Or X.

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.259
 Whatever it's called now.

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.240
 Log on.

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.099
 To Facebook.

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.420
 Jump on the internet.

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.160
 In.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.180
 Social media platforms.

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.119
 And chat rooms.

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.359
 And.

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.400
 Look up.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.819
 A political discussion.

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.960
 And you'll see people sinning.

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.680
 By letting anger.

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.319
 Control them.

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.599
 Right.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.099
 Sometimes.

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.099
 We can personalize that.

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.359
 And say.

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.680
 We've.

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.819
 We've done things like that.

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.480
 Now.

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.500
 If that's not enough for you.

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.980
 Log on to a group of pastors.

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.220
 Arguing about theological.

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.559
 Perspectives on things.

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.380
 It's crazy.

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.700
 Okay.

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.699
 Verse 27.

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 Anger gives a foothold.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.860
 To the devil.

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.280
 You want to keep the devil.

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.679
 Out of your life.

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:16.380
 And stop his influence.

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.059
 Over you.

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.219
 Abhor.

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.940
 Anger.

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.559
 Shun.

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.099
 Anger.

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.760
 Resist.

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.860
 By the power of God.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.639
 Anger.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.280
 From controlling you.

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.380
 And then you won't give.

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.179
 That foothold.

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.760
 To the devil.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.519
 In your life.

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.159
 Verse 30.

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.920
 Verse 31.

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.639
 Get rid of all bitterness.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.680
 Rage.

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.300
 Anger.

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.880
 And harsh words.

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.980
 That should never be.

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:38.940
 How we conduct ourselves.

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.440
 With other people.

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.400
 Especially those.

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.940
 Who are without Christ.

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:45.599
 It should be the exact.

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.820
 Opposite of that.

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.539
 Well what if they mock us?

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:51.099
 What if they make fun of us?

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.380
 What if they speak against us?

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.840
 What if they try to harm us?

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.800
 I swear.

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.280
 Christians are the only oppressed people group in the world.

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.700
 Where it's okay to oppress them.

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.660
 And you're surprised by that?

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:04.000
 Jesus told us that was going to happen.

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:06.360
 He told us that's how it was.

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.720
 That's how it would be.

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:10.000
 You name the name of Christ.

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:13.080
 The world is coming against you.

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:17.240
 But you're never going to win them.

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.200
 By responding in kind.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.200
 You're never going to win them.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.599
 By denouncing them.

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.879
 You're going to win them.

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:28.639
 By speaking the truth.

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.199
 In love.

00:35:30.899 --> 00:35:32.099
 You don't speak lies.

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:34.319
 You don't tell them that what they're doing is okay.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.159
 But you speak the truth.

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.359
 In love.

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.679
 As Jesus did.

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.059
 So you get rid of that bitterness.

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.779
 That rage.

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:43.299
 That anger.

00:35:43.419 --> 00:35:44.279
 Those harsh words.

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.879
 And you never let anger.

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.119
 Control you.

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:51.279
 Verse 5.

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.099
 Back in Jonah 4.

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:53.500
 Verse 5.

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.440
 Back in Jonah 4.

00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:57.559
 Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city.

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.980
 Made a shelter to sit under.

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.940
 As he waited to see.

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.639
 What would happen to the city.

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:03.319
 And just a little brief note I had on this.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.380
 That we mentioned before.

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:06.380
 It's crazy that still.

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.539
 To this moment.

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:09.500
 Jonah has still not gone back.

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.119
 And reported to his nation.

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:13.400
 This life-changing news.

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.880
 Of what had happened.

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.599
 With their most feared enemy.

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.599
 Nineveh.

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.279
 Nineveh.

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.579
 The capital of Assyria.

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.219
 So he's still.

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.219
 It's all about him.

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.579
 He's waiting to hope.

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.380
 Just hoping against hope.

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.960
 That maybe God will change his mind.

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:28.259
 And choose to destroy.

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.179
 Now verse 6.

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.619
 Here we go.

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.779
 The Lord planted the leafy plant.

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.940
 And it spread its leaves.

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.799
 It gave Jonah shade from the hot sun.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.500
 God provided for Jonah.

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:40.380
 Even though Jonah had this negative.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.679
 Wrong spirit.

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.839
 You ever been in that boat?

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.559
 I have.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.240
 Where God provided for me.

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.340
 Even though I wasn't all the way right with him.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:50.480
 There were some things I was holding on to in my life.

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:52.200
 But God still provided for me.

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.500
 That's how faithful God is to us.

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.300
 That's how loving and compassionate and tender he is.

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.140
 Toward us.

00:36:58.220 --> 00:37:00.660
 That even when we are resisting him.

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.960
 In certain areas of our life.

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:04.260
 He still goes ahead and blesses us.

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:06.840
 Now are we ever going to experience his full blessings?

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:11.019
 Are we going to somehow miss out on the consequences of our sin?

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.500
 No.

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.739
 No.

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:17.099
 Not until we open up our heart to God and say you got it.

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.880
 Whatever you want.

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.139
 Convict me.

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.820
 Change me.

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.699
 Transform me.

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:23.360
 We never see Jonah do that.

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:26.340
 But God provided this shade for him anyway.

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.340
 But the lesson is coming isn't it?

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.239
 The lesson is coming.

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:31.259
 In verse 7 through verse 8.

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.199
 We see this contrast.

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:37.380
 Between Jonah experiencing this slight discomfort.

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:42.880
 And then if you're reminded of the prophet Job.

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.420
 Did Job lose a little bit or a lot?

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:51.240
 More of y'all know the answer to that question than answer me.

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.480
 Okay.

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.280
 There you go.

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.559
 A little bit or a lot?

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:56.099
 Job lost a lot y'all.

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:57.180
 He lost everything.

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.519
 He lost his family.

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.099
 His wife.

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.579
 His kids.

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.599
 He lost his possessions.

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:02.240
 He was a wealthy man.

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.420
 God had given him much.

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.780
 And then God took it away.

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:11.940
 What was Job's response to Jehovah God after he had lost all of this?

00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:12.519
 What did he say?

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:13.060
 Anybody remember?

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:16.940
 Still I will trust in God.

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:19.620
 The Lord gives.

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:22.120
 The Lord takes away.

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.660
 Blessed be the name of the Lord.

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:35.019
 What a difference in the response of Job losing much and Jonah losing a little.

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:37.179
 Jonah said I can't handle it.

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.500
 I can't take it.

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.799
 God just kill me now.

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:41.659
 If you're not going to give me shade.

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.599
 Just kill me.

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.960
 I mean how dramatic is this guy right?

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.440
 But we're never like that are we?

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.219
 You and I.

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:54.959
 We never overreact a little bit to something wrong that happens in our life.

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.480
 And this is just the worst.

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:58.159
 Why does this always happen to me?

00:38:58.359 --> 00:38:59.839
 Of course this is what's happening.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.259
 Right?

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.939
 Of course it's me.

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:03.299
 Of course it has to happen to me.

00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:05.939
 Yeah you're the only one with bad things happening to you.

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:14.819
 But what a contrast in Job's response to Jehovah pulling back everything that he had given to him.

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:20.420
 And of course then God restored to him abundantly more than he had ever had before.

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:23.120
 But the difference was.

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:26.080
 He said God you give me things.

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:27.140
 You take things away.

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:29.960
 I will still bless your name.

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:32.160
 Jonah completely different.

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:36.739
 So now verses 9.

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.239
 Down through the end of the chapter.

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.539
 Teach us this question.

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:50.259
 What matters to us more than the salvation of those who are without Christ?

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:53.799
 God says to Jonah again.

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:56.039
 Is it right for you to be angry about this?

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.739
 The plant dying?

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:00.379
 You're angry that I saved the people and didn't destroy them.

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:02.239
 Now you're angry that the plant died.

00:40:02.459 --> 00:40:03.779
 You didn't do anything to get it there.

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:05.539
 This wasn't the work of your hands.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.099
 This was me.

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:08.279
 I can give and take away whenever I want.

00:40:08.919 --> 00:40:17.919
 But you're more angry about the plant than you are about the death and destruction of 120,000 people in this city.

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:25.500
 So what matters more to us than the salvation of those who are without Christ?

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:28.299
 How do we know the answer to that question?

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.639
 Here's how we know the answer to that question.

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:42.419
 We get more worked up about blank than we do about the fact that people are lost and dying and going to hell without God around us.

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:58.820
 On our street, in our neighborhood, within a very small diameter of this church, people are lost without God and dying and going straight to hell to pay the eternal punishment for their sins.

00:40:58.820 --> 00:41:08.280
 And we get more worked up about whatever this is than we ever do about people dying without Christ.

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.480
 That's how we know that we've got it backwards.

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:15.860
 We get more passionate about this over here.

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:23.059
 We feel this uncontrollable urge to go online and vent than we ever do about this over here.

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:27.400
 I'm under conviction about this.

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.599
 I pray that some of you are as well.

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:33.320
 And I pray that God changes how we think.

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.599
 Romans chapter 12.

00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:41.700
 God needs to change how we think about him and about the lost around us.

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:48.980
 In conclusion, I thank God that he's patient with us.

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:51.199
 2 Peter chapter 3 and verse 9.

00:41:51.919 --> 00:41:53.960
 The Lord is patient with you.

00:41:54.779 --> 00:42:00.079
 Not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

00:42:00.899 --> 00:42:04.599
 Those bad people, those people on the other side of the tracks,

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:10.079
 those people that seem to be completely opposed to everything we stand for,

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:12.360
 God wants them to come to repentance.

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.960
 But you know what the interesting thing is?

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:19.059
 Us hard-hearted Christians, he wants us to come to repentance too.

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:23.139
 He wants us to repent of our hard hearts,

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:25.679
 repent of our misplaced priorities,

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.279
 repent of our misplaced anger,

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:34.420
 and turn back to his will, turn back to his way.

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:38.679
 Tim Keller said it this way.

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:43.659
 A pastor who just died a year or so ago up in New York City said,

00:42:43.799 --> 00:42:47.839
 as long as serving God fit into Jonah's goals for Israel,

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.719
 he was fine with God.

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:53.799
 As soon as he had to choose between the true God

00:42:53.799 --> 00:42:56.460
 and the God he actually worshiped,

00:42:57.079 --> 00:43:00.159
 he turned on the true God in anger.

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:02.279
 You ever been there?

00:43:02.279 --> 00:43:07.179
 As long as God's plans line up with my plans,

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:08.599
 everything's okay.

00:43:09.339 --> 00:43:13.259
 But the minute that I have to choose between what I want

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:15.599
 and what God wants,

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:18.779
 I turn on God in anger.

00:43:19.879 --> 00:43:23.919
 As long as what's happening at the church lines up with how I think it ought to be,

00:43:24.799 --> 00:43:25.679
 everything's alright.

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:29.919
 But the minute God wants to do something outside my comfort zone,

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:32.200
 oh boy, I don't like that.

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:37.400
 The minute that God wants to do something in my family

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:39.700
 that I'm not prepared for,

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:41.440
 I'm going to resist.

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:43.180
 I'm going to get mad.

00:43:43.700 --> 00:43:44.519
 I'm going to get angry.

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:48.519
 And then everyone around me is going to feel the effects of that.

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:52.780
 Y'all, I pray that God would convict us,

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:55.900
 that he would change us from the inside out

00:43:55.900 --> 00:44:00.699
 to not be angry at those without Christ,

00:44:01.259 --> 00:44:05.300
 but to give everything we have to give,

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:09.619
 to show them the truth in love.

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:11.699
 So the takeaway this morning

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:15.380
 is choose God's priorities over mine.

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.539
 And that's the question,

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:20.579
 are your priorities lined up with God's priorities?

00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:23.859
 Are my priorities lined up with God's priorities?

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.819
 Would you bow with me now?

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:28.400
 God, you've taught us much in this study of Jonah.

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:33.239
 And I think this last sermon in this series,

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:35.880
 this last opportunity to teach

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:39.820
 and this last lesson that we take away from Jonah 4.

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:43.039
 We don't know what happened ultimately.

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:46.539
 We don't know exactly if Jonah ever finally repented

00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:48.099
 and gave his heart to you.

00:44:48.200 --> 00:44:51.220
 There's some people, historians and theologians,

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:53.500
 who believe at some point he did turn back

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:56.280
 and get his heart in line with yours.

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.559
 But God, regardless of that,

00:44:58.660 --> 00:45:01.059
 allow this lesson to penetrate us deeply,

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.880
 to pierce our hearts

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:06.760
 and show us where we have been wrong.

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:10.420
 We get so mad so quickly,

00:45:10.660 --> 00:45:11.900
 and that's in us.

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:13.019
 That anger is there.

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:15.940
 We're never going to totally conquer that anger.

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:17.539
 It's always going to be a struggle

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:19.200
 while we're wrapped in this sinful flesh.

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:21.220
 But God, your spirit is stronger.

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.559
 We can win those battles.

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:27.300
 By your victory, by your spirit,

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:30.619
 claiming the victory that you've already won for us.

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.559
 We sang it this morning.

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:34.320
 We're fighting a battle that you've already won.

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.139
 We can overcome.

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:41.920
 I pray that you would start to

00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:45.279
 create a real change

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:48.259
 in how we think and how we see the world.

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:51.480
 It's not all about political victories.

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:52.420
 It's not all about

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:54.639
 who's president or

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:57.340
 what Hollywood's doing

00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:59.460
 or what they're saying on the media.

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:01.639
 God, this lost world

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.740
 is always going to be

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:03.920
 taking the wrong path.

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:06.159
 They're always going to be going down the wrong way.

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:10.260
 But God, instead of fighting back against that

00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:12.119
 and spending our energies

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:13.460
 trying to

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:17.780
 conquer sin through human efforts,

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.880
 I pray that we would

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:21.220
 conquer sin

00:46:21.220 --> 00:46:22.880
 through the victory

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.780
 that your death

00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:24.760
 and your resurrection

00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:26.380
 and the gospel message

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:27.420
 has already won,

00:46:28.180 --> 00:46:29.140
 that that would be

00:46:29.140 --> 00:46:30.220
 our message to the world.

00:46:32.620 --> 00:46:33.840
 This lost world

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:35.720
 can be changed,

00:46:36.040 --> 00:46:37.080
 can be forgiven

00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:38.700
 by the power

00:46:38.700 --> 00:46:39.540
 of the gospel.

00:46:40.040 --> 00:46:41.660
 Let that be the first

00:46:41.660 --> 00:46:43.020
 thing off our lips.

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:45.220
 The first thing from our fingers

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:46.400
 as we type on a keyboard.

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:46.480
 Lord,

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:48.960
 let it be prayer.

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.579
 Let it be

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.720
 the power

00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:52.980
 of the life-changing

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.880
 message of Jesus.

00:46:54.700 --> 00:46:55.599
 God, if there's somebody

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.280
 here this morning

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:57.119
 who doesn't know you,

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:59.639
 I pray that they would be

00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:00.460
 convicted to turn

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:01.180
 from their sin

00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:02.940
 just like all those people

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:03.559
 in Nineveh did.

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.400
 Just like so many

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.160
 in this room have done.

00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:09.280
 Turn to Jesus.

00:47:09.740 --> 00:47:10.820
 Say, I know I've done wrong.

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.559
 I know I'm a sinner.

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:13.740
 I know Jesus died

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:14.300
 for my sin.

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:15.019
 I know he rose

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.579
 from the dead.

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:17.019
 And I know that he wants

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:17.679
 to forgive me.

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:18.420
 And I'm deciding

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:19.300
 to give my life

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:20.579
 to Jesus today.

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:22.659
 We ask all this

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.500
 in Jesus' name.

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:25.059
 Church, if that's you,

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:26.300
 that last thing I prayed there,

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:27.259
 if that's you

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:27.699
 and you say,

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:29.219
 I'd like to give my life

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:30.019
 to Jesus today

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:31.320
 before I leave this place,

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.420
 would you slip your hand up

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:32.759
 right now

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:33.500
 and I'll pray for you?

00:47:34.300 --> 00:47:34.659
 Anybody?

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.639
 Thank you.

00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:39.500
 Let me ask the rest of you

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:40.099
 this question.

00:47:40.259 --> 00:47:41.599
 Is God working with you

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:42.519
 on something right now?

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.719
 Is he convicting you

00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:44.400
 of maybe an area

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:44.960
 in your life

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:46.420
 that you've given place

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:46.880
 to anger?

00:47:47.740 --> 00:47:48.599
 Maybe the devil's gotten

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.619
 a foothold in your life

00:47:49.619 --> 00:47:50.159
 in this way.

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.320
 And through the story

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:52.500
 of Jonah and God's word,

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:54.099
 you've seen that anger

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:55.820
 is often,

00:47:56.119 --> 00:47:56.460
 usually,

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:58.059
 the wrong reaction.

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:01.659
 Say, I'm not able to say

00:48:01.659 --> 00:48:02.480
 I've conquered it all

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.079
 at this moment,

00:48:03.179 --> 00:48:03.740
 but I'm going to ask

00:48:03.740 --> 00:48:04.500
 for God's help

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:05.840
 in changing my heart

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:06.539
 on anger.

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:07.460
 Would you slip your hand up

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:08.159
 and I'll pray for you?

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.220
 Thank you.

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:09.740
 Thank you.

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.340
 Thank you.

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:12.000
 God, please work

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.720
 on their behalf.

00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:13.679
 There's so many rooms,

00:48:13.919 --> 00:48:14.739
 hands raised around

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:15.139
 this room,

00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:15.899
 and God,

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:16.739
 you know exactly

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:17.699
 what's been getting

00:48:17.699 --> 00:48:18.399
 under their skin.

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.099
 You know what triggers them.

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:21.559
 You know what pushes them

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.299
 too far.

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:24.539
 God,

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:25.799
 your spirit is stronger

00:48:25.799 --> 00:48:26.699
 than our flesh.

00:48:26.699 --> 00:48:30.599
 your spirit lives inside us

00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:31.839
 and it can change us.

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.579
 God, let the school,

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.699
 let the neighborhoods,

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.579
 let the workplaces,

00:48:38.439 --> 00:48:39.419
 let the families,

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:40.659
 the relationships

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:42.500
 reflect the change

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:44.059
 that you can work

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:44.779
 in our lives.

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:50.119
 Let us not be angry

00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:51.639
 and sin.

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:55.319
 let us err on the side

00:48:55.319 --> 00:48:56.739
 of showing

00:48:56.739 --> 00:48:58.039
 your nature,

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:59.619
 your love,

00:48:59.759 --> 00:49:00.420
 your compassion,

00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:01.219
 your forgiveness,

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:03.619
 and speak the truth

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:05.799
 to a lost world

00:49:05.799 --> 00:49:06.679
 that needs to hear it

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:08.519
 in the loving way

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:09.099
 that you did.

00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:10.900
 It's in Jesus' name

00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:11.739
 we ask these things.

00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:12.819
 Amen.

00:49:12.819 --> 00:49:12.940
 Amen.

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.000
 Amen.