WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.200 Jonah chapter 4 is where we are. 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:06.000 We are closing up, finishing up the series on Jonah today. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:08.480 ! 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:15.179 In an interview with lead singer of U2 Bono, Bono said, 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:15.160 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:42.399 I love it. 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:46.140 I'm not talking about people being graceful in their actions, 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:48.879 but just covering over the cracks. 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:51.900 Our topic this morning is grace. 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:54.480 As we close out this sermon series, 00:00:54.479 --> 00:01:00.039 grace is clearly evident in this chapter, 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:01.299 in the story of Jonah. 00:01:02.599 --> 00:01:05.120 And I'm not talking about, like Bono said, 00:01:05.179 --> 00:01:08.200 the people being graceful in their actions, 00:01:08.939 --> 00:01:11.900 but the act of God showing the undeserving, 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:16.819 those who have no right to or desire for grace. 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.479 God's grace has been evident in this story. 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.040 God being merciful and showing grace to the sailors 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.520 by ending the storm and not destroying them. 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:32.219 God being merciful and showing Jonah grace 00:01:32.219 --> 00:01:36.460 by providing a big ship and not allowing him to die. 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.120 God being merciful and showing grace to the people of Nineveh 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.460 by not destroying them for their evil 00:01:43.460 --> 00:01:47.380 that had, in chapter 1, come up against God. 00:01:48.980 --> 00:01:51.020 Grace is a radical idea. 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:56.260 The definition that is thrown out a lot is unmerited favor. 00:01:57.740 --> 00:01:58.880 If grace is unmerited, 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:00.260 as A.W. Pink said, 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:01.500 if grace is unmerited, 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:04.439 then none can claim it as their right. 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:08.120 If grace is unearned and undeserved, 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.060 then none are entitled to it. 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:12.319 If grace is a gift, 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.740 then none can demand it. 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:16.439 Can't claim it. 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:18.180 Can't deserve it. 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:20.080 Aren't entitled to it. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:21.760 Can't demand it. 00:02:22.660 --> 00:02:24.800 Grace is a radical idea. 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:28.220 In his book, Sovereignty of God, 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:30.560 he quotes an author, 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:31.980 doesn't give us the name, 00:02:32.380 --> 00:02:33.620 and this definition is, 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.480 this statement is great in regards to grace. 00:02:37.860 --> 00:02:40.060 To feed a tramp who calls on me 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:41.700 is unmerited favor. 00:02:41.699 --> 00:02:44.579 But it is scarcely grace. 00:02:45.519 --> 00:02:48.039 But suppose that after robbing me, 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:50.539 I should feed that starving tramp. 00:02:50.859 --> 00:02:52.139 That would be grace. 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:55.699 Grace then is favor shown 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:58.039 where there is positive demerit 00:02:58.039 --> 00:02:59.359 in the one receiving. 00:03:00.299 --> 00:03:01.939 What a radical idea. 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:05.139 Our definition fails to truly define 00:03:05.139 --> 00:03:07.119 all the weight of grace 00:03:07.119 --> 00:03:09.719 and that grace carries with it. 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.039 Every moment of every day, 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:14.539 God shows you grace. 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:16.959 The air that you breathe right now. 00:03:17.559 --> 00:03:19.519 The car that you drove in to get here. 00:03:20.179 --> 00:03:21.599 The clothes that you have on. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.139 The fact that driving down the road, 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:26.779 you're within four feet of oncoming traffic 00:03:26.779 --> 00:03:28.079 and you didn't have an accident, 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:29.019 is grace. 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:33.740 Saving grace is what we find in chapter 3. 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:36.280 God's mercy and grace shown to Nineveh. 00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:37.920 Not destroying them, 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.020 but them repenting 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:41.460 and God showing them grace. 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:43.280 Chapter 4, 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.840 we have sanctifying grace. 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.260 We have God perfecting Jonah, 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.800 teaching Jonah a lesson, 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:53.500 and God being graceful 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:56.120 and gracious to Jonah. 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.560 Saving grace is what causes us 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:00.360 to be born again. 00:04:01.500 --> 00:04:03.200 Sanctifying grace is what God uses 00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:04.379 to perfect His children. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:06.740 And in this case, Jonah. 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:08.780 So let's read chapter 4 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:11.719 all the way through 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:13.599 and then we'll dive in. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:16.100 Chapter 4, 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:18.959 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly. 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:20.459 What displeased him? 00:04:20.780 --> 00:04:22.060 Verse 10 of chapter 3, 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.540 When God saw what they did, 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:24.560 how they named, 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.379 how they turned from their evil way, 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:29.360 God relented of the disaster 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:30.680 that He had said He would do to them 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:31.839 and He did not do it. 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:35.160 So this is what displeased Jonah exceedingly. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:36.540 And he was angry. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:38.660 And he prayed to the Lord and said, 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:39.280 O Lord, 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.220 is not this what I said 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:43.560 when I was yet in my country? 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:46.300 That is why I made haste 00:04:46.300 --> 00:04:47.319 to flee to Tarshish, 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:48.600 for I knew that You were 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:49.939 a gracious God and merciful, 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.560 slow to anger 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.439 and abounding in steadfast love 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.280 and relenting from disaster. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.399 Therefore now, O Lord, 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.040 please take my life, 00:04:59.259 --> 00:05:00.319 for it is better for me 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.480 to die than to live. 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:03.199 And the Lord said, 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:04.480 Do you do well to be angry? 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:07.259 Do you have any right to be angry? 00:05:08.379 --> 00:05:09.600 Jonah went out of the city 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:11.259 and sat to the east of the city 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:12.860 and made a booth for himself there. 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:14.899 He sat under it in the shade 00:05:14.899 --> 00:05:16.100 till he should see 00:05:16.100 --> 00:05:17.379 what would become of the city. 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.139 Now the Lord God appointed a plant 00:05:20.139 --> 00:05:22.060 and made it come up over Jonah 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:24.339 that it might be a shade over his head 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:25.759 to save him from his discomfort. 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:29.040 So Jonah was exceedingly glad 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:29.959 because of the plant. 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:32.519 But when dawn came up the next day, 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.259 God appointed a worm 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:35.459 that attacked the plant 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:36.219 so that it withered. 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:37.879 When the sun rose, 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.959 God appointed a scorching east wind 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:42.040 and the sun beat down 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:42.819 on the head of Jonah 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:43.839 so that he was faint. 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:46.199 And he asked that he might die 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:46.800 and said, 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.620 It is better for me to die 00:05:48.620 --> 00:05:49.439 than to live. 00:05:50.459 --> 00:05:51.719 But God said to Jonah, 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.159 Do you do well to be angry for the plant? 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:55.500 And he said, 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:57.420 Yes, I do well to be angry, 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:58.899 angry enough to die. 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:00.759 And the Lord said, 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:01.819 You pity the plant 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:03.539 for which you did not labor, 00:06:04.019 --> 00:06:05.259 nor did you make it grow, 00:06:05.339 --> 00:06:06.779 which came into being in a night 00:06:06.779 --> 00:06:08.019 and perished in a night. 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.459 And should not I pity Nineveh, 00:06:11.539 --> 00:06:12.339 that great city, 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:13.800 in which there are more than 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:15.300 120,000 persons 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:16.120 who do not know 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:17.579 their right hand from their left 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.319 and also much cattle. 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:23.900 In the first chapter of Jonah, 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.639 God gives Jonah a mission. 00:06:27.139 --> 00:06:27.879 Go to Nineveh, 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:28.759 preach to them 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:29.860 because their evil 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:30.840 has come up against me. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:32.980 So we have God's mission. 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:34.360 We have God's plan for Jonah. 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:36.080 God desires Jonah 00:06:36.080 --> 00:06:37.100 to go this direction. 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:38.400 And then we're shown 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:40.139 that Jonah immediately gets up 00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:42.259 and runs the opposite direction. 00:06:42.659 --> 00:06:44.779 So we have man's heart, 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:46.319 man's foolishness, 00:06:46.899 --> 00:06:48.279 God's mission and man's heart. 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:49.719 Well, we've come full circle 00:06:49.719 --> 00:06:51.639 after God has shown mercy 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.599 to Jonah, 00:06:53.919 --> 00:06:54.639 after He's shown mercy 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:55.360 to the sailors, 00:06:56.099 --> 00:06:56.899 after He's shown mercy 00:06:56.899 --> 00:06:57.539 to Nineveh 00:06:57.539 --> 00:06:59.319 and been gracious to them. 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:01.019 Chapter 4, 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:01.879 we see it again. 00:07:02.419 --> 00:07:03.199 God's mission, 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:04.599 God's desire, 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.180 and man's foolishness. 00:07:07.900 --> 00:07:09.260 We're full circle. 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:11.600 He's once again, 00:07:11.700 --> 00:07:12.780 Jonah has once again 00:07:12.780 --> 00:07:14.360 shown his true colors. 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:16.620 In this case, 00:07:16.900 --> 00:07:18.560 after God has been gracious 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:19.680 and merciful to him. 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:21.560 There are four points 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:23.320 out of our text this morning 00:07:23.320 --> 00:07:24.260 about grace. 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:26.439 I'll read them off 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:27.400 and then we'll go through them. 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:28.920 Grace is not justice. 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:31.540 Grace is not found 00:07:31.540 --> 00:07:33.680 in temporal, physical things. 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.100 Grace does not fit 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:37.720 in our box or definition. 00:07:38.840 --> 00:07:40.400 And grace is a gift 00:07:40.400 --> 00:07:41.920 from the sovereign God. 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:43.300 So, first point. 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:44.040 Grace, 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.740 God's grace, 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:47.340 is not justice. 00:07:47.900 --> 00:07:49.140 Verses 1-3. 00:07:50.580 --> 00:07:52.560 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:53.420 and he was angry. 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:54.900 And he prayed to the Lord 00:07:54.900 --> 00:07:55.240 and said, 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:55.800 O Lord, 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:56.939 is not this what I said 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:58.160 when I was yet in my country? 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.879 That is why I made haste 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:00.700 to flee to Tarshish, 00:08:00.780 --> 00:08:01.439 for I knew, 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:02.840 I knew that you are 00:08:02.840 --> 00:08:03.640 a gracious God 00:08:03.640 --> 00:08:04.180 and merciful. 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:05.600 Slow to anger 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:06.220 and abounding 00:08:06.220 --> 00:08:07.280 in steadfast love 00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:08.939 and relenting from disaster. 00:08:09.760 --> 00:08:10.000 Therefore, 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:10.400 now, 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:10.820 O Lord, 00:08:10.900 --> 00:08:12.300 please take my life from me, 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:13.379 for it is better 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:14.140 for me to die 00:08:14.140 --> 00:08:14.939 than to live. 00:08:16.280 --> 00:08:18.000 Grace is not justice. 00:08:18.640 --> 00:08:19.180 In fact, 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:20.840 the antithesis of justice 00:08:20.840 --> 00:08:21.520 is grace. 00:08:21.640 --> 00:08:22.980 The opposite of justice 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:24.720 is grace. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:25.620 See, 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:26.540 justice tells us 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:27.340 that each person 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:28.140 should receive 00:08:28.140 --> 00:08:28.980 what is due him 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.660 or her. 00:08:29.660 --> 00:08:31.320 my kids, 00:08:31.700 --> 00:08:32.399 at the earliest, 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:33.440 maybe three, 00:08:34.660 --> 00:08:36.019 were all about justice. 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:39.759 So and so did this, 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:40.940 now you should punish them. 00:08:41.040 --> 00:08:42.480 Or so and so did this to me, 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.639 you should punish them. 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.620 Or they got three 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:45.899 and I only got two and a half. 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:46.800 That's not fair. 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:49.639 People this weekend 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.820 are asking questions like, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.060 how could an earthquake 00:08:52.060 --> 00:08:53.500 of such a huge magnitude 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:55.180 hit Japan like this? 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:56.739 They don't deserve it. 00:08:56.819 --> 00:08:57.679 Where is the justice? 00:08:58.959 --> 00:09:00.620 Our world is framed 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.759 in justice. 00:09:01.979 --> 00:09:03.599 You get what you deserve. 00:09:04.419 --> 00:09:06.039 Even our capitalist economy 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:06.979 in the United States 00:09:06.979 --> 00:09:09.039 is built on the idea of 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:10.399 if you work hard, 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:11.879 you work long hours, 00:09:11.979 --> 00:09:12.819 you climb the ladder, 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.000 then you're given a reward. 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:14.739 Justice. 00:09:16.339 --> 00:09:18.679 But justice can only go so far. 00:09:19.479 --> 00:09:21.379 We are sinful creatures 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:23.279 with self-preservation 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:25.019 as one of our life values. 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:27.779 Dennis Holia, 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:28.939 a television host 00:09:28.939 --> 00:09:29.759 for PBS 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.259 and other channels like that, 00:09:31.339 --> 00:09:31.539 said, 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.120 expecting the world 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.359 to treat you fairly 00:09:34.359 --> 00:09:36.379 because you are a good person 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:37.539 is a little like 00:09:37.539 --> 00:09:38.459 expecting a bull 00:09:38.459 --> 00:09:39.319 not to attack 00:09:39.319 --> 00:09:40.479 because you are a vegetarian. 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.120 That's pretty good. 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:44.259 Let me put that 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:45.239 on my Facebook wall. 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:47.059 Expecting the world 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:48.059 to treat you fairly 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:49.579 because you are a good person 00:09:49.579 --> 00:09:50.859 is a little like 00:09:50.859 --> 00:09:51.779 expecting a bull 00:09:51.779 --> 00:09:52.679 not to attack 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.139 because you are a vegetarian. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:55.879 He's right. 00:09:56.539 --> 00:09:57.299 Though justice 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:58.719 is what we try to live by, 00:09:59.479 --> 00:10:01.000 it isn't always right. 00:10:01.659 --> 00:10:02.199 In fact, 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:03.219 it fails more than 00:10:03.219 --> 00:10:04.099 we care to admit. 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:06.620 In chapter 4, 00:10:07.079 --> 00:10:08.659 Jonah's complaints to God, 00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:10.439 Jonah being displeased 00:10:10.439 --> 00:10:11.419 and being angry, 00:10:11.939 --> 00:10:13.299 are rooted in justice. 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:14.759 God, 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:16.719 how evil have they been 00:10:16.719 --> 00:10:17.959 to Israel? 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:19.780 How harsh and cruel 00:10:19.780 --> 00:10:20.580 have they been? 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:22.700 They deserve destruction. 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:25.900 But God shows grace 00:10:25.900 --> 00:10:27.820 when Jonah felt 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:30.860 justice needed to be delivered. 00:10:32.300 --> 00:10:33.480 Jonah becomes angry 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:35.019 about this grace 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:37.540 that God showed Nineveh. 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:38.740 In fact, 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.720 Jonah literally hated 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.379 what God had done. 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:45.639 He hated it. 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:47.320 His cause for anger 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.100 and hatred 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:49.299 is chapter 3. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.240 I hate 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:52.320 that you've not 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:53.320 shown them mercy. 00:10:55.419 --> 00:10:56.320 And Jonah believed 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:57.919 because of their past actions, 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.620 because of how cruel 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:00.320 they've been, 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:01.799 they deserved 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:02.679 destruction. 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.240 But see, 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:04.860 grace 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:06.139 is not based 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:06.960 on what we think. 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:08.139 Grace is not 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:09.100 based on justice. 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:10.480 Grace is based 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:11.039 completely 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.440 on God. 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:13.500 And praise God 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:13.960 for it. 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:15.940 Praise God 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:16.820 for His grace 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:17.680 and that He 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:18.779 is the author 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:19.500 and the creator 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:21.100 of that grace. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:23.920 Now, 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:24.940 the funny thing is, 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:26.420 is Jonah's angry. 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:27.639 He's displeased. 00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:29.000 Exceedingly displeased. 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:29.720 He hates 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:30.800 what God did. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.019 And then he 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.340 tries to blame 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:34.740 God 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:36.019 for his sinful choices. 00:11:36.680 --> 00:11:37.200 He tries 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.620 to blame God. 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:39.519 I ran 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.199 because I knew 00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:40.659 you were going 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:41.259 to do this. 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:42.720 I knew 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.379 you were going 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:43.899 to be merciful, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:45.139 so I split 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:46.319 because I know 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:47.079 better than you. 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.299 I knew 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:49.779 you were going 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.419 to pardon Him. 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:53.000 We kind of 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:53.639 laugh at that 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:53.960 and say, 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.600 what an idiot. 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:55.860 But don't we 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:56.500 do that though? 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.220 When sin 00:11:58.220 --> 00:11:59.179 is in our lives 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:00.439 and either people 00:12:00.439 --> 00:12:01.360 confront us 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:02.319 or ask us 00:12:02.319 --> 00:12:02.899 about it, 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.539 we try to defend 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:05.159 our actions, 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:06.399 we sound irrational. 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.079 We sound like 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:09.199 babbling idiots. 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:10.039 sin. 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.220 See, 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:11.939 sin casts 00:12:11.939 --> 00:12:12.740 blame on 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:13.639 everyone but 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:14.299 ourselves. 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:16.539 And it even 00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.240 casts blame 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:17.779 on God 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.399 sometimes. 00:12:19.699 --> 00:12:20.179 And Jonah 00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:21.139 put blame 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:21.740 on God 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.379 for the choices 00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:22.860 he made 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:24.039 because God 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:24.299 was going 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:24.799 to be merciful. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.720 And Jonah 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.419 knew it. 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.559 Jonah is 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:29.319 crazy. 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.019 He even 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.220 says, 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:31.679 I cannot 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.559 live anymore. 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.059 I can't 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:33.740 bear to see 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:34.100 what you're 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:34.519 doing to 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:35.120 those people. 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:35.200 people. 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:37.879 I can't 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.200 bear, 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:39.779 it's not 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:40.299 like saying, 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:41.639 watching a 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.179 horror flick 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:42.440 and you 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.060 can't stand 00:12:43.060 --> 00:12:43.500 to look at 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:44.500 something scary 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.019 happen. 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:45.519 Or 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:47.279 God telling 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:47.740 Lot not 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.480 to look back 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:48.779 because I'm 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.039 about to 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.840 destroy Sodom. 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:50.320 It's not 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:50.899 like that. 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.700 God is 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.240 doing something 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.860 great and 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.480 Jonah cannot 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:54.879 look. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.500 Jonah wants 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:56.060 to die. 00:12:58.399 --> 00:12:59.100 I cannot 00:12:59.100 --> 00:12:59.620 look at 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.180 his grace 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:00.840 towards this 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:01.220 people. 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:02.019 I can't 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:02.820 handle it. 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.580 See, 00:13:04.660 --> 00:13:05.120 Jonah not 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.480 only let 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:05.800 his view 00:13:05.800 --> 00:13:06.620 of justice 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:07.100 through, 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:08.340 but he 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:08.779 also let 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.420 his racism 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:09.820 show. 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:11.680 God, 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.440 you cannot 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:13.160 be gracious 00:13:13.160 --> 00:13:14.100 towards that 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.560 people. 00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:16.340 They're not 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.060 even Jewish. 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:21.279 If you 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:21.920 were Jewish 00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:22.879 and you 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:23.580 have been 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:24.420 taught from 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:25.540 your birth 00:13:25.540 --> 00:13:25.879 that you 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.120 are going 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:26.379 to be, 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:26.960 you're a 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.779 chosen people 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.259 that through 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:28.960 Abraham you're 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:29.320 going to be 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:29.860 blessed, 00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:29.919 blessed, 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:31.840 you would 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:32.620 probably think 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.000 the same 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.419 thing as 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:33.659 Jonah. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.120 God, 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:34.480 how can 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:34.720 you be 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.159 graceful 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:35.600 to that 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.120 people? 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:39.539 Here was 00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:40.440 God showing 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:41.000 grace. 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.379 Israel's 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:42.779 grace. 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.740 Israel's 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.560 grace towards 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:45.279 Nineveh. 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.039 At least 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:46.560 that's what 00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:47.740 Jonah thought. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.399 How dare 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.620 you, 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.019 God? 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.200 Like when 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:50.480 you're a 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:50.639 kid, 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:50.980 are you 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.680 sharing my 00:13:51.680 --> 00:13:52.200 candy with 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.720 my brother? 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:53.460 Mom, 00:13:53.560 --> 00:13:54.120 come on! 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:54.899 That's my 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:55.300 candy! 00:13:58.180 --> 00:13:58.960 For us 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.220 though, 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:01.019 who believe 00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:02.259 that God's 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:03.060 chosen people 00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.659 are now 00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.200 the church 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:04.519 or now 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.659 His church, 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:06.560 we can 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:07.519 easily fall 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:07.919 into this 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.639 same practice. 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.060 That person 00:14:11.060 --> 00:14:11.539 over there 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:12.560 is undeserving 00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:13.139 of God's 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.480 grace. 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.300 Or, 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.300 I'm certain 00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:16.779 that God 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.279 is not 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.820 asking me 00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:18.080 to go 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.480 talk to 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.060 that person. 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:20.100 Cannot 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.860 possibly be 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.379 the case. 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:23.220 God 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:23.480 wouldn't 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:24.000 show them 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.480 grace. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.060 That is 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.399 Jonah. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.440 That is 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:28.779 us. 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.259 God. 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:30.019 And that 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.459 is God. 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.079 There's 00:14:31.079 --> 00:14:31.539 the picture. 00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:32.539 Praise 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.039 God that 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.579 His grace 00:14:33.579 --> 00:14:33.959 is not 00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:34.480 founded 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:34.799 in 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.299 justice. 00:14:37.459 --> 00:14:37.720 Jonah 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.919 was foolish. 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.079 Jonah 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.459 was a 00:14:40.459 --> 00:14:40.699 fool. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.740 But he 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.159 was not 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.500 dumb. 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:44.600 He 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:44.980 was not 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.299 dumb. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.299 He knew 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:46.819 that based 00:14:46.819 --> 00:14:47.439 on justice 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:47.860 alone, 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.379 Nineveh 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.100 deserved 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:49.980 destruction. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.220 Like 00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:54.699 Nineveh, 00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:55.779 you and I 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.319 deserve 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.080 destruction 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:58.220 based on 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.000 justice. 00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:00.980 Praise God 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.260 though. 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.379 Grace 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.220 is radical. 00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.800 Praise the 00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:06.240 Lord that 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:07.480 grace exists 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:07.879 and that 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.660 God gives 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:09.740 us grace 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.480 and mercy. 00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:11.840 So if 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.400 grace is 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:13.320 not justice, 00:15:14.260 --> 00:15:15.040 then a 00:15:15.040 --> 00:15:15.800 Christian will 00:15:15.800 --> 00:15:16.540 not look to 00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.360 justice as 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.960 their measuring 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.340 stick. 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:19.800 So, 00:15:21.040 --> 00:15:21.360 okay, 00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:22.100 you did 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.500 this. 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:22.760 Let me 00:15:22.760 --> 00:15:23.160 see. 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:23.620 Yeah, 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:23.980 okay. 00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:24.960 Even it 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.160 out. 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.539 Let's 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:25.919 even it 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.120 out. 00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:28.879 See, 00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:29.199 what we 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:29.480 want to 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.699 do is 00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:30.199 look at 00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:30.639 everything 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.419 and measure 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:32.139 it with 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.799 justice in 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.199 mind. 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.980 But what 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.439 we should 00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:36.860 be doing 00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.240 as 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:37.799 Christians, 00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.259 as 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.819 disciples, 00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:40.500 look through 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.139 the lens 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.779 of grace 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.779 and see 00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.539 what God 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.019 is doing. 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:44.980 And God 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.259 will be 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.100 glorified in 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.419 that. 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.199 So, 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.079 not only 00:15:49.079 --> 00:15:49.620 is grace 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.659 not justice, 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.079 but God's 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.600 grace is 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.319 not found 00:15:53.319 --> 00:15:54.039 in temporal 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.779 or physical 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:55.439 things. 00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:56.360 This is 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.019 verse 5 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.639 through 10. 00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.459 Jonah went 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:00.919 out of the 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.399 city and 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.839 sat to 00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:02.179 the east 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.439 of the 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:02.839 city and 00:16:02.839 --> 00:16:03.159 made a 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.519 booth for 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.199 himself there. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:05.980 He sat 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.480 under it in 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.939 the shade 00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:07.360 till he 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.879 should see 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.219 what would 00:16:08.219 --> 00:16:08.679 become of 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.079 the city. 00:16:09.719 --> 00:16:10.019 Then the 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.879 Lord appointed 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.659 a plant and 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.120 made it come 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.559 up over 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.480 Jonah that 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.980 it might be 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.699 a shade over 00:16:14.699 --> 00:16:15.399 his head to 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.019 save him from 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.599 his discomfort. 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.299 So, 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:18.879 Jonah was 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.419 exceedingly 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.079 glad because 00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:20.299 of the 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.620 plant. 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.840 But when 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:22.500 dawn came 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:22.720 up, 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.360 the next 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.000 day God 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.580 appointed a 00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.019 worm that 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.580 attacked the 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.139 plant so 00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.419 that it 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:26.700 withered. 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.240 When the 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.940 sun rose, 00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.600 God appointed 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.259 a scorching 00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.440 east wind and 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.200 the sun beat 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.879 down on the 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.379 head of Jonah 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.799 so that he 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.299 was faint. 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:35.560 And he 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.440 asked that 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.139 he might die 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.840 and said, 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:38.980 it is better 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.419 for me to 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:39.840 die than 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.299 to live. 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.539 But God 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:41.879 said to 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.100 Jonah, 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.639 do you do 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.139 well to be 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.620 angry for 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.100 the plant? 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.360 And he 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.539 said, 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.820 yes, 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.279 I do 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.799 well to be 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.139 angry, 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.980 angry enough 00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.519 to die. 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.740 And the 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.179 Lord said, 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.879 you pity 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.399 the plant 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.759 for which 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.079 you did 00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.659 not labor, 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.759 nor did 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.079 you make 00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:54.419 it grow, 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:54.919 which came 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.379 into being 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:55.919 in a night 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:57.000 and perished 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.980 in a night. 00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.699 See, 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.240 Jonah goes 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.639 up to the 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.000 east of 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.419 the city 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.379 on a 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.519 hill to 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:03.759 have a 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.119 little pity 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.480 party. 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.420 He pouts 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.779 for what 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.279 God has 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.579 done. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.420 He goes 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.920 to watch 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.740 and maybe 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.279 a little 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.879 hope that 00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.639 that destruction 00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.319 might still 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.819 come down, 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.579 just inkling, 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.200 gosh, 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:14.619 I hope 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:15.019 that God 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.500 just rains 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.200 down fire. 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.420 I'm 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:17.539 going to 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.940 sit and 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.500 watch just 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.140 in case. 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.640 And while 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.099 he's there, 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.519 he makes 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:21.920 the seat 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.619 for himself 00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.339 out of 00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:23.940 leaves and 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.599 tree branches 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.720 and sits 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.140 under the 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.579 shade. 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.700 And while 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.059 he's up 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.220 there, 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.359 God appoints 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.039 a plant 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.980 for him. 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.480 As verse 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:35.980 six says, 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.640 to save 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.240 him from 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.940 his discomfort. 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:38.940 God 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.460 certainly 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.859 showed 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.119 Jonah 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.700 grace by 00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.119 providing 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.660 the plant. 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.859 But as 00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.500 we read, 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.680 God also 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.039 showed 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.319 Jonah 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.099 grace by 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:47.519 having it 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.960 destroyed. 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.819 Jonah took 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.559 comfort and 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:50.880 joy, 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.900 not in 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.279 God, 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.460 but from 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.940 the plant. 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.839 Not in 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.759 the mighty 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.319 work of 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:56.839 grace that 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.319 God showed 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.759 Nineveh, 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.859 but he took 00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.539 comfort and 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.079 joy in 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.740 the plant. 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.700 And when it 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.359 was destroyed, 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.180 he was angry 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:07.000 again and 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.559 wanted to 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:07.859 die. 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.019 Between 00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.779 chapter four 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.319 and chapter 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.980 two, 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.579 we have 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:12.900 like this 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.519 bipolar 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.839 Jonah guy. 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.579 on one 00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:15.740 hand, 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:15.899 he's 00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.480 repenting 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.779 and he's 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:16.939 like, 00:18:16.959 --> 00:18:17.119 God, 00:18:17.159 --> 00:18:17.419 I'll do 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:17.639 whatever 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.039 you want 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.359 in chapter 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.859 two while 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.079 he's in 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.419 the belly 00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:19.919 of the 00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:20.459 big fish. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.159 And then 00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:21.679 chapter four 00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:22.119 comes and 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.539 he's like 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.799 throwing stuff 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.220 against the 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.720 wall and 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.199 having these 00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.939 tantrums. 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.839 And God, 00:18:26.939 --> 00:18:27.199 God, 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.399 you're 00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:27.839 horrible. 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.599 And then 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.319 he gets 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.899 this plant 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.500 that shades 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.740 him. 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.059 He's like, 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.279 oh, 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.639 this is so 00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.019 great. 00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:34.939 This plant 00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.639 is wonderful. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.779 I love 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.419 this plant. 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.740 This plant 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.319 just makes 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.700 me so 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.159 happy. 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.240 Because 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.279 grace is 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.759 based on 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.139 God, 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.220 because God 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.859 is the 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.359 author and 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.879 creator of 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.259 grace. 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.759 It's based 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.279 on him and 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.879 his doing 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.559 and not 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.139 on ours. 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:58.159 We must 00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:59.159 not look to 00:18:59.159 --> 00:19:00.079 things as 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.839 God's saving 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.200 grace. 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.379 Now, 00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:01.919 they're acts 00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.379 of grace. 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.079 God gives 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.799 him a plant. 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.139 But is 00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:07.039 that saving 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.379 grace? 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.079 Is his 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.799 comfort and 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.039 his 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.920 joy in 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.879 the plant 00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.259 or is 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.599 it in 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.240 God? 00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.460 And in 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.000 our sinful 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.460 nature, 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.079 we're always 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.480 looking for 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.480 opportunities to 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.519 make us 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.839 better, 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.379 to make us 00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.099 look great, 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.740 you know, 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.220 and make us 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.819 comfortable. 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.119 And whether 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.960 that's the 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.559 clothes we 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.599 wear or 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.059 the things 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.000 we drive or 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.539 the degrees 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.920 that we 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.740 get or 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.139 the people 00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.779 we marry, 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.879 all these 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.319 things are 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.940 not bad. 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.180 None of 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.539 these things 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.899 are bad. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.899 The plant 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.460 was given 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.120 by God, 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.900 was appointed 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:41.299 by God. 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.900 But Jonah 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.420 made it 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.259 bad by 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.019 finding his 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.519 joy and 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.059 his comfort 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.579 in it. 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.140 He made 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.900 an idol out 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.360 of something 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.220 that disappears 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.759 in a short 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.180 time. 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.440 And God 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.980 used it 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.660 to teach 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.620 Jonah a 00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:57.960 lesson. 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.660 Jonah took 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.700 more concern 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.440 and joy for 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.980 the plant 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:04.120 than he did 00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:04.779 for the people 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.360 of Nineveh 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.180 that he just 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.759 went through 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.680 and preached 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:07.940 to. 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.640 He took 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.600 more concern 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.039 for the 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.180 comfort of 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.759 the shade 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.420 in the hot 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.759 sun than 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.160 he did 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.539 for what 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:17.240 mighty work 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.960 God is 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.880 doing to 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.340 Nineveh. 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.640 The second 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.860 we look to 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.600 things or 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.200 people for 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.799 joy and 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.180 comfort, 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.779 we say to 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.220 God that 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.140 you are not 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.620 good enough 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:30.980 for my 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.460 praise. 00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.840 This plant 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.679 or this 00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.759 degree or 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.799 this house 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.259 or this 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.879 is better 00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.500 than you 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.339 or this 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.099 children, 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.119 this quiver 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.919 is better 00:20:40.919 --> 00:20:42.039 than you. 00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.419 Jonah said 00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:43.779 to God 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.059 with his 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.619 actions that 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.339 this plant 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.419 is better 00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.220 than you. 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.480 Forget about 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:48.939 the ship 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.519 and the fish 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.220 God and 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.879 the opportunity 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.799 to join you. 00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.279 Forget about 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.899 all that stuff 00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.599 because you 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.220 did not do 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.819 what I thought 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.480 was best 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.539 and because 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.139 this plant 00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.939 is so great, 00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.179 this plant 00:20:59.179 --> 00:20:59.919 is so great, 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.480 I worship 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.839 it. 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.980 See, 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.480 we do 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.939 this though 00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:06.199 with more 00:21:06.199 --> 00:21:07.000 evidence of 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.519 grace shown 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.059 to us 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:10.319 than what 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.720 we see 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.220 in Jonah's 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.619 life. 00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:12.759 See, 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.220 God through 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.859 Jesus Christ 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.319 has taken 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.939 your sin 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.939 and my sin 00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.319 so that we 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.919 can be counted 00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.419 righteous. 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.480 He died 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.159 so that we 00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.619 would not 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.199 have to 00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:20.619 die. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.899 And yet 00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.319 we covet 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.859 things that 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.699 are temporary. 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.079 We worship 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.639 things that 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.519 don't last. 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:31.839 See, 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.339 grace, 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.299 saving grace 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.720 is not 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.559 found in 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:34.959 temporal 00:21:34.959 --> 00:21:35.659 or physical 00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.099 things. 00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.379 It is 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.939 found in 00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.720 Jesus Christ 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.399 who is 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.939 eternal 00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:40.039 and never 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.859 changing. 00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.519 So, 00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:44.799 if grace 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.139 is not 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.639 found in 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.000 temporary 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.759 things, 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.859 then a 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.259 Christian 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.759 will look 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.379 to Christ 00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.339 for their 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.939 security 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:52.399 and identity, 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.959 not in 00:21:53.959 --> 00:21:54.720 their stuff, 00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:55.699 achievements, 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.079 or circumstances. 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.460 Jesus Christ 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.460 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:00.139 the 00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.699 stuff, 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.720 the plant, 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.559 is so 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.179 tangible. 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.659 We can 00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.119 see it. 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.419 We can 00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:04.839 touch it. 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.399 We enjoy 00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:05.960 the shade 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.359 of that 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.659 tree. 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.240 We enjoy 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.819 the pleasures 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.659 of that 00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.299 car or 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.199 that lifestyle 00:22:10.199 --> 00:22:11.119 or whatever 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.759 it is. 00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.819 But we 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.220 find our 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.759 comfort and 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.259 joy in it. 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.879 We find our 00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.480 identity and 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.259 security in it. 00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.119 We've made 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.859 a good thing 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.539 a bad thing 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.599 and turn 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.039 it into 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.920 a God 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.240 thing. 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.720 And that's 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.139 what Jonah 00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.619 does with 00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.159 the plant. 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.599 A plant 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.220 that God 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.240 even appointed 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.740 for him. 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.039 Even said, 00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.480 hey, I'm 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.619 going to 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.000 take care 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.180 of you, 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.659 even though 00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:34.859 you're 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.599 throwing a 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.200 hissy fit. 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.759 I'm going 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.180 to put this 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.500 over your 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.819 head and 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:38.960 I'm going 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.379 to shade 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.659 you. 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.819 So, 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.500 God's grace 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.259 is not found 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.759 in temporal 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.339 or physical 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.899 things. 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.519 God's grace 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.480 does not fit 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.399 in our box 00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.339 or definition. 00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.639 Verses 00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.460 7 and 8. 00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:54.680 But when 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.319 dawn came 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.839 up the next 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.279 day, 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.899 God appointed 00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.579 a worm that 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.139 attacked the 00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.779 plant so that 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.220 it withered. 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.420 When the sun 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.819 rose, 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.759 God appointed 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.480 a scorching 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.180 east wind 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.420 and the sun 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.879 beat down 00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.299 on the head 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.659 of Jonah 00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.119 so that he 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.720 was faint 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.879 and he asked 00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.259 that he might 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.879 die and said, 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.420 it is better 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.960 for me to 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:13.000 die than 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.539 to live. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.740 God appointed 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.379 a worm 00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.899 and a scorching 00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.599 east wind 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.399 to make Jonah 00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.399 uncomfortable. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.420 Now, 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.820 I know 00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.060 what you're 00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:23.259 thinking. 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.720 These two 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.320 acts don't 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.980 really fit 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.900 very well 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.240 in our 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.660 view of 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.120 grace. 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.920 How can 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.240 something 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.740 negative 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.360 happen 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.700 and we 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.140 call it 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.680 grace? 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.560 But this 00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:34.460 chapter is 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.779 the summation 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.740 is God's 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.180 lesson, 00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.980 the conclusion 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.640 of God's 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.240 lesson for 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.539 Jonah. 00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.759 It started 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.279 in chapter 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.860 1 when he 00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.240 told him 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.580 to go 00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.480 to Nineveh 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.019 and it 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.519 ends 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.720 in verse 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.120 11 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.900 chapter 4. 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.700 He 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.420 destroys 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.059 the thing 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.579 that Jonah 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.180 felt good 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.500 about 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.259 that he 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.500 took 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:53.799 comfort 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.099 in. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.559 Just 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.000 because it 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.599 doesn't agree 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.019 with us 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.640 logically, 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.980 just because 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.620 we don't 00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.500 understand it 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:02.200 or doesn't 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.839 make us feel 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.240 a certain 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.559 way, 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.360 doesn't mean 00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.700 that it's 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.400 not God 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.180 showing grace 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.660 to you. 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.120 See, 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.620 God showed 00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.099 grace to 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.599 Jonah by 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.480 teaching him 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.759 a lesson, 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.299 by teaching 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.839 him more 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.139 of who 00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.659 God is, 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.319 how merciful 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.899 he is, 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.019 how his 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.359 mission isn't 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.919 just to the 00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.279 people of 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.539 Israel, 00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:18.959 how it's 00:24:18.959 --> 00:24:19.980 to more 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.599 than that. 00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.399 God's 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.919 grace is 00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.519 not based 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.939 on me 00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.279 or on 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.539 you, 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.720 as I've 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:26.939 said, 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.259 but it's 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.519 based 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.279 completely 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.379 on him. 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.359 For us 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.859 to say, 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.259 surely this 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.599 isn't God 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.179 because it's 00:24:36.179 --> 00:24:36.859 negative and 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.559 I don't 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.240 like it, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.439 is naive 00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.319 and arrogant 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.399 of us. 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.199 We're 00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:43.699 quick to 00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.099 throw out 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.699 Romans 8 00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.099 28, 00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.399 and we 00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.819 know that 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.199 for those 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.519 who love 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.839 God, 00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.439 all things 00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:48.959 work together 00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:49.480 for good, 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.059 for those 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.339 who are 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.639 called 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.179 according to 00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.779 his purpose. 00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.159 Do we 00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.779 really believe 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.179 this? 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.220 Or is it 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.699 just full of 00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.480 words that 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.019 mean nothing 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.619 to us? 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.159 See, 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.039 that's why a 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.480 story like 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.039 Jonah is in 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.159 here. 00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:04.519 Not to 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.699 say, 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.220 look what 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.699 God can 00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:05.959 do with 00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.220 a big 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.720 fish, 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.459 but to 00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.599 say, 00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:07.959 look what 00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.379 God can 00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.959 do even 00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:10.199 in taking 00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.679 away a 00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.000 plant, 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.500 or even 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.059 in showing 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.639 mercy to 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.660 an evil, 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.580 cruel nation, 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.360 city, 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:16.880 or, 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.300 look, 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.920 God can 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.560 control the 00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:19.800 wind, 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.240 and can 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.800 control a 00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.259 big fish, 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.620 and can 00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.120 control a 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.500 plant. 00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.860 Verses 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.200 10 and 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.560 11, 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.080 do we 00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.960 really believe 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.720 828? 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.160 Because 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.700 verse 10 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.100 and 11 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.920 is God's 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.140 final lesson, 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.500 God's 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.500 conclusion of 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.780 this lesson. 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.280 And the 00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:37.800 Lord said, 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.759 you pity the 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.280 plant for 00:25:39.280 --> 00:25:39.580 which you 00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:39.900 did not 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.240 labor, 00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.480 nor did 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.800 you make 00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.180 it grow, 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.680 which came 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.120 into being 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.380 in a 00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.600 night, 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:43.840 and 00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.220 perished 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.480 in a 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.720 night. 00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.799 And 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.080 should 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.420 not 00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.799 I 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.060 pity 00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.460 Nineveh, 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.680 that 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:47.980 great 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.360 city, 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.460 in which 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.759 there are 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.120 more than 00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:51.140 120,000 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.779 persons who 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.060 do not 00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.380 know their 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.880 right hand 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.180 from their 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.519 left, 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.640 and also 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.380 much 00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.019 cattle? 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.000 Do you 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.660 really have 00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.279 any reason 00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.940 to be sad 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.440 or angry, 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:00.799 Jonah, 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.480 about the 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.000 plant that 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.440 does not 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.940 last? 00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.519 And that 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.900 has very 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.700 little value? 00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.680 And how 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.000 should I 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.480 feel about 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.900 the people 00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.240 that I 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.880 created in 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.240 my own 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.660 image? 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.340 Should I 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.820 just ignore 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.279 them because 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.640 that's what 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.920 you want 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.160 me to 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.420 do? 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.779 His basic 00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.960 point is 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.600 look at the 00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.120 people of the 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.740 world as I 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.160 see them. 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.100 Look at the 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.740 people of the 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.660 world through 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:25.560 grace as I 00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:25.980 see them, 00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.680 not as you 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.100 see them. 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.680 Have a 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.620 kingdom view. 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:33.000 God will 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:50.959 use what he 00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.219 deems 00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:52.899 appropriate to 00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.539 perfect you, 00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.379 to 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.259 sanctify you 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.279 for your 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.659 good and 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.239 his glory. 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.279 glory. 00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.620 He's 00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.240 working in 00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.680 your life 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.059 now. 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.059 Bad things 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.539 happen, 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:01.960 but he's 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.599 using those 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.279 bad things 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.740 to make 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.180 you more 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.660 like him, 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:04.960 to make 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.299 you more 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.039 like Christ. 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.120 So if 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.359 grace does 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.980 not fit in 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.740 our box, 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.880 then a 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.500 Christian will 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.720 have faith 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.599 to trust 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.579 God completely 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.140 in good 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:19.160 times and 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.039 in what we 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.740 see as 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.160 bad. 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.539 Trust God 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.240 completely. 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.980 fourth point, 00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.140 grace is a 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.920 gift from 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.420 the sovereign 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.859 God. 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.740 In chapter 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:36.000 four, God 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.519 shows his 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.319 sovereignty over 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.359 creation again. 00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.180 Chapter one, 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.599 he did. 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.599 Chapter two, 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.059 he did. 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.759 Chapter four, 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.180 he did. 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.579 Over a 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.559 worm, over 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.759 a plant, over 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.319 an eastern 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.859 wind. 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:52.559 God has 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.259 flexed his 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.679 sovereignty 00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.259 muscles. 00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:58.099 And not 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.479 to show, 00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.000 look how 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.439 strong I 00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.779 am, or 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.079 look how 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.779 powerful I 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.419 am, but 00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.839 to show us 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.699 that he is 00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.279 sovereign, that 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.779 he is in 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.240 control. 00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.379 God who 00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.579 hurled a 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.759 wind at 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.519 Jonah in 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.259 chapter one, 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.819 who made 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.079 the sea, a 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.619 storm like 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.220 the sailors 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.579 had never 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.299 seen before, 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.440 who provided 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.579 a fish for 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.279 Jonah, a 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.019 big fish for 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.500 him to live 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.960 in three 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.440 days. 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.920 That's 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.559 crazy. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.839 For him 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.240 to say, 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.140 fish, I want 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.539 you to spit 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.039 them out right 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.339 there. 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.160 And for the 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.779 fish to do 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.180 that. 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.799 And in 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.339 chapter four, 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.180 to provide a 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.059 plant, to 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.740 provide a 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.379 worm to eat 00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.000 that plant, 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.539 and then 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.099 provide a 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.799 scorching east 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.539 wind to make 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.019 Jonah 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.740 uncomfortable. 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.940 Grace is 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.940 an act from 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.500 the sovereign 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.119 God. 00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.920 The one 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.359 thing that we 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.039 see clearly 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.759 about Jonah 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.500 in this 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.819 story, and 00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.319 how we 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.180 really do 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.399 relate, is 00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.920 that Jonah 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.240 doesn't deserve 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.039 the grace that 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.559 God shows 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.740 him. 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.460 He doesn't 00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.039 deserve any 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.399 of it. 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.720 Even in 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.079 the middle 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.740 of receiving 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.799 it, he 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.339 throws this 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.779 tantrum. 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.240 Even in 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.519 the middle 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:12.680 of being 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.720 defiant, God 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.259 provides a 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.619 fish for 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:14.879 him. 00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.960 As we 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.359 know from 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.599 other 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.039 scriptures, 00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.480 like Ephesians 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.599 2, grace, 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.539 and like that 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.379 definition, is 00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.400 favor shown 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.920 where there is 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.639 positive 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.960 demerit in 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.299 the one 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.019 receiving it. 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.720 So grace 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.240 is given to 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.599 those who 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.139 don't deserve 00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.420 it. 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.460 God. 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.920 And the 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.519 only one who 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.920 can show 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.380 this type 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.880 of grace 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.080 is sovereign 00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.620 God. 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.400 One who 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.900 is never 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.060 surprised, who 00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.860 rules over 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.460 all and has 00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.320 everything in 00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.980 his control. 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.600 That God is 00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.120 the God who 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.560 can give 00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.060 grace. 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.759 And God 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.259 makes this 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.980 point again 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.380 in verse 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.720 10 and 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.080 11. 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.420 And I 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.860 just read 00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.080 it. 00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.259 You 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.720 pity the 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.160 plant for 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.420 which you 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.700 did not 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.320 labor, nor 00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.640 did you 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:03.980 make it 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.779 grow, which 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259 came into 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.660 being in 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.160 a night and 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.759 perished in 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.160 a night. 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.980 As we 00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.500 read verse 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.900 10, we 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.259 see that 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.700 God is 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.640 God is on 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.000 one hand 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.240 saying, 00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.680 Joni, you 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.120 didn't do 00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.400 any of 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.040 these things 00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:16.680 and communicating 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.420 to him, but 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.000 I did. 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.759 I'm the 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.140 one who 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.759 made the 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.279 plant grow. 00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.900 I'm the 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.240 one who 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.720 labored 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.680 in creating 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.080 it. 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.800 And then 00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.340 verse 11, 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.779 of course, 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.440 follows verse 00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.779 10. 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.340 I did 00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.960 these things 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.440 and I 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.100 created the 00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.519 people of 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.240 Nineveh in 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.040 my image and 00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.620 I will show 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.420 them grace, 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.800 whether you 00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.440 want me to 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.060 or not. 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.340 God's grace, 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.240 His sovereignty 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.080 and His mercy 00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.820 are all on 00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.279 display in 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.720 this book. 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.960 It is no 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.720 longer a good 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.120 story. 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.759 It is no 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.400 longer a 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.160 flannel board 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.980 Sunday school 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.860 happy story. 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:53.220 God's mercy 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.960 is displayed. 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.580 God's grace 00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.200 is given. 00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.440 And God's 00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.259 sovereignty is 00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.880 throughout the 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.200 book. 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:04.779 book is a 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.720 lesson for you 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.259 and for me 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.640 about the 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.100 God who 00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.519 has shown 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.860 us mercy. 00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.600 On 00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.200 Yom 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.700 Kippur, 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.980 the day of 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.380 atonement, 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.039 the highest 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.940 holy day of 00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.340 the year 00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.600 in the Jewish 00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.519 religion. 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.319 At the 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.140 last moments 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.900 of the day, 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.819 a Jewish 00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.019 leader will 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.519 read the 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.880 book of 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.480 Jonah out 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.940 loud for 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.539 everyone to 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.799 hear. 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.039 They listen 00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.580 to how the 00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:30.000 sea is moved 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.660 by a mighty 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.420 wind hurled 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.039 by God. 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.160 They listen 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.680 to God 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.640 saving Jonah 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.299 from death 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.180 by appointing 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.859 a big 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.359 fish. 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.039 They listen 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.539 to God 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.440 showing mercy 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.039 and grace 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.640 to the people 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.259 of Nineveh. 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.839 They listen 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.420 to Jonah 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.759 not wanting 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.180 a pagan 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.740 people to 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.039 be the 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.859 beneficiary 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.599 of God's 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.980 grace. 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.559 They listen 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.880 to the 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.279 prophet 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.759 throw a 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.240 pity party 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.960 for himself 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.799 and they 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.240 listen to 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.779 God give 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.240 his final 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.859 words to 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.400 Jonah by 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.819 saying, 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:57.859 I will 00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.400 have mercy 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.700 on whom 00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:58.980 I have 00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.359 mercy 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.079 and I 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.339 will have 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.919 compassion 00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.359 on whom 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.659 I have 00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.199 compassion. 00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.719 When the 00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:04.279 reading is 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.679 over, 00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:05.879 everyone 00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.539 listening to 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.099 the story, 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.959 everyone 00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.839 all together 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.439 will say, 00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.439 and we 00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.279 are 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.059 Jonah. 00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.799 No one 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.459 can outrun 00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:15.859 God. 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.099 No one 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.779 can outthink 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.199 God. 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.219 And no one 00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:19.939 can decide 00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.659 where his 00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.339 mercy and 00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.939 grace will 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.259 be given 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.939 for he 00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.859 is 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.679 God. 00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:25.879 We 00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.819 are 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.679 Jonah. 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.820 Jonah, 00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.240 deserving 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.980 of death, 00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:30.920 punishment 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.440 for our 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.759 sinful 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.140 nature, 00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.600 and at 00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.220 the mercy 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.039 of the 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.299 Lord. 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.200 We 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.440 are 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.820 Jonah, 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.400 fools 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.460 who way 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.180 too often 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.580 look to 00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.060 our own 00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.440 needs and 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.539 desires and 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.039 forget the 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.480 needs of 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.120 those around 00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.500 us. 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.779 We 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.000 are 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.400 Jonah, 00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:44.940 and when 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.600 things don't 00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.019 go as 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.480 planned, 00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.000 throw a 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.539 pity party 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.860 over 00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.860 things that 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.200 we don't 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.420 even 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.980 control 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:55.620 or have 00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.180 control in 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.320 their 00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.940 appearance. 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.980 and of 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.220 which 00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.900 last but 00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.279 a day 00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.480 and 00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.840 disappear. 00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.680 We 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.000 are 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.480 Jonah, 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.820 we 00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.100 are 00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.600 Nineveh, 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.900 and we 00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.240 are the 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.680 sailors, 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.759 and we 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.039 are at 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.580 the mercy 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:05.960 of a 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.259 merciful 00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.740 God 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.559 who is, 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.279 as 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.700 Jonah 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.740 tells us 00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.860 in 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.200 verse 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.620 2, 00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.759 who is 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.620 gracious 00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.140 and 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.680 merciful, 00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.640 slow 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:15.880 to 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.279 anger, 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.100 and abounding 00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.960 in steadfast 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.420 love, 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.779 and relenting 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.180 from 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.900 disaster. 00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.700 If we 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.900 are 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.240 Jonah, 00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.720 then let's 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.279 learn from 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.960 the original 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.420 Jonah, 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.240 and join 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.720 God in 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:27.960 what He 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.440 is doing. 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.440 Let's 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.039 love those 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.580 around us 00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.000 no matter 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.600 the differences 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.240 we have. 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.240 And let's 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.940 be gracious 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.519 as God 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.860 has been 00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.240 gracious 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.880 towards 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.480 us. 00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.660 Pray with 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:37.840 me. 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:37.900 Amen. 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:37.900 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:37.900 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:37.900 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:37.960 Amen. 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:37.960 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:37.960 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:37.960 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:37.960 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.960 Amen. 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:39.960 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:39.960 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:39.960 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.960 Amen. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:41.960 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:41.960