WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.740 A midlife crisis. 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.480 A fabulous failure. 00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:08.419 Fear of where you're headed. 00:00:08.419 --> 00:00:09.040 ! Fear of where you're headed. 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:12.700 A longing for change. 00:00:15.099 --> 00:00:19.359 Whether you're at home right now or you're in the room with me here, 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.480 ! I know that at least once in your life already, 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:27.039 you have felt the urge to turn your life around. 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:32.439 Change your plans, your school, your jobs, your friendship group. 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:35.019 You break the lease. 00:00:35.659 --> 00:00:36.979 You end a relationship. 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:39.159 You upend your routines. 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.679 You lock yourself out of your apps on your phone. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.120 Or you sell a guitar. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:50.659 Sometimes you can. 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:52.480 Sometimes you must. 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:56.600 Or you can't and you wish you could. 00:00:57.699 --> 00:01:00.439 Turn your life around. 00:01:02.519 --> 00:01:04.319 Have you ever said out loud, 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.560 I have to turn my life around? 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:15.799 At our best, we try and live a life that leads down the path that suits our needs, 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:20.120 our joys, our comforts, even suits our loved ones. 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:29.080 But the message of the Bible is that God needs to turn your life around so that you may truly live. 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:33.120 Can God really do that? 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:35.939 Can God turn your life around? 00:01:37.539 --> 00:01:39.079 And would it really matter if you did? 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:43.340 My name is Nick. 00:01:43.679 --> 00:01:46.340 I'm a discipleship pastor here at St. Paul's. 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:47.459 I'm really glad you're here. 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:51.459 And I'm really glad that today we're in Jonah chapter 3. 00:01:51.459 --> 00:01:56.719 At the end of chapter 2, we land with Jonah on the beach. 00:01:57.719 --> 00:01:59.019 Spat out of a fish. 00:01:59.559 --> 00:02:00.599 Stinking of stomach. 00:02:01.259 --> 00:02:02.159 Squinting in the sun. 00:02:03.019 --> 00:02:04.500 Somehow still alive. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:09.659 God has relented from destroying him and saved him. 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:14.319 So what should God have done next? 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:18.620 Is he going to scold Jonah like an angry parent? 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.539 Is he going to give him a new set of stricter rules to live by? 00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:27.239 Or is he going to put a pressure on him with a threat? 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.019 That, ah, this is your last chance. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:30.319 No. 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:37.459 Instead, Michelle just read that God renews his partnership with his prophet. 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:42.019 Jonah got a clean slate as if he'd never run away at all. 00:02:43.939 --> 00:02:47.979 The book of Jonah could start chapter 3, verse 1. 00:02:53.539 --> 00:03:02.799 Jonah was tumbled in the water, taste tested by a fish, turned back to God and all by grace. 00:03:03.239 --> 00:03:08.439 God really can turn a life around in dramatic fashion. 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:14.180 In chapter 3, God reset his expectations of Jonah. 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:21.859 He still had to go to Nineveh and, like God says at the beginning of Jonah, preach against it for their wickedness. 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:24.660 But this time, Jonah obeyed. 00:03:26.460 --> 00:03:29.920 What would Nineveh do in response to God's message? 00:03:30.340 --> 00:03:34.760 Would they ignore Jonah or would they turn to God and repent? 00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:37.420 Repent. 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:47.480 To turn from living life your old way and to turn toward God is called repentance. 00:03:47.479 --> 00:04:03.519 Jonah 3 is going to show you Nineveh's response as an example of our need for repentance, the nature of repentance, and the hope of repentance. 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:06.620 All people need to God. 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.339 And if you turn to him, he will turn your life around. 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:13.039 There is assurance available. 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:16.019 Assurance for the repentant. 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:21.280 Because God is gracious and merciful to all people. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:28.180 Now, there was a great need for repentance where Jonah was sent. 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:35.600 I shared three weeks ago when we started the book of Jonah that Nineveh was known for its brutality. 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:40.360 Even their allies were allies because they feared them. 00:04:41.620 --> 00:04:47.360 According to historians, there was even more going on here in Nineveh at the time. 00:04:48.260 --> 00:04:50.680 More going on than usual. 00:04:51.580 --> 00:04:54.000 There had been an ominous solar eclipse. 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:55.640 There had been earthquakes. 00:04:56.760 --> 00:04:59.620 There had been political uprisings. 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:09.519 And there was conflict everywhere between those under the thumb of royal rule and those wanting to break that thumb. 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:16.060 Nineveh couldn't stay a superpower unless that changed. 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:24.399 It was as if God had prepared the ground ready for Jonah's message to take root. 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:29.539 Jonah walked for a whole day, as we've read. 00:05:30.359 --> 00:05:32.539 Whole day into this vast city. 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:34.859 Still hadn't got to the middle of it. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.099 And he would have seen everywhere a desperate need for change. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:47.159 So as Jonah spoke, it only took five words in his language. 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:48.799 Eight words in English. 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:55.040 Eight words to convince people that they needed to turn their life around. 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:57.579 Jonah proclaimed in verse 4, 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:07.240 The Ninevites believed God. 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:15.180 News of coming destruction led to belief in the God who had sent that message. 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:19.759 There's no mention here of Jonah's preaching style. 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:21.100 His hairdo. 00:06:21.420 --> 00:06:22.579 His teaching technique. 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:24.199 His charisma. 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.180 Maybe how he smelt. 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:31.180 Or anything else that can make his message more listenable. 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:33.139 Or more relatable. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.180 Or more fearfully obeyable. 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:42.560 Instead, there's simply a heart response. 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:46.639 A heart response to the word of God that led to belief. 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:52.079 Nineveh's belief was not like belief light. 00:06:52.840 --> 00:06:54.360 It was weighty. 00:06:55.240 --> 00:07:03.819 It's the same Hebrew word for believed used when Israel saw the Red Sea crash down and drown Pharaoh's army. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:07.819 Then Israel believed. 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:09.719 Same word. 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:10.579 In God. 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.079 On the evidence of God's deliverance. 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:21.199 But this time, just God's few words bring belief. 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:27.979 That word moved from the street into homes. 00:07:28.579 --> 00:07:30.479 From the lowly to the rich. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.639 From the peasant to the palace and all the way to the king. 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:36.860 The king had riches. 00:07:37.539 --> 00:07:38.519 He had his reputation. 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:41.120 And the protection of his army. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:48.920 But those same eight words broke his trust in his kingdom's strength. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.100 And he, too, believed. 00:07:55.579 --> 00:08:00.699 Nineveh had armies that annihilated entire peoples. 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:03.579 Like whole cities off the face of the earth. 00:08:03.579 --> 00:08:11.859 They could have easily imagined how something like that would happen to them if there was a greater army out there. 00:08:14.219 --> 00:08:16.060 But here they fear something greater. 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:18.599 They fear a God. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:19.799 Look at verse 8. 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:24.000 Let everyone call urgently on God. 00:08:24.400 --> 00:08:27.620 Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:40.919 When the king believed, he believed because he saw they, the whole nation and him, had a moral debt to God for their evil and their violence. 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:45.899 And that debt had brought upon them a spiritual consequence. 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.059 That of judgment. 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:52.719 God's word hit bullseye in their heart. 00:08:56.939 --> 00:09:00.259 Did any of you hear Michelle read that passage this morning? 00:09:00.439 --> 00:09:04.620 Or have you ever read Jonah before and heard about Nineveh's belief? 00:09:05.219 --> 00:09:10.099 And think, what Jonah said, those eight words, why does that? 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:12.079 How is that enough? 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:14.439 How is that enough? 00:09:15.479 --> 00:09:25.199 Surely Jonah then went on a preaching tour and was on TV on the morning show and got to speak in the universities to all the intellectuals. 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.179 No, just five words in Hebrew. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.240 How is that enough? 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.759 How isn't it like Pharaoh, when Moses spoke to him, 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:42.460 talked about God's coming judgment upon Egypt, 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:46.319 unless they let God's people go? 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:51.860 Pharaoh said no, over and over and over and over again. 00:09:55.659 --> 00:10:00.200 The answer is that it takes the power of God 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:04.879 for our need of repentance to seem reasonable, 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.100 beyond logic and circumstance. 00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:14.080 An early church leader called Paul talked about it like this. 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:17.160 Opponents must be gently instructed 00:10:17.160 --> 00:10:21.759 in the hope that God will grant them repentance, 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:25.340 leading them to a knowledge of the truth. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:30.280 Notice that God initiates repentance 00:10:30.280 --> 00:10:33.120 before we know we need it. 00:10:35.180 --> 00:10:36.519 Through his word, 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:40.100 God powerfully leads us to a gift. 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:42.960 A gift is seeing our need 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.240 to return to him. 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:47.200 Nineveh's believing king 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:48.280 commanded 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.759 that his people turn away 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:52.659 from the Assyrian way of life, 00:10:53.179 --> 00:10:54.539 their evil ways 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:55.959 and their violence 00:10:55.959 --> 00:10:57.799 is his summary of that. 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:00.579 They are turning 00:11:00.579 --> 00:11:02.159 from their sin. 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:06.199 Sin is anything done 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:08.159 against God's will 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.500 and order. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:13.419 God revealed to Nineveh 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:14.759 through his word to them 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:16.580 that their evil hearts 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:18.360 and violent hands 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.919 were sinful. 00:11:21.899 --> 00:11:22.819 Nineveh surrendered 00:11:22.819 --> 00:11:25.100 because God revealed 00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:26.439 their sin against him 00:11:26.439 --> 00:11:28.360 and that their judgment day 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.279 was a month away. 00:11:34.059 --> 00:11:36.139 The nature of repentance 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:38.059 is demonstrated here 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:39.360 in what the king 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.120 then led his people 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.840 to do about their sin. 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.800 First, 00:11:45.920 --> 00:11:46.620 he joined in 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:47.379 with his people. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:49.740 Verse 6, 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:51.399 when Jonah's warning 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:52.639 reached the king of Nineveh, 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:53.960 he rose from his throne, 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:55.300 took off his royal robes, 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.560 covered himself 00:11:56.560 --> 00:11:57.580 with sackcloth 00:11:57.580 --> 00:11:59.120 and sat down 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:00.100 in the dust. 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:04.360 The kings of Nineveh 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.740 were often given 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:08.660 these extra kingly titles. 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.100 You think king 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:11.840 might be the top 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:12.660 but then there's 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:15.580 king of the universe 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:18.080 or king of the four corners 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:18.800 of the world. 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:21.940 But here, 00:12:22.060 --> 00:12:22.800 Nineveh's king 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:24.100 stood down 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:24.940 from his throne, 00:12:25.300 --> 00:12:26.519 removed all signs 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.280 of his royalty 00:12:27.280 --> 00:12:29.300 and joined his nation 00:12:29.300 --> 00:12:31.060 mourning in the dust 00:12:31.060 --> 00:12:33.540 in awfully itchy sackcloth. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.780 It's such a humanizing moment. 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:41.399 Imagine seeing that throne room 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.120 empty, 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:44.319 all the fancy clothes 00:12:44.319 --> 00:12:45.319 thrown on the floor 00:12:45.319 --> 00:12:48.519 and then going outside 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.720 and seeing all the people 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:51.699 together in the street. 00:12:55.439 --> 00:12:56.519 There was nobody 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:57.819 in Nineveh 00:12:57.819 --> 00:12:59.779 more or less 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:00.879 in need 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:01.819 of repentance 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.820 and no difference 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:04.960 in the nature 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.420 of their repentance. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.879 All people 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.080 must repent 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:10.580 the same 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:13.540 by turning to the grace 00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:14.500 and mercy 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.840 of God. 00:13:18.640 --> 00:13:19.400 Once the king 00:13:19.400 --> 00:13:20.460 had joined his people 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:21.320 in the dust, 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:26.220 he said, 00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.320 by the decree 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.140 of the kings 00:13:28.140 --> 00:13:28.820 and nobles, 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.879 do not let animals, 00:13:30.060 --> 00:13:30.680 herds or flocks 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:31.420 taste anything. 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.220 Do not let them 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:33.320 eat or drink 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.500 but let people 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.080 and animals 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.400 be covered in sackcloth. 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:37.200 Let everyone 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:38.560 call urgently on God. 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:39.600 Let them give up 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.560 their evil ways 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.940 and their violence. 00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:44.879 The three things 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.600 that they did, 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.980 they're refusing 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:48.560 food and water, 00:13:49.020 --> 00:13:49.700 they're mourning 00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:51.240 outwardly 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:51.940 and their 00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:53.140 calling out 00:13:53.140 --> 00:13:54.180 to God 00:13:54.180 --> 00:13:55.840 reveal 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.080 the nature 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.440 of repentance. 00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:01.140 Their fasting 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:03.540 created 00:14:03.540 --> 00:14:04.580 inner hunger 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.759 and thirst. 00:14:06.660 --> 00:14:07.600 They replaced 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:09.220 their inner 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:09.740 evil 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.200 with inner 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.920 pains, 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.940 refusing to 00:14:13.940 --> 00:14:14.520 fuel that 00:14:14.520 --> 00:14:15.160 evil within. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.740 Fasting 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.440 shows their 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:19.240 desire to 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.860 turn away 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.519 from their 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.340 sinfulness. 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:24.240 Their mourning 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:25.200 in sackcloth 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:26.019 and dust 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:27.019 shows that 00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.539 they had 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.019 surrendered 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:29.060 their outward 00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:30.080 actions 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.080 and comforts. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.680 They chose 00:14:33.680 --> 00:14:34.159 to cause 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:35.620 external pains 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.620 to themselves, 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:37.940 bowing down 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:39.019 their violent 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.680 hands. 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.360 And this 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:40.919 shows their 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.480 desire to 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.000 turn away 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.480 from their 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.879 sinful ways. 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:43.939 repentance. 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.519 And then 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.019 the king 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.720 commanded 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.480 prayer 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:51.279 to direct 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.899 their 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.340 repentance. 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.120 He commanded 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.580 they pray 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.419 urgently to 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:55.740 God, 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:56.899 that they 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.559 call out 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:57.799 to him 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.340 with emotion 00:14:58.340 --> 00:15:00.379 and put 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.279 into words 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.740 what their 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.539 fasting and 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.019 mourning 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:04.299 signified, 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:06.220 their commitment 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:07.519 to turn 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.200 from their 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:08.500 sin 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:10.360 and to 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:11.179 plead with 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.799 God for 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.019 mercy that 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.799 he might 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.759 relent. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.580 For, 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.679 verse 9, 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.519 who knows? 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.139 God may 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.720 yet relent 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.840 and with 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.559 compassion 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:25.620 turn from 00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.220 his fierce 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:26.919 anger so 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.379 we will 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:28.279 not perish. 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.480 Nineveh's 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.500 need 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:34.000 for repentance 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:35.679 came from 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.159 a new 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.840 belief in 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.220 God 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:39.019 and in 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.579 his right 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:40.139 judgment of 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.519 them through 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:41.120 his word. 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:42.939 And the 00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.980 nature of 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.679 their repentance 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.019 was the same 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.579 for all. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.340 It was a 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.039 turning to 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.360 God 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.940 from their 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:49.360 own way 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.919 of life 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.139 inwardly 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.720 and outwardly 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.879 expressed in 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.399 prayer that 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.100 was urgent, 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.639 honest, 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.600 exhaustive, 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.480 pleading for 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.440 mercy for 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.039 their sin. 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.060 Those eight 00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.700 words from 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.340 Jonah had 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.300 no hope. 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.500 But the 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.019 king had 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:10.139 found hope 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:11.300 in them 00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:13.820 that God 00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.580 might 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:15.539 relent. 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:16.659 But it's 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.340 only a hope 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.899 as strong 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.299 as, 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.899 who knows? 00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.399 But it 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.699 was a 00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:24.179 hope in 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.799 a merciful 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.980 God. 00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.360 For here's 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:27.879 how God 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.000 received their 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.439 repentance 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.039 in verse 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.340 10. 00:16:32.340 --> 00:16:33.240 When God 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.639 saw what 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.079 they did 00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:35.120 and how 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.419 they had 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:35.819 turned from 00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.259 their evil 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.699 ways, 00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:38.139 he relented 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.039 and did not 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.579 bring on 00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:39.959 them the 00:16:39.959 --> 00:16:40.620 destruction 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.720 that he had 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.100 threatened. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:45.639 God 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.220 heard their 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.700 cries, 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.659 he saw 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.300 them turn 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:51.240 and he 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.740 relented. 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.240 God 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.879 reveals his 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.320 nature 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:55.899 here. 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.460 He is 00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.560 merciful. 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.379 Nothing 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.920 Nineveh had 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.540 done had 00:17:01.540 --> 00:17:01.920 paid for 00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.300 their sin. 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.640 When 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:04.920 Nineveh 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.380 turned to 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:05.779 God, 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.079 God 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.539 turned 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.019 toward 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.619 them. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.019 The hope 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.920 of repentance 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.539 the king 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.339 had found 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.240 was in 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.799 God's 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.619 nature, 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.379 not in 00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:18.799 the nature 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.139 of his 00:17:19.139 --> 00:17:19.639 people's 00:17:19.639 --> 00:17:20.039 repentance. 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:20.940 Let me 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.519 explain that. 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.220 None of 00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:24.200 the quality 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.759 of their 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.500 mourning, 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.480 not the 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.480 volume of 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.160 their prayers, 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.099 not how 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.660 many days 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:29.940 they'd 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.500 fasted or 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.900 what they'd 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.680 fasted from, 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.139 none of 00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.680 that gave 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.099 the king 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:34.619 hope. 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:35.900 He already 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.360 had it. 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.560 The hope 00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:39.960 that the 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.500 king has 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.000 is described 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.920 as compassion. 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.720 Compassion, 00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.500 hope in 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.240 the compassion 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.759 of a 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.240 God, 00:17:50.780 --> 00:17:51.580 even if it 00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:51.900 was just 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.660 who knows 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.280 kind of 00:17:53.280 --> 00:17:53.680 hope, 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.200 because the 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.060 king discovered 00:17:56.060 --> 00:17:56.700 hope in 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.100 God's 00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:57.820 compassion 00:17:57.820 --> 00:17:59.560 because he 00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.000 warned 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.280 them. 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.320 The word 00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:02.980 came. 00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.120 Receiving 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.979 the word 00:18:05.979 --> 00:18:06.279 in the 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.500 first 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.899 place, 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.739 declared 00:18:07.739 --> 00:18:08.759 hope in 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.479 the nature 00:18:09.479 --> 00:18:10.839 of the 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.659 God who 00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:12.219 spoke this 00:18:12.219 --> 00:18:12.699 word, 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.519 that he 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.179 is merciful 00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:14.779 and 00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.359 compassionate. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.799 But God 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.000 is also 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.939 a just 00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.759 God. 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.099 God can 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.839 do anything, 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.699 but being 00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.239 just, 00:18:27.459 --> 00:18:28.199 he will 00:18:28.199 --> 00:18:28.979 see 00:18:28.979 --> 00:18:29.879 justice 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.579 done 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.500 always. 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:33.740 So, 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.140 how 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.400 was 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.880 justice 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.359 done 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:37.079 in 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.359 Jonah 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.720 3? 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.779 How 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:41.980 was 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.440 Nineveh's 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.660 sin 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:42.960 paid 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.220 for? 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.740 If 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.119 God 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.579 is 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.119 just, 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:47.839 judgment 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.279 must 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.740 come. 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.380 So how 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.640 is it 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.180 right and 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.680 just for 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.380 God to 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:52.140 relent 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.500 in 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.680 verse 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:52.940 10? 00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:54.880 What 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.299 took 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.680 his 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.180 anger 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.980 away? 00:18:56.980 --> 00:19:01.740 There is 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.519 a mystery 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.980 in 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.460 God's 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.140 mercy. 00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.220 Nineveh 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.920 received 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.279 it 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.460 without 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.059 justice 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:12.559 for 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.940 judgment. 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.380 Not 00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.880 seeing that 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.220 justice 00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.000 done 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.680 was 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.240 Jonah's 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.539 main 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.960 problem. 00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:20.980 And 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.279 without 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.759 spoilers, 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.019 I'm 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.180 going to 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.680 tell you, 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.980 Jonah's 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.519 response 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:26.380 was what 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.599 left 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:26.960 God. 00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.339 Jonah 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.579 was 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.460 angry. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.460 Come 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:30.700 next 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.019 week to 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.440 hear about 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.579 what 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:31.839 happens 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.240 next. 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.059 Jonah's 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.400 problem 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.640 with 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:36.940 God 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.200 should 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.339 be 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.539 our 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.839 problem. 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.000 We 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.319 should 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.819 want, 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.559 long 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.039 for 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.180 someone 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.660 to show 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.140 up who's 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.400 going to 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.680 reveal how 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.220 God's 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.039 judgment in 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.579 verse 10 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:49.960 of chapter 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.559 3 is 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.000 just. 00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.660 You 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:53.980 should be 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.579 hoping for 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.120 a person 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.779 who can 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.360 show you 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.699 how to 00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:57.159 turn and 00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:57.659 repent of 00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.099 your sin 00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:59.159 and 00:19:59.159 --> 00:20:00.740 who can 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.359 give you 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.879 assurance 00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.419 that your 00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:02.879 sin is 00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.399 truly 00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:04.339 dealt 00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.899 with. 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.319 Without 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.139 that person, 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.279 you have a 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.559 problem, 00:20:08.719 --> 00:20:09.179 I have a 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:09.419 problem, 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.119 and Jonah's 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.699 got a 00:20:10.699 --> 00:20:11.359 legitimate 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.899 problem. 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.659 Otherwise, 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:18.420 hope in 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.080 God is 00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.680 at best. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.040 Who 00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:21.460 knows? 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:23.680 It's a 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.040 mystery. 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.640 Well, I 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:25.920 have good 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.300 news for 00:20:26.300 --> 00:20:27.200 you and 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:27.460 for 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.740 Jonah. 00:20:31.040 --> 00:20:31.580 Crafted 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:31.880 into 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.800 Jonah 3, 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:35.380 in the 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.880 way that 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.180 it's 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.580 structured 00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.200 for us, 00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.779 is a 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.160 longing 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:40.040 for this 00:20:40.040 --> 00:20:40.920 person. 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.620 There's a 00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.240 clue that 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.820 unlocks the 00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.119 mystery. 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.220 This chapter 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.039 is bookended 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.419 with God's 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.939 judgment 00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:52.500 and his 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.119 verdict, 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.099 God's 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.700 word and 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:55.879 his 00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.460 relenting. 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.839 Both are 00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.259 gracious. 00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:00.939 And we're 00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.259 meant to 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.500 notice those 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.019 two verses 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.099 pull us into 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.859 the center and 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.259 look at what 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.759 happens in the 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.480 middle, which 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.019 is the center 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.539 verse in 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.159 verse 6. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:22.759 Jonah's 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.580 first readers 00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:25.200 were meant 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.660 to yearn 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.259 for someone 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.720 yet to 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.620 come, a 00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.080 king who 00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.640 would also 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.500 come down 00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.960 from his 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.080 throne, but 00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.200 give assurance 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.980 to his 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.560 repentant 00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:35.920 people. 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.860 That person 00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:40.240 is the 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.140 answer to 00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.560 the king 00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:42.380 of Nineveh's 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.880 who knows. 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.800 Philippians 00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:48.880 2, 6 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.340 to 8, 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.380 we hear 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.680 that Jesus 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.580 was in 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.800 very nature 00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:57.320 God. 00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.120 Jesus 00:21:59.120 --> 00:22:00.300 stepped 00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:02.240 down from 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.840 his throne 00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.380 in heaven 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.580 and took 00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.000 on the 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.860 nature of 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.699 the lowliest 00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.679 servant. 00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:08.879 He took 00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.179 off his 00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:10.599 robes and 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.139 became a 00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:12.099 creature like 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.699 us. 00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:15.019 He did 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.479 not do 00:22:15.479 --> 00:22:16.339 this to 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.059 join in 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.699 with our 00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.139 repentance 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.599 like Nineveh's 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.079 king did, 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.459 but to 00:22:21.459 --> 00:22:22.299 lead his 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.319 people to 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.599 belief in 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.119 him. 00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.379 Find 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.079 assurance 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.399 in 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.000 himself. 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.500 He is 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.959 the king 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.600 who picks 00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.360 people up 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.759 from the 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.160 dust, 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:40.400 out of the 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.840 dirt of 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.460 their fears 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.559 and failures 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.480 and their 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.860 longings to 00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.519 turn their 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.920 lives around. 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.039 And he 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.779 does not 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.240 say, 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:52.079 follow me 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.160 and who 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.660 knows, 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.559 God might 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.039 relent. 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.000 No. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:00.599 Jesus is 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.000 the king 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.700 who says, 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.220 follow me 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:05.740 and I 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.119 will bear 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.960 your 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