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Jonah 1-4

  1. The opposite direction

    1. We feel very justified in our anger.

    2. Our TEMPERS aren’t always overt and out of control, but that doesn’t mean it’s not hurting you.

      1. “ I just need to CONTROL my emotions well enough that it doesn’t affect my relationships.”

    3. The root of the emotion is what I’m digging at in this series, not the emotion itself.

    4. I have this concern about current Christianity that we focus way too much on our BEHAVIOR, and not nearly enough on the state of our soul. We teach our kids that they should be good, and not tell lies, and don’t steal...instead of teaching them where they can find fulfillment, and how they can understand who they are in Christ Jesus.

    5. Anger is another one of those topical things that covers AND ENABLES a multitude of other sins.  Unforgiveness. Bitterness. Insecurity. Jealousy. Pride. Lust. Greed. 

      But anger is what presents. 

      So many people try to fix their anger issue, but it’s really something deeper.

    6. 5 word sermon in Hebrew: “40 more days and Ninevah will be overturned.”

    7. Certainly, if anyone has a right to be angry in this entire story, it’s God!! But instead, he asks Jonah a patient and kind question.

  2. Is it right for you to be angry about this?

    1. When God asks a question, does He need to know the answer?

    2. Emotions aren’t inherently BAD.  Anger isn’t inherently BAD. We should be using our emotions as gauges. “you need to pay attention to this”

    3. God’s anger is always justified and it’s always righteous. Ours rarely is either of those things.

    4. What gives you the right?

      1. But seeing things through KINGDOM EYES is a different story. The Gospel changes everything.

        Jonah could have been a pattern of the Gospel.  A precursor to the Messiah.

    5. Last week we talked about how comfort is dangerous in the Kingdom though, right?

  3. This book was written for you.

    1. We don’t get to see what happens to Jonah, or the city.  We don’t know if Jonah repents, or God takes him out, or what…but the book wasn’t written for Jonah. The book was written for YOU.

    2. What if we’re not Jonah, what if we’re Ninevah?

    3. We ARE Ninevah, but we don’t have Jonah, we have JESUS.

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