Jonah 3 God’s compassion is seen clearly though Jonah being given a 2nd chance, Jonah being protected in Nineveh, and Nineveh repenting despite Jonah’s poor sermon. God’s compassion should impact all of our lives today!
Sermons on Jonah
Jonah 1:17-2:10 Jonah is a book of opposites. Jonah is told to go up, but he goes down, he deserves judgement but is saved instead. Come and see the prayer where God breaks and remakes Jonah. And consider Christ who was greater than Jonah and shows us even greater grace.
Jonah 1:1-16 Jonah is an unlikely prophet who when sent to Nineveh, ran instead. It seems he only obeyed God when it suited him. God’s people would do well to learn from Jonah’s mistakes!
Jonah 3:10-4:1-11 Hypocrisy looks pathetic – when our boss, our colleague, our friend acts like there’s one rule for them and another rule for everybody else. Religious hypocrisy can be especially hard to stomach. Listen in as we see that God hates hypocrisy even more than we do.
Jonah 3v1-10 Peter Schiff, CEO at Euro Pacific Capital, famously warned markets in 2006 about an approaching Global Financial Crisis. Those who heeded him protected themselves against great loss. Listen in as this passage explores the humility and attentiveness required to heed another warning to the market.
Jonah 2 Sometimes people are just out of their depth. We can see it in business, in politics, in sport and in life. How should such people respond? How should we respond if we feel it ourselves?
Jonah 1:1-17 Aristotle said: ‘Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future’. It’s power and it’s ability to buy pleasure can make it seem irresistible. Listen in as we see something money has no power over and something even more irresistible.
Jonah 4:1-11 Hypocrisy really gets to us; and religious hypocrisy can be the worst of all. Listen in to Jonah 4 as God challenges someone very happy with God’s mercy to him, but very unhappy with God giving mercy to others.
Jonah 3v1-10 Sometimes we’re given warnings that are overblown and over-cautious (think: ‘caution, may contain nuts’). But some warnings need us to sit up and take note. Listen in to this warning from Jonah – to Nineveh, and ultimately to us.
Jonah 2:1-10 Jonah Chapter 2 find Jonah singing for joy in the belly of a fish, yet his joy at undeserved mercy is much more contemporary than it first appears and comes with a twist in the tale. Listen in as we look at Jonah 2.