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Jonah 4:2 · BSB
4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
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…34, verses 6 and 7, describing the nature of God, is referred to over and over and over again in the Old Testament. I'll give you some examples.Jonah, chapter 4, verse 2, Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, Oh Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to…
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…verbatim in other places in the Old Testament. So you can see it in Numbers 14, Nehemiah 9, Psalm 103, and Psalm 145, Jeremiah 32, Joel 2, andJonah 4:2. You can also hear echoes of it in other places like Deuteronomy 5, 1 Kings 3, Lamentations 3, Daniel 9, and Nahum 1. Now hear what I'm saying.…
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…slow to anger and of great kindness and he relents from doing harm again the word slow to anger means long suffering let's read this last textJonah chapter 4 verse 2Jonah chapter 4 verse 2 Let me even read from verse one. He said, but it displaced Jonah accidentally and he became angry. Why? He says, so he…
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…believe that Jonah knew about the mercy of God He knew about the mercy of God. I don't mean to give away the entirety of the book but flip ahead toJonah 4, verse 2. Jonah 4, 2, there it reads, And he prayed to the Lord and said, O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made…
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…he didn't understand him. No, I think Jonah ran away because he did in Jonah chapter 4. If you have your Bible, I want you to turn there. This isJonah 4 verse 2. At the end of the book Jonah tells God why he fled. He tells God why he ran from him, why he disobeyed his command. Jonah responds to God saying…
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…Verse 5 quotes this. Psalm 145, verse 8 quotes this verse. And lastly, oh, I'm sorry, Joel 213 quotes it. And lastly, you know who knew it? Jonah.Jonah 4, verse 2. So this is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible from Exodus 34, six that God talks about himself and his character. But turn to me with the…
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…what god is trying to teach you, you're gonna get to the end of your life, and you're not gonna get what god is all about. So we're gonna look atJonah chapter 4 verse 1 through 10. And so the people of Nineveh, right, they repent. It's a home run. For us as Christians, people got saved. Harvest crusade worked. Right? Billy…
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…so used to, but I'm praying, my prayer is that today as we read this, as we received this word of God, that it would really pierce into our hearts.Jonah chapter 4, verse 1 to 2. So it's only... Verses 4, 1 to 2. Okay. Jonah's anger and the Lord's compassion. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he…
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…the city of Nineveh had repented and been spared from God's judgment. Why? Because those people were the nation's enemies. They were Gentiles. InJonah chapter 4 verse 2, we read about the unhappy prophet. He says, and he prayed to the Lord and said, oh Lord, it is not this what I said when I was yet in my country.…
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…none of those are gonna come to pass. We don't know all of the factors that go into why Jonah is so enraged, but we do know he did not get his way.Jonah 4, verse 2has to go down as one of the craziest complaints anyone has ever filed against God. I want you to hear how Jonah attacks God. Here's what he says:…
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…will by no means clear the guilty. The Lord is slow to anger. That should sound familiar. For two reasons, at least. One is because we heard it inJonah chapter 4, verse 2, the Lord is slow to anger. But more than that, this is a quotation from Exodus chapter 34, this great scene in Scripture in which God reveals…
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…a lesson from someone who well he did take his concerns to the Lord in prayer, didn't do so in the right way. Jonah did pray to God, we see inJonah 4, verse 2, he prayed to Yahweh, but he didn't pray to the Lord, trusting the Lord would hear him and trusting that the Lord would respond to his needs. And…
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…and today if you look at this you'll see both part of Jonah chapter 2 but you'll also see James as well which is a reflection upon Jonah I meanJonah chapter 4 verse 2and I put both of those together in the form of a prayer. You see it's it says we're gripped with the gospel as we come to understand that I…
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…one. Jonah hated the Ninevehes and did not want them to be spared. He was struggling with bitterness and forgiveness. Oh yeah. Remember? Look atJonah chapter 4, verse 2. And he prayed unto the Lord. Jonah did, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my sayings when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled…
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…fear of being impaled by his preaching would have probably been enough to scare any of us. But that wasn't actually the reason that Jonah ran away.Jonah 4:2gives us the motivation of why Jonah ran from God. Jonah prayed to God at that point and said, this is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish.…
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