Prodigal Prophet - 4

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The Prodigal Prophet

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Jonah pursues the Ninevites

To be continued: Lord willing

Text: Jonah 3:1-10

1Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” 

3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himselfwith sackcloth and sat on the ashes. 

7 He issued aproclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. 8 But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. 9 Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would [e]bring upon them. And He did not do it.

The Prodigal Prophet

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Jonah pursues his own death

Text: Jonah 4:1-11

1 But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.

2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. 3Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

4 The Lord said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

5 Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. 6 So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.

7 But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered. 8 When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with allhis soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”

10Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which

you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. 11Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

God bless you!

Glenn

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Book of Jonah: Outline

Chapter 1 - Jonah pursues the wrong path.

Chapter 2 - Jonah pursues the right path.

Chapter 3 - Jonah pursues the Ninevites.

Chapter 4 - Jonah pursues his own death.

I -Jonah pursues the wrong path: Runs from God’s will - 1:1-17

A) Jonah runs from God’s will - 1:1-3

B) God stops Jonah from running - 1:4-17

  1. God sends a storm. 1:4-8

  2. Jonah Admits His Failure. 1:8-17

  3. Jonah is Swallowed by the Great Fish. 1:17

II - Jonah pursues the right path: turns back to God - 2:1-10

A) Jonah’s prayer - 2:1-9

B) God delivers Jonah - 2:10

III - Jonah pursues the Ninevites: Jonah preaches God’s message - 3:1-10

A) Jonah’s 2nd commission - 3:1-2

B) Jonah obeys God - 3:3

C) Nineveh repents - 3:5-10

IV - Jonah pursues his own death: Conversation of God with Jonah - 4:1-11

A) Jonah’s sinful heart is revealed 4:1-3

B) God’s response to Jonah’s harden heart 4:4-11

C) God seeks to comfort Jonah - 4:4-7

D) God rebukes Jonah - 4:8-11