Jonah: a Man of God, Disagreeing with God

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Speaker Notes

Jonah 4:1-3

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion

4.1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

John Atwater is the Director of Athletics & Upper School Bible teacher at South Shore Christian Academy