Annc (1) Small Group Registration (2) Plans for the Fall JONAH 1:1-10 (Read text) New

seriesJONAH (Acct of how a Jewish man runs from G, & how G pursues) G says go to Nineveh (Jonah swiftly buys a ticket opp direxn [fish3 daysspit]) Off the bat (Fish swallows manreally? Hinges on what believe @ miracles)
If theres a G (Pwr to speak universe into existenceraise dead [W/G all thgs possible])

A self-made prison (2) Impact of grudge Aliena from G 10 away from the presence Isola from ppl 5 sleep IOW (Resentment leads to forfeiture: 2 thgs need mostG/ppl Q3) 21 A healing path (3) G putting spotlight on Jonah (The evil perpetrated by Nin Seeds of same in your ) Mercy to Nin is tender (Severe to Jnh: Luv U2 muchspiteful/comf @ same time) G does send suff to his ppl (Never punitive: Always surgicalscalpel vs sword Q4) 25 Hard feelings die hard 4 bitter ppl (But there is way out of prison [worse/loved]) Take comfort in mercy of G 2U ( will begin to open: mercy of G twd others) Bono That the Bible is full of murderers, cowards, adulterers, and mercenaries used to shock me. Now it's a source of great comfort to me. When see selves in this light Grateful for justice/wrath of G DirectAll evil will one day be cast into abyss VicariousIf J would take hit for evil in meothers In glory lamblion / infantscorpion / dividing walls of hostility destroyed Gs call to Jonahhis call to us. Begin imagining that future into the present so the sweet poison of resentment will lose its appeal 30 Prayer Offering

04 A primal instinct (Reason Jonah fled reveals default condition of ) Q1 B4 condemn Jonah (Stop & symp: Justice/wrath IS 1 of Gs attributes (1)) Some have concluded Xity implausible (MY GOD is a G of love & tolerance) Tolerance can be a form tvd hatred (Oft true Platform to condemndont affirm) J Wilson If U only tolerate ppl who agree w/you, its not tolerance UR after 09 Hostile @ idea of a G who can get hostile? (Sheltered? Ever abused? Suffered?) If no such thg as angry G (Wrld hopelessly cruel: Evil & injusticefree pass) Q2 13

Misconception G of OTwrath NTluv/grace Here we have mercy/compasn of NT (Rom 12) Chp starts with declaration of the mercies of G, then 19 Leave room for Gs wrathIts mine to avenge, I will repay, says the L Consider If blood of your relatives on hands of ppl who, to date, have continued to mock & exploit U & UR ppl, spitting on gravesSomebody has to pay!

3 When he fled to Tarshish (furthest place/opp direxn from Nin) he paid the fare & went down into the ship Carrying out a grudge Ull always pay a fare. Want to make an enemy pay? Will always cost U2 do so As Img of G Also made to forgive Eph 4.32 Put on kindness & compassion. Forgive as G in Xr has forgiven U 3 End of book Jonah sulking under shade of plant, looking on in anger at the new, improved, redeemed, forgiven city of Nineveh God scorches the plant Jonah gets angry Right 2B angry? Angry enough to die Final word You have no right. U care more about a plant than ppl. Should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120K ppl who dont know their right hand from their left?

Q1 Why he could have fledDANGER (2) Go to Nineveh, that great city, & call out against it, for their evil has come up b4 me Nineveh Assyrian city / historically been hostile to Israel & Jewish ppl G telling Jwsh preacher to go into harshest, cruelest, most hostile & powerful city in world & tell everyone to repent/turn to Yhwh Suicide msn Lk Am Xn of Afghan Actual reason he fledPREJUDICE (Chp 3) G carries Jnh to N thru fish preachesppl repent / turn to G 4:1 It displeased J exceedingly & he was angry Why angry? 4:2 I knew UR a gracious G & merciful, slow to anger & abounding in steadfast love & relenting from disaster Rsn Jonah ran Couldnt bear thought of G forgiving / kind to enemies (bitter saint) Q2 Wrath of God can be incredibly comforting especially if UR Victim of injustice / bullying Rsn we love movie 42 (Good triumphs / evil) For same reason When J comes to defense of weak, humblesp bullies (cheer) Victim of suffering (Jn 11 Lazarus) WeptMoved (enraged) Bully on Gs playgrd So before dismiss Jonah too quickly Seeds of true img of G beneath distorted rxn Q3 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs Best way for enemy to keep pwr over U Close to possibility of forgiving them Anne Lamott Holding a grudge is like drinking rat poison & waiting for the rat to die Frederick Buechner One of the 7 deadly sins, anger, is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving backin many ways it is a feast fit for a King. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you. If G has a word for Jonah That hatred U refuse to let go of That grudge U continue to nurse in That disdain for my mercy that has no limits Hows it working 4U? Biblically The only way to kill an enemy is to kill w/kindnessThis is something that must happen in you before it can happen through you. Its not the same as trust (Bible never says be a doormat) Its opening to the possibility, even the hope, that a bully will experience sorrow for the hurt, seek forgiveness from God & you, and begin the process of restoring love & trust Forgiveness is leaving it to God to decide how to punish wrongdoing...refusal to retaliatemovement of the heart toward daydreaming about reconciliation (apology/restora over time) vs. pay dearly Q4 Well child shots Hold baby downneedle Thought friends! Thought on same page. How could U abandon me like this. Angry enough to die Truth Greatest cruelty would be to bias her comfort over her long term health & flourishing Miroslav Volf Forgiveness flounders because I exclude my enemy from the community of humans even as I exclude myself from the community of sinners Ppl > plants sermon Mirror to Jonah @ his own exclusion, self-righteousness Problem w/the world, Jonah, is not other ppl. As far as UR concerned, problem w/world is you. As soon as U see thisUll start to experience the release you are seeking in so many of the wrong places. Relief from sins against U. Relief from own powerlessness to heal your own grudges.