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Have you ever heard someone say, “God is a God of love, but He is also a God of justice?” Usually this is said in the context of a discussion on hell. You might object to the idea of torturing people forever in hell as being not very loving, and the other person might say, “Well, you know, God is a God of love, but He is also a God of justice.”

In other words, God wants to forgive, but He must be just. He must punish sin. It this true? Must God punish people for their sin? Does God punish people for sin? While it is true that God is both merciful and just, both forgiving and just, the question is “How?”

This is what we discuss in this study of Jonah 4:7.

The Text of Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm at the rising of the dawn the next day to attack the vine so that it withered.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:7 we look at:

The worm that God sent to attack the plant
Why the rising of the sun hints at justice
Why Jonah wants justice
Why God does not want justice
Why God cannot both forgive AND give justice

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Jonah 4:6 – What is Evil?

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What is evil? Do you know evil when you see it? We all think we know what evil is, that we can recognize it, and that we are able to accurately judge between good and evil.

But we see today from Jonah 4:6 that judging between good and evil should be left up to God.

The Text of Jonah 4:6

And Yahweh God prepared a vine to grow up over Jonah, to provide shade for his head, to rescue him from evil. And Jonah rejoiced over the vine; he greatly rejoiced.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:6 we look at:

The plant that God caused to grow over Jonah
Why this plant was used by God to deliver Jonah from evil
What this tells us about the nature of evil
Why Jonah was so happy about the plant

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Jonah 4:5 – Is God a Social Justice Warrior?

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The Text of Jonah 4:5

But Jonah went out from the city and sat down to the east of the city and made there for himself a shelter, and sat in its shade while he waited to see what would happen to the city.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:5 we look at:

The similarities between Elijah and Jonah
Why it is significant that Jonah went out the east gate of Nineveh
What we know about Jonah’s little shelter
What God wants to teach us about His justice

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Jonah 4:4 – Have You Ever Been Angry at How God Runs the World?

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Have you ever been angry at how God runs the world?

I was listening to a podcast recently which had an atheist on the show, and he said this to the Christian who was interviewing him, “If your God exists, then your God sucks. I could do a better job running the world than He is. Why doesn’t He stop the wars, and the violence, and the rapes, and the murders?”

Have you ever felt like that? I’ll be honest, I have.

And Jonah did too.

This is one reason the book of Jonah was written. It shows a prophet who is angry at God for how God runs the world. And we see in the book what God says to Jonah about it.

This is what we learn in this study of Jonah 4:4.

The Text of Jonah 4:4

Then Yahweh said, “Is doing good infuriating to you?”

In this discussion of Jonah 4:4 we look at:

A story about “John” that helps us understand Jonah
God’s question to Jonah about why Jonah was angry
God’s invitation to question how He runs the world

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Jonah 4:3 – Why Jonah Wanted God to Kill Him

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At the very beginning of our study of Jonah, we encountered two questions about Jonah’s strange behavior in the book. When asked by God to go preach judgment against the evil city of Nineveh, Jonah instead got on a boat and headed to Tarshish.

The first question, then, was, “Why would Jonah go to Tarshish instead of obey God and preach judgment against his enemies, the Ninevites?”

And then Jonah’s behavior got even stranger. It seemed that Jonah had a death wish. Through his words and actions in Jonah 1–2, Jonah made it quite clear that he wanted to die. He had a death wish.

So the second question was “Why does Jonah want to die?”

In this study of Jonah 4:3, we finally discover the answer to both questions. And the answer is shocking. So shocking, in fact, most fail to see it. But I will point it out to you in this study.

The Text of Jonah 4:3

Now Yahweh, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

In this discussion of Jonah 4:3 we look at:

Why did Jonah flee to Tarshish?
Why did Jonah want to die?
The main views about these two questions
The actual answer from the text to these questions
What the answer teaches us about God

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Jonah 4:7 – Is God a God of Love AND Justice?

The Text of Jonah 4:7

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Jonah 4:6 – What is Evil?

The Text of Jonah 4:6

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Jonah 4:5 – Is God a Social Justice Warrior?

The Text of Jonah 4:5

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Jonah 4:4 – Have You Ever Been Angry at How God Runs the World?

The Text of Jonah 4:4

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Jonah 4:3 – Why Jonah Wanted God to Kill Him

The Text of Jonah 4:3

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