Sermon Jonah Chapter 4

[2] The title of the sermon: “JONAH CHAPTER 4.”

To start this Bible study on Jonah Chapter 4, I first want to read the last verse in Jonah Chapter 3.
This is very important to understand as we go into Jonah Chapter 4.

[3] Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

When God saw that the people of Nineveh turned from their evil way, He didn’t destroy them.
This is a good thing. This is what we all want to see, right? We don’t want to see people destroyed.
We want to see people saved. We want to see people turn from their evil way. Right?
Well, let’s see if Jonah was happy to see this.

[4] Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

Jonah wasn’t happy that God repented of the evil that He had said He would do unto them.
HE WAS VERY ANGRY. Jonah didn’t want to go preach to these people to begin with.
Now we know why. Listen to the next verses to understand why he fled from the presence of the Lord.

[5] Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Now we know the exact reason why Jonah fled from the presence of the Lord.
He didn’t want to do what God asked Him to do. He didn’t want Nineveh to be saved.
There were doing wickedness. He knew God would save them if they repented of their wickedness.
And he knew they would do wickedness once again. He didn’t know how long it would be.
But we’ll see that he’s going to sit there and wait to see how long it takes.

Jonah knew that God is a gracious God. He is merciful. He is slow to anger. He has great kindness.

And God does repent of the evil He will do to people IF they turn from that evil. He shows this in the Bible.
If you take a step back and look at this verse, you’ll see that Jonah is telling God that he was right.
Jonah is saying, “I knew you would do this so I ran away and didn’t want to preach to them.”
And now Jonah is praying to the Lord and has great anger about what happened.

When we actually look at what happened, though, who was right? Was it Jonah or God? Who did the right thing?

God is always right. God is always looking to forgive people and save people. ALWAYS.
When He casts someone into hell, you can know they 100% deserve to be cast into hell.
To be saved, it only takes a moment of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s not difficult at all.
You must change your mind and believe God’s words. “He that believeth on Jesus Christ hath eternal life.”
The people of Nineveh believed the preaching from Jonah. They believed God’s words.

They took action after the believed His words and repented of their sin. They turned from their evil ways.

Because of this, God repented of the evil that He was going to do to them.
This shows us that God will change His path because of our actions that we take.
This 100% proves that God doesn’t make us to be robots as Calvinists teach.
We make the choices. We make the decisions. And God will change what He was going to do to us.

[6] Jeremiah 18:8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

God gives us many chances. Will we correct our mistakes? Or will we continue to do evil?
The Bible teaches us that there are NONE GOOD but God. We are not perfect.
The people who purposely do evil, such as homosexuals, will usually say: “DON’T JUDGE ME.”
“You better look at yourself before you look at me.” So, listen to this.
We do wrong, but there’s a huge difference. We aren’t rebelling against God.

We mess up. We think bad thoughts. We say things we shouldn’t. We don’t go out to bars looking for whores.

We don’t go out and get drunk and look upon strange women. We don’t do drugs. We don’t drink alcohol.
We may have done these things in the past. Now we know better because we have faith in God’s words.
We aren’t trying to change our gender by getting surgeries. We aren’t trying to change God’s design.

We at least ATTEMPT to live by His words. These evil people who say, “DON’T JUDGE,” never live by His words.

They think they are intelligent and clever by using pieces of Scriptures.
They say, “Christians are supposed to be loving and accepting.”
They say, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” That’s right. As a man, I wouldn’t sodomize my neighbor.
That’s evil. That’s hurtful to both him and I. It’s nasty, weird, and strange. It goes against nature.
It goes against God’s design, and that’s very obvious. If you can’t see that, your mind is gone.
You might be a reprobate. Your conscience must have been seared by a hot iron.

So, we teach and preach God’s words in an attempt to get these people to turn to God. Believe what God says.

Stop ignoring His words. Listen to what He says because He is the Creator of all things.
He is “THE BOSS.” He makes the rules. Evil people don’t like that. They want to be God.
But they aren’t, obviously. They’re going to die soon. God isn’t. He is alive forevermore.
We have never proclaimed that we haven’t done evil in our lives.
But these evil people will want to try to find the evil you’ve done in your life.
When you point out the evil that they know they are doing, they try to find all your faults.

Well, let me tell you, I have many faults. I’ve done many things wrong in my life. I am not close to perfect.

So you can look all you want, and you will find things that I’ve done that are clearly against God.
I’ve never once said that I am perfect. Not even close. So, I say to these evil people who hate God:
If you want to compare, let’s compare. I, at least, put forth an effort to please God.
I at least try to do what He says. So, who has done more evil in their life?

If you want to compare, let’s compare then. I’ll guarantee it’s the person who hates God who does more evil.

God knows you. God knows me. I love Him by following His commandments. You don’t love Him.
But, you can do better just as I have done better in my life. I try each day. I acknowledge God.
I thank Him for giving me life, saving me, and giving me everlasting life.
God gave me the right to preach against wickedness even though I did wickedness in the past.
Evil people act as if we are hypocrites because we preach against evil.
God gave us this right. He commands us to preach against evil and wickedness.

Obviously, Jonah wasn’t a perfect person either. But God sent him to preach against wickedness.

And it’s obvious that Jonah hated wickedness. He didn’t want these people to be saved.
God commands us to hate wickedness. But, we still want people to be saved. We were those people.
We weren’t and aren’t homosexuals, but we are sinners. Again, we give it our best shot.

We have believed on Jesus Christ and at least walk in the Spirit some of the time.

People who hate Jesus Christ are in a constant state of sin because they do not have the Spirit.
But, many who aren’t already rejected by God, can change their mind and believe God.
Now is the time to do that, and you can change the path that God was going to take with you.

[7] Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

My last chance may have been the time I was saved. Maybe God was getting tired of my sins.
He gave me another chance. He is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.
Again, He will change the actions He was going to take with you. It’s time to change your ways.
It’s time to change what you believe. It’s time to start aligning with the Lord God Almighty.
And then you won’t hate me so much when I preach God’s words. You’ll love His words.

[8] Exodus 32:7-8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

[9] Exodus 32:9-11 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

[10] Exodus 32:12-13 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Moses went to the Lord and asked Him to repent of the evil against His people.
He was going to consume the children of Israel completely and leave only Moses.
He was going to make Moses a great nation. It would no longer be Abraham.
Why is that? Because they broke His covenant in every way possible.
But Moses asks the Lord to please repent of the evil that He was going to do.
“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember your promises to them.”

[11] Exodus 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

So, look, if you’re doing evil in your life, it’s time to stop.
And it’s time to ask God to please repent of the evil that He was going to do to you, your spouse, your children, your children’s children, and so on.
So, we go back to Jonah Chapter 4. Jonah is very angry that God didn’t do evil to Nineveh.
He’s so angry that he doesn’t care if God takes his life from him.

[12] Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Have you ever been this angry? I’ll admit that I have. “It’s better for me to die than to live.”
Things can get tough in this life. Jonah wasn’t the only one in the Bible who said this.
Do you know who else said something similar? Let’s see some examples.

[13] Numbers 11:9-10 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

[14] Numbers 11:11-12 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

[15] Numbers 11:13-15 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

Moses says, “I would rather die than deal with these people. I can’t do it any more.”
Sometimes we give up on things in our life. We have moments like this. All of us do.
If you don’t, then you are an amazing specimen of a person.

[16] 1 Kings 19:1-3 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

[17] 1 Kings 19:4-5 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

Elijah requested for himself that he might die. “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life.”
So far we’ve seen Jonah, Moses, and Elijah.

[18] Job 6:8-9 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

We add Job to the list. Do you think we’re any different than these people? We have troubles too.

[19] Jeremiah 20:14-16 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

[20] Jeremiah 20:17-18 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Now we see Jeremiah wondering why he was born. Listen, when you love God, life is tough.
You can see this in the Bible. These trials make us stronger. Jonah is going through one.
If you’ve had similar thoughts, you aren’t alone. Understand that. I’ve had them.
You’ve had them. We’ve all had them. “God, please just take me out of this. It’s too hard.”

But, if you pay attention to the Bible, you’ll see what happens every time. Do you remember?

God steps in each time. And He helps His people. He brings them up out of the trobule.
You come of out of there as gold. For example, in my life, I’ve seen my own mother go through this.
She was so sick for a long time that she asked God to take her unless He had something for her to do.
She was so sick she would have to crawl on the floor to do something.
But God answered her. She stopped taking all the medicine the doctors had her on.

She trusted in God to help her. She said, “I can’t take this any more. Please take me unless you need me here.”

And He responded. Now, she is stronger than ever before. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.
My Dad sees it with his own eyes. She works outside all day long doing tough physical work.
Have you trimmed grass on 35 acres for 10 straight hours. It’s not easy. I haven’t done 10 straight hours.
But she does. She’s a tough woman. And I’m not saying this to glorify her but to glorify God.
He steps in for His people. He helps you. And you can see the examples in the Bible.
You’ll see this with Jonah. He’s had enough. He’s been through a lot. He is very angry and wants to die.

[21] Jonah 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

Does it do you any good to get angry? Is it righteous anger? Righteous anger does do well.
But Jonah is angry for God saving people. Not a good anger to have.
Next time you are angry, ask yourself this question. Remember Jonah.
Store these words up in your heart. Remember God’s question to Jonah. He asks you the same.
“DOEST THOU WELL TO BE ANGRY?” What does it help? Trust me. I know. It doesn’t help at all.

[22] James 1:19-20 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Slow to wrath. God has wrath, but He is very slow to wrath. Swift to hear. Slow to speak. Slow to wrath.
If we don’t obey this, we will not work the righteousness of God.
We don’t see Jonah answer God’s question. Jonah must have ignored God’s question.
We see that he is still angry as we continue in the chapter.

[23] Jonah 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

We see Jonah leave the city. So he was still within the city when he was very angry.
He sits outside of the city on the east side of the city. He makes himself a booth or a tent.
He sits under the booth in the shadow of the booth or tent.
He wanted to see what would become of the city. How long will they turn from their evil?
Will they start doing evil again soon? Will God destroy them?

[24] Genesis 19:27-29 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

This is what Jonah was looking for. He wanted to see their destruction.
He hated evil and this is very obvious he thought they were evil. It’s good to hate evil.
But it’s not good to question God’s judgement. God knows what He’s doing. Jonah doesn’t.
We don’t. I get myself into things at times, and I don’t know if I’m doing right.
God can see everything. We cannot.

[25] Psalm 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

If we do not hate evil, we do not love the Lord. Jonah loved the Lord. You can see he hated evil.

[26] Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

[27] Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

[28] Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

We are to hate the evil. And this is the wickedness that is being done in this world today.
For example, drag queens are pure evil, and I hate that evil. Do I hate the sin and not the sinner?
No. WRONG. Not in the Bible. I hate the drag queens too. I am sure they are reprobates.

So we hate this evil because this leads to confused children who end up committing suicide.

I hate the froward mouth of a drag queen who acts as if they are doing good to children.
God could have destroyed Jonah for being disobedient, but He didn’t. Jonah wasn’t all bad.
He loved the Lord, and the Lord knew. So God takes care of Jonah.

[29] Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

Jonah Chapter 4 has the only occurrences of the word gourd throughout the King James Bible.
There are 5 occurrences in 4 verses all in Jonah Chapter 4.
This gourd appears to be a plant that gives shade to Jonah over his head.
But Jonah is still being disobedient to the Lord. Jonah has grief over the people of Nineveh.
He couldn’t be happy for them. He wanted them destroyed still. God is still there for us.

[30] Psalm 103:10-14 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

He knows how much we can handle. He remembers that we are dust.
He doesn’t give us more than we can handle, but He takes us right to the end of what we can handle.
If not, then we wouldn’t get any stronger. He makes us strong. He’s doing this for Jonah.
We see that Jonah is exceeding glad of the gourd. He’s doing better. But watch what happens.

[31] Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Just when Jonah was doing better and was exceeding glad for the shade, what does God do?
He continues the trial of Jonah here. Remember how this works.
When you want to test God, you’ll see what happens. Don’t do it.
You would think a man like Jonah who had been in the belly of a fish for 3 days and 3 nights would have learned his lesson by now.
The gourd withers. The extra shade of the plant was keeping Jonah cooler. Now it’s withered up.

[32] Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

A vehement wind is a violent wind that gives more heat. The sun was wearing Jonah down.
We’ve all been outside in the hot sun before. It’s very rough at times, and you can pass out.
Jonah fainted here. In himself, he wished to die once again. “It is better for me to die than to live.”

[33] Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Jonah is very stubborn, and you can see this stubbornness here. When you’re angry, you can be this way.
When I get very angry, I act the same way many times. God days, “Doest thou well to be angry?”
Jonah was angry because he lost the gourd that was keeping him cool out of the hot sun.
When you’re angry, you aren’t thinking straight many times. Jonah doesn’t make much sense here.
He says, “I do well to be angry, even unto death.”

[34] Genesis 4:5-7 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Cain was wroth because he wasn’t doing right. Jonah wasn’t doing right either.
God was trying to correct Jonah, but he was so angry.
But, think about what happened with this gourd that God gave to Jonah.
This was just a plant that was giving Jonah shade and keeping him cool. That’s all it was. Right?
Jonah wanted that gourd very badly. He loved that gourd. He lost it and was very sad over losing it.

[35] Jonah 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

God is once again helping Jonah by teaching him a lesson. God wants Jonah to think about this gourd.
He says to Jonah, “Thou hast had pity on the gourd.” He was very sorry he lost the gourd.
But God tells Jonah that he didn’t even work for that gourd. “For the which thou hast not laboured.”
God says, “You didn’t make that gourd grow either.” In other words, God did these things for Jonah.
God says, “That gourd came up in a night, and perished in a night.”

Think about this. It’s just a plant. It grew up in a night, and it only took one night for it to perish.

And Jonah cares more for this gourd than for people who are worth much more to God than a plant.
He actually had pity on the gourd, but Jonah won’t have pity on the people of Nineveh.

[36] Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

That’s the last verse in the Book of Jonah. God ends this book with a question.
God wants Jonah to compare the great city of Nineveh with more than 120,000 people to the gourd.
There is no comparison. God says the people in Nineveh are lost.
They can’t even discern between their right hand and their left hand. So God will spare them for now.
Jonah doesn’t agree with God. We don’t know what happens directly after this.
But we do know that Nineveh is destroyed at a later time.

But think about what happened here. Jonah cared more for a plant that he loved than the people of Nineveh.

Before you laugh, think about what you’ve done before in your life.
Have you ever had a car that you loved more than people? Your phone? Your house?
How about dogs? People love dogs now more than other people. People love cats more.
You might fight to the death over your property. Your job might be top priority in your life.
Would you give those things up to save 120,000 people? Jonah didn’t care at this time.

Also, notice what you see at the very end of the book. God says, “And also much cattle.”

Besides all the people, there is much cattle. Cattle must be important to God. Animals must be important.
But they are nothing like living souls. Animals don’t have souls. They have spirits or life.
But they don’t have souls and consciences. Did you know that God created cattle?
There are 161 matches for cow, cow’s, and cattle in 140 verses within the King James Bible.
What did God say when He created cattle? This is the first verse in the Bible about cattle.

[37] Genesis 1:24-25 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

The lunatics out there today, such as Bill Gates, believe that cattle are killing the earth.
But what does God say about cattle? “AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.”
Do you have any idea what would happen to this earth if all the cattle were gone?
Wow. They have no clue. Cattle benefit the soil greatly so we can grow food.
All the good and natural fertilizer would be gone if there were no large animals.
They multiply. They provide food for us. They help us to grow other food.
And that’s not all. There are a huge number of benefits that cattle give this earth.

Do you know what would happen if Bill Gates and all the loonies got rid of all the large animals?

They say that the animals are destroying the earth. The truth is they are trying to destroy the earth.
But they can’t because God is in charge. One day He will utterly destroy them in hell.
They are Godless people who hate Him. So we reject them and their idiotic views.

The negatives that the loonies bring up are actually positives.

Listen, God knows what He’s doing. Let’s see: Lunatic Alexandria Ocasio Cortez or God Almighty?
She’s a total lunatic who knows nothing about God. But she actually thinks she knows better than God.
She actually thinks she can save the planet. This is God’s planet, and this is God’s creation.

Who will you trust, and who will you listen to? Jimmy Kimmel or Jesus Christ. This is laughable.

Jimmy Kimmel is a clown. He thinks climate change will cause the apocalypse.
He doesn’t understand that people like himself will cause the apocalypse.
The people on this earth are becoming so Godless that God will end everything.
And He’ll end it whenever He’s ready and according to His words in this Bible.
And the presence of cattle play no part in the end of the world. God says so.
But Jimmy Kimmel mocks God. And God will mock Him one day because he believes God to be a joke.

[38] Proverbs 1:24-26 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Cattle are good. God is in charge of this planet. Remember that, and do not be deceived by the fools.
People say, “Oh thank you, Jimmy Kimmel, you are making the world a better place for our children.”
Really? You think the clown Jimmy Kimmel who hates God is making the world a better place?
Yeah right. Remember, God is infinite times higher than all the people who have ever lived.
There’s no comparison at all. God knows better. They don’t like to hear that.

We could put the brains of 100 billion Jimmy Kimmel’s together. We could add 100 billion of Bill Gates.

Add another 100 billion of Joe Biden. Add 100 billion of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
Add another 100 billion of Kenneth Copeland. Add 100 billion of Albert Einstein in there.
Add whoever you want in there and multiply them to huge numbers.

Do you think all of them combined are more wise than Jesus Christ?

No contest. Jesus is still infinite times wiser. Anyone who rejects Jesus Christ is not wise but a fool.
Change your mind and believe on Jesus Christ.

[39] 1 Corinthians 2:6-8 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

God was wise before we even knew what wisdom was. He gives wisdom to those who love Him.
He gives wisdom to those who seek Him and His words. He doesn’t give wisdom to people who hate Him.
God always know better than us. We only have a little bit of wisdom because He gave it to us.
Wisdom is not of us. Wisdom is of God.

Jonah didn’t like how God was handling Nineveh, but God knows better. Jonah was being foolish.

We are foolish when we don’t listen to God. Sometimes we want to run from His words. FOOLISH.
We might not like how things are going, but God knows better. ALWAYS.
I hope you’ve learned some things from this sermon on Jonah Chapter 4.
Now on to Vacation Bible School in which the topic is the Book of Jonah.

Let’s pray.

Please help us spread the gospel by sharing our content.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply