WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:14.080 practical ways. Good morning to everyone who has decided to 4 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:17.440 tune in, and they made that decision to tune into. 5 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:19.079 And it's going to be a good day today. It 6 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.800 is such a good day. You know why? Why because 7 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:24.359 I'm wearing a vest again. It's going to be a 8 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:24.960 cold day to day. 9 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:26.199 I've been wearing vests. 10 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.239 It's supposed to snowstorm today. So yeah, yeah, so who 11 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.679 knows it's gonna be a pressure? My vest I came prepared. 12 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:33.640 Now, let me ask you a question. Do you wear 13 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:34.520 a jacket over the vest? 14 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.799 Huh? Yeah you do. Yeah. I always wear a lightweight jacket. 15 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.799 Because my son told me that if I wear a vest, 16 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:42.560 I can't wear a jacket. I said, that's not true. 17 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.159 Your son doesn't know. 18 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.200 I know. You only work for a clothing store. What 19 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:46.439 is he? 20 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:47.000 What is he? 21 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.240 Yeah, but it's Tommy Ohama, that's like, and that's a big. 22 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:53.079 Tommy Mohammad doesn't get to have an opinion about vests. 23 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:56.520 Tommy Bahamas. 24 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:01.479 They don't have a right. A Caribbean food or clothing 25 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.599 chain has o trainions about what layers you should wear 26 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:06.959 in I don't know the Subarctic. 27 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:12.120 So far, so far, this is riveting listeners. Hey, we're 28 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.599 going to start off with a segment that has its 29 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.959 own jingle, and so today we're starting off with nail bag. 30 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:22.959 I lost my voice last night. 31 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:23.959 I can hear it. 32 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.799 Yeah, well, well it's really rascy all the time, but 33 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:32.959 I lost my voice. Anyway, Matthew F sends in a 34 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.439 question and he says, what's a piece of advice that's 35 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:37.640 stuck with you over the years? 36 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.879 Yeah, have you thought about it? And say, Hi, Matthew, 37 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.799 I'm Matthew F. Well I'm just super excited about his question. 38 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:44.519 Yes are you? 39 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:45.719 Yeah? 40 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.439 Yeah, I think I have an answer if you want 41 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:53.480 me to go first. So, when I was younger in 42 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:58.680 high school, my best friend adopted a theme and he said, Chris, 43 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:00.920 come on, let's go make it memories. He would have 44 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.200 this this saying saying making memories. And now that's saying, 45 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:06.640 don't get me wrong, he's gotten me in a lot 46 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:07.000 of trouble. 47 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:08.400 Hey, guess I can't imagine. 48 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:14.159 Yes, However, believe it or not, it has served me 49 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.199 well more, way more than it is getting me in 50 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:21.120 trouble because, like, for instance, even still today, my parents 51 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:23.879 are still with us, they're still alive, and Liz's parents 52 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:26.879 are as well. And I'd say something to him, like 53 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.360 on the phone and I'd say, how we're thinking about 54 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:31.199 like going to Ohio this weekend, but you know, we're 55 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:34.919 really busy whatever, and he's like, he goes, what are 56 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:37.039 you talking about? Man? He goes, why would you ever 57 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.319 pass up on the idea of making memories? He goes, 58 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.360 what are you gonna do? Stay home and get stuff done. 59 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:43.599 He goes, but you're not going to have those memories 60 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:45.360 with your mom and your dad before it's too late, 61 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:49.240 blah blah blah. And so he always pushes me to 62 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.120 make the memories, no matter what it is or where 63 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.800 I'm at, we're on vacation together, He'll say like, oh, 64 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:56.439 let's go do this, and I say na, and he goes, 65 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.560 come on, man, he's gonna be great. Talk about it. 66 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.599 And I'm like, okay, So it's great. I love. 67 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:05.599 It's a good one. Advice, that's a good one. I 68 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:10.000 had a veteran tell me one time, old guy World 69 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.560 War two. It was all these guys wearing World War 70 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:14.680 two hats. I'm buckling up for this one at at 71 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:15.199 a restaurant. 72 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.560 Yeah, And. 73 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.319 I thanked them for their service. And then he goes, hey, 74 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.800 can I give you some good life advice? And I yeah, 75 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.520 So I was probably late thirties, and he said, listen, 76 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.759 he said, I don't know anything more important than this. 77 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:35.479 He said, never take a laxative and a sleeping pill 78 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:36.199 in the same night. 79 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.120 Wow. Wow he said that to you. 80 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:45.800 Yeah, I didn't even know it. Wow. And I saw laughing. 81 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.159 I said, so, of course, all the old guys sitting 82 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.479 at the table all start laughing at him. And I said, 83 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.800 this sounds like coming from personal experience my book. Yeah, yeah, 84 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:54.840 so it's funny. 85 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.159 That's really funny. That's really funny. 86 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.639 So Matthew f I don't think that's what you're asking for. 87 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.879 Here's here's a good one. Read your Bible every day. 88 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.680 So this is my dad before I went to college. 89 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.000 He said, read your Bible every day, share the Gospel 90 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.080 every week, and be a part of a church family 91 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:20.680 without stop, right without stopping, and don't and those three 92 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:24.279 things he felt like would carry you through right spiritually 93 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:26.040 and through life in general. So I think that that's 94 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.199 a great one. And then I had a chairman of 95 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.879 a board that I served with in Texas, and he said, 96 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.680 talking about money, he was he was a blue collar worker, 97 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.519 but he was a millionaire and it was because of 98 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:44.120 how he invested in things. And he said, give ten 99 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.000 percent to God, give ten percent to yourself. Live on 100 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.600 the other seventy percent or eighty percent, and he said 101 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.480 that he'll carry you far. I think those two things 102 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:58.839 spend daily time in God's word, regular commitment in a 103 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.519 church environment, you know that kind of stuff. And then money, 104 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.560 how you manage your money. I think those two things 105 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:06.920 are well guide your whole life. 106 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:13.160 Yeah, for sure I do. That's great. So okay, well the. 107 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.079 Uh you you're making memories where. 108 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.800 You started off with the laxative. So made me feel better? 109 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.639 Yeah right, No, I like that though. I think you're 110 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.000 exactly right. Well. I tell Chad Asmond, our executive pastor, 111 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:24.560 all the time. I was like, hey, man, you got 112 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.879 to be planning for. What's the story you want told 113 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:27.759 about how you died? 114 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:28.439 Yeah? 115 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.959 Right, you live like you're dying, right. You don't want 116 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:34.879 to You don't want the world to find out that 117 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.639 you died on the couch watching TV. Yeah, you know 118 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.240 what I mean? For one adventure. 119 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:41.639 That's so funny. 120 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:46.600 Question. We covered the gamut, we covered the money, talked 121 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.439 about relationship, yeah, I talked about Yeah. I talked about 122 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:50.240 spiritual stuff. 123 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:51.519 Yeah yeah, yeah, that's great. 124 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.279 Yeah. Health health advice, yeah, health advice. 125 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:57.759 Yeah, I thought that. 126 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.199 Speaking of healthy advice. 127 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:04.160 Oh, God's about to give Jonah some Yeah. 128 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:06.639 God's going to give Jonah a healthy dose. 129 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:10.839 A healthy dose of advice, that's for sure. That's really well. 130 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.959 Hey, we're wrapping up Jonah, the book Jonah. Yeah, last 131 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.199 week we did the first we did the first three chapters. 132 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:16.920 We have learned. 133 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:18.439 Yeah, heye, not the theme song. 134 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:24.639 Yep, that's right. And you're gonna say, Jonah is one 135 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.079 of the very few stories that I mean, when you 136 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.560 consider all the stories that was referenced by Jesus as 137 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.759 being true, and he connected it to his death barrel resurrection, 138 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.279 that's right, which is pretty cool. Mercy. 139 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.759 Oh good, So we're wrapping up. It's just a short 140 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:43.959 little book, only four chapters long. You can read it 141 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.240 in about thirty minutes. Yeah, but here's what it says. 142 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:50.800 This change of plans greatly upset Jonah. The change of 143 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.959 plans is that when God saw how they had repented, 144 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:56.800 he changed his mind. 145 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:58.240 Well, we should probably do a little review. 146 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.519 Yeah, so yeah, yeah, Monday, yes, Monday, and everybody slept then. 147 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:05.879 So chapter one, God tells Jonah to go to a 148 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:09.839 city called Nineveh, which was filled with wicked people tell 149 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.680 them to repent. Jonah doesn't like the Assyrians because they 150 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.879 oppressed his people. He doesn't think they're worthy or should 151 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.319 be worthy of God's chance to repent, so he decides 152 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:22.480 to not obey God, get on a ship and sell. 153 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.720 The opposite way, God causes a great storm to come 154 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.839 up in chapter two, actually at the end of chapter one, 155 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:32.639 and and Jonah says, hey, it's me, I'm running from God. 156 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.120 Throw me overboard. So the sailors throw them overboard because 157 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.720 they didn't want to die, and they feared that God 158 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.480 was causing this storm and they were going to sink. 159 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:46.199 So Jonah then goes overboard. The storm stops, and then 160 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.720 God caused a big fish to swallow Jonah, and then 161 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.079 all through chapter two he's in the belly of a fish, 162 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:55.680 miraculously survives and he actually repents and says, Okay, God, 163 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:57.720 I know you got big things planned for me, and 164 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.160 I repent, and you know, thank you so much. Thank 165 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.439 God for saving me. I'll do what you asked me 166 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.959 to do. I'm summarizing a lot of that. And then 167 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:08.399 at the end of chapter two, the fish vomits him 168 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:09.439 up on the dry land. 169 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:09.839 Yes. 170 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:14.439 Chapter three, he goes and finally gets to Nineveh, walks 171 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.959 through the town. It's so big he has to walk 172 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.920 three days. And then he tells everybody repent or else 173 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:23.839 God's gonna get you. And then the city, to his surprise, 174 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.720 completely repents, from the king all the way down to 175 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:31.439 the least these even the animals, and the all show repentance, 176 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:36.519 meaning the animals were too fast right they fasted from food. 177 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:42.159 And then Jonah is unhappy with God's decision because God 178 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:46.440 decides to change his mind and not destroy the city 179 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:46.919 of Ninevah. 180 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.919 God changed his mind and did not carry out the 181 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.519 destruction he had threatened. That's the last verse we read 182 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:56.519 last week. Yes, Yes, and now in Jonah chapter four, 183 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.799 verse one, it says this change of plans greatly upset 184 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.720 and it became very angry. So he complained to the 185 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.480 Lord about it. Didn't I say before I left home 186 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:06.799 that you would do this Lord? That is why I 187 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:09.679 ran away to Tarshish I knew that you're a merciful 188 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.399 and compassionate God, slow to get angry, and filled with 189 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.440 unfailing love. You're eager to turn back from destroying people. 190 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.200 Just kill me now, Lord, I'd rather be dead than 191 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.960 alive if what I predicted will not happen. The Lord replied, 192 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:24.799 is it right for you to be angry about this? 193 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:27.279 Then Jonah went out to the east side of the 194 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.200 city and made a shelter to sit under as he 195 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.600 waited to see what would happen to the city and 196 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:34.039 the Lord. God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, 197 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.600 and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah's head, 198 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.159 shading him from the sun. This eased his discomfort, and 199 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.200 Jonah's very grateful for the plant. But God also arranged 200 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.679 for a worm. The next morning at dawn, the worm 201 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:46.399 ate through the stem of the plant so that it 202 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.799 withered away. As the sun grew hot, God arranged for 203 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.279 a scorching east window blow on Jonah. The sun beat 204 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.279 down on his head until he grew faint and wished 205 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.840 to die. Death is certainly better than living like this, 206 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.559 he exclaimed. Then God said to Jonah, is it right 207 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.039 for you to be angry? Because the plant died. Yes, 208 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.600 Jonah retorted, even angry enough to die. And the Lord said, 209 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.080 you feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing 210 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.480 to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly. 211 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:14.840 But Nineva has more than one hundred and twenty thousand 212 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.200 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals, 213 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.919 shouldn't I feel sorry for such a great city. And 214 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:22.360 that's it. 215 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:23.480 That's how it ends. 216 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.840 That's how it ends. And I think, come on, Jonah. 217 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.440 I think the very best thing, by far actually about 218 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:34.039 this message is that we don't get to see Jonah's response, right, 219 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.240 So we have no idea whether Jonah finally came to 220 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.480 his senses and he realized, oh, my goodness, God is 221 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.960 right here. I am, I'm so sorry for this life 222 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:47.639 of this plant. And I feel more pity and more compassion, 223 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:51.279 and I'm more sorrowful for this plant, which which is 224 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.000 just a plant, by the way, right, And and you know, 225 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.799 I have less compassion for one hundred and twenty thousand people. 226 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.519 And you would think that he would after that lesson go, 227 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:04.960 Oh my goodness, you're right, you know. Chapter five of Jonah. 228 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:09.320 Then Jenna falls down and he repents and says, God, 229 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.279 I am so sorry. Please help me to give me 230 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:16.159 your heart, your compassion. Oh, how great is your unfailing 231 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:19.279 love of God? Because you are patient with your people, 232 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:22.200 help us all to understand how great your love is. Right, 233 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.399 I mean it could have been that, or it could 234 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.320 have been I'm taking my ball and going home. 235 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.080 Yeah, it's it's amazing. I think it's so funny he 236 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.399 wants to die. Yeah, right, this is so way. I 237 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.799 just want to die. So I know a guy that 238 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.279 always speaks in hyperbole and always says he's going to 239 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:39.440 jump off a bridge or something. 240 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.039 Yeah do you? 241 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:44.759 And yeah yeah, And it's so funny to be clear, to. 242 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:48.320 Be clear, I only say that as an. 243 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.879 Expression to be funny. Yeah, that's just that's all. 244 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.919 This is so with him, though, he like, if I 245 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.720 experience something miserable, I go, oh my goodness, I just 246 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:58.759 wanted to jump off a bridge. 247 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.679 It's so funny. Take the tickles me. So you're my 248 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:09.679 own personal Jonah. But so I think in this, I 249 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.440 think maybe some of the funniest verses in the whole Bible. 250 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.399 So think about this. Here's the guy. You know, I've 251 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.399 heard scientists talk about this that if he had really 252 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:20.279 spent three days in the belly of a fish, he 253 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:26.080 probably was extremely pale, right, very very white, you know, 254 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.960 because it would have bleached his skin. The stomach asses 255 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.360 and stuff would have bleached his skin, thought all this 256 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:31.879 kind of stuff. 257 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:33.720 So he would have never gotten down to that science. 258 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:37.960 So he would have really stood out in the community, right, 259 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:41.519 really standing out, Wow, everybody, He would have had everybody's attention. 260 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:44.320 And then so I don't know if that's true or not. 261 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.279 I've just heard people talk about that before. Yeah, and 262 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.399 then he walks into the city, or he could have walked. 263 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:52.720 Out of the stomach of the fish like shadowed me 264 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:54.679 checking a bend to go without like smoke. 265 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.879 Yeah, I didn't say that though, I know, I know 266 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.039 he didn't, so he probably stood out. But anyways, he 267 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:02.840 goes in, he gets the attention to the whole city 268 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.440 to the point that the king listened. So there's something 269 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.720 about it other than his words. I'm sure other prophets 270 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.720 had said things, but right, so something got the king's attention. 271 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.000 King was like, yeah, you're right, we need to repent, 272 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.720 and God uses Jonah for that purpose. And then Jonah 273 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:23.519 is totally ticked off about this you would think that, 274 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.039 I don't know, having been swallowed by a fish and 275 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.000 not dying, and then preaching to the king saying you're 276 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:33.919 gonna be judged by God, and instead of being executed, 277 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.039 the whole nation, the whole city goes into repentance. You 278 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.960 think that those two things can get your attention to well, 279 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:40.000 God's really in charge of this. 280 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:40.480 Yeah. 281 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:42.799 Instead, funniest versus in the Bible, he goes, didn't I 282 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:44.960 say before I left home that you do this? Lord? 283 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:49.960 He's arguing with God about I knew it. I knew it, 284 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:51.759 and he's kind of saying, you're kind of a jerk. 285 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.399 That's what he's saying right through this whole thing. That's 286 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.360 why I ran away. I knew that you're merciful and compassion. 287 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.440 Not many people, any people in the Bible, complain about 288 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:05.759 mercy and compassion, right right right. It's the thing. So 289 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.919 you know why I think that he God doesn't include 290 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:12.759 the chapter five, It's because Jonah's opinion doesn't matter. That's 291 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.360 why God's going to do what God's gonna do. Right. So, 292 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.440 whether or not Jonah changed his mind or not, I 293 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.000 think that what he's highlighting here is the fact that 294 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:25.039 man you people. So Jonah is so narcissistic. He's more 295 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.200 concerned about a plant. He doesn't care about the plant. 296 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.960 He cares about what the plant does for him. Sure, right, 297 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:34.919 he's so self centered. I don't want the Assyrians to repent. 298 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.120 I knew you would go ahead and forgive them if 299 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.759 I told them. Just makes me so many you know, 300 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.200 it's his preferences, it's his biases. Then it's his own 301 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.559 personal comfort. And he's mad about all of it, and 302 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.799 he's telling God off, and God's talking out loud to him. 303 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.879 But all those things blow They all just blow my mind. 304 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.039 But do you think that maybe we can give Jonah 305 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.440 a little bit of the benefit of down. 306 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.440 He literally wants to jump off a bridge. 307 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.320 Like like like what if it was out of a 308 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.200 sense of justice, like you know, like, hey, the Syrians 309 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:14.320 have done horrific things to friends and family that I know. 310 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.879 You know, oppression back then wasn't just you know, feelings, 311 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:22.519 right like in twenty twenty five, right, So oh he 312 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.000 hurt my feelings. That's that's that's the extent of our 313 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:26.320 persecution most of the time. 314 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.360 But he's telling God off about your mercy, your compassion, 315 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.879 and your unfailing. 316 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:34.480 Love for sure. For sure, it's so funny, man, it 317 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.200 is funny. Yeah, But maybe maybe what he's trying to 318 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.480 do is maybe he's trying to say, where's your sense 319 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:43.919 of justice? Right? So, I don't know, I'd like to 320 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.960 think that maybe Jonah. I mean, after all, he is 321 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.759 a prophet, sure, he is a chosen man of God, 322 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.759 So doesn't he doesn't he deserve a little bit more 323 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.000 credit than being super selfish. Although I agree ninety percent 324 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.240 of it seems pretty bad. 325 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:00.679 It's it's pretty narcissistic, and you know, he feeling sorry 326 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.799 about the plant that you did nothing to put it there, right, 327 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.200 you just benefited, you don't care about and it says 328 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.799 you don't even care. Nine of it has more than 329 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.960 one hundred and twenty thousand people living in spiritual darkness, 330 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.080 is what the New Living Translation says. The literal translation 331 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.559 is has one hundred and twenty thousand people who don't 332 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:19.559 know their right hand from their left, right right. God's 333 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.559 saying these people, of course, they're living wicked lives. They 334 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:28.279 don't have any sense, right, they don't. They're just totally 335 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:32.080 they never have They've never embraced or understood the truth 336 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.440 of God's ways. They don't know their right hand from 337 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.320 their left hand. They're just stumbling through life. And finally 338 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.320 you come and you share the gospel with them. So 339 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.240 God's looking at this, going, you're my prophet. Man. Prophets 340 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.840 are just supposed to bring God's word to God's people, right, 341 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.559 That's all they're just. But he's the only one that 342 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:55.039 injects's own opinions about it. Yeah, if you read We're 343 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.720 going to read Amos, you know in the coming days, 344 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.799 if you read any of the rest of the prophets, 345 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.159 than Jeremiah. Jeremiah and Jonah are the two who kind 346 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:08.079 of or inject their own personalities and opinions about what 347 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.799 God's doing. Right, But Jonah disagrees with God God's opinion 348 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:16.200 on it. Jeremiah doesn't. Jeremiah just grieves, but Jonah is 349 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:18.599 so mad about It's just the whole thing's funny to me. 350 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:21.039 I think it's just a ridiculous thing. And it really 351 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:25.319 shows how it's possible, how God can use people who 352 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.119 don't have a perfect view on things. 353 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.640 Yeah. 354 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:32.240 Right, so this guy, he doesn't have a he doesn't 355 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.960 even want his own opinions to align with God's opinions, 356 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:38.200 and he's not. He's not trying to align with God. 357 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.599 But God says, Jonah, you're the messenger I have right 358 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.359 now to send to Ninevah. You know, Amos is busy 359 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.839 down there in Israel, so I need you. And Nahem 360 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.920 was busy too, So I need you to go up 361 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:53.319 to Ninevah. And Jonah says, I don't want to go. 362 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.279 So he goes the opposite direction. I don't want to 363 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:57.400 tell him. I don't want to. Now I'm mad that 364 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:01.440 you forgave them. You're I'm so sick. You're unfailing love. 365 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:09.759 Right right, which is hilarious. Hey, So speaking of not 366 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:14.720 wanting your enemies to be loved or accepted by God, 367 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:20.279 I have a very slight example. So when I was 368 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.079 a freshman high school, I started going to church, right, 369 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:26.519 and I just started, you know, getting involved in this church, 370 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.519 and I found sort of a group of friends and 371 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:33.759 I just become a Christian. We're talking like weeks, okay, 372 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:38.200 And there was this guy in this kid in my 373 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.119 class at high school. Good gravy. 374 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:43.599 You can turn your notifications of. 375 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:46.440 Oh yeah, yeah, I could go ahead and do that. 376 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.440 How do you do that? How do you do it? 377 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.079 I don't even know that surprised me. 378 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:55.680 The number of times that I've turned my notifications off 379 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.960 is almost like zero to not disturbed. Right there, That's 380 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:02.799 what I'm gonna do. Okay, thank you, Jeff. Welcome to 381 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:07.400 the twenty first century. So listen. So, uh, my friend, 382 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.119 So here's what happens. I'm I'm in high school and 383 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:13.920 I'm in health class and there's a kid back then, 384 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.079 and his name was Norm Sugden and he was a weightlifter. 385 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.519 So it's a big kid, and he sits right next 386 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.559 to me because for some reason, in science class or 387 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:22.640 no it was health class. In health class, they had 388 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.079 two desks or like a big long desk, almost like 389 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:28.359 science lab partners, and then it was just two people 390 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:32.640 at a desk. So Norm was at my desk. He 391 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:35.720 was with me, right, and I didn't I didn't like 392 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:37.200 the fact that he was there, but he was just 393 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:39.599 there with me. So one day we exchanged words and 394 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:42.720 we get in a fight. Okay, So he goes to 395 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.519 punch me and I go back, you know, and you know, 396 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.400 I miss his punch, misses me. So grabs the desk 397 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:51.039 and he flips it over right, just flips the whole 398 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:54.000 thing over and he's like, come on you blankety blankety blank, 399 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.920 you know, And I back up and I'm thinking this 400 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:58.960 guy one punch, he would destroy me, right, But I 401 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:01.799