REPENTANT: JONAH 3

“I am not the man I ought to be, I am not the man I wish to be, and I am not the man I hope to be, but by the grace of God, I am not the man I used to be.”

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO JONAH• Gives Jonah a 2nd chance (3:1-2)

Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you…

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO JONAH• Gives Jonah a 2nd chance (3:1-2)

God gives 2nd chances to believers who…- commit apostasy (Peter)- give into depression (Elijah)- sleep with prostitutes (Samson)- abandon their ministries (Jonah; Mark)

God gives us 2nd 3rd 4th … 900th chances (Abraham)

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEHNineveh believes• in “god,” not “Yahweh”• that a great god was angry & about to wipe

them out

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEHNineveh believesNineveh repents• meaning: turn from something bad to

something good to escape God’s punishment

• who? Varies (believers; unbelievers; both)• from what? Varies (sinful behavior; wrong

belief)

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEHNineveh believesNineveh repents1. Recognition of sin2. Sorrow for sin3. Commitment to stop sinning

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH1. Spares Nineveh after repentanceEzekiel 33:11 “Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways!...”

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH1. Spares Nineveh after repentance2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH

1. Spares Nineveh after repentance

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH1. Sends Jonah2. Spares Nineveh after repentance

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH1. Sends Jonah2. Spares Nineveh after repentance

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACE TO NINEVEH1. Prepares the city for repentance2. Sends Jonah3. Spares Nineveh after repentance

Jonah 3: Repentant

GOD’S LIMITLESS GRACElimitless in depth: can save even the worst sinnerlimitless in breadth: extended to everyone w/o exception

Have you received it?

Will you share it with the Ninevites in your life?

REPENTANT: JONAH 3