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Devotional: Jonah 3:1-5

Today’s passage: Jonah 3:1-5

Helpful thoughts:

  • Jonah’s second chance in chapter 3 parallels the first chance in chapter one.  Verses 1-6 are nearly identical with different characters and places.
  • The Ninevites were known to be a cruel people.  Injustice was commonplace.  What was Jonah’s message to them?  God’s wrath was coming.
  • Fasting and sackcloth were evidence of repentance, and the repentance included all of the people from the “least” to the “greatest”.

Questions to consider:

  1. How did Jonah evidence some repentance in today’s passage?  How is chapter 3 different than chapter 1?
  2. What might Jonah have expected the unjust and cruel Ninevites to do to their enemy’s prophet after trying to tell them that God was going to overthrow their kingdom?
  3. Was Jonah’s message of God’s judgment ineffective?  Why might we sometimes think it wrong to tell people about God’s wrath and judgment?
  4. How does an avoidance of the topic of God’s wrath negate the significance of the cross of Christ?  If there is no wrath, why did Jesus die?

April 8, 2019 Category: Devotions, Jonah

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