Title: God's Teaching Method (Jon 04:6-11)
Content 1. If you look closely at God's teaching method, it is very careful and step-by-step. Because we know well that we are fragile beings.
2. God never scolded Jonah with his angry voice in order to heal his spiritual and neurological disease. He finds that he was consistent with his gentle posture from start to finish.
3. In this text, God's work of awakening Jonah is introduced in two ways.
God does even the smallest things for a purpose (6-8).
A. You have prepared gourd vines.
1. It was for Jonah. Knowing that God does everything for us
ah should Let's meditate on Romans 8:31 saying, "He is for you." Always remember that God is for you.
2. Jonah had built a tent for himself. But the scorching sunlight scorched the hut. So, God prepared a gourd vine 'for Jonah'. To protect him from the heat. How meticulous is this
3. There is nothing meaningless about what God is doing. There is never a coincidence. Just like an architect draws a complex blueprint to build a large building, it is just a process that is made by meticulous design.1) Joy is also God's will. only It's never your own fault.
2) Sorrow is also God's will. In order to make God's providence more clearly understood, God also gives us sorrow (quoting an appropriate illustration).
B. He sent a hot east wind.
1. It was the opposite of the previous one. The gourd vine died because an insect chewed on the stem, and that was not enough, so this time a hot east wind was sent.
2. Pain is the shortcut to enlightenment. But we are so dull that we do not know the providence of God. I don't know how much God loves me. 'Even if I say that God loves the world this way, I don't even try to think about how much God loves 'I'.
3. Jonah did not know the providence of God who prepared the gourd. didn't even tell Rather, he knew that God had consented to his will. But that is not God's will. It is God's will for Jonah to turn. So God caused the gourd to die.
4. Jonah was resentful. If you do not know the thoughts of God, there is nothing but resentment. Only resentment and self-murmuring of an ignorant fool. Know that those who grumble are fools. Grief is the enemy's tares. The saints are those who give thanks in everything.
5. The purpose of giving the gourd vines was to cool the sun-heated head and regain reason so that they could realize God's will and realize their own mistakes. Let's analyze the cause of prosperity and give glory to God.
God makes us aware of ourselves (9-11).
A: You asked.
1. God asked, 'Is there any reason to be angry?' Unlike humans, humans use violence relentlessly when they think their authority is being challenged. All of the youth problems that arise in the home today are due to the strict authority of the father. But God is merciful. That is why he wants to take care of even the children who are betrayed.
2. Jonah poured out abusive language against God that a prophet would not have dared to speak. But this is our true face. It is the fact that the angry tone that rises up in the words we say without thinking is all resentment towards God.
3. When someone I hate receives a blessing, when my neighbor's church and rival church revives What is my honest feeling when I see the popularity of people I don't like?
4. Jonah complained that even death was worthy. Nervous matter is a waste product of the human body. Nervous anger, however well-founded, does not benefit our lives. We shouldn't do or try to do anything until we fix this.
B. God makes us aware.
1. The gourd had nothing to do with Jonah's will, and it was just a spontaneous creation. It is only a gift from God. But he wasn't grateful for the gourd vines. I didn't even think about what it looked like. was completely indifferent. However, he was satisfied only with the gourd itself. I didn't know the spiritual lessons.
2. What is my gourd? It can be health, talent, fame, parents, wife and children. But let us know that our gourd vines will wither someday.
3. There were 120,000 lives in Nineveh. Are the lives of 120,000 people more precious or the lifeless gourd vines are more precious? If the gourd vines are precious, the value of 120,000 people cannot be compared to the gourd vines. Humans are even more valuable. At least to God, humans are precious. A soul is worth more than the world. By the way, can you compare it to a single gourd vine?
4. Even with ten mouths, there was nothing to say. Eventually, he realized God's great saving love.