The Pathetic Prophet, Not the Sympathetic Prophet

• The Reluctance of Jonah • The Rescue of Jonah • The Repentance at Sea • The Repentance at Nineveh• The Revival in Nineveh • The Reasoning of Jonah • The Heart of God - Matthew 5:43-45; Matthew 12:38-41; Romans 5-1-11• The Harshness of Jonah   = The Gospel Picture (3 days)  = The Judgment of Jerusalem • God CAN make you do something you don’t want to do — • From Joppa (Tel Aviv, Israel) to Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq)• The Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) • The Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, JONAH, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (a third category?) • The Messed Up Prophet - there’s no other prophet like Jonah (Thank goodness)I. The Focus of Jonah is:1. God - judgment and mercy; The influence of Moses and Joel (Exodus 34:6-7; Joel 2:12-14); Jonah knew the words of Moses & Joel but lacked their heart 2. Jonah - selfish, heartless, & w/out humility 3. Sailors (pagans) - humility, repentance, & faith 4. Assyrians (enemies) - humility, repentance, & faith II. The Foolishness of Jonah - 1. Running from God (Adam) 2. Acknowledging God (Creator)3. Hoping for death 4. Being reassigned 5. Picture of a pathetic prophet - unlike God’s other prophets III. The Frustration of Jonah - 1. Fleeing in chapter 1 2. Praying in chapter 23. Preaching in chapter 34. Picturing God as gracious 4:25. Venting in chapter 4