Keltys Worship Service, July 11, 2021

Series Title: Up from the Pit!

Text: Jonah 4:1-4

Title: God’s Glory on Display

Big Idea: The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster!

A Glorious Pattern in Scripture:

– God saves!  God reveals His glory!  The recipients and witnesses of His salvation respond by glorifying Him.

See Exodus 15:1-2; Psalm 95:1; Daniel 6:26-27; Matthew 28:17

God rescues for His glory!  Therefore, His rescued people are to glorify Him!

Jonah 4:2 – for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.

See Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18; Psalm 86:15; Nehemiah 9:17; Joel 2:13

• What of Jonah’s response? 

Tom Schreiner notes, “What [Jonah] should have seen, and, as the preservation of the book suggests, eventually did see, is that Yahweh’s graciousness to him was no different from his graciousness to Nineveh.”

• How does Jonah respond to his anger? 

• What is Jonah’s problem?

• How does the Lord respond to His angry prophet? 

• How does this point to Jesus?

• Why is the story of Jonah good news for the church?  

Practice Steps:

1. Repent of your sin and look to the word!
2. Rejoice when the Lord extends His grace and mercy to others!

Discussion Questions:

1. Are there areas in your life where you are trying to rule independently of God?  Once you identity this, what steps are you taking to make war on your sin?
2. How often are you looking into the word to assess your attitude and actions in light of the heart of God?
3. Do you share the Lord’s heart for the lost?  How can you grow here?
4. Do you do well to go your own way and not God’s way?  What should you do?