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Friday, November 27, 2009

When God Makes Us Angry



As we turn to the last Chapter of Jonah, we are met with one of the most remarkable statements by a servant of God.  Furious with God for extending his grace to the Assyrians (Israel's arch enemy),  Jonah finds he cannot live with the true implications of God’s grace nor can he live without grace. 

In this remarkable Chapter IV, we will find God exposing the idols in Jonah’s life that keep him from experiencing the true freedom of God’s Grace.  As with us, the stress brought about in Jonah’s life exposes his real self.  Jonah cannot give what God has so undeservedly given him—unfailing love and compassion. 

When God does not fit into Jonah’s plans, he again turns from God, this time in anger.  We will see God bring yet another living illustration into the life of Jonah to take him one step further to becoming the man God destined him to be.  We will also take a practical look at how to rid ourselves of idols of our own making and discover the glorious grace of the Father through Jesus.  

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