Jonah 4:1-11

Contents: Jonah's displeasure over God's action toward Nineveh. The sheltering gourd.

Characters: God, Jonah.

Conclusion: Though there be these who find it in their hearts to quarrel with the goodness of God and His sparing, pardoning mercy to others (to which we all owe it that we are out of hell), yet God will justify Himself in the methods of His grace toward repenting sinners. As God values a human soul, so should we look upon it as worth more than all the world.

Key Word: Displeased, Jonah 4:1.

Strong Verses: Jonah 4:4; Jonah 4:2.

Striking Facts: Jonah (Matthew 12:40) is used as an illustrious type of Christ who was buried and arose (1 Corinthians 15:4) after three days. As God prepared Jonah's grave, so He prepared Christ's. Both were buried in order to their rising again for the bringing of the doctrine of repentance to the Gentile world.