Who in your opinion was worst offender, Jonah or the Ninevites? Jonah was sent by God to warn a city that was totally depraved. They were totally dismissive of God and anything that He doing in the here and now. They lived for themselves, worshipped who or what they wanted and believed that the whole world revolved around them and their needs. Sounds familiar? However when they heard the words ‘repent before destruction come’, ‘turn away from your wicked ways’ and ‘confess your sins to God’ they obeyed and even went as far as putting ashes on their heads as a sign of contrition.
On the other hand we have Jonah, a prophet of the Lord who knew of the attributes of God. He knew that it was his God who made heaven and earth. He knew that his God is a jealous God and when necessary will fight for those who put their trust in him. Jonah heard clear instructions from the Lord but chose to disobey him and go off in the completely opposite direction. It took the tragedy of being sacrificed by his fellow passengers for him to get his ministry back on line. In your opinion who obeyed God? Jesus said the people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement and condemn this generation, because they repented (Luke 11:32). Can our generation be compared to the Ninevites?
Read Proverbs 18.
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