Jonah 4:1-2.
" 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm."
" 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm."
Do we get angry when people who do very evil things are changed by God, such as Dahmler, or do we see past the gross sin to the soul made and remade in God's image? Jonah saw the Ninevites as godless and evil, and knew for years they did not do what God wanted - yet when he told them they would be destroyed in judgment, they repented - Jonah was angry and wanted to die. It is as if he did not want to see them saved from sin's punishment, but wanted to see them get what is coming to them. Do we love the lost and rejoice when God calls them?
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