When God saw what [the Ninevites] did and how they turned from their evil ways, [God] relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
Jonah 3:10
This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry. So he complained to the LORD about it: "Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish!
I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people. Just kill me now, LORD! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen."
Jonah 4:1-3
I have decided to turn such a person over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:5
I'm not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God until salvation.
Romans 1:16
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks.
Romans 1:18-23
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper.
Romans 1:28
And although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:32
But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will repay each person accourding to his deeds.
Romans 2:5-6
The LORD replied, "Is it right for you to be angry about this?"
Jonah 4:4
When life isn’t going your way, what questions is God asking you?
Romans 3:23-26
God's character is His own apologetic.
Where are you directing your attention?
Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.
Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.
But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint.
But God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"
"It is," he said. "And I'm so angry I wish I were dead."
But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.
And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?"
Jonah 4:5-11
God doesn't waste storms.
When life isn't going your way, what questions is Jesus asking you?
Where are you directing your attention?
God's character is his own apologetic --- God's love and perfection, His ways and His character keep pointing us back to the fact that we have to surrender to Him.
