Jonah sought to protect his own people when God’s compassion and mercy were to extend to the repentant beyond Israel’s borders. Fairness, justice and truth are to be balanced with compassion and mercy by God’s definition and ways rather than our limited vision of who is repentant, when and how. Universal Saving expands when our small actions, reflections and words join together in a chorus of abundant love for all, which is no guarantee of outcome.
Sermon starts at minute marker 5:34
Scripture: Jonah 3.1-10
Resources
- BibleWorm podcast: Episode 611 Jonah and the Compassion of God, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr
- Image by Adam Krypel on pexels
- Hymn: Voices Together 283 - Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore. Text: Spanish; Cesáreo Gabarain (Spain); trans. composite Gertrude C. Suppe (USA), George Lockwood IV (USA), Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon (USA), Willard F. Jabusch (USA), alt. Music: Cesáreo Gabarain, 1979, Dios con nosotros. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.
