Studies in Jonah - Part II

God in Jonah

What does God say, what does God do, what is God like ?

–God Speaks: 1:2 Arise, Go to Ninevah, 2:10 Speaks to the Fish (?), 3:1, God speaks to Jonah a 2nd time, 4:4 Speaks to Jonah, “Are you right to be angry?”
–God Appoints: 1:4 - he hurls great wind, 1:17 - appoints fish, 4:6 “a plant”, “worm”, “scorching east wing, and the sun”
–God has a “presence”: 1:3,
–God of mercy: 3:10, how God related to Jonah (Chapter 4, 1:17), teaches Jonah, 1:3
–God teaches: Chapter 4, the Vine, like a Father

What does that tell me about Him?

–God is Sovereign and Personal
–God uses nature to speak, intervening directly
–God is merciful
–God is concerned about our character (chapter 4)
–God teaches us, through experience (difficult) and word