God’s Mercy on Our Enemy

Reflections

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God, Spirituality, Jesus, The Bible Project, Tim Mackie, Theology, Bibleproject, Meditation, Religion, New Testament, Bible, Mindfulness, Religion & Spirituality, Bible Study, Cheree Hayes, Christianity, Old Testament, Reflection

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

How can we show God’s mercy to people who’ve hurt us? In this episode, we are reflecting on the final chapter of the book of Jonah. God doesn’t just want Jonah to preach to his enemies, he wants Jonah to share his compassionate heart toward them too. Will Jonah agree with God’s compassionate perspective? The book ends with a question to give us the opportunity to self-reflect. So let’s do that together.

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0:00.0	How can I show God's mercy to people who've hurt me?
0:20.8	Hey, this is Shree at Bible Project.
0:23.6	In this episode, Tim is opening up the Book of Jonah,
0:26.8	where we see God's merciful character towards his enemies,
0:30.2	and a prophet who really doesn't like that.
0:33.5	How does God respond to Jonah?
0:35.8	And what about us?
0:37.6	What does God do when we struggle to have compassion for the people who've hurt us?
0:42.4	There's lots to reflect on today, so stay tuned and listen in.
0:48.4	Hey everybody, this is Tim Mckey at Bible Project.
0:51.3	For this week's reflection, we're pondering the story of Jonah in the Old Testament prophets.
0:57.0	This is a well-known story in the Bible, but it's not so well-understood.
1:01.4	Most people think first about the big fish that swallows up Jonah,
1:05.5	but the real big surprise in the book comes in the climactic fourth and final chapter.
1:12.1	But first, the story in summary.
1:13.6	It begins with God's chosen prophet who refuses to cooperate with his own God.
1:19.2	Instead of announcing God's message to the Assyrians, who were Israel's greatest enemy at the time,
1:24.0	Jonah flees from his God by getting on a boat to cross the Mediterranean.
1:28.2	And so God sends a storm to expose him,
1:30.7	and our rebellious prophet finds himself tossed into the waters.
1:34.2	But these death-dealing waters actually become his salvation,
1:38.8	as God rescues him through the belly of a sea monster.
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