Jonah 4

The ending of the book of Jonah is a bit of a quandary.  It leaves us with a lot of unknowns but it also leaves us with two very clear knowns. The first is that religious guy – Jonah the paid pastor – is on the outside having a pity party. Jonah is the only one not celebrating God’s mercy. The other known fact is that God makes it clear that His heart is to have compassion on those that are far from Him.  Through studying Jonah’s reaction and seeing God’s response in Jonah 4 we see how religion produces unrighteous anger – the gospel produces godly compassion.