There are lots of calls for justice in the world today. And God is a God of justice, but most Christians are not really aware of how God carries out justice. We are going to learn more about justice today as we study Jonah 4:5.

Have you ever been angry at how God runs the world? Have you ever felt like that? I have. And Jonah did too. - This is one reason the book of Jonah was written. It shows a prophet who is angry at God for how God runs the world.

Two pressing questions in the book of Jonah are why he fled to Tarshish instead of going to Nineveh, and why Jonah preferred to die instead of obey. - In this study of Jonah 4:3, we finally discover the answer to both questions.

Have you ever been angry at God? Of course you have. Life has a way of crushing us all, and when that happens, we often get angry at God about it. - When you’re angry at God, what do you do? Do you try to handle it yourself?

After Nineveh experiences a city-wide revival in response to his preaching, Jonah becomes angry at God in Jonah 4:1. - What do you think about that? Have you ever thought that he should have rejoiced instead? - In this study of Jonah 4:1,

What is repentance? What is evil? If you think you know, here are some harder questions: Does God ever need to repent? Does God commit evil? - Jonah 3:10 seems to indicate that God does commit evil and does repent of it. Yikes! What does that mean?

What is repentance? How do we repent? Does God ever need to repent? - It is these sorts of questions we are considering today as we look at Jonah 3:9, where the king of Nineveh expresses his hope that God will repent.

What if there was another way to defeat violent groups of people, other than with more violence? What if there was a better, godly ways to defeat violence? This is one of the questions we consider today from Jonah 3:6-8. -

God can start a city-wide revival through the smallest of acts. You don’t have to be Billy Graham. This is what we are going to learn today from Jonah 3:5.

How do you evangelize? Do you use tracts? Invite people to church, or to an evangelism crusade? Do you use the Roman’s Road? Do you shout into a bullhorn that people are going to hell unless they repent? - In Jonah 3:4,