DIVINE ADJUSTMENTS

JONAH 2-4

Rick Jackson

I. GOD WANTS TO ADJUST OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD HIM [JONAH 2]

1. Affliction should Cause us to Seek Him [v. 1-3, 2 Chr. 33:12, Neh. 9:9]

-And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers

-And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

2. Faith should Cause us to Trust Him [v. 4-7, Rm. 10:17]

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

3. Truth should Cause us to Submit to Him [v. 8-10, Jm. 4:6] ---[God wants our "I won't"s to be "I will"s]

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

II. GOD WANTS TO ADJUST OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS WORD [JONAH 3]

1. With the Presentation of the Word [v. 1-4]

2. With the Power of the Word [v. 5-9]

[Note-they knew what they deserved but they desired mercy & grace and got it!]

3. With the Promise of the Word [2:9]

III. GOD WANTS TO ADJUST OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS [JONAH 4]

1. Seen in Jonah's Anger over Converts [v. 1-4]

2. Seen in Jonah's Anger over Comfort (or the lack thereof) [v. 5-9]

3. Seen in Jonah's Adjustment over Children and Cattle [v. 10-11]