Complementary New Testament Passage:
Philippians 1:12-26
Sermon Outline:
1. We are not free to be angry at God’s compassion
2. God is sovereign
3. To live is Christ, to die is gain
4. God’s right to pity the doomed
Family Discussion Questions:
- What did Jonah do after he preached to Nineveh?
- Did Jonah want Nineveh to repent?
- Was Jonah happy when God saved Nineveh?
- What did God do for Jonah, even when he was sinning against God?
- What did Jonah care about more, the plant or the people of Nineveh?
- How does God feel about people repenting of sin?
- What does this teach us about how we should think of our own emotions?
- How should the priorities of God share our own priorities?
- How is Jonah different than Christ?
- How is Jonah different than Paul, and how Christians should be?
- What does this teach us about forgiving those who sin against us?
- What does this teach us about living with suffering compared dying and being with the Lord?
