Source (book): "God in Pursuit", Chapter 10, Question 2, Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
PHOTO: The book of Jonah ends with God's question, "Should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
The story of Jonah is as simple as it is incredible:
God commands the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian city of Nineveh to preach against it. But Jonah runs away, only to run headlong into storm and end up in the belly of a large fish. God rescues him and gives him a second chance. This time Jonah obeys, the city repents, and God spares it from divine judgement. Jonah, however, gets angry with God for treating Assyria - Israel's enemy - mercifully. The story ends with God asking the question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
How does it challenge you?
The book ends with that unanswered question. Did Jonah’s attitude change? Did he repent like Nineveh? It’s unknown.
This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us.
This question challenged Jonah, and continues to challenge us today. It demands a respond from us - one which can change us and align our lives to the purposes of God. For the story of Jonah is really a story about God - about who He is, how He loves us, and what He expects of us.
How will you respond?
Do we want God to treat all people including ourself with justice or with mercy?
God has answered that question through the cross of Jesus. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8).
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
The book ends without the reader knowing how Jonah answers God's question. So, the question is really, how does the reader answer the question for Jonah? In part, Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is?
If I am Jonah, I would have concluded the story by having a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. I would asked for His forgiveness and help to replace the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, and instead concentrating on asking Him to relent from punishing our sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating our "once being lost but now being found".
We would accept and love God as God is. We would rejoice with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21). All the good things will last from "everlasting to everlasting".
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The book of Jonah ends with God's question, "Should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11). How does it challenge you? How will you respond? If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
God commands the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian city of Nineveh to preach against it. But Jonah runs away, only to run headlong into storm and end up in the belly of a large fish. God rescues him and gives him a second chance. This time Jonah obeys, the city repents, and God spares it from divine judgement. Jonah, however, gets angry with God for treating Assyria - Israel's enemy - mercifully. The story ends with God asking the question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
The story of Jonah is as simple as it is incredible:
God commands the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian city of Nineveh to preach against it. But Jonah runs away, only to run headlong into storm and end up in the belly of a large fish. God rescues him and gives him a second chance. This time Jonah obeys, the city repents, and God spares it from divine judgement. Jonah, however, gets angry with God for treating Assyria - Israel's enemy - mercifully. The story ends with God asking the question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
How does it challenge you?
The book ends with that unanswered question. Did Jonah’s attitude change? Did he repent like Nineveh? It’s unknown.
This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us.
This question challenged Jonah, and continues to challenge us today. It demands a respond from us - one which can change us and align our lives to the purposes of God. For the story of Jonah is really a story about God - about who He is, how He loves us, and what He expects of us.
How will you respond?
Do we want God to treat all people including ourself with justice or with mercy?
God has answered that question through the cross of Jesus. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8).
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
The book ends without the reader knowing how Jonah answers God's question. So, the question is really, how does the reader answer the question for Jonah? In part, Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is?
If I am Jonah, I would have concluded the story by having a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. I would asked for His forgiveness and help to replace the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, and instead concentrating on asking Him to relent from punishing our sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating our "once being lost but now being found".
We would accept and love God as God is. We would rejoice with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21). All the good things will last from "everlasting to everlasting".
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The book of Jonah ends with God's question, "Should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11). How does it challenge you? How will you respond? If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
The book of Jonah ends with God's question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
The story of Jonah is as simple as it is incredible: [2]God commands the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian city of Nineveh to preach against it. But Jonah runs away, only to run headlong into storm and end up in the belly of a large fish. God rescues him and gives him a second chance. This time Jonah obeys, the city repents, and God spares it from divine judgement. Jonah, however, gets angry with God for treating Assyria - Israel's enemy - mercifully. The story ends with God asking the question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
PHOTO: God commands the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian city of Nineveh to preach against it. But Jonah runs away, only to run headlong into storm and end up in the belly of a large fish. God rescues him and gives him a second chance. The story ends with God asking the question, "Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?" (Jonah 4:11).
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This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us. [3]
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How does it challenge you?
The book ends with that unanswered question. Did Jonah’s attitude change? Did he repent like Nineveh? It’s unknown.This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us. [3]
PHOTO: How does it challenge you?
This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us.
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This question challenged Jonah, and continues to challenge us today. It demands a respond from us - one which can change us and align our lives to the purposes of God. For the story of Jonah is really a story about God - about who He is, how He loves us, and what He expects of us.
How will you respond?
Do we want God to treat all people including ourself with justice or with mercy? [3]
God has answered that question through the cross of Jesus. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8).
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
This is how it challenge us: God leaves this question unanswered to challenge us.
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This question challenged Jonah, and continues to challenge us today. It demands a respond from us - one which can change us and align our lives to the purposes of God. For the story of Jonah is really a story about God - about who He is, how He loves us, and what He expects of us.
How will you respond?
Do we want God to treat all people including ourself with justice or with mercy? [3]
God has answered that question through the cross of Jesus. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8).
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
PHOTO: How will you respond?
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
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If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
The book ends without the reader knowing how Jonah answers God's question. So, the question is really, how does the reader answer the question for Jonah? In part, Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is? [4]
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
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If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
The book ends without the reader knowing how Jonah answers God's question. So, the question is really, how does the reader answer the question for Jonah? In part, Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is? [4]
PHOTO: If you were Jonah, how would you have concluded your story?
Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is?
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If I am Jonah, I would have concluded the story by having a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. I would asked for His forgiveness and help to replace the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, and instead concentrating on asking Him to relent from punishing our sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating our "once being lost but now being found".
Jonah's problem is that he knows who God is (a Lord merciful, full of loving kindness, ready to relent from punishing sin), but Jonah doesn't like this about God. Jonah wants a God who will punish evil. The question that the book asks the reader then is this: Can we accept and love God as God is?
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If I am Jonah, I would have concluded the story by having a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. I would asked for His forgiveness and help to replace the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, and instead concentrating on asking Him to relent from punishing our sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating our "once being lost but now being found".
PHOTO: If I am Jonah, I would have concluded the story by having a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. I would asked for His forgiveness and help to replace the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, and instead concentrating on asking Him to relent from punishing our sins too. God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating our "once being lost but now being found".
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We would accept and love God as God is. We would rejoice with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
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We would accept and love God as God is. We would rejoice with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
PHOTO: We would accept and love God as God is. We would rejoice with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
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As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21). All the good things will last from "everlasting to everlasting".
Maybe God would send more plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate nature.
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As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21). All the good things will last from "everlasting to everlasting".
PHOTO: God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever. All the good things will last from "everlasting to everlasting".
With God there is no 钻牛角尖 (Zuān niú jiǎo jiān), insoluble problem.
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With God there is no 钻牛角尖 (Zuān niú jiǎo jiān), insoluble problem.
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PHOTO: “Dear Lord, the story of Jonah ends with God asking the question, ‘Should I not have concern for the great city on Nineveh?’ We understand it as an unanswered question to challenge us to respond so that we can be changed and align our lives to the purposes of God. Thank you for letting us know who He is, how He loves us, and what He expects of us.
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
The question that the book of Jonah asks the reader is this: Can we accept and love God as God is? Our answer is a yes, and that would be the same conclusion for the story of Jonah, if we could.
We would have preferred concluding the story by having Jonah establishing a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. We would like Jonah to seek and ask for His forgiveness. Jonah should forget about the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, but instead concentrate on asking God to relent from punishing his sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating their reunion.
We would like Jonah to accept and love God as God is. He would also rejoices with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more trees and plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate and loving nature.
As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. God will be our refuge, our portion in the land of the living. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21).
As in Psalm 144:12-14, then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of distress in our streets.
All the good things in the land of the living will last from ‘everlasting to everlasting’.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!”
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Also from the same author, Robert M. Solomon
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
[2] From "God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, Copyright © 2017 by Robert M. Solomon, ISBN 978-1-62707-801-6, Preface, Page I - II.
[3] Travis E. Lauterbach, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at Falcon Mesa Business Park, Why does God do all this to Jonah?, posted on , 06 November 2016 at 07:32 am, https://www.thespectrum.com/story/life/2016/11/06/why-does-god-do-all-jonah/93294546/
[4] New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, Jonah 4:9-11 – A Final Question, copyright © 1989, https://www.enterthebible.org/Controls/feature/tool_etb_resource_display/resourcebox.aspx?selected_rid=89&original_id=19
New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
My response is this: we want God to treat us with mercy. And God is merciful, through Christ Jesus. I will ask for His forgiveness, and that He do not send His wrath upon us, but His Holy Spirits to help all of us to accept the offer of Salvation, so that we all can have joy and real rest for eternity in heaven together with Him.
The question that the book of Jonah asks the reader is this: Can we accept and love God as God is? Our answer is a yes, and that would be the same conclusion for the story of Jonah, if we could.
We would have preferred concluding the story by having Jonah establishing a better relationship with God, and accept His grace and mercy. We would like Jonah to seek and ask for His forgiveness. Jonah should forget about the urge to see Nineveh being destroyed, but instead concentrate on asking God to relent from punishing his sins too.
The story would then have a happy ending for everybody. Nineveh and Israel, most likely would have accepted each other, living, and growing together in harmony. With Nineveh and Israel repenting from their wilful sins and hidden faults, God would open His heaven and bestow tons of blessing upon us, celebrating their reunion.
We would like Jonah to accept and love God as God is. He would also rejoices with God that more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, have repented, and also many animals, are saved from destruction.
Maybe God would send more trees and plants with flowers, among other things, to where Jonah is. Together with Nineveh and Israel, the world would see the glory of God, and experience His compassionate and loving nature.
As in Psalm 145:16, God opens His hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving toward all he has created. God will be our refuge, our portion in the land of the living. Every creature would then praise His holy name for ever and ever (Psalm 145:21).
As in Psalm 144:12-14, then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of distress in our streets.
All the good things in the land of the living will last from ‘everlasting to everlasting’.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!”
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Reflection - Will you respond to God's call - God's question
Question from source (book): "God in Pursuit", Chapter 10, Question 2, Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
Question from source (book): "God in Pursuit", Chapter 10, Question 2, Page 130.
By Robert M. Solomon, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000 - 2012
Also from the same author, Robert M. Solomon
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
Reference
[1] From "God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, Copyright © 2017 by Robert M. Solomon, ISBN 978-1-62707-801-6, Part IV: Jonah 4:1-11, Chapter 10 "Will you respond to God's call?", Page 127-129.[2] From "God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, Copyright © 2017 by Robert M. Solomon, ISBN 978-1-62707-801-6, Preface, Page I - II.
[3] Travis E. Lauterbach, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at Falcon Mesa Business Park, Why does God do all this to Jonah?, posted on , 06 November 2016 at 07:32 am, https://www.thespectrum.com/story/life/2016/11/06/why-does-god-do-all-jonah/93294546/
[4] New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, Jonah 4:9-11 – A Final Question, copyright © 1989, https://www.enterthebible.org/Controls/feature/tool_etb_resource_display/resourcebox.aspx?selected_rid=89&original_id=19
New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Jonah 4:11 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+4%3A11&version=NIV
Matthew 11:28-29 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A28-29&version=NIV
Psalm 144:12-14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+144%3A12-14&version=NIV
Psalm 145:16 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+145%3A16&version=NIV
Psalm 145:21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+145%3A21&version=NIV
Romans 5:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+5%3A8&version=NIV
Jonah 4:9-11- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+4%3A9-11&version=NIV
Jonah 4:11 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+4%3A11&version=NIV
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