Episode 552: The Danger of Misplaced Love | Dr. Zach Crook
Tabernacle Baptist Church
English - November 28, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality church ennis tabernacle baptist southern Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
1. A Heart Revealed- There is something fundamentally wrong if we don’t celebrate God giving grace to others- Jonah wants to remake God in his own image- God is asking Jonah two questions:- Why are you doing this to yourself?- Are you sure you’ve gauged this situation properly?- Jonah was saved from the belly of a fish, but he needed to be saved from the power of sin in his life- God’s response to Jonah’s tantrum is to comfort him
2. Jonah has Misplaced Love- The same God who sent the plant also sent the worm and the wind- God is basically questioning Jonah: how can he love plants more than people?- In God’s city, the inhabitants love people and walk on gold. In man’s city, the inhabitants love gold and walk on people
3. We Must be Missional, Not Tribal- Jonah values self-preservation; God values self-sacrifice- Does God want us to run away or towards our perceived enemies?- God’s capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin- If we understand the size of our sin and the size of God’s grace, it should lead us to see the size of God’s mission