Main idea: God, in his mercy, deals patiently with the pitiful.
Outline:
- God’s mercy is a patient mercy (Jonah 4:5-8a)
- God’s mercy is for the pitiful (Jonah 4:8b-11)
Secondary sources cited:
- Daniel C. Timmer, A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah, New Studies in Biblical Theology 26 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVaristy Press, 2011).
- R. Reed Lessing, Jonah, Concordia Commentary (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing, 2007).
- Kevin J. Youngblood, Jonah: God’s Scandalous Mercy, Hearing the Message of Scripture: A Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013).
- Thomas John Carlisle, You! Jonah! (Grand Rapids: Eerdsmans, 1968).