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1 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | Mommapbs | 228160 | ||
When the people of Nineveh repented, God spared the city. This verse says He had compassion. Where does grace fit here or does it? Did God forgive Nineveh for their wickedness? | ||||||
2 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | DocTrinsograce | 228161 | ||
Dear Momma, How are you, ma'am? I have been thinking of you lately. I have not seen you here on the forum for a few months. Is your remission going on now through to the fourth year? Grace is behind the whole book of Jonah, although the word is not explicitly used. God saved Jonah, God saved the gentile sailors, and God saved the Ninevites. This the Lord did despite the fact that they deserved no such favor. I would also say that God's final lesson in Jonah 4 (vv6-11) was all about grace. What was the source of the repentance of Jonah, the sailors, and the Ninevites. Wasn't it all a matter of God's design? In Him, Doc |
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3 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | Mommapbs | 228166 | ||
Hi Doc - thank you for thinking of me. I remain cancer free but not always "free of cancer." It's like sin. Praise God. He has freed me from the power and penalty of sin, but it still has the ability to influence me. For the last two and a half years I have been facilitating a cancer support group where Christ is the real "big C!" Thinking about Jonah - I am wondering if we are seeing God’s mercy here instead of grace. When I think of God’s Grace, I understand it to be His unmerited favor in forgiving my sin and imputing His righteousness to me; thus, I am saved from His wrath against sin. We are saved by Grace through faith but I am struggling to see my understanding of God's grace in Jonah. Nineveh was spared destruction because they responded to Jonah’s call to repent. Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. Jonah 3:5 My question is which god did the Ninevites believe? Did they really believe in Jonah’s God or in their god – which I think was called Dagon. Dagon was half man –half fish, just like Jonah would have appeared when he was vomited out of the mouth of the fish! He probably smelled fishy too. With this cultural backdrop, imagine the authority he might be accorded here. The reason I question this is because earlier in the text we read that the sailors cried to their god and appealed to Jonah to call on his god.(Jonah 1:5,6) From this, it appears that they were not the same. Also, it is noteworthy that elohim is used to reference both GOD and god. When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. Jonah 3:10 Next we read that Jonah was angry about this. Might this be because the people did not recognize the LORD’s hand but attributed the blessing to their god Dagon? (I know speculation, but it does make some sense to me.) I get a bit indignant when people take credit where credit is not due too! Of course this challenges my understanding of God’s grace. So I am wondering, is this perhaps mercy (not getting what they deserved) rather than grace (getting what they don't deserve)? Just as the sailors (their lives were spared) and the Ninevites (their city was not destroyed) reaped the consequences of Jonah’s obedience, we reap the blessing of the obedience of Jesus. I am reminded of Jesus’ prayer on the cross, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Perhaps Jonah instructs us to be more generous with God’s grace – it belongs to Him anyway! Blessings to you Doc! trish |
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4 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | DocTrinsograce | 228167 | ||
Dear Momma, You cannot separate grace from mercy. Grace is giving that which is undeserved. Mercy is not giving that which is deserved. When you see one, you necessarily see the other. In Him, Doc |
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5 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | Mommapbs | 228168 | ||
I see this Doc. IF Jonah is all about God's grace, did everyone - the sailors, the people of Nineveh and Jonah all receive God's grace? This seems a bit "universalist" to me - I'd appreciate your insight. In Christ's love, trish |
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6 | Did God give grace to Nineveh? | Jon 4:11 | DocTrinsograce | 228169 | ||
Hi, Momma... Yes, all of them received God's grace. It is obvious that the Ninevites did (Jonah 3:10). Though they knew little of the Jehovah (perhaps only the information in vv1:7-9), the sailors did because of their response (v16). Furthermore, we know that Jonah did, because we have his prayer in chapter 2, but also because we have the book itself that he penned. Note that in each case, they appealed to God for salvation. People do not do that without the Lord's drawing them first -- all of that is by grace and grace alone. We would not think of this story as inferring any kind of universalism. After all, this remarkable book is not discussing all men, but just those who enter into the narrative. In Him, Doc PS We continue to pray for your health, even as we continue to be blessed by your testimony of God's grace in your life. |
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