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NASB | Romans 1:18 ¶ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:18 ¶ For [God does not overlook sin and] the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who in their wickedness suppress and stifle the truth, |
Subject: Ninevah did. |
Bible Note: What God meant, Brother Tim, Is for Nivevah to repent. Again, Jonah 3:4 is the content of what God told Jonah to SAY. God did not tell Jonah what he was going to DO. Jon 3:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." Do you see? The proclamation was not a lie, it was a warning stated in the form of a coming event. Although it’s not recorded in the first chapter, apparently God had told Jonah what to say at that time also. The message was the same: Ninevah will be destroyed. But why do you think he ran? Jon 4:2 He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. 4:3 "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." Jonah suspected that the plan of God was not of judgement but of mercy, that his proclamation was not a message of prophecy but of warning. So he ran. Yes, something did indeed change. But it wasn’t God’s mind. It was the hearts of the Ninevites, changed by the merciful almighty power of God at the preaching of Jonah! Now, I’m surprised that you asked my about the immutability of God’s actions. It’s a no brainer. If God doesn’t change his mind, then he doesn’t change his mind about what he’s going to do. Like Jonah, the Reformed preacher of the Gospel (to bring the discussion back to the topic of this thread) has confidence in the mercy of God. He knows that God has ordained a means to his ends, and the means to faith (of which Christ alone is the author) is the proclamation of the Good News. This Good News starts off with the bad news, “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,” not, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” Peace, Lionstrong |