Jonah: God’s Mercy
LESSON SUMMARY
When Jonah announced God’s judgment on the city of Nineveh, the king and the people all called out to God, begging for forgiveness and promising to change their wicked ways. The king said, “Maybe God will have mercy on us. Maybe he will forgive us, and not destroy our city like we deserve.”
God is a God of mercy. But for the Ninevites, they were not sure. They had a big “maybe” … if we are good and don’t do bad, maybe God will have mercy and forgive us.
Can you imagine living your life with a big “maybe”? Maybe God will forgive me! Maybe God will still love me!
Thank Jesus that today, we don’t have a big “maybe”. We can know that God loves us unconditionally and forgives us completely because of Jesus’ death on the cross.
Jesus took the punishment we deserved, so we have all the blessings we do not deserve (grace!).
When we realise that we’ve done all these wrong things and deserve punishment, we can call onto God and we know He will forgive us all our sins — past, present and future — so we can live for Him every day of our lives!
