Covenant Reformed News – April 2015 • Volume XV, Issue 12
This article provides an exegetical and devotional commentary on the Book of Jonah (particularly chapter 4), examining Jonah's sinful selfishness and evaluating his ultimate repentance in light of Reformed theology. The author uses the Canons of Dort to explain how God preserves and restores His elect children through the work of the Spirit, applying these truths to both Jonah's experience and the believer's spiritual growth.
The Lessons of Jonah’s Gourd (3) How did sunburned Jonah, huffing in his booth outside Nineveh, come to evaluate things so utterly wrongly and wickedly (Jonah 4:1-9)? Why did he reckon so important one plant that only lasted 24 hours and upon which he did not bestow any labour? Why did he esteem of so little value some 720,000 people and much livestock in an ancient city? There is a common factor here. Jonah, himself! Jonah’s selfishness! He was angry at God for killing the gourd because it...