Covenant Reformed News – March 2015 • Volume XV, Issue 11
This article provides an expository treatment of Jonah 4:10-11, examining how God restored and instructed His angry prophet through the parable of the gourd. The author emphasizes three dimensions of God's dealings with Jonah: His gracious nature, His respect for human rationality and moral agency, and His sovereign ordering of circumstances—all applied practically to the reader's own spiritual growth and Christian walk.
The Lessons of Jonah’s Gourd (2) How did God restore His angry, huffing prophet in Jonah 4:10-11? First, Jehovah did this in a way befitting Himself and His nature. As Jonah confessed, He is “a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness” (2). This was the way He related to Jonah both throughout the book and here in our text. Second, Jehovah worked with Jonah as one who is a rational, moral creature. God reasoned with Jonah as a rational creature. He spoke to Jonah about...