1. Jonah 3:5
SO THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH
BELIEVED GOD

2. 2 Thessalonians 1:10
BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY AMONG
YOU WAS BELIEVED

3. “YET FORTY DAYS AND NINEVEH SHALL
BE OVERTHROWN”
• God tells Jonah to go cry out to Nineveh
(Jonah 1-2)
–Jonah flees to Tarshish
–God brings Jonah to Nineveh with a storm and
big fish
• Jonah preaches God’s word (Jonah 3:1-9)
–Nineveh believes and repents
• “God relented from the disaster” (Jonah
3:10)

4. JONAH BECOMES ANGRY
•Jonah has a bad attitude (Jonah
4:1-4)
•God teaches Jonah a lesson
(Jonah 4:5-11)
–With a plant, wind, and a worm
•Jonah cared more about a plant
than all the people in Nineveh

5. 2 Thessalonians 1:10
BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY AMONG
YOU WAS BELIEVED

6. “WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS REVEALED
FROM HEAVEN”
• The “Day of Christ” has not come yet
– 2 Thess. 2:1-2
• But one day IT WILL!
–2 Thess. 1:5-12
–He “in flaming fire” will take vengeance
on those (v8)
• Who do not know God
• Who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
– 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Rom. 6:3-10

7. PAUL GIVES THANKS
• For those who have been called by
the Gospel (2:13-14)
• Therefore, brethren (2:15)
–Stand fast and hold the traditions which
you were taught
• Allow the Lord to comfort your heart
(2:16-17)

8. JONAH 4:2
“I know you are a gracious and
merciful God, slow to anger and
abundant in lovingkindness, One who
relents from doing harm”