By Mike Durrill
[32] The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. - Luk 11:32 ESV
What can a nation like Nineveh - full of unspeakable wickedness teach us today?
The depths of the grace and mercy of God cannot be measured. The people of Nineveh were hated by the Israelites. Israel had been brutally accosted by them on numerous occasions. Yet, when confronted with a pathetic preacher of the truth they repented of their evil.
Jesus, the greatest preacher who ever lived, is confronting the religious elite of Israel with truth. He is relentless in his pursuit of heart religion that obeys out of love, as opposed to heady intellectual assent promoting obedience out of duty. He performs miracles authenticating the fact of Hs deity. He raises people from the dead, causes blind men to see, and casts out demons from wretched men. Yet, Israel refuses to repent. Refuses to believe. Refuses to see.
Ironically, Nineveh is an example to Israel - also an example to us. Repent of pride. Repent of arrogance. Repent of sin.
Repent and receive the great grace and mercy of God.
[32] The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. - Luk 11:32 ESV
What can a nation like Nineveh - full of unspeakable wickedness teach us today?
- God is still slow to anger.
- God is still merciful.
- God's thoughts are still not our thoughts.
- God's ways are still not our ways.
- Repentance still stays the wrath of God.
- Forgiveness can be had still for ALL sinners.
The depths of the grace and mercy of God cannot be measured. The people of Nineveh were hated by the Israelites. Israel had been brutally accosted by them on numerous occasions. Yet, when confronted with a pathetic preacher of the truth they repented of their evil.
Jesus, the greatest preacher who ever lived, is confronting the religious elite of Israel with truth. He is relentless in his pursuit of heart religion that obeys out of love, as opposed to heady intellectual assent promoting obedience out of duty. He performs miracles authenticating the fact of Hs deity. He raises people from the dead, causes blind men to see, and casts out demons from wretched men. Yet, Israel refuses to repent. Refuses to believe. Refuses to see.
Ironically, Nineveh is an example to Israel - also an example to us. Repent of pride. Repent of arrogance. Repent of sin.
Repent and receive the great grace and mercy of God.
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