Amazing Grace or Accustomed Grace? - Jonah 4
Amazing Grace or Accustomed Grace? - Jonah 4
Speaker: David Royes
Scripture: Jonah 4
January 16, 2022
Video:
Originally recorded during the 1/16/22 Worship Service and Sermon, the video below begins at the portion containing the sermon on Jonah.
Notes:
Scripture: Jonah 4
Amazing Grace or accustomed grace?
“We sing about ‘amazing grace’ and speak of ‘amazing grace’, but far too often it [grace] has ceased to amaze us. Sadly, we might more truthfully sing of ‘accustomed grace.’ We have lost the joy and energy that are experienced when grace seems truly amazing.” ~ Sinclair Ferguson
Literary Structure of Jonah:
Jonah 1: Jonah commissioned & disobedience → Jonah 3: Jonah recommissioned & obedience
Jonah 1b: Jonah & pagan sailors → Jonah 3: Jonah and pagan Ninevites.
Jonah 2: Jonah’s grateful prayer → Jonah 4a: Jonah’s angry prayer.
Jonah 4b: GOD Schools Jonah in Compassion. (*1)
1. Accustomed Grace: Jonah’s Angry Prayer
2. Amazing Grace: God’s Gracious Pursuit
a. His appointing is perfect
b. His word is persistent
c. His compassion is plentiful
3. Extending Grace: The Author’s hanging question
(*1) Adapted from David Dorsey, Literary Structure of the Old Testament (Baker Books, 2004).
Audio:
The audio clip below contains the entire sermon on Jonah taken from the 1/16/22 Worship Service and Sermon. You can listen from here or download the entire clip.