Compassion & Mercy

Jonah is story of a man who got swallowed by a big fish. He lived inside the fish for 3 days 3 nights.

Jonah ran away from God because he did not want to convey a message to Nineveh (his enemy) that God would destroyed them unless they repented from their evil deeds. Jonah knew God would forgive Nineveh if they repented.

There are 2 characters in Jonah's story:
1. God was full of compassion & merciful to forgive anyone who was willingly to repent and accept God.
2. Jonah was a prophet yet he was unable to accept the fact that God forgive his enemy.

The Lord said: “.. (Jonah 4: 11) But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?"

What kind of person are you? Are you compassion & merciful or unreasonable? God has given each of us many chances. Can't we give others a second chance?


“Jonah Was A Prophet” (song from Jonah-Veggie Tales)
When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona
And that is where I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah
Now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered
They tell the tale, cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered!

CHORUS:
Jonah was a prophet (oo-ooh!)
But he really never got it (sad but true!)
And if you watch it you can spot it (a-doodley-doo!)
He did not get the point!

Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me
Exactly what god wants to see and yes that is the point!
(CHORUS)

Now Jonah Set Sail on A Pirate ship. In a dreadful gale
Got eaten up by a giant whale. But then its not to be said
You think he would learn a lot. From being saved from an awful spot
But the second chance that he had got
He didn't want to be spread
Now poor old Jonah. And now he's all alone-ah
Gotta use a megaphone-ah to get it through to his head-HEY!
(CHORUS)

Now during your life you prob'ly don't ride on a camel
And you prob'ly won't wake up inside a large aquatic mammal
But all the same like Jonah there is something you can do
Everyone deserves to get a second chance from you!

Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me
Exactly what god wants to see and yes that is the point!
(CHORUS X2)