Jonah 3 - Divine Responsiveness to Human Action

DIVINE RESPONSIVENESS TO HUMAN ACTION
(JONAH 3:10)

INTRODUCTION

1. Some either ors
2. Westminster standards
   a) WCF Chapter III – Of God's Eternal Decree
   i) God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
   b) WSC
   i) Q. 8. How does God execute his decrees?
   ii) A. God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
   c) WCF Chapter V – Of Providence
   i) Although, in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly; yet, by the same providence, he orders them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.

I. GOD SAW (V10A)
A. Anthropomorphically

1. Definition
2. Examples
   B. Truly
3. Definition
4. Examples

II. GOD RELENTED (V10B)
A. The meaning of the English word

1. Not a common word
2. Used in two ways
   B. The meaning of the Hebrew word
3. In general
4. In the immediate context
5. In the broader context