100:00:00,080 –> 00:00:13,380Crowds of people shouting abuse saying what they’ll do to the drivers in the front row200:00:13,380 –> 00:00:22,260if they don’t get moving right now. But you have compassion… why? Because you understand300:00:22,260 –> 00:00:23,260the problem…400:00:23,260 –> 00:00:27,959Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David pick, glad you could join500:00:28,200 –> 00:00:32,820us today and Colin, do we know what the problem is? What is the problem?600:00:32,820 –> 00:00:37,320Well, the answer I think is very simple. Sin is the problem but here’s the surprising700:00:37,320 –> 00:00:44,279thing. To really understand the doctrine of sin doesn’t make a person harder, it actually800:00:44,279 –> 00:00:48,799leads to compassion. A lot of folks might have the idea that, you know, if you have900:00:48,799 –> 00:00:53,599really grasped the doctrine of sin that that’s going to make you a condemning kind of person,1000:00:54,279 –> 00:01:02,680it’s the opposite. Sin makes a person blind and bound and dead. And understanding that1100:01:02,680 –> 00:01:08,080will give compassion to a person who’s in that position. And that’s the kind of compassion1200:01:08,080 –> 00:01:14,120we need. We need to be ministering in the world, not out of a spirit of holier-than-thou1300:01:14,120 –> 00:01:21,199condemnation, but out of the compassion that comes to people who understand just how devastating1400:01:21,199 –> 00:01:23,400sin is in human lives.1500:01:23,400 –> 00:01:27,820And once we begin to understand that that is our condition, if not for the grace and1600:01:27,820 –> 00:01:33,279mercy that God has shown us, that puts us in the same condition as everyone else. And1700:01:33,279 –> 00:01:36,839we begin to grasp that and it’s natural that we would have compassion.1800:01:36,839 –> 00:01:43,720Yeah. So again, I see myself in Jonah. I see my own need to receive this Word from the1900:01:43,720 –> 00:01:48,440Lord and to become more compassionate, like Jesus Christ, and that’s where we’re headed2000:01:48,440 –> 00:01:49,440today.2100:01:49,440 –> 00:01:55,000Sleep well, if you can, in Jonah 4, as we continue the message about grace and mercy.2200:01:55,000 –> 00:01:56,000Here is Colin.2300:01:56,000 –> 00:02:03,000I want you to imagine, for a few moments, that you are responsible for parking at the2400:02:03,000 –> 00:02:10,119Super Bowl, okay? And the cars are all jammed in because there is inadequate space. They2500:02:10,119 –> 00:02:15,039are parked bumper to bumper, so as it were, nobody can move until everybody moves, if2600:02:15,240 –> 00:02:20,600you see what I mean. And especially the folks at the front have to move their cars first.2700:02:20,600 –> 00:02:26,199At the end of the game, with the car park absolutely crammed with vehicles, your job2800:02:26,199 –> 00:02:34,479is to clear the car park as quickly and as safely as possible. And the job carries with2900:02:34,479 –> 00:02:40,080it some authority. And so you have a little uniform, you have a little flag, and they’ve3000:02:40,080 –> 00:02:47,479given you a little whistle. Now, as soon as the drivers come to … I should say parking3100:02:47,479 –> 00:02:51,979lot, but I’m going to go back to old ways, if you see what I mean. As soon as the drivers3200:02:51,979 –> 00:02:56,839are back in the car park, you’re looking to see who’s in the front row who can move their3300:02:56,839 –> 00:03:01,839cars first. And you notice in one of the sections for which you are responsible that there are3400:03:01,839 –> 00:03:07,619three cars that now have drivers in them. And so you flag them over and you want to3500:03:07,619 –> 00:03:11,720get them into the exit lane so that you can get that whole section moving. But when you3600:03:11,720 –> 00:03:17,539flag them, nothing happens. So you blow your whistle. Nothing happens.3700:03:17,539 –> 00:03:22,919Then you look more closely and you see something strange. These three guys are sitting in their3800:03:22,919 –> 00:03:26,759cars, but none of them have started their engines. They, what in the world? Do they3900:03:26,759 –> 00:03:33,559wanting to stay here for a picnic or, why don’t they know we got to move? By now the4000:03:33,559 –> 00:03:38,119folks in the cars behind are beginning to get frustrated. Some of them are sounding4100:03:38,119 –> 00:03:42,300their horn. Some of these people are beginning to get angry. Why are these guys at the front4200:03:42,300 –> 00:03:47,380not moving and why are you as the person in charge not getting them going?4300:03:47,380 –> 00:03:51,279You start getting frustrated with yourself as the noise increases so you walk over to4400:03:51,279 –> 00:03:55,979the cars. That leads to even more blaring of horns. Because it takes you some while4500:03:55,979 –> 00:04:01,220to get over there and as you move people begin to realize that there’s a problem.4600:04:01,220 –> 00:04:05,759Now some folks have rolled down their windows see I do it with the wrong hand. It’s this4700:04:05,759 –> 00:04:12,759side. They roll down their windows and they’re shouting at you and getting them moving what4800:04:15,259 –> 00:04:17,179are you doing? Come on man and so forth and so on.4900:04:17,179 –> 00:04:24,179You go to the first car and you bang on the windshield. The windscreen no never mind should5000:04:25,040 –> 00:04:28,640never have done this.5100:04:28,640 –> 00:04:34,820And you said to this guy get moving get moving. The driver rolls down his windscreen. He said5200:04:34,820 –> 00:04:41,820I don’t know what’s happened. He said I came out the game I got into the car and it’s like5300:04:42,440 –> 00:04:49,440everything has gone dark. I can’t see. I can’t move my vehicle I’m blind. You don’t have5400:04:49,519 –> 00:04:56,519a clue what to say to the man so everyone’s blaring their horns and so you move to the5500:04:56,760 –> 00:05:03,760next car. You bang on that windscreen and the man tries to roll down his window and5600:05:06,839 –> 00:05:13,839you realize he’s got a problem. There are handcuffs on him. And he says I don’t know5700:05:13,839 –> 00:05:20,839what’s going on here he said but I got into my car and some guy was lurking in the back5800:05:22,880 –> 00:05:29,519seat and pounced on me. Put me in these handcuffs and then got out and ran. I don’t know who5900:05:29,519 –> 00:05:36,519he is, where he came from, but I’m stuck. I can’t move my car. I’m bound. By now there’s6000:05:37,459 –> 00:05:44,459nearly a riot going on amongst the guys in the pick up trucks behind. Horns are now blazing.6100:05:46,660 –> 00:05:51,000Guys are standing on the back of pick up trucks and they’re waving fists and shouting at you,6200:05:51,000 –> 00:05:54,640out shouting at the guys in the car. So you think I better get something moving here,6300:05:54,640 –> 00:06:00,160so you move to the third car. Bang on the window. Sir you see these guys over here have6400:06:00,160 –> 00:06:03,440a problem. They can’t move their vehicles. I need you to move your vehicles right now.6500:06:03,720 –> 00:06:09,000There is no response. You know what’s coming, don’t you. You look through the window and6600:06:09,000 –> 00:06:14,739he’s slumped over the wheel. Because this driver is dead.6700:06:17,339 –> 00:06:21,079I want you to think about that picture. Sometimes a picture is better than a thousand words.6800:06:22,579 –> 00:06:31,679Crowds of people shouting abuse, blaring horns, saying what they’ll do to the drivers in the6900:06:31,679 –> 00:06:42,380front row if they don’t get moving right now. But you have compassion. Why? Because you7000:06:42,380 –> 00:06:51,760understand the problem. One of these guys is blind. One of these guys is bound. And7100:06:51,760 –> 00:06:59,140one of these guys is dead. It’s very practical stuff. Think about someone who really annoys7200:06:59,160 –> 00:07:05,720you. You get upset with them, you feel impatient with them, you know that you need to grow7300:07:05,720 –> 00:07:12,720in compassion for them. Here’s how you can do it. Reflect on the human condition. And7400:07:13,380 –> 00:07:18,480you will grow in compassion. It works. It will happen. You will grow in compassion.7500:07:18,480 –> 00:07:25,359You say, well wait a minute. What if the person who really annoys me is a Christian? Well7600:07:25,359 –> 00:07:32,359here’s the answer to that. Though God has given us sight we only see in part. Isn’t7700:07:35,519 –> 00:07:37,019that right?7800:07:37,019 –> 00:07:42,619Though we as Christians have the Spirit, we still battle with the flesh. That’s true7900:07:42,619 –> 00:07:47,200of every Christian you ever meet. It’s true of you and true of me. And though we are new8000:07:47,200 –> 00:07:54,200creations, we are not yet what we one day will be. So Reflect on that in relation to8100:07:54,959 –> 00:07:59,279our Christian brothers and sisters and it will help us be more patient with one another.8200:07:59,279 –> 00:08:01,799It will help you to grow in compassion.8300:08:01,799 –> 00:08:06,519Listen to what the Lord says in Psalm 103 that was read for us earlier. And it’s said8400:08:06,519 –> 00:08:11,359To those who fear Him. In other words, to His own people, in New Testament terms, to8500:08:11,359 –> 00:08:18,359believers. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those8600:08:19,339 –> 00:08:22,799who fear Him.8700:08:22,799 –> 00:08:29,140That’s His own family. He has compassion on them. Why? Because He knows how we are8800:08:29,140 –> 00:08:35,280formed. He remembers that we, His own children, are dust. We need to remember that about one8900:08:35,280 –> 00:08:40,419another as well, as the Lord graciously remembers it about us.9000:08:40,419 –> 00:08:45,299We’ve got to pause the message briefly there, but we’ll be back very shortly. You’re9100:08:45,299 –> 00:08:50,340listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smyth and a message called Receive God’s9200:08:50,340 –> 00:08:55,340Mercy based on the book of Jonah, chapter four. 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Here again is Colin.10800:10:11,479 –> 00:10:16,039Now I wondered just before we move more briefly to the last thing, has your heart ever really10900:10:16,039 –> 00:10:20,119been gripped by the compassion of God?11000:10:20,119 –> 00:10:25,640I have been so struck by this in verse 11. I learned something I never knew before just11100:10:25,640 –> 00:10:31,320reading around on this verse. When God says Nineveh has more than 120,000 people who cannot11200:10:31,320 –> 00:10:38,239tell their right-hand from their left and should I not be concerned for that great city.11300:10:38,239 –> 00:10:48,780I found this week that the words translated concerned literally means, its literal translation11400:10:48,780 –> 00:10:59,940is to have tears in one’s eyes. The root of the word means to overflow. You can see11500:10:59,940 –> 00:11:10,340why tears comes from that in reference to the eyes overflowing. So you could translate11600:11:10,340 –> 00:11:20,280that last verse very vividly like this, Nineveh has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell11700:11:20,320 –> 00:11:25,960their right hand from their left, should I not have tears in my eyes over that? It’s11800:11:25,960 –> 00:11:35,299what God says, we can’t read that without thinking about God with tears in His eyes11900:11:35,299 –> 00:11:42,960as our Lord Jesus comes over another city. Remember how Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem12000:11:42,960 –> 00:11:51,099with its tens of thousands of people and says, Oh Jerusalem, Oh Jerusalem! Longs that they12100:11:51,099 –> 00:11:59,000would have come to Him! Oh, that you would have known this day what brings you peace!12200:11:59,000 –> 00:12:10,799But it is now hidden from your eyes! God’s heart for the city. How can Jonah get a heart12300:12:10,799 –> 00:12:18,299that is more like God’s heart? Jonah rejoiced in the uniqueness of God’s creation. He12400:12:18,299 –> 00:12:23,059didn’t just give life to plants. He gives life to every person in the city. He gives12500:12:23,059 –> 00:12:34,099life to 9.5 million people in this city and not one of them is a duplicate of another.12600:12:34,739 –> 00:12:41,460We must look beyond the creative work of God and reflect on the human condition. 9.5 million12700:12:41,500 –> 00:12:48,500people, many who do not yet know Christ who are still blind, bound and spiritually dead.12800:12:50,659 –> 00:12:58,520God says should I not then have, should we not then have tears in our eyes over this12900:12:58,520 –> 00:13:09,299great city. There’s one more way in which we can grow in compassion and it’s this. First13000:13:09,340 –> 00:13:14,719is rejoice in God’s unique creation. The second is reflect on the human condition. Third engage13100:13:14,719 –> 00:13:23,159in Christ’s redeeming mission. I want to show you why I say this at the end. If you look13200:13:23,260 –> 00:13:32,679back at verse five, please notice that Jonah’s heart grew cold when he was disconnected from13300:13:32,679 –> 00:13:40,320the work that God was doing. Verse five, he went out and he sat down at a place East of13400:13:40,320 –> 00:13:47,539the city and he waited to see what would happen, isn’t that an amazing phrase? He waited to13500:13:47,760 –> 00:13:58,359see what would happen. And his heart shriveled, his heart grew cold when he was disconnected13600:13:58,359 –> 00:14:04,340from the work that God was doing. And isn’t this an amazing picture? That God is at work13700:14:04,340 –> 00:14:09,000by the Holy Spirit in a sweeping revival that is going through the city of Nineveh, people13800:14:09,000 –> 00:14:14,719are coming in their tens of thousands to repentance and they’re coming to faith, but Jonah is13900:14:14,760 –> 00:14:21,760outside the city. He is disconnected, he is passive, he is removed, he is distant from14000:14:21,840 –> 00:14:27,500the work that God is doing just a few hundred yards away inside the city walls.14100:14:27,500 –> 00:14:32,260Now there’s one more contrast that I want us to see here in these remaining moments14200:14:32,260 –> 00:14:37,460and it’s the contrast between the king and the prophet. I found this very powerful and14300:14:37,460 –> 00:14:42,359convicting to my own heart. It speaks especially to those of us who have known the Lord for14400:14:42,359 –> 00:14:50,539a number of years. We are told exactly the same word is used about the king and the prophet14500:14:50,539 –> 00:14:56,200that both of them sat down. And it happens at the same time although it is in two different14600:14:56,200 –> 00:15:01,080chapters that I want you to see these two connected together. Because they were connected14700:15:01,080 –> 00:15:06,880together in time. The king sat down in the city and Jonah sat down outside of the city.14800:15:06,880 –> 00:15:11,479The picture is compelling when you see the contrast these two men, a king and a prophet14900:15:11,539 –> 00:15:18,059and they assume the same posture at the same time, but with very, very different meaning15000:15:18,059 –> 00:15:23,979and significant. Look at chapter 3 and verse 6 and I want to paint the picture of the king.15100:15:23,979 –> 00:15:32,460When the king hears God’s word chapter 3 and verse 6. Try and picture it now. He rises15200:15:32,520 –> 00:15:44,739from His throne, he takes off his royal robes, he covers himself with sackcloth, and he sat15300:15:44,739 –> 00:15:52,159down in the dust. That’s Jonah chapter 3 and verse 6. Picture this king. His robe has been15400:15:52,159 –> 00:15:58,219cast aside, he’s sitting down in dust, he’s covered in sackcloth, and what is he doing?15500:15:58,219 –> 00:16:04,000He’s praying. That’s the significance of the sackcloth. He is calling the people in the15600:16:04,000 –> 00:16:08,539verse that follows to repentance, he’s calling the people to prayer and he is leading the15700:16:08,539 –> 00:16:15,440way. He’s come to believe the word of God for himself. And so he sits down in prayer15800:16:15,440 –> 00:16:20,760and intercession for his own city and for its salvation.15900:16:20,760 –> 00:16:26,780Now look at chapter 4 and verse 5 and see the same word. Jonah goes out, in chapter16000:16:27,780 –> 00:16:34,6195, he sat down. And he sits down at a place east of the city and there he made himself16100:16:34,619 –> 00:16:43,440a shelter and he sat in its shade and he waited to see what would happen to the city.16200:16:43,440 –> 00:16:52,880Now folks, this is an amazing contrast. By definition, the King is a new believer. He’s16300:16:53,059 –> 00:16:57,739only just heard the Word of God. He’s only just come to repentance and faith himself16400:16:57,739 –> 00:17:04,079and the first action as a new believer is that he gets down in the dust and starts pleading16500:17:04,079 –> 00:17:11,439for God’s mercy upon his own city. And Jonah, the prophet, who has been going16600:17:11,439 –> 00:17:16,479around with the Word of God all over the place for years, a mature believer, what’s he16700:17:17,160 –> 00:17:27,719sitting outside the city, passive, disconnected, waiting to see what will happen. Hearts grow16800:17:27,719 –> 00:17:37,319cold on the sidelines of ministry. And you know, I’ve been a Christian for 4516900:17:37,319 –> 00:17:42,119years. So for all of us who’ve been Christians and known the Lord for a longer time, is it17000:17:42,119 –> 00:17:52,319not true that sometimes new believers have a passion for Christ and a passion for bringing17100:17:52,319 –> 00:18:02,119the gospel to others that convicts us of our own coldness and complacency and familiarity17200:18:02,119 –> 00:18:08,880with the glorious and eternal truths of God? And, as I’ve looked at this, I’ve just said,17300:18:08,880 –> 00:18:16,040God, make me more like the king than I’m like the prophet. Make me more like this new believer17400:18:16,040 –> 00:18:22,319who pleads for God’s mercy on the city than the prophet who’s known for his ministry of17500:18:22,319 –> 00:18:28,660the Word of God and actually is strangely detached and really doesn’t care.17600:18:28,660 –> 00:18:38,040I’ve formed just this little prayer for myself, Lord, as I get older, don’t let my heart grow17700:18:38,260 –> 00:18:43,459colder. And I think we need that prayer.17800:18:43,459 –> 00:18:50,459Folks, let me just end with this. Compassion is more than a feeling, compassion is love17900:18:54,199 –> 00:19:01,199in action. You see, God’s compassion in his relentless moves to bring salvation and grace18000:19:01,280 –> 00:19:08,280to Nineveh, calling the prophets, sending the fish to bring him back, sending the storm,18100:19:08,300 –> 00:19:15,300all of that – compassion is more than a feeling. Compassion is love in action. And18200:19:16,760 –> 00:19:23,760it’s seen in its fullness in God not only sending Jonah to Nineveh, but sending his18300:19:24,260 –> 00:19:31,020son into the world. For God’s compassion is not simply having tears in His eyes over18400:19:31,040 –> 00:19:38,040the city, it is moving to do something about it. That is why God, who so loved the world,18500:19:38,079 –> 00:19:43,119gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting18600:19:43,119 –> 00:19:50,119life. Because it’s not just emotion, it’s action. And God used compassion in His life18700:19:50,319 –> 00:19:56,380not just emotion. It’s action. Rosemary Nixon, who’s written an excellent18800:19:56,380 –> 00:20:00,520commentary on the book of Jonah. She says this, I found it very compelling, she says18900:20:00,520 –> 00:20:09,900love and labor are inseparable. We love that for which we labor and we labor for that which19000:20:09,900 –> 00:20:20,099we love. So, we are learning from this engage in God’s work. Get involved in what God19100:20:20,099 –> 00:20:30,060is doing and you will find that you grow in compassion. Let me just say this last word.19200:20:30,060 –> 00:20:35,760In these days, when we as a local church are talking about how we might seek to double19300:20:35,760 –> 00:20:45,319our impact for Christ, it would be very easy for some of us to sit back and say, well,19400:20:45,319 –> 00:20:51,800it would be very interesting to see what happens. And I plead with you, please don’t go there.19500:20:51,800 –> 00:20:56,140It says exactly what Jonah did. Makes a little shelter. He said, it would be very interesting19600:20:56,140 –> 00:21:05,160to see what happens. Please don’t go there. Please don’t be passive. Please be like the19700:21:05,160 –> 00:21:13,719king, not like the prophet. Please give yourself to prayer for this church and for this city.19800:21:13,719 –> 00:21:18,540Please ask God in a fresh way, however long you have been a Christian, however old you19900:21:18,540 –> 00:21:26,479are, please ask God in a fresh way as a new believer would, Lord, how can you have me20000:21:26,479 –> 00:21:32,099engaged in your redeeming work at this season of my life? Choose the company of those who20100:21:32,099 –> 00:21:40,739are working for him rather than the company of those who are simply watching. For Jesus20200:21:40,739 –> 00:21:46,640said, As the father has sent me, so I am sending20300:21:46,640 –> 00:21:53,219you. As we engage in God’s work, we will grow in20400:21:53,219 –> 00:21:56,500compassion. You’ve been listening to Open the Bible with20500:22:27,199 –> 00:22:32,920Colin, as you said, a number of times in today’s message, when we’re not connected to what20600:22:32,920 –> 00:22:39,140God is doing, we lose compassion that can easily happen. If we don’t regularly attend20700:22:39,140 –> 00:22:44,040church, for example, for the worship and the fellowship our love can grow cold.20800:22:44,040 –> 00:22:48,839Yeah, that was exactly, Jonah’s position. And here’s all this spiritual life that’s20900:22:48,839 –> 00:22:53,000going on in the city, new believers being born. People praying for the first time, people21000:22:53,099 –> 00:22:58,060repenting and trying to get right with God. And here’s this man and he’s outside and21100:22:58,060 –> 00:23:01,660he’s on his own. And he’s absorbed with himself and he doesn’t like what’s going21200:23:01,660 –> 00:23:04,900on there. Boy, I want to give you this challenge.21300:23:04,900 –> 00:23:11,319Are you, like Jonah, at this point, outside of the church of Jesus Christ? You maybe21400:23:11,319 –> 00:23:17,140been hurt and you’ve got yourself angry, you’ve got yourself alienated. And so you21500:23:17,140 –> 00:23:22,500look at what’s going on and you find what’s wrong with it. And why would you not21600:23:22,500 –> 00:23:30,560come and be part of what God is doing? Be like the king who gets down on his knees21700:23:30,560 –> 00:23:36,939and asks for God’s mercy among his people and contributes to his work. Don’t become21800:23:36,939 –> 00:23:43,479absorbed in yourself. Don’t sit outside as a critic of what God is doing in the21900:23:43,479 –> 00:23:49,060world. Take your position with other believers, however inadequate. We’re all22000:23:49,060 –> 00:23:54,339in the same position of finding out adequacy only in Christ. Take your22100:23:54,339 –> 00:23:58,939position with your brothers and sisters. Get involved in a local church. Become22200:23:58,939 –> 00:24:03,520one who serves. Don’t sit outside absorbed with yourself22300:24:03,520 –> 00:24:08,739criticizing because that’s the place to a kind of spiritual deadness. and it does22400:24:08,739 –> 00:24:13,439seem as though Jonah finds himself in a place like that, but it’s not the end of22500:24:13,439 –> 00:24:17,680the story. Thank God he ends up in the position where he’s able to confess and22600:24:17,719 –> 00:24:22,060say that’s where I was but now he’s brought to a place where grace prevails22700:24:25,800 –> 00:24:29,979Absolutely. How that happens you’ll have to join us for the next program to hear22800:24:29,979 –> 00:24:35,540about that. This series is called How to Avoid a God-Centered Life and don’t22900:24:35,540 –> 00:24:39,420forget you can easily catch up or go back and listen again to any of the23000:24:39,420 –> 00:24:45,079messages in the series by coming online to our website openthebible.org.uk23100:24:45,560 –> 00:24:50,500For Open the Bible and for Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick and I hope23200:24:50,500 –> 00:25:05,140you’ll join us again for the next program.23300:25:05,859 –> 00:25:12,560When the book of Jonah ends we know that he’s still angry with God but we also23400:25:12,780 –> 00:25:18,319know that God’s grace triumphs in the end for Jonah find out how next time on23500:25:18,319 –> 00:25:21,280Open the Bible