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Philippians 3:18-19
"For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things."
Jonah 3:1-4:5
Jonah names two sources of violence: Nineveh's brutal paganism and Jonah's moralistic religion. God refuses both. He does not excuse Nineveh, and he does not excuse Jonah's anger. The way forward is forgiveness that has already dealt with hate before it confronts injustice. The ultimate answer is a gospel identity formed by the cross: humbled enough to lose the right to hate, secure enough to lose the need.
Jonah 2:1-10
"Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God's love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, 'Salvation comes from the Lord.'"
Romans 8:9-11; John 14:16-17
The Father is outside the universe, bigger than everything in it, and yet turned toward the people he made. The Son entered the universe, fully God and fully human, living a life that could be touched and followed and witnessed. He died and rose and ascended.
John 1:1-14; Philippians 2:6-8
Part one of this series was about the Father, the one who sits outside the universe and made it. The Father is bigger than everything that exists, and yet, unexpectedly, he knows your name and is turned toward you.
Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 40:21-22
Imagine one beam of white light passing through a glass prism. The light separates into colors, each one distinct, and yet they share a single source.
Matthew 16:25
"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."
Romans 8:15-17; Ephesians 1:5-6
"He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will, to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves." (Ephesians 1:56)