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As we continue to discover how the “Embassy” of God’s people takes life we are going through the book of Jonah. This short book gives us a lesson about how we can “miss the point” of the Gospel. Jonah misses the point as we shall see. In Genesis 12:1-2 we see that beginning with Abraham and Sarah, the people of God are called to be “Blessed to so that they can be a blessing the world”. Jesus teaches what that looks like when he quotes the great commandment—we are to love the Lord our God with all our strength and love our neighbors as ourselves.

Today we will see that while Jonah gave the people of Nineveh the Word of God and the Ninevites repent and follow God he is not only surprised he is very angry that God does not do to the Ninevites what God had promised to do. Jonah “misses the point”. As we want to become ambassadors for Jesus we need to not miss the point. Jesus came to seek and to save, and as we represent Jesus we are called to do the same. We miss the point when come against people wishing their destruction.  In fact, to summarize Jesus, we are to love our enemies and pray for those who come against us. We don’t pray for their destruction; we pray for their salvation!

Pastor Rick Murray