Sermon Notes: “When God Relents “
Pastor Alan Hannah | October 19 & 20, 2025
10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. [Jonah 2:10]
1Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” [Jonah 3:1-2]
3Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. [Jonah 3:3]
4Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” [Jonah 3:4]
5aThe Ninevites believed God. [Jonah 3:5a]
5The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. [Jonah 3:5]
6When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in the dust. 7This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9Who knows? God may yet relent and, with compassion, turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.” [Jonah 3:6-9]
10When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. [Jonah 3:10]
Real faith produces real change.
3And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 4If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. [1 John 2:3-4]