Fail Club || Jonah
Prejudice – Judging, rejecting, or devaluing people based on group identity rather than seeing them as image-bearers of God.
Prejudice doesn’t just affect how we see people…It affects how we respond to God.
1. PREJUDICE CAN MAKE US RESIST GOD’S WILL
2. PREJUDICE BLINDS US TO GOD’S WORK
If God gave me and you what we deserved… none of us would be here.
3: PREJUDICE REVEALS PRIDE
In Jonah 4:4 God asks Jonah: “Do you do well to be angry?”
Prejudice is not just about how we see others…it’s about how we see ourselves.
Jonah believed:
1. Israel was better,
2. He was more deserving,
3. Nineveh was beneath him, And here’s the kicker.. The one we may be most susceptible to,
4. That “God should do what I would do”.
4: PREJUDICE DISTORTS WHAT WE CARE ABOUT
God asks him.. “DO YOU DO WELL TO BE ANGRY FOR THE PLANT??”
JONAH VS JESUS
Jonah ran from enemies. = Jesus ran toward them.
Jonah resisted God’s mission. Jesus embraced it.
Jonah was angry at repentance. Jesus rejoiced in it.
Jonah wanted judgment. Jesus took judgment.
Challenge:
1. Examine your heart. – Ask God to expose any prejudice, pride, or partiality. Psalm 139:23 “Search me, O God…”
2. Remember your salvation. – You are not saved because you were better. You are saved because God is merciful.
3. Align with God’s heart. – God desires to save people from every background.Not just people like you.
4. Go where God sends you. – Even if it’s uncomfortable. Even if it challenges your assumptions.