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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: How to Undermine Your Own Repentance
Description: “That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish.”Jonah 4:2Why is Jonah complaining to God? What is going on in his heart? “That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish.” This is a marvellous example of undermining your own repentance.Jonah repented, and God forgave him, but now Jonah wants to explain why he went to Tarshish. He feels that there was some justification, some defence for what he did. As soon as you start explaining why you sinned, you undermine your own repentance.Repentance says, “I did this...