Jonah 3:9 – What is Repentance?

What is repentance? How do we repent? Does God ever need to repent?

It is these sorts of questions we are considering today as we look at Jonah 3:9, where the king of Nineveh expresses his hope that God will repent.

The Text of Jonah 3:9

9Who knows? Perhaps God will repent and be sorry, repenting of His burning anger, and we will not be destroyed.”

In this discussion of Jonah 3:9 we look at:

The king’s statement that he hoped God would repent

The two words for repentance that the king uses and what they both mean

Why repentance is important for all people

The fact that repentance is not a…

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