Jonah 2:4 – Obedience is Better than Sacrifice

The Redeeming God Podcast · May 11, 2017 · 21m

In Jonah 2:4, Jonah states that he prayed to worship God in His holy temple. In this way, Jonah seems to take credit for his deliverance from drowning.

And though he has no interest in obeying God by going to Nineveh, Jonah is happy about the prospect of worshiping God in the temple. But which do you think God would prefer?

The Text of Jonah 2:4

Then I said, “I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.

In this discussion of Jonah 2:4 we look at:

Why Jonah blames God for what happened to him

Why Jonah takes credit for being delivered from drowning

What…