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约拿的情绪不稳定和反复无常，以及他时而赞美上帝时而愤怒到想死的行为，其根本原因在于他内心的分裂。他既侍奉真神，又侍奉了另一个竞争的神，即他民族的利益和安全感。这种内心分裂导致了他持续的情绪动荡、痛苦和被驱使感。他表面上的种族主义和民族主义，实际上是内心深处对上帝恩典的狭隘理解和对自身价值的错误认知的表现。他将上帝作为达到自身目的的手段，而不是真正地敬拜上帝。 要治愈内心分裂，需要认识到这是一个过程，需要不断地深入挖掘。上帝会通过除去我们的舒适来帮助我们看到内心深处的问题，例如约拿的葡萄藤。只有当我们真正理解上帝的恩典时，我们才能摆脱内心分裂。上帝的恩典意味着我们被接纳不是因为我们内心的纯洁，而是因为耶稣基督的救赎。我们应该爱上帝本身，而不是利用他来满足我们的需求。任何附加在耶稣基督之外作为快乐要求的东西都会成为我们的负担，甚至会扼杀我们。我们需要放下那些试图通过自身努力来获得救恩的观念，并完全信靠耶稣基督的救赎。

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Jonah's emotional instability is explained by his divided heart, serving both the true God and a rival god, leading to internal conflict and misery.

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How can we explain Jonah’s mood swings, his tremendous emotional instability, how he’s able to praise God and just a few days later say he’s angry enough to die? The answer is a divided heart.

To put it another way, Jonah believed in and served the true God, but he also believed and served a rival god. As a result, his heart was divided. And divided hearts create the kind of misery and drive we see in Jonah. So we must ask, is it possible that our own instabilities are due to a divided heart?

Let’s ask two questions of this text: 1) what is a divided heart? and 2) how do we solve it?

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 2, 1990. Series: Jonah. Scripture: Jonah 4:1-10.

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