(text whooshing)
- Welcome to the world famous
Superbook Show.
- Thanks for checking us out.
- (laughing)
What's that?
- My science project.
- Hmm. Nice.
Is that a ribbon?
Did you win something?
- I did.
But I almost didn't.
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- Why not?
- This girl, Tracy McAdams,almost won the last prize,
but they gave it to me instead.
- And why'd they do that?
- She cheated and got disqualified.
- Wow. Really?
- Yeah. I think she got what she deserved.
In fact, she should get more.
(tires screeching)
She should suffer a horrible,terrible, painful punishment.
- Okay. Hey, I get it.
It's definitely wrong to cheat
but don't you think you'rebeing a little too hard on her?
- No, you do the crime, you do the time.
- Time. Wait, what?
Nobody's going to jail here.
We are talking abouta science fair, right?
- You gotta be tough on people like Tracy,
first, it's cheating onyour science project.
Next, it's stealing priceless works of art
from the world's premierart collections and museums.
- What?
- They shouldn't let her redo the work.
They should just give her a zero.
- Wait. They're letting her do it over?
That's a good thing right?
She gets a chance to make it right.
- She deserves whatever she gets.
Justice needs to be served.
- You know, even though God is a just God,
he has mercy on us.
- What are you saying?She should have won?
- No, I'm just sayingyou're going pretty hard.
Shouldn't she get mercy?
- Why?
- Do you remember the story of Jonah?
(intense music)
- Jonah. If God has shownyou so much mercy...
- Yes, saving you from that storm...
- And then getting you out ofthe belly of that giant fish.
- Why wouldn't he showthe same kind of mercy
to the Ninevites?
I mean, if they're willing to change?
- Do not even speak those words.
These people do notdeserve God's forgiveness.
- [Dad] Even if we ask forit with all our hearts?
- Prophet, we have heard your words.
- [Dad] We are fasting andhave put on this sackcloth.
- [Mom] We have sat in ashes
to show all that weare asking forgiveness.
It is amazing.
Your words have beenheard by all of Nineveh,
from the greatest to the least of us.
- Oh, God was merciful to the people
of Nineveh and theydecide to make a change.
- But how do we know ifTracy is going to change?
She might cheat again.
- God knows.
And really, isn't it upto him in the first place?
- You're right.
Only God should decidesomething like that.
- Exactly. And while he's adjustGod who sets things right,
he's also full of mercy andlong-suffering towards us.
The Bible says, "The Lordreally isn't being slow
about his promise as some people think.
No, he's being patient for your sake.
He does not want anyone to be destroyed
but wants everyone to repent."
- Wow.
If I'm being honest, I justthought God was being slow
but I can kind of see howTracy deserves another chance.
- Besides you won the prize, right?
- This? Oh, this isjust for participating.
(gong sounding)
- Wait. I'm confused.
I thought they took the prize
from Tracy and gave it toyou because she cheated.
- Well, yes, Tracy did cheat
but I was late gettingto the science fair,
so they just took her ribbonoff and she got disqualified.
(trumpet playing)
- So we went through all ofthis and you didn't even win?
- Well, that's one way to look at it.
But because of our talk, I learned
that I also need mercy to get this prize.
(horns playing)
- His word is forever alive.
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Check out thesuperbookshow.comto learn more about mercy.
- Thank God for mercy!- Thank God for mercy!
(text whooshing)
- What do you think? Ugh, sorry.
- What do you think? I don't know.
(laughing)
You, do you remember the story of Jonah?
Like that, right?
- [Crew Member] No. Don't.
Are you gonna do that?
- No, no. I'm just, you know just...
- A little aggressive.
- Hey, Hey, Hey. You remember uh...
- [Crew Member] You'refriends with them already.
- Yeah, right. I'm sorry.- [Crew Member] So yeah.
- Can I do that?
- [Crew Member] You wantto do that the whole time?
- Yeah, why not? (laughing)
Okay. Fine, fine.
I see we haven't crossed thatcomfortable threshold yet,
so I'll just go ahead andbe professional about it.
Whatever.
Thank God for mercy.- Thank God for mercy!
(indistinct)
- You know on second thought,
maybe that pirate thingdoesn't look as cool
as I thought it would be.(all laughing)
It was, it was like, it wasa, it was a on-paper idea.
