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Bible Study John Chapter 5 Verses 11-21

John 5:11 – And he answered them, He that made me whole the same said unto me Take up thy bed and walk. The Pharisees were angry with the man because he was carrying his bed according to their law he wasn’t to work that included carrying furniture. The man justified himself of what he was doing by informing them who had made him whole instructed him to take up his bed and walk. It was not done to contempt of the law or the Sabbath.

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Bible Study John Chapter 5 Verses 1-10

John 5:1 – After this there was a feast of the Jews; Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  Jesus was residing in Galilee but He went to Jerusalem for the feast of the Jews. It would be an opportunity for good because of the numerous people from all parts of the country including proselytes from other nations. Three feasts required all Jewish males to come to Jerusalem (1) Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread (2) The Feast of Weeks (also called Pentecost), and (3) The Feast of Tabernacles. Although Jesus was the Son of God, He was submitting Himself to the ordinance.

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Sunday School Lesson May 14, 2017 God’s Protective Love

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Time:  780 B.C.  Place: Mediterranean Sea

Golden Text:  “I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving: I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord ” (Jonah 2:9).

Lesson Outline:  I.  Accepting The Situation – Jonah 2:1-4, II. Changing His Thinking – Jonah 2:5-7, III. Knowing God’s Love – Jonah 2:8-10

Lesson Outline – I. Accepting The Situation

Jonah 2:1 – Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly. While in the belly of the fish, Jonah had time to reflect on what had occurred and recognized his disobedient. Jonah begins to pray, this is the first mentioning of Jonah praying, you would think since he was a prophet of God the first thing he would have done when the storm begins was to pray. In the previous lesson, the Bible states the sailors who were pagan worshipers was calling out to their gods, it mentions nothing about Jonah praying. God placed Jonah in a place where he could think about his actions and He does the same with His people today. He will allow situations and circumstances to come to draw us to Him.

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