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Time: about 780 B.C. Time: Joppa
Golden Text: “Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).
Lesson Outline: I. A Huge Problem – Jonah 1:7-9, II. A Frightening Prospect – Jonah 1:10-12, III. A Shocking Resolution – Jonah 1:13-17
Lesson Outline: I. A Huge Problem – Jonah 1:7-9
Introduction
Jonah, son of Amittai, the 5th of the minor prophets, were born at Gath Hepher in Galilee. He is generally considered as the most ancient of the prophets. Nineveh was an ancient capital city of the Assyrian Empire and was founded by Nimrod. Nineveh was over five hundred miles from Gath Hepher Jonah’s home near Nazareth in Israel. The city was wicked, their wickedness refers to Nineveh’s pride, greed, brutality, and adultery. Their wickedness had gotten the attention of God and He instructed Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach repentance. Jonah didn’t want to do it so he detoured from the instructions given him and went to Tarshish, his disobedience caused God to discipline him. Sometimes God’s will is difficult, either because of something we have done wrong or because of a new direction of life. When God’s will is easy and pleasant, we are eager to fulfill it but when it demands something difficult we try to run from it or ignore it. Jonah tried to run but God’s love for him was too great to escape, and he sought him out and gave him another chance to obey. Jonah’s disobedient caused others to be in danger so he was thrown into the sea and ended up in the belly of a whale. Read More
Last Updated: May 8, 2017 by Evangelist Carolyn Luke Leave a Comment
Sunday School Lesson May 7, 2017 God’s Disciplinary Love
To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator
Time: about 780 B.C. Time: Joppa
Golden Text: “Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).
Lesson Outline: I. A Huge Problem – Jonah 1:7-9, II. A Frightening Prospect – Jonah 1:10-12, III. A Shocking Resolution – Jonah 1:13-17
Lesson Outline: I. A Huge Problem – Jonah 1:7-9
Introduction
Jonah, son of Amittai, the 5th of the minor prophets, were born at Gath Hepher in Galilee. He is generally considered as the most ancient of the prophets. Nineveh was an ancient capital city of the Assyrian Empire and was founded by Nimrod. Nineveh was over five hundred miles from Gath Hepher Jonah’s home near Nazareth in Israel. The city was wicked, their wickedness refers to Nineveh’s pride, greed, brutality, and adultery. Their wickedness had gotten the attention of God and He instructed Jonah to go to Nineveh and preach repentance. Jonah didn’t want to do it so he detoured from the instructions given him and went to Tarshish, his disobedience caused God to discipline him. Sometimes God’s will is difficult, either because of something we have done wrong or because of a new direction of life. When God’s will is easy and pleasant, we are eager to fulfill it but when it demands something difficult we try to run from it or ignore it. Jonah tried to run but God’s love for him was too great to escape, and he sought him out and gave him another chance to obey. Jonah’s disobedient caused others to be in danger so he was thrown into the sea and ended up in the belly of a whale. Read More
Last Updated: May 5, 2017 by Evangelist Carolyn Luke Leave a Comment
Bible Study John Chapter 4:21-32
John 4:21 – Jesus saith unto her, Woman believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet Jerusalem, worship the Father. After hearing the woman’s thoughts of how the Father should be worshiped, Jesus explained to her what the true worship would be. By her mentioning the two different sites, the woman perhaps was trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins. The woman probably assumed that because Jesus was a Jew, He would insist that the sacrifice is offered in the temple of Jerusalem. Like the woman, many have suggested there is a certain day or a certain place we should worship as Christians, the Father nor the Son is concerned about what day we worship but how we worship. Read More
Last Updated: May 5, 2017 by Evangelist Carolyn Luke Leave a Comment
Sunday School Lesson Sunday, April 30, 2017 The Good Shepherd’s Love
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Time: A.D. 29 Place: Jerusalem
Golden Text: “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep (John 10:14-15).
Lesson Outline: I. Following – John 10:1-6; II. Entering – John 10:7-10; Trusting – John 10:11-15
Lesson Outline: I. Following
John 10:1 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. John referred to Jesus’ teaching on shepherd and sheep as a figure of speech or illustration rather than a parable. Parables usually have one main point of instruction, but this illustration has several parallel truths. A sheepfold was an enclosure where the sheep were put at night or during a stormy weather for protection. Read More
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