week of 10/12

Unit 14  Session 2

REPENTANCE

jonah 3:4-10 ; 4:1-2, 6-11

 

Key Concept:

God is merciful to forgive when people repent, and He desires His people to be merciful as well.

Jonah, a contemporary of Amos and Hosea, was a prophet of Israel during the reign of King Jeroboam II, who did evil in the Lord's eyes. Yet the Lord spoke graciously to Israel through Jonah in order to help them (2 Kings 14:25-27). God also commanded Jonah to go and proclaim judgment against Ninevah, the capital city of Assyria. But Jonah fled in the opposite direction. Through a series of circumstances orchestrated by God, Jonah found himself in the belly of a large fish and then back on dry land. God gave Jonah a second chance, and this time Jonah obeyed, going to Ninevah to preach the message the Lord gave him.

As you read Jonah 34-10 ; 4:1-2, 6-11:

 

✞   Recognize that because the Ninevites fasted and repented, God relented 

    in His judgment and spared the city.

     

✞   Contemplate Jonah's reason for fleeing from the Lord's mission - he knew

    the Lord is gracious and compassionate.