Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Studies on Jonah 4:9-11 Introduction This lesson on Jonah 4:9-11 serves as the climax of the entire book of Jonah. The passage reveals God’s heart and thus the great lesson that God wanted to teach Jonah. It is about the urgency of God’s love and compassion for the lost souls. It seeks to demonstrate…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Luke 8:1-3 Introduction: Every great Kingdom movement of God has always been supported the faithful giving of God’s people. When Jesus walked the earth ministering, Jesus’ ministry was not just supernaturally sustained, but Scripture shows us that they were supported human generosity. Let’s explore how the women in this…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Jonah 4:5-8 Introduction Jonah 4:5-8 is about Jonah’s distress and anger over God’s mercy towards Nineveh. It portrays our struggles to accept God’s forgiveness and compassion for all people including our perceived enemies and those that we think are unworthy. Jonah 4:5-8 in contextual perspective Jonah 4 describes Jonah as sitting…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg, Bible Study Material on Jonah 4:2 Introduction In our previous lesson, we learnt that Jonah had no right to be angry with God. We understood that the root problem of his anger with God was not that he had wrong perspective about God but it was a submission problem. This was supported Jonah’s confession…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Jonah 4:1-4 Introduction In our previous lesson on Jonah 3:3-10, we learnt about God’s nature as being a merciful God. This lesson focusses on the last chapter of the book, Jonah 4. Rather than reflecting on the compassionate nature of God, Jonah chose to be angry with God. Some Bible commentators…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg, Bible Study Material on Christ’s Death and Resurrection IntroductionIn Christianity, the death and resurrection of Christ serve as the cornerstones of the faith. It is the lifeblood of the Christian hope. Our eternal destiny is contingent upon what happened when Christ died on the cross and was resurrected three days later. In today’s study, we…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Jonah 1:17 Introduction This study provides a reflective commentary on Jonah 1:17. Special attention is given to Jesus’s reference to Jonah’s experience and the role of God in Jonah’s abode in the fish’s belly before drawing some conclusions. Understanding Jonah 1:17 After describing what happened to the sailors in Jonah 1:16,…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Jonah 1:4-9 IntroductionIn our previous lesson on Jonah 1:1-3, we learnt that Jonah became reluctant to obey God’s call on him to go and preach to the people of Nineveh running away from God. It was discovered that running away from God comes with a cost in diverse forms. As…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on Jonah 1:1-3 IntroductionIn our previous lessons, we have been looking at an introductory study of the book of Jonah with a focus on the authorship and theological themes. This material begins the verse-by-verse study of Jonah 1:1-3. The main aim of this lesson is to study Jonah’s call to preach the…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on the Book of Jonah IntroductionFrom our previous studies, we have been looking at the theological themes in the book of Jonah. As a beginning point, we have studied the themes of sovereignty of God and divine retribution and divine compassion natures of God. This lesson continues to look at the theological…
Amazing Grace Baptist Church, Hamburg Bible Study Material on The Book of Jonah Introduction This lesson begins our studies on the book of Jonah. It forms our attempt to understand God’s mission and heart for all people and thus aims at inviting us to join in God’s ministry of reconciliation. By way of a brief overview, the book of Jonah…
