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 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 Jonah 3:3-10 Introduction In our previous studies on Jonah 3:1-2, we learnt about the perspective that God is the God of second chance. It is worth emphasising that among others, Jonah 3 highlights obedience, repentance, and mercy. Thus, this study demonstrates that after Jonah obeyed God’s call to preach to Nineveh,…
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…
