Eager to Forgive (Jonah)
Sabbath School May 11, 2013
1.
What was God's message for Jonah to speak?
2.
Was God bound by a covenant with Nineveh that He
may hold them accountable and that they would know what ordinance they had
transgressed?
3.
By what standard did the Ninevites convict
themselves, that they should turn from their wicked ways and violence?
4.
Did God direct Jonah to convert Nineveh to
Judaism? Be circumcised? Keep the Sabbath? Eat only kosher foods?
5.
Why would the salvation of a Gentile people on
the basis of fear-induced repentance anger Jonah?
6.
How does our sense of human justice paint our
perception of Divine justice?
7.
What happens when we apply religious
expectations to the work of God's salvation?
8.
How do we, like Jonah, denounce or hold in contempt
those who are being saved on the basis of our own sense of divine justice and
expectations?
9.
Luke 15:28-29
How did the older brother respond to Grace like Jonah?
10.
John 21:22
How did Peter apply his own relationship with Christ upon the other disciple? How did Jesus respond?
11.
Jonah 4:1-5
Why did Jonah go out of the city?
What did he expect to happen?
12.
Jonah 4:6-8
How does Jonah respond to the will of God that brings comfort and
discomfort?
13.
Jonah 4:9-11
Why do we cherish our skewed perception of Divine justice over the
compassion of God's Grace?
14.
Do we value our understanding of "the
truth" over the mercy God lavishes on sinners?
No comments:
Post a Comment