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 May 30

Lesson 13 (KJV)

Preaching to Enemies

Devotional Reading: Jonah 2

Background Scripture: Jonah 3

Jonah 3

1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

3 So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried and said Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: lets them not feed, nor drink water:

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

10 And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Key Verse

God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.—Jonah 3:10

Prophets Faithful to God’s Covenant

Unit 3: Courageous Prophets of Change

Lessons 9–13

Lesson Aims

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

1. Define “repentance.”

2. List reasons why the Ninevites’ reaction to Jonah’s proclamation was unexpected.

3. Commit to one needed change to obey God more fully.

Lesson Outline

Introduction

A. A Satisfying End

B. Lesson Context

I. The Word of the Lord (Jonah 3:1–4)

A. Repeated (vv. 1–2)

B. Revealed (vv. 3–4)

Whom to Exclude?

II. The People of Nineveh (Jonah 3:5–10)

A. Repenting (vv. 5–8)

Covering the Hate

B. Hoping (v. 9)

C. Spared (v. 10)

Conclusion

A. Grace Without Borders

B. Prayer

C. Thought to Remember

HOW TO SAY IT

Assyria	Uh-sear-ee-uh.
Elohim (Hebrew)	El-o-heem.
Jonah	Jo-nuh.
Nineveh	Nin-uh-vuh.
Ninevites	Nin-uh-vites.
Yahweh (Hebrew)	Yaw-way.