WRONG WAY JONAH

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WRONG WAY JONAH!
New Book

• Inductive Bible Study
• Special assignment for you as a rookie reporter
  to discover what is happening in Israel Assyria?

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Stormy Seas Jonah 1

• 07th 14th Jan (2 weeks)

Knowing Gods Word through Inductive Bible
Study
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Your first assignment is to learn a lot about God
about Jonah

• 07th Jan

• This is done in a reporting format and in
  reporting, one needs to be accurate.
• We do not want hunches or hear-say which can lead
  to wrong reporting.

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14th
JanA Word to our New ReporterEach week we will
examine a Memory Verse
Psalm 1355-6 5 For I know that the Lord is
great And that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, In
heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all
deeps.
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What does the Memory Verse tells you about God?
1. Lord is Great 2. Lord is above all gods
3. He does whatever He pleases.
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God (Lord) (draw a purple triangle and colour it
yellow) Jonah (colour it orange) Sailors (colo
ur it light blue) Captain (colour it dark
blue) Calamity (colour it red) (double-underlin
e in green anything about places) Whats in a
Name? refer to book for pronouns
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Observation Worksheets
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Jonah 1 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah the
son of Amittai saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh
the great city and cry against it, for their
wickedness has come up before Me. 3 But Jonah
rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of
the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship
which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and
went down into it to go with them to Tarshish
from the presence of the Lord. 4 The Lord
hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a
great storm on the sea so that the ship was about
to break up. 5 Then the sailors became afraid
and every man cried to his god, and they threw
the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to
lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below
into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen
sound asleep.
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Observation Worksheets
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Jonah 1 6 So the captain approached him and
said, How is it that you are sleeping? Get up,
call on your god. Perhaps your god will be
concerned about us so that we will not perish.
7 Each man said to his mate, Come, let us cast
lots so we may learn on whose account this
calamity has struck us. So they cast lots and
the lot fell on Jonah. 8 Then they said to him,
Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity
struck us? What is your occupation? And where do
you come from? What is your country? From what
people are you? 9 He said to them, I am a
Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who
made the sea and the dry land.
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In Inductive Bible Study we will look at the
5Ws and an H1. Asking WHO helps you find out
WHO wrote this?WHOM are we reading about?To
WHOM was it written?WHO said this or did
that? Jonah 11 WHO is the main person in this
story? Jonah or is it God?
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2. WHAT helps you understand-
WHAT is the author talking about? WHAT are the
main things that happen? Jonah 12 WHAT two
things did God tell Jonah to do? Arise , go to
Nineveh, the great city and cry against it. Jonah
14 WHAT did God do when Jonah tried to run from
His presence? The Lord hurled a great wind and
caused a great storm such that the ship that
Jonah was in was about to break.
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2. WHAT helps you understand- WHAT is the
author talking about?WHAT are the main things
that happen?
Some more WHAT questions Jonah 15 WHAT was Jonah
doing as the storm raged? He has gone below in
the hold and was sleeping. Jonah 16 WHAT
instructions does the captain give Jonah? Get up
and call upon your God. Jonah 17 WHAT did the
sailors do in order to find out who has caused
the storm? They drew lots. Jonah 18 WHAT did
the sailors want to know about Jonah? Many
questions about his occupation, where he came
from, his country and his people. Jonahs answer?
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3. WHY asks questions like-
WHY did he say that? WHY did they go there? WHY
did this happen? Jonah 12 WHY did God want Jonah
to go to Nineveh? For their wickedness has come
up before God.
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4. HOW lets you figure out things like-
HOW is something to be done? HOW did people know
something had happened? Jonah 13 HOW did Jonah
respond to Gods command? He rose up but fled to
Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Could he
run away?
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5. WHERE helps you learn-
WHERE did something happen? Usually refers to a
place WHERE did they go? WHERE was this
said? When we discover a WHERE we
double-underline the WHERE in green. Jonah 12
WHERE did God tell Jonah to go? Nineveh. Jonah
13 WHERE did Jonah go to instead? Joppa to
Tarshish. Which way was Jonah going right way or
wrong way? How do you know? What about us?
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WHAT KEY WORD DOES VERSE 7 CONTAIN?

• Calamity!
• a state of deep distress or misery caused by
  major misfortune or loss
• a disastrous event marked by great loss and
  lasting distress and suffering
• What was the calamity?
• In Gods eyes? How do we relate to our memory
  verse that God does whatever He pleases

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TESTIMONY TIMES ISSUE 1 VOLUME 1
BIG NEWS! GOD called Jonah Jonah ran away!
Although commanded by GOD to go to Nineveh to cry
against it, the prophet Jonah headed instead for
the seaport in Joppa. After buying a ticket for
Tarshish, he climbed aboard the ship and went
down into its hold. Sources say that Jonah was
trying to flee from the presence of the Lord. Not
long into the voyage, a great calamity happened.
A violent storm struck.
Sailors threw cargo overboard to lighten the load
and save the ship and their lives. When the storm
didnt stop, they decided to cast lots to see who
has caused the storm. When the lot fell on
Jonah, the sailors asked him many questions. As
the waves crashed and wind howled, Jonah
responded, I am a Hebrew, and I fear GOD who
made the sea and dry land.
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6. WHEN tells us about time. We mark it with a
green clock like this
WHEN did this event happen or WHEN will it
happen? WHEN did the main characters do
something? It helps us to follow the order of
events.
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Review of Memory Verse
Psalm 1355-6 5 For I know that the Lord is
great And that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, In
heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all
deeps.
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2 Kings 1425 He restored the border of Israel
from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of
the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord,
the God of Israel, which He spoke through His
servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet,
who was of Gath-hepher.
19 occurrences AV translates as Jonah 19
times. 1 son of Amittai and a native of
Gath-hepher 5th of the minor prophets who
prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and
whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh.
Additional Information Jonah dove.
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Matt 1239-4139 But He answered and said to
them, An evil and adulterous generation craves
for a sign and yet no sign will be given to it
but the sign of Jonah the prophet 40 for just
as Jonah was three days and three nights in the
belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man
be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up
with this generation at the judgment, and will
condemn it because they repented at the preaching
of Jonah and behold, something greater than
Jonah is here.
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Observation Worksheets
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Jonah 1 10 Then the men became extremely
frightened and they said to him, How could you
do this? For the men knew that he was fleeing
from the presence of the Lord, because he had
told them. 11 So they said to him, What should
we do to you that the sea may become calm for
us?for the sea was becoming increasingly
stormy. 12 He said to them, Pick me up and
throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become
calm for you, for I know that on account of me
this great storm has come upon you. 13
However, the men rowed desperately to return to
land but they could not, for the sea was becoming
even stormier against them.
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Observation Worksheets
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Jonah 1 14 Then they called on the Lord and
said, We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us
perish on account of this mans life and do not
put innocent blood on us for You, O Lord, have
done as You have pleased. 15 So they picked up
Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea
stopped its raging. 16 Then the men feared the
Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the
Lord and made vows. 17 And the Lord appointed a
great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the
stomach of the fish three days and three nights.