Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
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sGoLDEN TExT-Let the wicked for<i
sslpsy his. WAY. and tha- uprightsogs Nan
his thoughts: and-iet him return unto the
Lord, and he win have mercy upon him:
and to our God, for he will abundaptly
pardon.-Isa ST. +" ''Ht~ *.nhHozT
PREFERENCE MATERIAI~-Isa. E:1p-s
g x;sia Jonlah1, ll72iloj Nal All 1;1o, H.;
PRIMARY ToPao--God Sends Jonah on
JUNIOR ToFPIcMtHEo.s ToFPtcc-tE e. Goa spared
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
--Jonah's Missionary Adventure.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC,
The Missionary Teaching, Of the Book
Of Jonah
That the book of Jonah is historf4
cal we, believe for the following rea-l
sons; First, Its record and use, In,
the Scriptures. That the writer's of
the Bible Intended the impression OF
Its, shistericity Is without the shadow
Of doubt. The suggestion that it In
d parable is absolutely gratuitous.
Second3 the unbroken testimony {, Of
tradition among the Jews is that 1t is
historic. Third, the testimony Of Jesus
Christi <Mattn12 :39-4l). q The words of
s Jssps Christ c95l. are are final pr aop,.> j,
I. Jonah's Second Commission
wv. 1, p. .iqdis>i.sihl III sauid
When called the first time to go to
NiheVeh, he found the task too great
FOR him. For his unfaithftiInessu he
was cjiastised.io He repented and God
rocforod hfc cnx,,,,ffcst,r, ,ubc T~-a
said It 70 !. HIN lll9'l, Preach the prsachtng
that I bid thee" ". ~, God knows
how he wants His work ddiie.l uHappy
| is, the missionary. minister, Sunday
school teaches. aiwhos upreaches. Gods
Word just as He gave it,lua, ....3.,
u. Jonaf's Preaching (vv. s. 81
i. His field ". 81. Sineveh aa was an
exceeding ffe&t 'city."u Not only was
the cry large. but Its inhabitants were
noted for their cruelty. y. Ieuru .a,.lso
His message ,tx. AJ.gI rYet, forty
days and Nineyeh shall be 9verthrown,"
| This means that forty days were given
by God for repentahce3 ere the 1udg-
ment would fall God IL ionx4suffer-
ing. not milling that any shouIdsperish.
but that all SHOULD hsqpll repent jII Pet $751;.
Though He is merciful, yet there =
a limitation to 1t. He says. "Yet forty
days" esAo enS asino9d e. sls.iis~
iiI.s The Repentance Of Ninsvsh lvv.
b-1OlBtmtS 4 ~ cpilisin Asaf 81 ajli,
| d l. They. believed God (ys, 5l. They
believed /, that God was Speaking tc
them through the. prophet about their
sins ana impending Judgment ~ y y
| 2aThey proclaimed k1fAsti (vv. 5,Sl..
The king and people Joined siucerety1
In this movement. The, call was, for
| them to turn away frem- their sins.
| Their ,penitence WAS genuine. for they
not merely put on sackcloth. the. vis-,
/ ible sign Of mourning, but they cried
/ to God s(v.2 g.. ..f""ufv51 "na n2"ottf
Is. They reasoned that = Goud would
repents(v Oh Though theys had mo
assurance that God would. haye mercy,
yet they reasoned that the sending OF
prophet and the giving 6f a time
before the fall Of doom implied that
God would be mereiful ifg they repent
ed. They, were wise lRs So doing. y We
today know. that God win haYe mercy
i II we repent (Acts 3:1a), What ut
ter folly to 20 on In sin iii the face
of the assurance that God win Judge.
.6.avGod'sl mercy shown ". .1O)4'
"God saw their, works! that they turned
4 from their evil way" Gods. eye IL
omniscient. Wherever there Is a soul,
who Is turning from SIN In penitence,
He sees. No one has ever wept over
p sin unnoticed bya God. God rejoices,
/. when a sinner Tepents Gqkei 15:lol-,
| In the Book Of Jonah we. have, por-
trayed the typical history Of Israel:
n Il. Jonah was called to world
mission, ana so was fsrael. (21' Jonah
at first refused compliance. with the
divine purpose and plan.s and 50. did
Israel, (3) Jonah, was punished by
being cast into the sea sea, and 50 50 Z was
Israel by being dispersed among the
natfons.f cay Jonah was, not lost. but
rather especially preserved during this
part OF his experience. and Israel -
not being assimilated By the nations,
but being kept for God. (5) Jonah.
! repentant and cast out by the nsh. ID
, restored, 10 ltfs apd action RetlRfNn
Israel, repentant and cast ont By TO
nations. shall be restored to her formst.
national position. fU ,Jonah. obedient-.
gees upon his mission to rsineveh,s and
Israel obedient. shall qltlhately' en-
| gage IN her original n,jsslau,sto the
world. {1T Jonah Is successful III that
his message, is acted, upo& 70 tho
: salvation &c Nineveh, so Iss3el shall
| he blessed n that 'tha shalt Be Md