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The Jonah Saga: When the "Chosen" Disappoint God

The Jonah Saga: When the Chosen Disappoint God Sabbath School Bible Study July25 Presented at Sligo by the Sea by Larry R Evans Reflective Questions 1.               When the chosen of God go contrary to His wishes, God starts all over with a new people and new prophets.   True or False? 2.               God’s mission as described in the Bible is about “going ” not “coming.”   True or False? 3.               The first question a Christian must ask himself or herself is:   “What must I do?   This is what Jonah didn’t do and where he made his first mistake. True or False? 4.               It is possible for “pagans” to have a more realistic belief in God than the “chosen ones” of God who have been schooled in the teachings of the Bible.   True or False? 5.               Jonah needed to experience “Salvation comes from the Lord” before he could offer it to the Ninevites.   True or False? 6.               Jonah ran “from” God and then “to”

The Unlikely Missionary: The Impact of a Grace-Filled Life When Living with the Enemy

The Unlikely Missionary The Impact of a Grace-Filled Life When Living with the Enemy Sabbath School Bible Study July 18, 2015 Larry R Evans, Teacher Introduction “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.” —Isa 60:1-3 Sometimes the glory of the Lord is seen best in us when things don’t go the way we think they should, when adversity seems overwhelming and when the principles for which we have given our lives seem lost in the darkness surrounding us. We might be surrounded at the time by those who mock us, distrust us, by political positioning, by votes cast in ways that alarm us, by theological squabbles or by our own personal disasters.   The example of Naaman’s servant girl has a mess