Jonah 1-2q

Salvation comes from the LORD.

Jonah 1-2*

Key verse – Jonah 2:9b “I will say, 'Salvation comes from the LORD.”

1.                   [Jonah 1:1-2] Who was Jonah (2 Kings 14:23-25)? What word did he receive from the LORD? Why (Ref. Nahum 2:11-12; 3:1,19)?

2.                   [Jonah 1:3-4] What did Jonah do (Jonah 1:3)? Why did he flee from the Lord? What did the LORD do to handle Jonah’s running away (Jonah 1:4)?

3.                   [Jonah 1:5-6] What efforts did the sailors make to save themselves (Jonah 1:5-6)? What was Jonah doing at this time? Why?

4.                   [Jonah 1:7-10] What further efforts did the sailors make (7a)? What was the result (Jonah 1:7b)? What information did Jonah divulge (Jonah 1:9)? What was their response (Jonah 1:10)? Discuss the difference between Jonah’s and the sailors’ efforts to handle this crisis.

5.                   [Jonah 1:11-16] What solution did Jonah offer them (Jonah 1:12a)? Why was he so sure about this solution (Jonah 1:12b)? What further efforts did the sailors make to save themselves and Jonah (Jonah 1:13)? Why (Jonah 1:14)? When they throw Jonah overboard, what happened (Jonah 1:15)? What did the sailors mean by doing this (Jonah 1:16)? What do all these suggest about God’s will?

6.                   [Jonah 1:17-2:7] After Jonah was thrown overboard, what happened to him (Jonah 1:17)? Discuss the depth of his experience under the water (Jonah 2:2-6a). In such a near-death experience, what did he ask God (Jonah 2:2b, 4, 7a)? How did God respond to his prayer (Jonah 2:2b, 6b, 7b)?

7.                   [Jonah 2:2:8-2:10] What conviction did Jonah come to have and what resolution did he make (Jonah 2:8-9)? What did he mean? What did God do for Jonah (Jonah 2:10)? Discuss why God subjected Jonah to such hardships.