When Love Disciplines: The Story of Jonah and God's Salvation: International Bible Lessons Commentary: Book 1

by L.G. Parkhurst

Overview

When Jonah prayed to God, he told God that He was “a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster,” and then Jonah told God that was why he did not want to go to and preach to save the people of Nineveh from destruction (Jonah 4:2). Jonah wanted God to totally destroy the enemies of Israel and his enemies. Jonah told God that if He would not destroy them, then he wanted to die.
The story of Jonah shows us how God’s love can discipline His children to save them. In this Commentary on Jonah, we will learn first, why and how God saved Jonah and the sailors from drowning on the Mediterranean Sea. Second, we will see how God’s warnings, with their seeds of hope, saved the Ninevites from destruction. Third, we will discover how God lovingly disciplined Jonah for his hateful and selfish attitude toward God and whatever and whoever did not please him. Fourth, we will consider how Jonah, who wanted to die, was lovingly redeemed by God. Fifth, a possible ending for Jonah.
When Love Disciplines many includes links to online resources for those who would like to lead a Bible study class in a four-week study of how God uses loving ways to discipline His children to lead them to repent and live a changed life of loving faith and obedience to Him. These online resources include printed materials for the visually impaired.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154133675
Publisher:	Agion Press
Publication date:	04/20/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	171 KB

About the Author

L. G. Parkhurst, Jr. is the author of "Prayer Steps to Christmas: Daily Quiet Time Edition" and "Prayer Steps to Serenity: Daily Quiet Time Edition," the first book in the Prayer Steps series. He is also the author of "Prayer Steps to Serenity the Twelve Steps Journey: New Serenity Prayer Edition.

He met Francis and Edith Schaeffer in 1979, and is the author of "How God Teaches Us to Pray: Lessons from the Lives of Francis and Edith Schaeffer," "Francis and Edith Schaeffer,"

He has compiled numerous devotional and prayer book classics. These books include "How to Pray in the Spirit" from the writings of John Bunyan, Kregel Publications. "Answers to Prayer" and "Principles of Prayer" from the writings of Charles G. Finney, Bethany House Publishers. "The Believer’s Secret of the Abiding Presence" from the writings of Andrew Murray and Brother Lawrence, Bethany House Publishers, and "The Believer’s Secret of Intercession" from the writings of Andrew Murray and C.H. Spurgeon, Bethany House Publishers. Since 1989, he has written the weekly “Bible Lesson” for "The Oklahoman," Oklahoma’s largest circulation daily newspaper. His weekly Bible Lessons are also published as the International Bible Lessons in the InternationalBibleLessons.org website. He writes and publishes the International Bible Lessons Commentary through the Internet.

He received a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, Master of Arts in Philosophy and Master of Library and Information Studies degrees from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Currently, he serves as the publisher of Agion Press. To learn more about Prayer Steps to Serenity and to receive additional free resources visit the PrayerSteps.org website, the SerenityGroups.org website, the SerenityJournal.org website, and the CelebrateSerenity.org website.