ttempt to flee from
God?
8. What four things do we know about the boat?
9. Who suggested the plan for calming the sea?
10. Name three results of the calm upon the sailors.
11. Give a name to the second chapter.
12. In what direction did he pray and why?
13. What phrase in Psalm 42 did he use in his prayer?
14. Mention three things named in the book regarding the size of
Nineveh.
15. Name Jonah's message.
16. What four things did the king decree?
17. What quality did Jonah manifest at the repentance of Nineveh?
18. Name the petition of Jonah's prayer in Chapter 4.
19. How did the Lord answer this petition?
20. Explain the object lesson of the gourd.
21. What six things did Jehovah do, as narrated in the book?
22. In what two ways was Jonah a type of Christ? See Matt. 12:38-41.
23. Why _must_ we accept the story as true?
24. State four leading lessons of the book.
AMOS
I. _Class._
II. _Commission:_ 3:1-9; 7:15. Analyze, narrate, record.
III. _Biographical Description:_ 1:1; 7:14; 7:10-17.
IV. _Title._
V. _Historical Place:_ See Bible Dictionary. Also 1:1, 2.
VI. Omit.
VII. _Prophecies of Earthly Kingdoms:_ Chapters 1 and 2.
1. Draw full-page map, numbering in order and locating the eight cities
and countries against which prophecies are uttered.
2. Name the prophecy common to all.
3. Prophecies against Israel.
(a) Name three sins. 2:6-8.
(b) Name the class of people to whom the prophetic word is especially
directed. 3:11 and 15 and 5:11.
(c) Name three reasons why this people should obey God's law. 2:10;
2:11; 4:6-11.
(d) Name the punishment prophesied. 5:27.
VIII. _None._
IX. _Prophecies of Christ's Kingdom._ 9:11-15. Name four leading
predictions therein. The teacher should mention the three possible
interpretations of this prophecy.
X. _Striking Phrases:_
Find one in each of the third, fourth and sixth chapters.
XI and XII. _Omit._
XIII. _Questions:_
1. Name five things mentioned in Chapter 4 that God said He had done and
yet they had not returned.
2. What is meant by the expression "cleanness of teeth" in 4:6?
3. What three parts of their worship did the Lord say He despised in
5:21-23? Why did He despise them?
4. What is meant by the expression "flood of Egypt" in 8:8?
5. What kind of famine is prophesied to come upon them in 8:11 and 12?
6. How many times does Amos refer to David?
7. By what four names does
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