“Responding to God’s Faithful Intervention” Series (Part One)
Lesson Eleven: “God of the Second Opportunity”
Jonah chapters 3 and 4
Conquerors Sunday School Class – Sunday, August 6, 2023 

Our Lesson’s Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…
“And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.  So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD…”
Jonah3:1-3a
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Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this one simple Statement…
 “I Am So Glad That God Gives Second Chances To Obey!”
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Lesson: ‘God of the Second Opportunity’

I           : Jonah Preaches to the People

              A: Jonah’s Second Call (Jonah 3:1-3)

              B: Jonah’s Preaching (Jonah 3:4)

              C: The People’s Repentance (Jonah 3:5-9)

              D: God’s Mercy (Jonah 3:10)

II         : God Teaches His Prophet

              A: Jonah’s Displeasure (Jonah 4:1-3)

              B: God’s Question (Jonah 4:4-5)

              C: God’s Object Lessons (Jonah 4:6-8)

              D: God’s Application (Jonah 4:9-11)

Conclusion:

Oh, Thank God for the God of secondopportunities! 

Had you and I received the just due of ourrewards for sin, we could be in Hell even to this very day! 

But praise be to the God of second opportunity who, as we read in Ezekiel 33:11, has “…no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live…”! 

What loving faithfulness and service unto the God of our salvation this very thought should muster within the heart and soul of every born again child of God! I am indeed so glad for a great and loving God who lovingly and so graciously give second chances and opportunities to those whom He so loves and has designed such great and divine plans for their lives!