How to Flee From God

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Jan 24, 2016 by: Dale Thiele | Series: Behold Your God: a Study of Jonah Scripture: Jonah 1:1-10 Tags: presence of the Lord
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Behold Your God: a Study of Jonah
How to Flee From God
Jonah 1:1-10

  • Why Does Jonah Flee?
  • Why Flee From the Presence of the Lord?
  • The Presence of the Lord in the Life of a Christian

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion

  1. Read Jonah 1:1-10. What are some reasons for why Jonah would want to flee? What does he give as his reason in 4:2?
  2. The phrase “from the presence of the Lord” is used three times (2x in v. 3; once in v. 10). Why does the writer emphasize this? Why is Jonah fleeing from the presence of the Lord?
  3. What are some reasons that we may seek to flee the presence of the Lord? Or ignore the presence of the Lord?
  4. Read Psalm 139, especially verses 7-10. How does the psalmist glorify God? What conclusion does he make about the presence of the Lord?
  5. What role does the “presence of the Lord” play in a believer’s life?

Memory Verse of the Week: Psalm 139:7-10 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. (ESV)

 

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