LESSON SIX: The Books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

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Workbook Study Questions: Before you begin reading the workbook lesson please review the workbook study questions below. Then read the workbook lesson and answer the workbook study questions.

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God uses the prophet Hosea’s life to demonstrate his love for:

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Which of the following statements about Hosea and by extension, God, is true?

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The Book of Joel addresses those in the “valley of decision,” which means those who have:

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Joel is a pivotal book for the world. It is a book of _____, but above all, it is a book of _____ for all people.

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The prophet Amos left his life of farming and was called of God to preach to the cities of Samaria and Bethel, which were overrun with idol worship and spiritual backsliding.

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Amos was not an educated man, but God’s anointing on him was so strong that his words cut straight to the heart.

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The important message of Obadiah is that the Lord, the Messiah, is mighty to save.

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The Book of Obadiah carried a strong message and fed the souls of the children of Israel because:

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The Book of Jonah is often ridiculed over the notion of a fish swallowing a man, but the real value of the book is:

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The Book of Jonah is assurance to us that the words of God, spoken by an agent of God, can still have the power to bring people to repentance and salvation.

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Jonah’s experience under the gourd vine is a touching scene in which we see God’s nature as always:

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Which of the following statements are true concerning important lessons from the Book of Jonah?

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Video Study Questions: Before you begin the video please review the video study questions below. Then watch the video and answer the video study questions.

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Hosea is the prophet who shows more vividly than any other that “God is forever married to the ______”:

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God commanded Hosea to personally demonstrate with his life that while God hates backsliding, he loves the person who has backslidden.

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The Book of Hosea offers a picture of God as a husband whose wife is unfaithful to him, but Who is compassionate and longsuffering.

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The prophet Joel has the distinction of being the prophet that _____ quoted in Acts 2:16 for the explanation of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.

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It is important to note that in the Book of Joel, God measures out both judgment and mercy.

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Joel is a pivotal book for the whole world because it goes beyond God dealing with primarily one people, Israel, and includes a universal call to all who will call upon Him to be saved.

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Though Amos was not a/an _____ man, he clearly expressed himself and he spoke with such an anointing of God that his words seemed to go straight to the heart.

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A key to the prophecy of Amos is that God did not choose to break His covenant with Israel, but people could choose to reject it and break it.

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God uses Amos to remind us that you cannot get something for nothing. All God’s blessings are conditional based on our:

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The Book of Obadiah is short but of great importance. It is important because it presents the Messiah as:

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Just as the children of Israel held strongly to the Book of Obadiah, we as Christians can be encouraged by Obadiah that God can lift us into a new hope to believe God cares for us and is at work in our lives.

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Jonah is usually considered a book on obedience and disobedience. While it is that, it also contains a great lesson on:

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The Lord said to Jonah, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it.” Or, in other words:

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Jonah ran away from the word of the Lord telling him to go to Nineveh for the same reason(s) people run away from God today:

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The Bible says the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. That means that those gifts and callings that He has given a person:

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