Hello, there. Happy Sabbath.
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Come on in. We're
about to meet with the King.
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Hello, I'm Aunty Cecily.
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And I'm Aunty Nat.
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It's a blessing to
have you back with us
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to be a part of our worship.
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Have you all had a good week?
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Yes!
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Aunty Nat, how's your week been?
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Do you have a
blessing to share with us?
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Yes, I would like
to share a blessing.
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I want the
girls and boys at home
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to know a bit more about Teddy.
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Teddy sits so
quietly on this couch,
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week in and week out.
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And we say hello
to him every week.
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But God sent Teddy
to us out of the blue.
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He was found on
the side of the road,
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and we believe he was dumped
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as some other animals
were found in the same place
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over several weeks.
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So God brought
Teddy into our lives,
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I believe,
particularly for this program.
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He is such a good bunny.
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From day one, he
has sat here quietly.
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He has never
jumped off the couch.
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Yet, if he sits
on the couch at home,
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he jumps off straightaway
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and runs around the lounge room.
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Teddy was an answer
to Aunty Nat's prayers.
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God is so faithful.
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So I just wanted to
share that blessing with you
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because I feel so blessed.
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Oh, yes.
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He certainly is a blessing,
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and I've really enjoyed
becoming friends with Teddy.
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Joey, can you
open our worship time
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with a prayer, please?
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Dear Father, thank You
so much for the Sabbath day.
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Thank You for the many blessings
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You have sent us this past week.
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Thank You for
sending Teddy to us.
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We love You, Lord.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Would you like to know
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what our next key
to the kingdom is?
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Yes.
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Let's ask Abby if
she'd open our gift box
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and tell us what our key says.
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Witnessing.
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So witnessing is the gift
that God offers to give us.
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And what's the text?
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2 Corinthians 3:2.
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Thanks, Abby.
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Bryce, would you
read that for us, please?
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"You are our epistle
written in our hearts,
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known and read by all men."
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Thanks, Bryce.
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We're God's epistle
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or letter to the world
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just like this
letter in this envelope.
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And when we read a letter,
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we get information about things,
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don't we?
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Just like you can read a letter,
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our lives are read by everyone
we come in contact with.
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And people will
decide what God is like
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from how we act
and the things we say.
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Jesus said in John 10:10
that He came to give us life
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and to give it more abundantly.
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Now happy Christians
are a good advertisement
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for Jesus,
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but unhappy Christians
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are not a very good
advertisement at all.
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That makes being a Christian
a very important responsibility
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to be happy, and cooperative,
and patient, and kind,
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and caring for others.
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Our lives and how we
behave and how we treat people
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and how we spend
our time and money,
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even how we dress
and present ourselves,
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or send a message to others
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as to whether or not
it's worth following Jesus.
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Remember the wonderful
miracle that happened to Naaman?
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Because of the
witness of the little maid,
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well, later on in our
lesson with Aunty Nat,
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we're going to learn
what happened to Jonah
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when he, at first,
refused to witness for God.
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Is there some way, Bryce,
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in which you can
show what Jesus is like?
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Do something nice to someone.
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Yes, Bryce, that's a nice way.
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There are other
ways to witness too,
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like singing to
people about Jesus' love
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or even sharing
one of our devotionals
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with a friend.
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These ways will
always be more successful,
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if our lives are happy
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and we're
thoughtful and kind to others.
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So remember,
you're always on the show
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as a Christian
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and your witness is important
in helping others find Jesus.
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So let's ask God to send
us the gift of witnessing.
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Amen, Cecily. Thank you so much.
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Our key to the kingdom today
gives us a lot to think about.
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We need to shine
our light for Jesus,
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so people can see Him in us.
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We need to sing
some songs about that.
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Thanks, Braedan,
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for coming to
help us do just that.
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Thanks, Aunty Nat.
Hi, boys and girls.
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Let's sing "We're a
Band of Happy Children."
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We're a band of happy children
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Trusting Jesus, trusting Jesus
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On the path that leads to heaven
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Trusting all the way
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Zion's hill
we're bravery climbing
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Trusting Jesus, trusting Jesus
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Guided by our glorious captain
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Trusting all the way
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We're a band of happy children
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Trusting Jesus, trusting Jesus
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On the path that leads to heaven
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Trusting all the way
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Braedan, can we please sing
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"Rise and
Shine, Boys and Girls?"
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We certainly can.
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Rise and shine, boys and girls
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Sing and smile and pray
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Gladly look in the book
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Let it light your way
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Do your best, show the rest
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Jesus lives inside
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Rise and sing, boys and girls
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Shine out far and wide
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Braedan, can we
please sing "I Have the Joy?"
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That's one of my favorites.
Let's sing it together.
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I have the joy, joy, joy, joy
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Down in my
heart Down in my heart
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Down in my heart I
have the joy, joy, joy, joy
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Down in my heart
Down in my heart to stay!
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I have the peace
that passes understanding
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Down in my heart
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Down in my
heart Down in my heart
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I have the peace
that passes understanding
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Down in my heart
Down in my heart to stay!
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Thanks, Braedan.
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We really enjoy your
company and your music
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in our worship time.
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And we never get tired
of Dr. John stories, do we?
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Let's go and see if he
has another one for us.
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Hello, boys and girls.
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It's wonderful to
be back together again.
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And I want to say hello
to all the boys and girls
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around the world.
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I know that you
watch A Day with the King.
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You know, I love the Bible.
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But there are
some strange stories
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and there are many
scientists who hate the Bible,
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and they use one
story in particular to say,
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"What a made up story?
It could never happen."
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It is the story of
Jonah, Jonah the son of Amittai
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who was swallowed by a whale.
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And I have gone
to a lot of trouble
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to research a story about
a man called James Bartley,
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who was a crew member on a boat
called the Star of the East.
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And I know that the
boat left New Zealand
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in 1891
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and sailed
across the Pacific Ocean
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around the
bottom of South America
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and was up near
the Falkland Islands,
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when they spotted the whale.
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Now in those days,
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you went hunting for
a whale in a small boat
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and a big spear,
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and a whale is
still the largest creature
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that God has ever made.
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They are huge.
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Look at all the men there
and they chased it in a boat.
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The boat was only
half as long as the whale.
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And when they got close,
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they threw a
spear into the whale
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and it dived right down.
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They can go down
about 1,000 meters.
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And then it came up,
that's called sounding.
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He came out so fast.
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And as he came up,
his tail hit the boat.
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And the boat went up in the air
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and all the sailors
inside went up in the air
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and one person went
up just a little bit
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higher than the rest.
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That was James Bartley.
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And as he was falling,
he looked down and he saw...
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This would really be terrified.
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A great big mouth just open
up and he fell in feet first.
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He felt himself being sucked
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into a big sack, like a bag.
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And it was warm.
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It was very stinky and hot.
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The warmth went
hotter and hotter.
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He felt some fish.
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And he suddenly realized,
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he had been
swallowed by a whale.
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I couldn't imagine
much worse than that.
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And all the men in the boats,
they rode back to the boats,
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and they said,
"James Bartley is dead.
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He's been
swallowed by the whale."
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Well, later that evening,
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a dead whale
floated to the surface.
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And they pulled
it on to the boat
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and they started to cut it up.
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It's called flensing.
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And as they're
cutting off the flesh,
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because they used to
use the oil to make fuel.
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And as they cut it open,
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they got down to the
stomach and they said,
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"This might be the whale
that swallowed James Bartley."
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So they got to the stomach
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and they carefully slit it open
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and out flopped James Bartley.
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He had been so terrorized
by what was happening.
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He'd gone a little bit mad.
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And then he went unconscious,
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and it took two weeks
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before he could
even talk about it.
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He was just shaking.
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And he recovered.
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He never looked the same again.
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Some reports said that he
went very pale in his skin.
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Others said his
skin went rather yellow
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because the
digestive juices in the whale
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were starting to work on him."
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But you know, it
was a true story.
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And I am so glad that I finally,
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and it took a lot of research,
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I found a
picture of James Bartley.
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He went back. He
lived for another 29 years.
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You know what?
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He never, ever, ever
went back in the ocean.
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He had had enough.
He worked on the shore.
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And there is a
cemetery in Gloucester,
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and he's buried there.
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And it says, "James Bartley,
the man swallowed by a whale."
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And even though people
will try to prove to you
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that it is impossible,
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whales can
swallow very big squid.
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It could never have happened.
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I believe it because
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Jonah the son of
Amittai in the Bible
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was swallowed by a
whale to teach him a lesson,
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so he could work for God.
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And the Bible is true.
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I hope you don't learn
a lesson like that though.
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Thank you, boys and girls.
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Come in and join us
for our Bible study.
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Don't forget to grab your Bible,
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so you can follow along with us.
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Caleb, can you
please say a prayer for us
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before we commence our study?
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Dear Father, thank
You for the blessings
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You give us every day.
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Please let Your love
and light shine through us.
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Be with us as
we read our Bibles.
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In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Caleb.
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Now, Abby, what did we
study about last Sabbath?
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Captain Naaman and
his healing from leprosy.
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Yes. And who was the person
who told him about Elisha?
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The little
maid. The little made.
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Yes, she showed great faith.
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Today, we're going to
study about another prophet
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that was raised up
to do a work for Him.
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But first, let's have a look
at what those kings were up to
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during this time.
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Now last Sabbath,
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we found out that King
Jehoahaz was a wicked king.
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He died and his
son Jehoash or Joash,
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as he was known,
came to the throne.
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Can you just show
us that, Aunty Cecily?
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Okay. Erin, can you
please read 2 Kings 13:10 to 11?
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"In the 37th year of
Joash, king of Judah,
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Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz
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became king over
Israel in Samaria,
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and reigned 16 years.
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And he did evil in
the sight of the Lord.
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And he did not depart
from all the sins of Jeroboam
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the son of Nebat,
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who made Israel
sin, but walked in them."
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So Jehoash was no
better than his father.
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Even though Jehoash
didn't follow the Lord,
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when Elisha was sick,
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he went to seek counsel from him
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regarding the king of Syria.
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Jehoash realized that
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Elisha had been
such an asset to Israel.
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But after 50 years of
ministry, Elisha died.
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Caleb, can you read about that?
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Can you read 2
Kings 13:20 to 21?
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"Then Elisha died,
and they buried him.
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And the raiding bands from Moab
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invaded the land in
the spring of the year.
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So it was, as they
were burying a man,
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that suddenly they
spied a band of raiders,
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and they put the man
in the tomb of Elisha.
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And where the man was let down
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and touched the bones of Elisha,
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he revived and
stood on his feet."
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Wow!
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So Elisha was so
full of the Holy Spirit.
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Remember, he asked
for a double portion
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that even his
dead bones had power.
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When that dead body
touched Elisha's bones,
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the man was resurrected to life.
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What a miracle! Okay.
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So King Jehoash or Joash died
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and his son Jeroboam
II came to the throne.
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And it was during this time
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that God called
Jonah, the prophet.
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Can you just show
us that on the chart?
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There we go.
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So let's go over to
the Book of Jonah now.
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Bethany, can you
please read Jonah 1:1 to 3?
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"Now the word of
the Lord came to Jonah
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the son of Amittai,
00:16:05.03\00:16:06.76
saying, 'Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city,
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and cry out against it.
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For their wickedness
has come up before Me.'
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But Jonah arose
to flee to Tarshish
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from the presence of the Lord.
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He went down to Joppa
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and found a ship
going to Tarshish.
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So he paid the fare
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and went down into it
to go with them to Tarshish
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from the presence of the Lord."
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Thanks, Bethany.
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So Jonah was
asked to go and preach
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in the city of Nineveh.
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Let's look at our map here.
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Aunty Cecily is
holding it for us.
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So Nineveh is
up here in Assyria,
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which is about
800 kilometers away,
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which is now modern-day Iraq.
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We just read the
city was very wicked.
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But verse 3 tells us that
Jonah, instead of obeying God,
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goes to the sea port at Joppa
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and takes the first
ship sailing to Tarshish,
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which is way over here
now in modern-day Spain.
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Tarshish was five times
the distance away from Nineveh
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where he was supposed to go.
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Let's see what happens.
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Abigail, can you
please read Jonah 1:4 to 5?
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"But the Lord sent a
great wind on the sea,
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and there was a
mighty tempest on the sea,
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so that the ship was
about to be broken up.
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Then the mariners were afraid,
00:17:19.33\00:17:21.70
and every man
cried out to his God,
00:17:21.74\00:17:24.31
and threw the cargo
that was on the ship
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into the sea to
lighten the load.
00:17:26.94\00:17:29.24
But Jonah had gone down
00:17:29.28\00:17:30.65
into the lowest
parts of the ship,
00:17:30.68\00:17:32.95
he had lain down,
and was fast asleep."
00:17:32.98\00:17:38.82
So while all this was happening,
00:17:38.85\00:17:41.02
Jonah was sleeping.
00:17:41.06\00:17:42.46
But the captain
finds him and tells him
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to start praying to
his God to save them.
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The Bible tells us
the crew found out that
00:17:47.43\00:17:49.76
Jonah was the
trouble for the storm.
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Let's see what
they say to Jonah.
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Matthew, can you
read Jonah 1:11 to 12?
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"'Then they said to him,
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'What shall we do to you
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that the sea
may be calm for us?'
00:18:02.08\00:18:05.15
For the sea was
growing more tempestuous.
00:18:05.18\00:18:08.28
And he said to them,
00:18:08.32\00:18:09.65
'Pick me up and
throw me into the sea,
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then the sea will
become calm for you.
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For I know that
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this great tempest
is because of me.'"
00:18:17.26\00:18:21.33
So the crew didn't want
to throw Jonah in the sea
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and they battle
along for a while,
00:18:24.67\00:18:26.37
but the sea got worse.
00:18:26.40\00:18:28.37
They cried out to Jonah's God
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to forgive them for
what they were going to do.
00:18:30.14\00:18:32.37
Mia, can you
read Jonah 1:15 to 16?
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"So they picked up Jonah
and threw him into the sea,
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and the sea
ceased from its raging.
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Then the men feared
the Lord exceedingly
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and offered a sacrifice
to the Lord and took vows."
00:18:46.72\00:18:50.19
Wow!
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So when the crew saw
00:18:51.59\00:18:52.93
how quickly the
storm had calmed down,
00:18:52.96\00:18:55.13
they believed in
Jonah's God and worshiped Him.
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So now Jonah is in the sea.
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Let's see what happens.
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Aunty Cecily, can you
read Jonah 1:17 and 2:1?
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"Now the Lord had
prepared a great fish
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to swallow Jonah.
00:19:08.98\00:19:10.85
And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish
00:19:10.88\00:19:13.08
three days and three nights.
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Then Jonah prayed to the Lord,
his God from the fish's belly."
00:19:15.62\00:19:19.75
Wow! What a miracle God
performed to save Jonah!
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Now imagine,
00:19:23.26\00:19:24.59
you're in the stomach of a fish.
00:19:24.63\00:19:27.23
It'd be very dark,
smelly, and probably very tight.
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There wouldn't be
much room to move around.
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What do you think
Jonah did in this situation?
00:19:33.30\00:19:36.34
What do you
think he did? Prayed.
00:19:36.37\00:19:37.71
He prayed.
00:19:37.74\00:19:39.07
And Chapter 2 of
Jonah records his prayer.
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Let's see what God does.
Erin, can you read Jonah 2:10?
00:19:42.41\00:19:47.58
"So the Lord spoke to the fish
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and it vomited
Jonah onto dry land."
00:19:49.45\00:19:52.29
Now we don't know where
00:19:52.32\00:19:53.66
along the stretch
of coast of Israel
00:19:53.69\00:19:55.42
that the fish
delivered Jonah to.
00:19:55.46\00:19:57.46
But I imagine
that once that happened
00:19:57.49\00:19:58.93
that Jonah had a bit
of time for recuperation
00:19:58.96\00:20:01.73
after his ordeal.
00:20:01.76\00:20:03.40
Okay, Caleb,
00:20:03.43\00:20:04.77
can you please
read Jonah 3:1 to 2?
00:20:04.80\00:20:08.24
"Now the word of the Lord
came to Jonah the second time
00:20:08.27\00:20:12.64
saying, 'Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city
00:20:12.67\00:20:16.34
and preach to it the
message I tell you.'"
00:20:16.38\00:20:21.42
So God was not
finished with Jonah.
00:20:21.45\00:20:23.99
He was giving
him a second chance.
00:20:24.02\00:20:26.52
Do you think he was
obedient at this time?
00:20:26.55\00:20:28.89
Yes. Oh, we'll wait and see.
00:20:28.92\00:20:30.26
Bethany, can you
read Jonah 3:3 to 4?
00:20:30.29\00:20:33.03
"So Jonah arose
and went to Nineveh
00:20:33.06\00:20:35.06
according to the
word of the Lord.
00:20:35.10\00:20:37.00
Now Nineveh was an
exceedingly great city,
00:20:37.03\00:20:39.50
a three-day journey in extent.
00:20:39.53\00:20:41.70
And Jonah began
to enter the city
00:20:41.74\00:20:44.04
on the first day's walk.
00:20:44.07\00:20:45.41
Then he cried out and
said, 'Yet forty days,
00:20:45.44\00:20:47.84
and Nineveh
shall be overthrown!'"
00:20:47.88\00:20:50.81
Oh, phew, finally!
So Jonah finally went.
00:20:50.85\00:20:53.88
Hurray!
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.25
Nineveh was a very
big and beautiful city
00:20:55.28\00:20:58.29
which took three
days to travel through.
00:20:58.32\00:21:01.19
God gave Jonah a
message to warn Nineveh.
00:21:01.22\00:21:04.49
If they didn't repent of
their wickedness in 40 days,
00:21:04.53\00:21:08.56
the city would be destroyed.
00:21:08.60\00:21:10.67
And guess what?
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.20
The people and even the king
00:21:12.23\00:21:14.70
believed the
message and repented.
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.57
Abigail, can
you read Jonah 3:10?
00:21:16.60\00:21:20.81
"Then God saw their works
00:21:20.84\00:21:22.44
that they had
turned from their evil way,
00:21:22.48\00:21:24.91
and God relented
from the disaster
00:21:24.95\00:21:27.78
that He had said He
would bring upon them,
00:21:27.82\00:21:30.22
and He did not do it."
00:21:30.25\00:21:32.32
So because they repented,
00:21:32.35\00:21:34.56
God decided not to
destroy the city of Nineveh.
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.89
Praise the Lord.
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.49
But 4:1 tells us
that Jonah was not happy
00:21:39.53\00:21:43.57
that Nineveh was spared.
00:21:43.60\00:21:45.23
He was more worried
about his reputation
00:21:45.27\00:21:47.34
as a prophet.
00:21:47.37\00:21:48.70
Let's have a look
at our torchlight,
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.37
Mrs. White's writings to see
what they shine on this verse.
00:21:50.41\00:21:54.21
Matthew, can you
read that for us?
00:21:54.24\00:21:57.31
"Confused, humiliated,
00:21:57.35\00:21:59.38
and unable to
understand God's purpose
00:21:59.41\00:22:02.08
in sparing Nineveh,
00:22:02.12\00:22:03.69
Jonah nevertheless
00:22:03.72\00:22:05.05
had fulfilled the
commission given him
00:22:05.09\00:22:07.62
to warn the great city.
00:22:07.66\00:22:09.56
And though the event
predicted did not come to pass,
00:22:09.59\00:22:14.46
yet the message of warning
was nonetheless from God.
00:22:14.50\00:22:18.57
And it accomplished the
purpose God designed it should."
00:22:18.60\00:22:22.30
Thanks, Matthew.
00:22:22.34\00:22:23.91
So God was able to use Jonah
00:22:23.94\00:22:25.81
despite his
foibles or his personality.
00:22:25.84\00:22:28.44
And God's grace,
and mercy, and love
00:22:28.48\00:22:30.58
was able to be shone into
the city in a faraway land
00:22:30.61\00:22:34.55
that had no knowledge
of the true and living God.
00:22:34.58\00:22:38.29
Okay.
00:22:38.32\00:22:39.65
Let's have a look
at the Kings again
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.02
from the northern
kingdom of Israel.
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.29
After Jeroboam II,
00:22:43.32\00:22:44.96
there were six more
kings that came to power,
00:22:44.99\00:22:48.96
and all six of them were evil.
00:22:49.00\00:22:51.73
During that time, God
sent two more prophets,
00:22:51.77\00:22:54.97
Hosea and Amos to
warn the kingdom of Israel
00:22:55.00\00:22:59.01
that what would happen
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.64
if they continued
in their idolatry.
00:23:00.68\00:23:03.55
Mia, can you
please read 2 Kings 17:6?
00:23:03.58\00:23:08.08
"In the ninth year of Hoshea,
00:23:08.12\00:23:10.39
the king of Assyria took Samaria
00:23:10.42\00:23:12.65
and carried
Israel away to Assyria
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.46
and placed them in Halah
00:23:15.49\00:23:17.09
and by the Habor
the River of Gozan
00:23:17.13\00:23:22.10
and in the city of the Medes."
00:23:22.13\00:23:26.27
Medes.
00:23:26.30\00:23:27.64
So the northern
kingdom of Israel
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.50
now cease to exist.
00:23:29.54\00:23:31.57
After 200 years and 20 kings,
00:23:31.61\00:23:35.28
the northern kingdom
failed to remove idol worship
00:23:35.31\00:23:38.78
completely from the kingdom.
00:23:38.81\00:23:40.75
In the end, they
chose not to repent
00:23:40.78\00:23:43.59
and turn back to God.
00:23:43.62\00:23:45.49
Let's have a look at a
verse that God asks us to do.
00:23:45.52\00:23:48.79
Let's have a look
at our memory verse
00:23:48.82\00:23:50.96
in Joshua 22:5.
00:23:50.99\00:23:53.90
And we're going to
read that together.
00:23:53.93\00:23:57.03
"But take careful heed
to Love the Lord your God,
00:23:57.07\00:24:01.97
to walk in all His ways,
to keep His commandments,
00:24:02.00\00:24:06.68
to hold fast to Him,
00:24:06.71\00:24:08.64
and to serve Him
with all your heart
00:24:08.68\00:24:11.41
and with all your soul."
00:24:11.45\00:24:13.62
What a sobering reminder for us.
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.95
We can learn from
Israel's experience.
00:24:15.98\00:24:19.59
Thank you, boys and girls,
for reading along with us.
00:24:19.62\00:24:21.86
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00:24:21.89\00:24:24.53
on what we studied today.
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00:24:28.50\00:24:29.83
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00:24:29.86\00:24:31.20
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Yes, you can download
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Aunty Nat, what are we
going to be studying next week?
00:25:03.03\00:25:05.77
Yes, next Sabbath,
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.14
we're going to
have a closer look
00:25:07.17\00:25:08.67
at some more of those kings,
one of whom was very young.
00:25:08.70\00:25:13.31
Come back next week
to find out who that was.
00:25:13.34\00:25:16.78
Aunty Cecily, should we
go over our memory verse?
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.81
Yes. Let's say it all together.
00:25:18.85\00:25:20.95
Joshua 22:5,
00:25:20.98\00:25:24.29
"But take careful heed
to love the Lord your God,
00:25:24.32\00:25:29.19
to walk in all His ways,
to keep His commandments,
00:25:29.22\00:25:34.16
to hold fast to Him,
00:25:34.20\00:25:36.36
and to serve Him
with all your heart
00:25:36.40\00:25:39.70
and with all your soul."
00:25:39.73\00:25:42.20
That's a powerful memory verse.
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.84
But our worship time
has gone by so quickly.
00:25:44.87\00:25:48.41
And, Bryce, what did you
learn about the king today?
00:25:48.44\00:25:51.21
That you can
never run away from God.
00:25:51.25\00:25:52.65
Oh, yes.
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.02
Jonah tried to
do that, didn't he?
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.82
But God still reached his heart
00:25:55.85\00:25:58.05
even when he was
in a fish's belly.
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.59
God goes to amazing efforts
to use us to share His love.
00:26:00.62\00:26:05.63
I think it's time to
sing our blessings song.
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.60
What do you think, Aunty Cecily?
00:26:07.63\00:26:08.96
Yes. Let's sing to
the children at home.
00:26:09.00\00:26:11.67
So turn around.
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.10
May God bless you and keep you
00:26:19.47\00:26:24.55
And fill your heart with love
00:26:24.58\00:26:29.68
May God guide and protect you
00:26:29.72\00:26:34.86
And watch you from above
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And Sabbath after Sabbath
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We greet the day of rest
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The day the King of glory
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Has sanctified and blessed
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Goodbye, my
friend, till we meet again
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For another day with the King
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Goodbye! See you next Sabbath!
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My favorite story in
the Bible was Noah's Ark
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because he obeyed God
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and all the animals
were saved in the ark.
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My favorite story in the
Bible is about the 12 spies
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and how Caleb and Joshua
stood up in front of everybody.
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My favorite story in the Bible
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is Mary and
Joseph and baby Jesus
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'cause He is the
Savior of the world.
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