HE GAVE US PROPHETS
PREPARATION FOR LESSON 7

In preparation for this lesson, read the book of Jonah. Write down your thoughts about how the prophecies were fulfilled. Did the fulfillment of any aspects of the prophecies depend on human response?

Goals and Objectives of Lesson 7

GOALS

In this lesson, we would like to accomplish the following:

1. We hope you will joyfully embrace a proper view of God's providence that harmonizes with a biblical view of prophecy.

2. We hope you will make use of all the resources and activities of the lesson to learn how the fulfillment of prophecy sometimes depends on human reactions.

3. We hope you make some changes in your life as a response to the teachings of this lesson. It should affect your trust in God's sovereignty, as well as your confidence in prayer.

OBJECTIVES

When you have done the following, it will show that the goals are met:

1. Use all the resources and complete all the written assignments of the lesson, expressing your own thoughts and attitudes regarding the nature of predictions in prophecy and the nature of God's providence in relation to prophecy.

2. Obtain satisfactory grades on the evaluations, demonstrating that you can identify the key biblical concepts regarding divine predictions and the contingent nature of some prophecies.

"General Instructions for Assignments"

If you are not very familiar with the process of doing the assignments for a lesson, you should read this PDF tutorial found in the "Instructions" section of Lesson 1. It will guide you through the lesson, step by step. If you are already familiar with the process, you may skip this and go to the more specific "Instructions for Lesson ."

"Instructions for Lesson 7"

Carefully read these instructions. You may want to print them out so that you can refer to them as you proceed through the assignments.