Lesson: Sin Enters the Garden<br>
Reading: Jonah tries to run from the Lord<br>
Reference: Jonah 1:1-4, 14-17<br><br>
<br>Jonah1:1 - 4<br><br>
 1:1 &para; Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,<br>
1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.<br>
1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.<br>
1:4 &para; But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.<br>
<br>Jonah1:14 - 17<br><br>
 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.<br>
1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.<br>
1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.<br>
1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.<br>