The Higher Loyalty – Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Sunday, May 3, 2026 lesson title “The Higher Loyalty.”, Background Scripture: Jonah 1-4. Printed Passages: Jonah 1:1-3; 3:1-5; 4″6-11. Devotional Reading: Revelation 5:1-5.

Keep in Mind: “Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?” (Jonah 4:10-11, KJV)

By the end of this lesson, you will 1. Apply God’s desire to extend grace to Nineveh as a model for divine grace that transcends national boundaries today. 2. Examine their own willingness to love others in light of God’s mercy. and 3. Commit to extending God’s grace to neighbors across all nations.