Jonah was told to go to Nineveh to preach to the people there so that they might be saved from the wrath to come. He didn't do it. He wanted the Ninevites to suffer the wrath of God.
When the sailors found out that Jonah was running away from God they did everything within their power to save him. Even though they knew from Jonah that he was the cause of the storm they risked their lives to save him. They even sacrificed their cargo to save him but they were impossible to do so.
Jonah had it in his power to save the people of Nineveh and refused to do it. The sailors did not have it in their power but they did their best to save him.
What about us? Do we see secular relief organizations trying to save the sick and dying while we sit by and watch? Secular organizations may have the power to save the sick, starving and dying for a time but eventually they will be lost. Meanwhile we have the power to save them for eternity, the power of the Holy Spirit with in us, but we do nothing.
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