Don’t waste your time. “The mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god.” - Jonah 1:5 (KJV)

God didn’t take no for an answer. "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.” - Jonah 1:4 (KJV)

If Christians can figure that out… “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.” - Jonah 1:2 (KJV)

Leave it in the past. “Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish.” - Jonah 1:3 (KJV)

History’s first submarine ride… “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” - Jonah 1:3 (KJV)

Can God do such a thing? “The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.” - Jonah 1:17 (KJV)

It’s well worth it. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” - Matthew 13:45-46 (KJV)

Some thought he was the devil! “Sin is the transgression of the law.” - 1 John 3:4 (KJV)