This
same situation exists today. Just as the ship was in grave danger, sinners are
in grave danger without the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. Even though it
is human nature to try very hard to overcome that danger, as Jonah said,
"Salvation is from the Lord" (Jonah 2:9, NASB). No amount of human
effort can succeed in saving a soul. Only the Lord can do that.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
A Brief Lesson From Jonah
We
started a brief study in the book of Jonah last night in our small group. It is
interesting that when the supernatural storm started, the sailors tried to save
themselves by human effort. That was the natural thing for them to do.
"The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on
the sea so that the ship was about to break up. Then the sailors became afraid
and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship
into the sea to lighten it for them..." (Jonah 1:4-5, NASB). Even after
Jonah told them their only hope was to throw him overboard, they still
continued their human efforts to save themselves. "However, the men rowed
desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even
stormier against them" (Jonah 1:13, NASB).
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