Pope Shenouda III
It is the principal of equal opportunity enjoyed by Satan also.
God also reasoned with Satan in the Temptation in the Wilderness. The Lord went on answering him verse for verse and did not rebuke him except when he became intolerable.
Until now, God wants to reason with us yet we refuse.
Another lesson we learn from the story of Jonah is that all God's dispositions end in success.
