Sept. 7th Intro - Before
Sept. 14th During
Sept. 21st After
Sept. 28th Summary (this one)
MISC scriptures
2Pe 2:5-8 KJV And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (6) And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; (7) And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (8) (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
Eze 16:49-50 KJV Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (50) And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Summary
The story of Lot is a very dynamic one, and we can take much from this story. I fully believe that it was Abraham's prayers that saved lot, to me its all over the story. The act committed by his daughters against him is two fold, for one i believe it warns against alcohol on any level and two it shows that either the daughters did not trust the men of Zoar or the corruption in Sodom was so bad it was etched into their mind and caused them to create such an act. It is important to note that the particular act was not a sin until the law though. Lot entered into Sodom with many things, then left with pretty much nothing. This is an important concept because as the quote goes "Sin will take you longer further than you want to go. It will keep you longer than you want to stay. It will cost you more than you want to pay" which is evident inside the story of Lot.
Something very important to remind yourself when dealing with this is that while the church continuously concentrates on only one sin, it was no one thing it was many. While the city was full of sin, it was full of many different types. Ezekiel tells us that "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." We must never let those sins come into our life - Help the poor, the needy and never become idle. I believe idleness breeds sin which will only snow ball until it takes over, the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).
Finally, the take away from this is to not go near wicked (sinful) areas, and stay diligent at seeking God.
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Something very important to remind yourself when dealing with this is that while the church continuously concentrates on only one sin, it was no one thing it was many. While the city was full of sin, it was full of many different types. Ezekiel tells us that "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." We must never let those sins come into our life - Help the poor, the needy and never become idle. I believe idleness breeds sin which will only snow ball until it takes over, the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).
Finally, the take away from this is to not go near wicked (sinful) areas, and stay diligent at seeking God.
Thank you for reading this series!!
As always if you liked it, share it or comment!
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