STEEMCHURCH: The History of Lot

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Lot's story is that of an apostate. When he departed from Abraham he departed from the faith. When he looked for the well-watered plains, he was looking for his own glory.

Lot's story is that of an apostate. When he departed from Abraham he departed from the faith. When he looked for the well-watered plains, he was looking for his own glory. While procuring his own interest, his testimony as a believer in the Lord was despised.

Then came failure and flight, but, being of the Lord, He Himself was saved as by fire, though all His works were burned (1 Cor. 3:14, 15).

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I. The choice he made.

"He chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan, and set his tent as far as Sodom" (Gen. 13: 10-12). Those who walk by sight and not by faith will always be influenced by appearances.

The choice of Moses was that of faith (Heb 11:24, 25). If we follow the dictates of our own hearts, we will inevitably set our abode in the direction of Sodom.

II. The position he held.

"Lot was sitting at the door of Sodom." Having become a companion of the Sodomites, he now becomes a partner with them. When a Christian can find pleasure in the communion of the wicked, he will soon participate in his iniquity.

Worldly progress is not evidence of growth in grace. Mixing with the world often means helping the wicked (2 Chron. 19:12).

III. The message he received.

"The Lord has sent us to destroy this place" (Gen. 19:13). Evil places and evil things have to be destroyed.

If all your evil things were destroyed, would you lose anything? How affected your plans and purposes? If the interests of our heart are entangled with the wickedness of this world, we will suffer loss.

Let us look, the affections, on the things above; then, when every place of impiety is destroyed, our inheritance will remain intact.

IV. The testimony he gave.

«Lot came out and spoke to his sons-in-law ...; but it seemed as if he mocked »(Gen. 19:14). Our testimony for God will always be a mockery if we are leading a selfish life.

Who will believe that sin is bitter if we give it under our tongue as a sweet morsel? Neither seriousness nor eloquence will weigh the inconsistency. Life is light.

V. The reluctance he showed.

"He stopped, the men seized his hand" (Gen. 19:16). We are always slow to obey God's call when our lives are entangled with the affairs of the world.

The young man went away sad, because he had many possessions (Matthew 19:22). Many perish in the full light of knowledge for lack of decision. Escape for your life; do not delay

SAW. The order he made.
«Behold, this city is near; let me escape there "(Gen. 19:20). I thought that the designated mountain of refuge was too far away.

Why did he want to be saved as close as possible to the condemned city? Why do we have to want to be saved, and nothing else? Is there not a hidden reluctance in the minds of many of God's people to flee into the distant mountain of complete separation? Lot was saved, but he was still close enough to the place of death to be filled with fear (Gen. 19:30).

VII. The favor he enjoyed.

"There is nothing I can do until (you) have arrived there" (Gen. 19:22). How precious to God is even a poor apostate! Judgment can not fall on Sodom while He is not outside.

But even more, he continues to think how this believer's presence of worldly thoughts among the wicked was hindering God in the execution of his own purposes. Until He had left them, the work of God was stopped.

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Inasmuch as Lot enjoyed so many things as a result of favour, he was not humble and never had a personal encounter with God.

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