Get Out Of Life Where Man's Wickedness Is Great 77 [Gen 19:1-14] / Anne's Faith Column

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Get Out Of Life Where

Man's Wickedness

Is Great 77

[Gen 19:1-14]

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

/ By Priscilla 

 

The corrupted cities of Sodom

and Gomorrah, symbolizing

the world of wickedness,

 

 

were so great with sin that it

became out of control.

 

 

When the angels of God,

sent to herald their

impending destruction,

arrived in Sodom,

 

 

the people there were

wicked enough to insist

that they have sex

with the angels,

 

 

and eventually they could

not escape God's wrath.

 

 

Even Lot's sons-in-law

took Lot's warning as a joke,

 

 

and it shows us how many

people had lived prodigal

lives in those days.

 

 

This proves the reality

and ignorance of those

who were so far from

spiritual life in those days.

 

 

Lot selected the cities

of Sodom as a settlement,

 

 

which had favorable

conditions in his eyes,

and settled down nearby.

 

 

It seems that he had

a little faith in God at that

time in his new land,

which he regarded

as fertile.

 

 

When angels of God

passed by to destroy

the cities of Sodom

and Gomorrah,

 

 

Lot who was sitting

in the gateway of the city

in the evening, recognized

and welcomed them.

 

 

I wonder why he was

sitting in the gateway of

  the city in that evening.

 

 

It seems that he may

have felt a great

disappointment

in a worldly city full

of wickedness.

 

 

We can see how severe

the depravity was when

we see that most of the

people of Sodom

 

 

and Gomorrah wanted

to have sex with passers-by,

 

 

even when they knew

they were angels of God,

and calling out in order to

insult them even more.

 

 

It seems that he felt

something empty and

more intensely longed

for God's embrace

and grace.

 

 

In fact, he may have

felt frustrated

 

 

and disappointed with 

such a life, even though

it was the land he

had chosen 

 

 

because it was a place

 where morality, ethics, 

and discernment had

been lost for a long time.

 

 

When everything is corrupted,

nothing can be expected.

 

 

Moreover, it is a practical

example that shows that

people without dreams,

 

 

people who ignore God

and do not want to know

 Him, will inevitably

be put to shame and

destroyed.

 

 

Anyone who pursues

the worldly things will be

blinded by the world's wealth,

 

 

rank and fame. And they

become dull in  spiritual things.

 

 

So they gradually distance

themselves from the Lord,

 

 

and afterward, they live

a life led by the cravings

of the flesh,

 

 

the lust of the eyes,

according to the demands

of the sinful nature.

 

 

Sometimes they are

resting in God's embrace,

but they indulge in the

benefits of the world

 

 

and do not try to break

out of their own eggs easily.

 

 

It is easy to become

a dual personality like Lot,

who has a separate,

 

 

dualistic life in which

the consciousness of the

flesh and God are not aligned.

 

 

Lot must have felt a strong

desire to sanctify himself

in such a life.

 

 

How come his sons-in-law

considered his words as a joke?

I wonder what on earth he

had led a life like.

 

 

If Lot's faith had been faithful

and his sons-in-law had

come to believe in God

after seeing the faith of his

father-in-law,

 

 

they would never have 

disregarded God's word 

or regarded it as a joke.

 

 

This reality applies

equally to us today.

 

 

How many times do we

too easily forsake God's grace

and dishonor His name

instead of obeying

God's will?

 

 

So, what should we learn

 from today's scripture?

 

 

1) Even in a world full

of wickedness, we mus

absolutely guard our hearts.

 

 

2) Lot's actions eventually

became the motive for

obtaining shameful

salvation.

 

 

Therefore, we must learn

a lesson from the easy

attitude of faith he

showed us.

 

 

Therefore, if there is

someone like Lot who is lost

in the abyss of sin at

this moment,

 

 

living in darkness

and wandering in loneliness,

I hope that he will quickly

escape from the world

full of chaos and sin

 

 

and return to the embrace

of Almighty God.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Thank you Lord.

We learn a lot from

Lot's attitude of faith.

 

 

This is by no means

unfamiliar to us.

 

 

Help us clear these things

from each of us at this time

 

 

and never fall away from

the path of the righteous

that you have given us!

 

 

Also, in the presence

of unbelievers, please

help us not to be believers

as uncertain as Lot.

 

 

And please help us to

guard our hearts. 

 

 

Therefore, lead us always

to sanctify ourselves

 

 

so that we can become

examples of fully fearing

 and serving God.

 

 

Amen

 

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2010/ 05/03

 

 

/ By Priscilla