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Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah
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But the curse of Sodom followed Lot even to the mountains. The
sinful conduct of his daughters was the result of evil associations in
that vile place. Lot had chosen Sodom for its pleasure and profit,
yet he had retained the fear of God in his heart. He was saved at
last as “a brand plucked from the fire,” but without his possessions,
mourning the loss of his wife and children, dwelling in caves, and
covered with shame in his old age. And he gave to the world, not a
race of righteous people, but two idolatrous nations, opposing God
and warring with His people until, when their cup of iniquity was
full, they were destroyed. How terrible the results that followed one
unwise step!
“Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.” “He who is
greedy for gain troubles his own house.” “Those who desire to be rich
fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful
lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition” (
Proverbs 23:4
KJV; 15:27;
1 Timothy 6:9
).
When Lot entered Sodom he fully intended to keep himself free
from iniquity and command his household after him. But he failed.
The result is there for us to see.
Like Lot, many see their children ruined, and they barely save
their own souls. Their lifework is lost; their life is a sad failure. If
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they had exercised true wisdom, their children might have had less
worldly prosperity, but they would have made sure of a claim to the
immortal inheritance.
The heritage that God has promised is not in this world. Abraham
“dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in
tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.” We must live as pilgrims and strangers here if we
intend to gain “a better, that is, a heavenly country” (
Hebrews 11:9,
10, 16
).
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