Title: People of Sodom / Genesis 19:12-22
Contents Sodom and Gomorrah were rich in material and developed civilization early because of the favorable geographical conditions and beautiful environment.
However, with the image of sin that was greatly expanded, the temple body was tainted with iniquity.
It was governed by immorality and dishonesty.
They worshiped idols and exposed all their sins before God.
So God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone.
God warned Lot five things through an angel.
First, don't look back.
Do not stay in the second field.
Third, don't delay.
flee to the fourth mountain
It was to avoid death by being burned in the fifth fire.
1. There were four kinds of people living in Sodom.
There are 4 types of characters: the general public, Ruth's second son-in-law, Lot's wife, and Lot.
1] The general public.
The general public of Sodom is a people who have led a sinful life by drowning in hedonism.
Lot was sitting at the gate of the city, and realizing that two angels appeared, he took the angels into his house and treated them with the utmost respect, but the people of Sodom came and tried to assault them when they said that only a few young girls appeared, but the angels blinded them and escaped the crisis .
So the people of Sodom were extremely promiscuous.
According to Luke 17:28
“The people of Sodom ate, drank, bought, sold, planted, and built houses, and on the day Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them.”
Here, "eat, drink, buy, sell, plant, and build a house" does not refer to a healthy daily life, but to indulge in materialism, hedonism, and debauchery.
The general public of Sodom were foolish people who had no interest in the religious world and were blinded only to pleasure.
This individual society nation cannot escape the scourge of God's judgment.
People who are obsessed with worldly pleasures and material things are like people who have no tomorrow.
Without realizing that everything that claims human life and death is in God's hands, we are wasting our noble body in God's image on dirty work that will destroy us.
It is pathetic that such an evil trend has penetrated into our society without knowing when it has started, and the trend of playing and eating without work, the dreaming trend, and the entertainment industry are rapidly spreading and becoming global.
Although it boasts 10 million christianity, no one can guarantee that if we do not be vigilant, we will not perish like Sodom.
We must flee to the mountains for life, lest we become such foolish people, do not remain in the field, do not delay, do not look back.
"Fleeing to the top of the mountain" means to come to God's Seongsan-Ilshin Church to worship and live according to God's word. Please do not fall into hedonistic debauchery with the foolish masses who are going to be destroyed, but be people of the Holy Spirit who lead them to the Lord and lead them to a life of life.
2] There are two sons-in-law of Lot.
Presumably, Lot's 2nd son-in-law was the son of a powerful family in Sodom, and was a decent young man. Because Lot was the nephew of Abraham, the father of faith, and he was a rich and influential man in Sodom at the time, so he must have been chosen from a family similar to his. However, the elder father-in-law told the revelation from the Lord's angel, "They ignored the advice to leave together because this city was about to perish. So they burned down together when the city of Sodom was destroyed.
These refer to believers who claim to be intellectuals tainted by the world.
They had the option of being saved, but they ended up being unsaved.
These are people who despise the Word and are tainted by the world, taking the final warning through the Word as a joke.
Even if Jesus Christ is coming soon, they think it's a joke. Even though "there will be a judgment of the great apocalypse", they say that they have been doing it for 2000 years and only consider it a joke.
These are people who live their religious lives according to their own thoughts only within the limits of their intellect and reason.
Go to the obstetrics and gynecology hospital. The maternity room is very noisy with the screams of the mother, the busy activities of doctors and nurses, the cries of newborn babies, the comfort and encouragement of the parents, the joy and happiness. The church is a spiritual obstetrics and gynecology hospital. It is a place where the hard work of
Therefore, it should be a place overflowing with vitality, with spiritual mourning and shouts of joy.
I hope that there will be no tragic people like Lot's son-in-law, who was sarcastic after hearing the good news from heaven and was sarcastic.
With the revival and growth of Ilshin Church, I hope that no one will be left behind in the ranks of the blessings that God especially loves and blesses us.
3] Consider Lot's wife.
Lot's wife was Abraham's nephew and daughter-in-law, and was in the process of forming a family of faith.
It was a man who met an angel with her husband Lot, treated him and had a deep conversation, and had a mysterious experience. After receiving urgent instructions from the angel, he obeyed the instructions and fled the city of Sodom in search of a way to live. However, on the way, he could not give up his lust for material things such as a good house and property, where he lived comfortably, so he ignored the angel's revelation and looked back, and turned into a pillar of salt on the spot.
Ga] Lot's wife had too many regrets about what God had forsaken.
B] Above all else, I had no faith.
c] In the end, he was saved because he ignored the Word, but he was left behind.
Even today, there are many more saints like this.
Born into a family of faith, he has been in the church for a long time and has been given a position.
There is also the experience of grace. Yet, he has not yet cast off his lust for the world, and he has a heart to serve the Lord with one heart and toward the world with one heart.
In Luke 17:32, the Lord says, "Remember Lot's wife."
Think of Lot's wife, who eventually collapsed because she was chosen in the city of death and moved to the path of life, because she could not cast away the regrets of the world. I hope you all are.
4] Consider Lot.
Lot was sitting at the gate one day, and two strange men appeared, and they recognized that they were angels, and they invited the angels to serve them, and they received an unexpected revelation from heaven. It was to flee to the mountain that was instructed for life.
At first, I was delayed, but an angel forcibly led me, and I became a savior.
A] I recognized strange people as angels.
Lot, who was sitting at the gate, recognized the angel when he appeared.
There were many people in Sodom, but no one recognized him.
Only Lot had the honor of recognizing the angel and serving him.
Because he was a man of deep faith.
I hope that we too will become people of the gift of discerning spirits who recognize angels and properly recognize people as we increase our faith.
B] I have received a revelation from heaven.
It was revealed that the city of Sodom would be destroyed by fire and brimstone tomorrow.
It was a direct instruction and special revelation from God to save Lot.
Through the history of the Bible and the history of faith, God reveals Him whenever important events occur.
Before the flood judgment, God directly revealed this fact to Noah and taught him the way of salvation.
Like Lot, we too must become saved saints.
2. Let's think about being saved.
1] Behind the saved Lot was his own prayer.
The fact that Lot was “at the gate of the city at evening” means that he was praying at the time of prayer. He was greatly influenced by prayer by his trustworthy uncle Abraham.
So that day too, at sunset, I met an angel while I was praying at the city gate.
Even today, those who pray will receive a revelation from heaven and be saved.
2. Behind Lot who was saved was the prayer of Abraham.
Abraham's prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah, as shown in Genesis 18:22 and below, was a mournful, weeping prayer for the salvation of Lot. God heard Abraham's earnest prayer and, in answer, sent an angel of the Lord to the city of Sodom to be saved from the place of destruction.
Is there anyone in our neighbourhood, imprisoned in a city that will perish? Please pray for us. Because of your earnest prayer, the work of saving grace will take place.
3] Behind the history of salvation is the intercession of the grace of the Lord's atonement.
Romans 8:34 says, "Jesus sits at the right hand of God, who intercedes for us."
Behind our salvation, He shed His Precious Blood on the cross and ascended to heaven, now sitting at the right hand of God, praying for each of us. The grace of the Lord We are saved because of the intercession of the Lord.
This is God's love.
Look at Lot Even after receiving God's special revelation, he did not immediately leave the city of death and was delayed. God's mercy continued on this desperate Lot.
He grabbed Lot's hand and hurriedly led him out of the city.
I also listened to the foolish Lot.
This was God's love to save Lot anyway.
In the end, Lot said, "I can't do anything." He raised his hands and obeyed the angel of the Lord, and he even deferred judgment until Lot escaped to the place of salvation.
It is truly God's endless love.
He loves us unchangingly, who sometimes stay in the world and delay.
The incident of Lot, reminiscent of the parable of the prodigal son, shows the shameful salvation of choosing the seemingly prosperous city of Sodom and Gomorrah and then having to get out of it at the time of destruction. let's not
Let's not procrastinate as a God of love.
Let's not keep looking at the city of sin on the holy road that leads to heaven.
The only condition we have to look at the world is to see if our parents, dear husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, relatives, and friends are in the city of Sodom that is now destroyed. Let us flee under the cross of the Lord on Calvary's mountain.
God's work of salvation will take place greatly and the number of people who are being saved will increase day by day.
May the Lord preserve your life. Amen