Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Genesis 19:1-5 (NIV)
1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square." 3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
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Looking at the scene, it is no surprise that God has determined to totally destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorroah. People living there no longer abide by God's word and just do whatever their immoral sinful nature desires, even "same-sex" relationships. It feels as if the spirit of God has completely deserted this city and the people, since people just act upon their own desires. This just shows again how fragile and vulnerable we are to temptations and sins in our lives. We need to seek Christ to be our guidance and Lord so that we don't slip.
i wonder what the citizens of sodom & gomorrah thought of themselves. like most people then and even today, they probably had convinced themselves that what they were doing was "reasonable" from a "reasonable" man's perspective. this is the danger of man's self-centric thinking.
Very scary looking at what these men said to Lot.
I wonder why Lot strongly insisted for these angels to stay at his house rather than leaving them to stay in the square. Was it because he knew that the men of Sodom will try to do such horrible act? If that was so, knowing that men of Sodom were living a wicked lives, why did Lot continue to live here?
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