Sin is a process. It starts from a single sin that you are curious of and had done it. You do it slowly and repeatedly and until such time you will hold on to that sin and never let it go. Then you will have a difficulty in letting it go.
In Genesis 13, Lot and Abraham had herds and flocks which was very abundant until the land cannot sustain it. So Abraham made a plan that they will separate. Wherever Lot go Abraham will go opposite. When Lot saw a land which is abundant he went there without hesitation and built a camp not knowing the people were wicked.
Why Lot went there? Let us see in these three points why Lot went to the land of Sodom and Gommorah.
1. He was worldy in his desire (v. 10)
He saw that the land was well-watered which is good for his herds and flocks. He went there without asking God. Sodom and Gommorah was a place of homosexuals and lesbians. He didn’t know that the people at that place were wicked.
2. He was wrong in his decision (v. 11)
“So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan…”
What Lot saw?
-Easy Living
Abundant Resources: which is advantage for his flocks and herds
-Independence
Lot was separated with Abraham
-Excitement
Men Sodom were wicked and sinners
3. He was weak in his decisions (v.12)
“while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.”
Long ago when Lot was with Abraham they will always build an altar. But when they were separated Lot forgot to build an altar. So he suffers as time went by.
So believers, are we like Lot?? Hope we’re not, let us live the life that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ. Devote ourselves to Him… Trust Him…
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