UNCHANGING TRUTHS IN THE ASHES OF SODOM

C H A P T E R S 1 8 - 1 9

Overview the StoryGod visits Abraham – ch18- Promises a son (18:1-15)- Warns about Sodom’s doom (18:16-21)- Grants Abe’s request for mercy (18:20-

33)

Overview the StoryGod visits Abraham – ch18God visits Lot – ch19- Tests Sodom (19:1-9)- Rescues Lot (19:10-22)- Destroys Sodom (19:23-25)- Lets Lot’s family disintegrate (19:26-

38)

Four Unchanging Truths

1. God is Terrifyingly Righteous

Genesis 13:13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord.

1. God is Terrifyingly RighteousEzekiel 16:49–50 “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me.”

1. God is Terrifyingly Righteous

But what about the women and children?

1. God is Terrifyingly RighteousLuke 17:28–30 “It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building…

1. God is Terrifyingly RighteousLuke 17:28–30 …but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.”

2. God is Outrageously MercifulMercy in granting Abe’s requestMercy in sending the angelsMercy in saving LotMercy even in destroying Sodom- Cut off Sodom’s ability to corrupt the

world- Showed mankind the destructiveness

of sin

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinIs homosexuality really a sin?- same-sex attraction… NO- homosexual lust or behavior… YES

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinLeviticus 18:22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinRomans 1:26–27 …For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinBut it is NO WORSE than other sins!

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinMatthew 11:23–24 “And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

3. Homosexual Behavior is SinWhy should we tell people about this truth?

If the result of sin really is pain & death

And if homosexual behavior really is sin

Then to LOVE is to WARNAnd to APPROVE is to HATE!

4. Compromise with Sin Destroys2 Peter 2:7–9 …He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds)…

4. Compromise with Sin DestroysRighteous = rightly related to God

through faith

Obedience is expected but not inevitable

4. Compromise with Sin DestroysLot’s progression into sin…

moves near to Sodommoves into Sodombecomes one with Sodom

4. Compromise with Sin DestroysIf you compromise with sin

it will draw you closer and closeruntil it destroys everything you hold

dear

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