Thursday, April 23, 2020

Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

Genesis 19:1-29
When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 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.”
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.
“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. 
By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them. Every man in the city is implicated in this terrible intended gang-rape - not one supports Lot's protest against the infringement of the most sacred laws of hospitality, not to say humanity. God had clear evidence that the outcry against Sodom was justified.
Why?
Treat nice and welcome traveler has mercy to men. All of us are a traveler in the world.

Lot is the only one righteous man in Sodoma and for Abraham so angels save Lor and his family.
Stay in the square is hard to rest and without invited by this town.
From this statement, we see the evil behavior in Sodom and Gomorrah is evident.
Listen to the word of God relative to our life and safety, Lor's wife looked back she could not be saved from disaster.
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義人如果執意留在敗壞之城,也不是真的義人。何況有這麼多惡人在該城,所以亞伯拉罕沒有繼續求。
天使不願在罪惡之城住下,不似去亞伯拉罕的家。
讓我們認識他們,意思是要和他們同房,發生性關係。
為何羅得可以犧牲他自己女兒,救這兩個外來寄居者,因為他受到當地人的想法影響。
羅得敬畏耶和華,卻漸漸挪移帳棚到所多瑪,羅得是世俗化的基督徒。 正如今天許多基督徒也是如此。
許多人也是世俗化,恩典、福音、救恩的門在眼前,卻看不到。這些要救羅得的人,好像在救他們。羅得沒有見證、榜樣因此無法說動他的女婿,你和我們都一樣啊!
如果我們沒有愛主的榜樣,怎能帶領人信主,弟兄姊妹也都在看。
羅得的產業都在這裏,他也是很不想走。我們可以放下一切,走屬天的道路。天使硬是拉著他走。有時神強迫我們向前走,為了不讓我們遇見災難,硬拖羅得走。
羅得想走近的路,不想去山上走山路,走平原去個小城,想要過自己的生活,再次找回自己的產業,山上沒有發展性。我們求那個不是最好的,卻以為神聽禱告、去做見證。如羅得仍然徘徊在世界的生活,眼前問題解決,他就要走自己的路了,對主是有所保留的。求神解決我眼前的問題就好了,之後還是走自己的路。羅得的妻子捨不得,要回頭看,神就讓她站立著永遠看,永遠留戀他們的埃及。神垂聽我們的禱告不一定好的,要學習耶穌,不要依我的意思,照你的意思成就。神要給我們更好的。要我們得著生命,且更美好。求神開我們眼睛,雖然看不到前面,但是卻是最好的。讓我不要愛世界。
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How?
God is full of love and righteousness. Obey the word of the Lord is blessing way.





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