"Enter through the narrow gate "(Matthew 7:13).
The story of Lot is a story of a search for the"wide gate", the luxuries and pleasures of the world.
Lots eyes were distracted from purity through the pasture of the well – watered plane of Sodom.
From living in the valley, to pitching his tent near Sodom, to living in the city, to city rulership in the gate of Sodom, the pitiful progression of distraction continued
.
How easy it is to fall deeper and deeper into the lure of the world!
"But everybody's doing it" is a statement from a person sure to be heading down the broad way that leads to destruction.
Satan's payoff for lots compromise was to give him a K instead of a castle, incestuous daughters instead of his wife, poverty instead of position.
The opposite was true of Abraham, who chose the " narrow gate".
His unswerving desire to please God resulted in his gaining favor with God.
He was a part of the chosen few, and his intercession with God for lot is an example of his reward.
Stay in the narrow way: neither you nor your children will ever regret it!
Daily readings:
Genesis 18:20 – 19:38
Psalms 8:1 – 9
Proverbs 2:6 – 15
Matthew 6:25 – 7:14
The story of Lot is a story of a search for the"wide gate", the luxuries and pleasures of the world.
Lots eyes were distracted from purity through the pasture of the well – watered plane of Sodom.
From living in the valley, to pitching his tent near Sodom, to living in the city, to city rulership in the gate of Sodom, the pitiful progression of distraction continued
.
How easy it is to fall deeper and deeper into the lure of the world!
"But everybody's doing it" is a statement from a person sure to be heading down the broad way that leads to destruction.
Satan's payoff for lots compromise was to give him a K instead of a castle, incestuous daughters instead of his wife, poverty instead of position.
The opposite was true of Abraham, who chose the " narrow gate".
His unswerving desire to please God resulted in his gaining favor with God.
He was a part of the chosen few, and his intercession with God for lot is an example of his reward.
Stay in the narrow way: neither you nor your children will ever regret it!
Daily readings:
Genesis 18:20 – 19:38
Psalms 8:1 – 9
Proverbs 2:6 – 15
Matthew 6:25 – 7:14