Genesis 18:9-19:28
God made a covenant with Abraham.
He promised he would be the
father of many nations,
Abraham and his descendants would have all the land of Canaan, and Sarah would be a mother of nations through which the promised Savior, Jesus would come.
Abraham and his descendants would have all the land of Canaan, and Sarah would be a mother of nations through which the promised Savior, Jesus would come.
Genesis 12:1-3
At
God's call, Abraham left his
home in Ur and traveled toward Canaan. At a place called Mamre,
near
Hebron where Abraham was living in a tent, the LORD appeared to
Abraham. Abraham was sitting in the door of his tent when three
visitors appeared. Abraham
probably did not know yet who they were or that they were angels and
one of them was the LORD.
The custom of that time was to welcome strangers with great Hospitality. It would be pleasant for these travelers to wash their dusty feet and rest in the shade of a tree. Sarah quickly had a full meal prepared. Abraham served it. The strangers gave Abraham a remarkable promise.
The custom of that time was to welcome strangers with great Hospitality. It would be pleasant for these travelers to wash their dusty feet and rest in the shade of a tree. Sarah quickly had a full meal prepared. Abraham served it. The strangers gave Abraham a remarkable promise.
Sarah laughed when she heard
that she would have a son.
Then they
asked him where his wife Sarah was. He told them that she was in
the tent. Then He told him that He would return to Abram
according to the
time
of life, and his wife Sarah would have a son.
Sarah was listening in the tent door. Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was passed the age of childbearing. So, Sarah laughed inside herself. The LORD asked Abraham why Sarah laughed.
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? The Lord told Abraham that He would return and that Sarah would have a son.
Sarah was listening in the tent door. Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was passed the age of childbearing. So, Sarah laughed inside herself. The LORD asked Abraham why Sarah laughed.
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? The Lord told Abraham that He would return and that Sarah would have a son.
Lot took them to his house to eat.
Two of the
angels went to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was
sitting in
the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he
bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Lot invited the
angels to spend the night at his home. And they said, "No, but we
will spend
the night in the open square."
Lot insisted that they come to his house, so they went to his house. Lot made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Lot insisted that they come to his house, so they went to his house. Lot made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
The wicked people of sodom
surrounded Lot's house and asked
him where the men were.
Now before they laid down, the men of
the city, the men of Sodom,
both
old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the
house. And they called to Lot and asked him where the men were
that had come to him. They wanted Lot to bring out the two
angels and they wanted to do bad things to them. But Lot went out
to them through the doorway and shut the door
behind him, and told them not to be wicked.
The angels brought Lot into
the house and shut the door.
But the angels reached out their hands
and pulled Lot into the
house with
them, and shut the door.
The angels struck the men with
blindness so they couldn't find the door.
And the
angels struck the men who were at the doorway of the house
with
blindness, both small and great. They had trouble finding the
door and became very tired.
The angels told Lot to take
his family and leave town.
Then
the
men (angels) asked Lot if there were any other family members in the
city. If there were, they told him to take them out of
this place!
They told Lot that they were going to destroy the city, because the outcry against them had grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD had sent them to destroy it."
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and told them to, get out of there because the LORD was going to destroy the city. But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
They told Lot that they were going to destroy the city, because the outcry against them had grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD had sent them to destroy it."
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and told them to, get out of there because the LORD was going to destroy the city. But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
The angels told Lot, his wife,
and daughters to run to the mountains
and not look back.
When the morning
came, the angels urged Lot to hurry and told him
to get up and
take his wife and his two daughters and leave the city so they
wouldn't be there when the LORD punished the city. The men took
hold of Lot's hand, his
wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters. The LORD being
merciful to them brought them out and set them outside the
city. When they had brought them outside, the angels told them to
escape for their life and not to look behind them or to stay
anywhere in the plain. They were told to escape to the mountains,
if they didn't want to
be destroyed.
Lot pleaded with the angels to let them go to a city near by because he didn't want to escape to the mountains in fear that some evil would come to him and die.
The angels agreed and told them to hurry, and escape there. The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered the city of Zoar.
Lot pleaded with the angels to let them go to a city near by because he didn't want to escape to the mountains in fear that some evil would come to him and die.
The angels agreed and told them to hurry, and escape there. The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered the city of Zoar.
God sent fire and brimestone from
heaven to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
Then the LORD rained brimstone
and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah,
from the
LORD out of the heavens. and completely destroyed them.
Lot's wife did not obey the angels and
looked back and turned to a pillar of salt.
But Lot's
wife looked back behind, and she
became a pillar of
salt. Abraham went early in the morning and he looked
toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and saw the smoke of the land which
went up like the smoke of a furnace.
CONCLUSION:
God
made an
agreement (covenant) with Abraham. He promised he would be the father of many nations, Abraham and his descendants would have all the land
of Canaan, and Sarah would be a mother of nations through which the promised Savior, Jesus would come.
Three visitors came to Abraham and told him that his wife would have a
child. The three visitors were angels who also warned Abraham
that he was going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because
they were so sinful or wicked. The angels went to the city of
Sodom and warned Lot to leave the city because it was going to be
destroyed. They were told to run and not look back. But
Lot's wife didn't obey and took a look back as she was running and she
was turned to a pillar of salt.
When we don't obey God, there are consequences (a
result and
effect). Lot's wife paid the consequences (results) of not
obeying God.
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