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Abraham, Lot & Sodom, A Complicated Story | Genesis 18:22-33 Part 2
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Feb 20, 2025
Check out Part 1 click link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbwBT-eJoSo The Lord had already told Abraham that he was going to bless him and that the rest of the world would be blessed through him. It's safe to say that Abraham felt highly honored knowing that God would keep the promise that He had made to him. Later on, the Lord posed a question that I believe was meant to test Abraham’s heart for several reasons that we’ll be digging for today as we look at his intercessory prayer in the 18th chapter of the book of Genesis. Visit https://tayibs.com/ to learn more
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welcome back I'm assuming that you've
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been following the this passage or this
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lecture from part one and we are at part
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two now so we left off our second Peter
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2 verse 6 attained so and I read the
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entire verse let me read it again second
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Peter 2 verse 6 to 10 if I turn in the
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cities of sodom and gomorrah to Assisi
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condemned them to extinction making them
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an example of what is going to happen to
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the ungodly and if he rescued righteous
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lot greatly distressed but essential
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conduct of the wicked for us that
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righteous man lived among them day after
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day he was tormenting his righteous soul
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over their lawless deeds that he saw and
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heard if that can happen then the Lord
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knows how to rescue the godly from
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trials and he's also able to keep them
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the unrighteous on the punishment until
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the day of judgment and especially those
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who indulge in the loss of the defiling
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passion and despised Authority and bold
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and willful did not tremble as they
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blaspheme the glorious ones so let's go
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back to the slide so now you can
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understand what was going on in
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Abraham's mind when he was interceding
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for the entire city of Sodom because he
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also had a lot in mind so and then what
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does that say about Abraham's concern
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now everyone was worried there were lots
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because he knew he was unwilling to
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leave sorrow and he also shows us a lot
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about why Abram interceded for the
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entire city now Abraham one thing that
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Abraham forgot is he underestimated
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God's power to say you see this is think
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like God knows us to say if he's
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righteous one now Abraham was not able
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to drag a lot out of Sodom but God is
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able to do so because God is God and all
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things are possible with God
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that's what Jesus said Peter asked him
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if this rich man can not be saved who
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then can be saved and jesus answered
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with God all things are possible see
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then
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it is impossible with God all things are
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possible see Abraham was Lords uncle
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and Abram was not able to save lot out
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of sorrow so he never arms mine he was
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probably thinking if I couldn't get a
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lot to leave Sodom no one came but Abram
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was about to learn another attribute of
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God he's saving power here's the thing
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what we can't do
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God can do see that's the thing
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so Abraham wasn't able to convince a lot
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to leave Sodom but God had the power to
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say but let us read about the rescue of
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riding the passage below we're gonna
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read in Genesis 19 and verse 15 I'm just
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gonna read verse 15 now at that moment
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at that point what's happening Jesus and
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- and just go to Sodom he sends two
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angels to Sodom and then an angel stay a
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lot in the morning this city is gonna be
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destroyed you need to leave now here's
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what happened a lot knew that he had to
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leave Sodom but here's why he does he's
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recorded in verse 15
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as morning dawned the angels urged not
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saying up take your wife and your two
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daughters who are here lest you be swept
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away in the punishment of this city but
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he lingered he lingered so the main
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seized him and his wife and his two
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daughters by the hand the Lord been
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merciful to him and they brought him out
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and set him outside the city did you
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hear that this is the most important
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verse recorded in that chapter a lot
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knew the impending wrath that was coming
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he knew that the RAF was coming he knew
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they were gonna destroy the city but
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what did he do he lingered he did not
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want to leave - chose Maine's total
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depravity we know God's consequences we
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know the wrath of God but we enjoy sin
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so much that we are unable to save
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ourselves and what happened the main
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seized him and his wife and his two
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daughters by the hand the Lord be
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merciful you see
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he had to be dragged out of Sodom why
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because of God's merciful Ness God was
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merciful to him and it seized him by the
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hand and dragged him out of there you
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see that that's God's love being showed
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right there God is showing his love by
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being merciful in seizing Lord and his
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two daughters by their hand and their
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wife and dragging him out of that city
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now Abraham had a dilemma in his hand
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the first time he was able to rescue
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lots out of main st. but this time how
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could you rescue a lot out of God's own
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hands now this passage like I say is
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about salvation God's salvation that is
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totally dependent on God's sovereign
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choice in our prayers
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now Abraham's in the session was in line
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with the purpose of God because he was
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praying for the city and for lot and God
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knew he was going to save lots and lot
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did not want to leave the place so a lot
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couldn't brag about what I I survived
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because I sigh you know I listen to the
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voice of God now he did not want to
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leave that's what scripture says he
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lingered so our salvation is not because
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we are so good that we want to be saved
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because honestly we all love sin my
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nature
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we hate God and we hate good things we
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think we know what is good and that's
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what a lot did he thought Sodom was good
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for him he went there I lived there I
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was calm for who he was making money but
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he was tormenting his sword day after
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day and soon enough he was so caught up
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that he couldn't even tell good from bad
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anymore you see what happened and then
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he did not want to leave and God in His
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mercy had to drag him out of there thus
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showing us that salvation is a total
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work of God it feels up to us we will
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perish like the rest of world but God so
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loved the world that He gave His only
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begotten Son that whoever believes in
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Him shall not perish will have eternal
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life through Jesus himself so God is the
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one that there is the save him from the
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beginning to the end we have no part in
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this process all we say is thank you
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Lord for choosing us this is why is
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God's sovereign choice is now up to us
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is up to God who saved I hope this makes
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sense to you alright then I hope you
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take some time to read this passage as
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well you
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wonderful day and see you next time
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thank you
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