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Abraham, Lot & Sodom, A Complicated Story | Genesis 18:22-33 Part 1
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Feb 20, 2025
Check out Part 2 click link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmUS_zxUF3A 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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good morning guys are you starving we're
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gonna be looking at a certain portion of
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the book of Genesis and he has to do
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with Abraham Sodom and lot and the title
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of good morning studies are Abraham
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Sodom and Locke a complicated story so
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before we get into it I want to give you
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a quick introduction and then we're
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gonna get into it now I might have to
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break this up into two parts because the
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software that I'm using money allows me
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to record 15 minutes so I might have to
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split this into two I don't want to rush
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through it I just want to take my time
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to go into the details so we get the
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point of Terror but the passage now
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again before I do these studies one of
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the things that I want to mention is
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it's important to always remember that
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God is the one that created the Word of
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God because he is the author of the Word
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of God so to interpret the Bible one has
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to be involved with the Holy Spirit
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which means you don't just grab it and
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put him into it as you want he has to be
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given to you by the Holy Spirit so it is
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a process of Revelation it takes time to
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to ask God to open our mind so we can
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understand it so I will invite you to do
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that with every passage that you'd read
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in Scripture take your time to ask God
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to show you exactly what that means
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and the Bible is a collection of
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different books and they are cohesive
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they work together to accomplish one
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purposes the glory of God in His Son
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Jesus Christ
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so less less now get into the the story
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now I'd like the introduction says the
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Lord had already told um Abraham that he
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was going to bless him and at the rest
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of the world will be blessed through him
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so one would think that Abraham feel
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highly honored knowing that God will
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keep his promise that he had made on
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right and the Lord posed a question that
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I believe was meant to test Abraham's
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heart for several reasons that we'll be
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digging for today as we look into his
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intercessory prayer in the 18th chapter
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of the book of Genesis now see read
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Genesis 18 22 to 33 and we're gonna do
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that right now so less let me wait out
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here
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following my screen please now and the
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title is Abraham and the seeds for Sodom
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now this is in the English standard
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version so the main turned from the Dare
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and went toward Sodom what Abraham still
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stood before the Lord then Abraham drew
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near and said will you indeed sweep away
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the righteous with the wicked suppose
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there are 50 righteous within the city
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will you then sweep away the place and
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or spare it for the sake of the 50
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righteous were in it and everyone goes
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on to say far be it from you to do such
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a thing to put the righteous to death
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with a wicked so that the righteous fair
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as the wicked far without from you shall
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not the judge of all the earth do what
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is just and the Lord said if I find out
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Sodom 50 righteous in his City I will
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spare the whole place for their sake
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Abraham answered and said behold I have
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undertaken to speak to the Lord I worm
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but dust and ashes suppose five for
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those 50 righteous are lacking will be
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destroyed the whole city for lack of
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five and he said I would not destroy it
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if I find forty five people in there
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again he spoke to him and said suppose
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40 I found there and he answered for the
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sake of 40 I will not do it then he said
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oh let not the Lord be angry and I will
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speak suppose 30 I found there and he
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answered I would not do it if I find 30
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there and he said Behold I've undertaken
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to speak to the Lord
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suppose 20 I found there he answered for
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the sake of 20 I will not destroy it
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then he said oh let not the Lord be
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angry and I will speak again but this
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once
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suppose 10 I found there he answered for
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the sake of 10 I will not destroy it and
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the Lord went his way when he had
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finished speaking to Abraham and Abraham
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returned to his place so we just read
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that portion and we will go into the
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next slide there so Abraham's response
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to the Lord
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number one I say Abraham was already
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recipient he was already the recipient
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of the promise so what do you think that
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graph produced in him and I mentioned
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selfishness you could have easily taken
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the route of Jonah who ran away from the
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Lord because he knew how compassionate
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God was and didn't want the people of
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Nineveh to be saved once they heard
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God's warnings and we would only read
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that passage now I don't know if you
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know the entire story about Jonah Jonah
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was sent by God to the people of Nineveh
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to warn them about the impending
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judgment of God and he runs away from
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God and God allows a whale to swallow
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them experiment spin one owner on the
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shore later on and then this prayer is
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recorded for us this exchange between
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Jonah and and God nah but he displeased
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Jonah exceedingly and he was angry and
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he prayed to the Lord and said Oh Lord
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it's not this what I said when I was yet
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in my country that is why I made haste
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to flee to Tarshish for a new that you
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are gracious you're a gracious in God
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and merciful slow to anger and abounding
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in steadfast love and relenting from
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disaster therefore now oh lord please
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take my life for me for it is better for
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me to die than to live and the Lord said
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do you do well to be angry basically
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Jonah is exceedingly mad because God
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relent from his anger and from his wrath
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and wants to save the people of Nineveh
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and I made Jonah exceedingly upset okay
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now keep that in mind and let's go back
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to this passage now Abraham knew the
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kind of people that the people of Sodom
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we're right but Abram response was a
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series of intercessory words intended to
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give the people an opportunity to repent
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and the question is why and to
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understand that we have to read in
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Genesis 14 verse 13 to 16 in verse 21
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where Abraham rescues not only lot but
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also some other people okay
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so let's read a 13 to 16 in Genesis on
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14 now then 1 so at this point lot is
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living in Sodom and Abraham finds out by
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man that people are China have abducted
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lot so he goes somebody comes and tell
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him hey look your nephew Lord has been
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abducted so what's gonna happen so
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Abraham says this let's pick it off from
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verse 13 then one word escape came and
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told Abraham the Hebrew who was living
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by the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite brought
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off each card and of an air these were
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allies of Abram when Abram heard that
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his kinsmen had been a taken captive he
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led forth his train been born in his
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house 318 of them and when in pursuit as
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far as staying and he divided his forces
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against them by night he and his
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servants and defeated them and pursued
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him to the Kaaba north of Damascus then
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he brought back all the possessions and
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also brought back his kinsman lot with
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possessions and the woman and the people
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he had a right so here as he not only
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lat but he also rescued brought by the
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possessions and the women and the people
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and in let's jump to verse 21 and the
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king of Sodom said to Abram give me the
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persons but take the goods for
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yourselves so that means Abraham rescued
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basically everybody all right so let's
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go back to the slide so Abraham's care
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for the lost people of Sodom now what
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could have been Abraham motivations for
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interceding for the city of Sodom the
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thing is this he had rescued him from
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the hand of telomere before which I just
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read to you so he knew what kind of
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people they were and his nephew lot also
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dwelled in Sodom
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so Abraham felt a sense of
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responsibility towards the people of
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Sodom he had already rescued him once
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and knew the top of sinners that he
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where so he didn't shy away from the
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fact that they were they did like
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terrible things in the Lord's eyes he
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didn't even want to accept anything from
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the hand of the king of Sodom so what
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does that tell you about his attitude
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towards sin okay love the sinner hate
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the sin so Abraham teaches us exactly
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what that phrase means since many people
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and many of us want to use it so loosely
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to justify the reason why we continue to
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do sinful things under the guise that we
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are trying to witness to the folks that
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we are we are hanging out with but what
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was Abraham's approach and we can read
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down in Genesis 14 verse 22 to 24
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Abraham said to the king of Sodom I have
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lifted my hand to the Lord God most high
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possessor of heaven and earth now I will
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not take a thread or a sandal strap or
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anything that is yours
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lest you should say I've made Abraham
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rich I will take nothing but what the
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young man have eaten and the share of
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them the man who went with me let
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bionaire ask all and mommy take that
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share so basically everyone is saying
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look look king of sodom I don't want
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anything from you I'm not gonna take
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anything from you so that's the kind of
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like Abraham was serious
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so Abraham basically totally agreed with
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the Lord assessment of the people of
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Sodom
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they were unrighteous and wicked and
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Abraham never denied that but the Lord
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was given his heart Abram leading him to
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hate what he hates with his sin yet not
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take pleasure in a death of the wicked
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rather to enter seed for them and we're
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gonna look at her in Genesis 18 25 okay
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let's go back to justice 1825 this into
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this far be it from you to do such a
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thing to put the righteous to death with
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a witness so that the righteous fair
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after wicked farm it out from you shall
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not the judge of all the earth do what
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is just so you could see how Abraham is
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reasoning right now he God is basically
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just transferring his heart to Abraham
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to see how God see things okay now
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here's the thing Lewis was Abraham
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really concerned about now why did the
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Lord ask whether he should tell Abraham
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ibadi the impending destruction of Sodom
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and Gomorrah and I think he was for the
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sake of readers like you and I why so
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that we could learn more about the
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character of Abraham he had the option
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to say the heck with the people of
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thought the sodomites yeah evil and he
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deserve to die
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but Abraham interceded for them in his
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in his profit the session led me to dig
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in into his heart now we need to
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remember that blood was also a resident
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of Sodom so abrahan his natural Lord in
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mind and his law for LA was a shepherd
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like law he knew lot was he knew not
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very well I was always doing everything
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he could to save rod from troubles that
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he brought on themselves we don't look
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at instances where Abraham showed a lot
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a lot of crystal to LA so let's go to
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Genesis 13 8 to 13 okay
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Genesis 13 8 to 13 let's look at that so
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then Abraham said to lot let there be no
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strife between you and I and between
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your husband and ma has made for we are
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kinsmen it's not the whole land before
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you separate yourself for me if you take
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the left hand there now go to the right
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or if you take the right hand then I'll
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go to the left and a lot lifted up his
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eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was
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well watered everywhere like the garden
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of the Lord like the land of Egypt in
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the direction of Zorah this was before
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the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah so
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Locke chose for himself all the Jordan
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Valley and lot journeyed East thus the
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separator from each other
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Abram settled in the land of Canaan
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Kenan why Lord settled among the cities
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of the valley and moved his tent as far
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as Sodom now the men of Sodom were
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wicked great sinners against the Lord
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and this is where Lord chooses to go now
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like I said in verse on Genesis 14 14 to
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16 Abram saves lot from Chad Alomar you
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know that right he he went in there
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whenever I'm heard that the king's men
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had been captive he left for his train
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man born in his house 318 and went in
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pursuit as far as 10 so he went there to
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save lot and the people of course but
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primarily he allotted my right so let's
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look into Abraham's prayer in Genesis 18
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22 to 33 which I just read to you now
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Abram knew Lords character he knew how
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stubborn what was like he had saved him
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once
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and guess what lot chooses to go back
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again to live in Sodom I mean he have
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just been rescued from Sodom
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you've just been rescued from a place
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where you know this is a wicked place I
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know what are the opportunity to leave
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but because of the destruction of money
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or material possessions and comfort he
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wouldn't leave so Abraham's prayer was
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geared toward protecting lot and
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consequently Sodom so Abram had already
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get arrested look some folks from
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Saddam's haned from the hand of Solomon
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but Peter gives us a picture of law that
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explains Abraham's concerned let's read
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our second Peter
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to verse six to ten so this is important
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second Peter 2 verse 6 to 10 and we
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might have to stop after that and go to
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I'm gonna have to separate this into two
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portions because my time is running out
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so we're gonna stop here I'd our verse
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Peter - Oh second Peter 2 verse 6 to 10
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I'm just gonna really real quick and
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then I'm even I stop and we're gonna
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pick up from the dumb part 2 here he's
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by turning the cities of Sodom and
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Gomorrah
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to ashes condemned them to extinction
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making them an example of what is going
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to happen to the ungodly and if you
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rescued righteous but greatly distressed
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by the sensual conduct of the wicked for
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us our righteous male lived among them
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day after day he was tormenting his
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righteous soul over their lawless deeds
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that he saw and heard then the Lord
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knows how to rescue the godly from
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trials and to keep their own righteous
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under punishment until the day of
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judgment and especially those who
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indulge in the last of defiling passion
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and despised Authority board and Wilfred
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they do not tremble
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after blaspheme the glorious ones so you
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see how God viewed lot right through the
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pen of Peter he tells us about lot so
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Doug is on a glimpse of why everyone was
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concerned because he knew what was gonna
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happen
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so let's stop here and we're gonna pick
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up on chapter on part 2 all right
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