Gênesis 19

Gênesis 19

Phillips - Exploring Genesis (borrow) A. The Unholy Morality of Sodom (Ge 19:1–11) 1. A Prevalent Thing (Ge 19:1–3) 2. A Polluted Thing (Ge 19:4–5) 3. A Persistent Thing (Ge 19:6–9a) 4. A Pugnacious Thing (Ge 19:9b) 5. A Punishable Thing (Ge 19:10–11) B. The Unholy Mentality of Sodom (Ge 19:12–38) 1. Lot’s Faith Corroded (Ge 19:12–26) a. Lot’s Worthless Witness (Ge 19:12–14) b. Lot’s Weak Will (Ge 19:15–23) i. His Reluctance to Start (Ge 19:15–17) ii. His Readiness to Stop (Ge 19:18–23) 3. Lot’s Wayward Wife (Ge 19:24–26) 2. Lot’s Family Corrupted (Ge 19:27–38) a. What He Might Have Become (Ge 19:27–29) b. What He Had Become (Ge 19:30–38) i. Sodom’s Unbelieving Perspective (Ge 19:30–32) ii. Sodom’s Unblushing Practices (Ge 19:33–36) iii. Sodom’s Unblessed Progeny (Ge 19:37–38) Paul Apple titles Genesis 19 - BE IN THE WORLD . . . BUT DON’T LET THE WORLD BE IN YOU BIG IDEA: BOTH COMPROMISE WITH MORAL DEPRAVITY AND DIVINE JUDGMENT PUT WORLDLY BELIEVERS AT RISK Genesis 19:1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. the two angels Ge 18:1-3,22 rose: Ge 18:1-5 Job 31:32 Heb 13:2 bowed: Ge 18:2 Genesis 19 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries Related Passages: 2 Peter 2:4-7 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men 8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, LOT FALLS PROSTRATE BEFORE THE ANGELS If you doubt the doctrine of the total depravity of mankind, then you have not read Genesis 19 or you read it and simply refused to believe it. It presents a graphic picture of how low unregenerate men living in disobedience to the will of God can stoop in their conduct. John Phillips has a frightening word of warning that "if God does not punish America and the world, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." Woe! (Exploring Genesis - page 158) Jesus' made a similar statement in his warning to cities where He was known “Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city." (Mt 10:15+) Could His warning apply to America, the world today? However, recall Ge 18:32 when Abraham said “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.” America clearly has more than 10 righteous people. Just wondering. Now the two angels (malak) - This surely refers to those mentioned in the preceding chapter, who were called "men." (Ge 18:2+) Sailhamer (page 170) makes the point that "The definite article on the word "angels" (hammal'akim or "messengers") suggests that the two men have already been identified and thus must have been the men (ha'anashim) who visited Abraham in the previous chapter (Ge 18:3). So from Ge 18:22+ it seems that these two angels were sent to Sodom, while the third Man, Who was the Lord or Jehovah, remained with Abraham while he interceded for the righteous inhabitants of the cities. Moses identifies them as two angels, but we are not certain that Lot had yet discovered their supernatural nature. The fact that he bows might suggest he saw something about them that spoke of authority. Worldliness is not a matter of physical geography but of heart attitude. -- Warren Wiersbe Came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate (see gates) of Sodom (Sedom) - This chapter appears to be a continuation of Genesis 18, for there the three men met Abraham in the heat of the day (Ge 18:1-2+), but now it is in the evening. While Abraham was in his tent, Lot is at the city gate which in ancient times was where official business was conducted (Ru 4:1ff), suggesting he was either conducting business here and/or that he had attained some degree of authority (See 2Sa 19:8; Jer 26:10; Jer 38:7; Jer 39:3). Note again the contrast between Abraham and Lot -- Abraham was "an alien in the land" (Heb 11:9+), while Lot had settled down in Sodom (the world) (See Table below). Abraham had set his mind "on the things above, not on the things that are on earth," which is where Lot was focused (Col 3:2+) THOUGHT - How would you describe your mindset dear follower of Christ? Is your mind set on the things above or on the things of this world? Are you focused on the eternal or the temporal? Is your vision vertical or horizontal? (See Vertical Vision) ABRAHAM LOT Alien Citizen Tent House Heavenly minded Earthly minded Witness: Abundant Influence global & eternal Witness: Almost None No Spiritual Influence Ran to meet visitors Did not run to meet visitors Recognized the supernatural nature of the visitors Did not recognize the men as angels (? spiritual dullness) Visitors accepted offer of hospitality immediately Visitors did not accept offer of hospitality immediately Offer his son to God as a sacrifice Offered his daughters to Sodomites to satisfy their sensual appetites God's message in Ge 18 was joyful - God would give them a son God's message to Lot was frightening - God would bring judgment Visitors declare future blessing Visitors declare of impending doom Genesis chronicles the downward spiral of Lot's spiritual life - (1) Ge 13:12+ Lot walked by sight not faith (2Co 5:7) and “moved his tents as far as Sodom” and then (2) we see him “living in Sodom” (Ge 14:12+) and finally (3) Lot was “sitting in the gate of Sodom!" I would add one other step, that Sodom had moved into Lot, so to speak. Warren