A Little About Lot

Reading in my daily devotions from Genesis 19, I made a few observations about Lot. 

• Lot was a "saved" man.  2 Peter 2:7, "And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:"

  
  

• Though Lot apparently held a position of great authority in Sodom, he obviously did not have any godly influence. Genesis 19:1, "And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;"

  
  

• The approval of the world was more important to Lot than the well being of his family.  Genesis 19:8, "Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."

• Lot's testimony was a joke. Genesis 19:14, "And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law."

  
  

• God could not pour out His wrath on Sodom until Lot had escaped. Genesis 19:22, "Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar."

  
  

• Abraham loved Lot and was extremely concerned for his well being. Genesis 19:27, "And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:" Abraham had prayed fervently for Lot and here he is up early to see what happens to his nephew.

• Apparently Lot got his wife from among the ungodly folks in Sodom , which explains her look back, which cost her her life. Genesis 19:26, "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."

• Lot was spared, in part, because of the earnest prayers of Abraham. Genesis 19:29, "And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt."

• Though saved, Lot was an unhappy man with a soul that was sorely "vexed."  He was obviously under the chastening hand of God. 2 Peter 2:8, "(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)" We would never know that Lot was saved if we were not told in 2 Peter.  Nothing about his lifestyle indicated that he was one of God's people. 

Let's be "out & out" Christians this year.  Our society and nation is deteriorating morally and spiritually at an alarming rate.  Now, more than ever, our communities need Christians who have a bold witness for the Gospel and unashamedly live by Biblical principles for the Glory of God.