Devotion 19
DEVOTION 19: “God’s Mercy Extended to Lot” coming out of Gen. 19
When we walk out of line with the Word of God, we are out of the Will of God, and our way becomes displeasing to God.
The Word of God, Will of God, and the Way of God are one!
Lot obviously was circumcised as one of the household of Abraham because the Word calls him righteous.
2 Peter 2:6-8 “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; [7] And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: [8] (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”
Lot dwelled out of the Will of God, and had to be delivered out so that God could destroy the wicked city.
The actions of Lot, his wife, and daughters were contrary to the Way of God because they had not lined up their life to the Word of God, hence found themselves out of the Will of God.
Yet, by His Mercy and His Mercy alone, God delivers yet.
Let’s read:
Genesis 19:1-2 “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; [2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.”
Lot was living in this city and not realizing how displeasing their actions were to God. The angels saw one thing (in line with the Word) but Lot saw another. The angels saw a time to leave in haste but Lot saw a time to make cakes and eat. This is because Lot was out of line with the Word of God.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:3-8 “And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. [4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: [5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. [6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, [7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. [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 living outside the Word of God thought the solution to wickedness is appeasement at the expense of his daughters.
We are as fools (the unsaved) the longer we live outside the Word, Will, and Way of God.
Lot’s decision is no different from the unsaved because he was a saved man living outside the Word of God.
Whether we believers in Christ or unbelievers, living out of line with the Word of God places us under judgement.
It’s by the Mercies of God that the Believer is rescued from judgement. The Believer must know they don’t have to live and suffer out of line with the Word of God. All Lot had to do was line himself up with the Word and would have escaped all the problems he brought to himself and his family.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:9-10 “And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. [10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.”
Lot is going one direction, and the angels a different direction. One is out of line with the Word of God. This is the fight of the flesh against the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16-17 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
We walk in the Holy Spirit by walking in line with the Word of God for it’s the Holy Spirit that reveals the Word. They are One.
Everything done in the flesh displeases God.
Romans 8:8 “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:11-15 “And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. [12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: [13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. [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. [15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
The Holy Spirit is tugging on our hearts today, if we do not completely submit to the Holy Spirit Baptism, and resist that Coat Of Many Colors (the Holy Spirit), we may be consumed with the iniquity of the world.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:16 “And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.”
It’s only be the mercies of God that we are not consumed even in our stiff-necked conditions.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:17-18 “And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. [18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:”
That’s exactly the life of the Carnal Christian. The Word of the Lord is one thing but Lot is saying another. Lot cannot comprehend spiritual things all these many years, and so are some of us.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:19-26 “Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: [20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. [21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. [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. [23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. [24] Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; [25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. [26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
The unbelieving wife looked back. The wages of unbelief (sin) like in Eve or the 10 spies in the wilderness is death.
We conclude our reading:
Genesis 19:27-38 “And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : [28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. [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. [30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. [31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: [32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. [37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”
Unbelief (sin) begets more unbelief (sin).
The legacy of Lot is Moab and Ammon.
Let the Word of God keep you in the Will and Way of God. Believe and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. His Word, Will, and Way are one, in Christ!
When we walk out of line with the Word of God, we are out of the Will of God, and our way becomes displeasing to God.
The Word of God, Will of God, and the Way of God are one!
Lot obviously was circumcised as one of the household of Abraham because the Word calls him righteous.
2 Peter 2:6-8 “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; [7] And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: [8] (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”
Lot dwelled out of the Will of God, and had to be delivered out so that God could destroy the wicked city.
The actions of Lot, his wife, and daughters were contrary to the Way of God because they had not lined up their life to the Word of God, hence found themselves out of the Will of God.
Yet, by His Mercy and His Mercy alone, God delivers yet.
Let’s read:
Genesis 19:1-2 “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; [2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.”
Lot was living in this city and not realizing how displeasing their actions were to God. The angels saw one thing (in line with the Word) but Lot saw another. The angels saw a time to leave in haste but Lot saw a time to make cakes and eat. This is because Lot was out of line with the Word of God.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:3-8 “And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. [4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: [5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. [6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, [7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. [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 living outside the Word of God thought the solution to wickedness is appeasement at the expense of his daughters.
We are as fools (the unsaved) the longer we live outside the Word, Will, and Way of God.
Lot’s decision is no different from the unsaved because he was a saved man living outside the Word of God.
Whether we believers in Christ or unbelievers, living out of line with the Word of God places us under judgement.
It’s by the Mercies of God that the Believer is rescued from judgement. The Believer must know they don’t have to live and suffer out of line with the Word of God. All Lot had to do was line himself up with the Word and would have escaped all the problems he brought to himself and his family.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:9-10 “And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. [10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.”
Lot is going one direction, and the angels a different direction. One is out of line with the Word of God. This is the fight of the flesh against the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16-17 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
We walk in the Holy Spirit by walking in line with the Word of God for it’s the Holy Spirit that reveals the Word. They are One.
Everything done in the flesh displeases God.
Romans 8:8 “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.”
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:11-15 “And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. [12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: [13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. [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. [15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
The Holy Spirit is tugging on our hearts today, if we do not completely submit to the Holy Spirit Baptism, and resist that Coat Of Many Colors (the Holy Spirit), we may be consumed with the iniquity of the world.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:16 “And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.”
It’s only be the mercies of God that we are not consumed even in our stiff-necked conditions.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:17-18 “And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. [18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:”
That’s exactly the life of the Carnal Christian. The Word of the Lord is one thing but Lot is saying another. Lot cannot comprehend spiritual things all these many years, and so are some of us.
We continue our reading:
Genesis 19:19-26 “Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: [20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. [21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. [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. [23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. [24] Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; [25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. [26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
The unbelieving wife looked back. The wages of unbelief (sin) like in Eve or the 10 spies in the wilderness is death.
We conclude our reading:
Genesis 19:27-38 “And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : [28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. [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. [30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. [31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: [32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. [37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”
Unbelief (sin) begets more unbelief (sin).
The legacy of Lot is Moab and Ammon.
Let the Word of God keep you in the Will and Way of God. Believe and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. His Word, Will, and Way are one, in Christ!
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