Genesis 19:30-33 - Throwing it all away
Scripture:
Genesis 19:30-33
30 Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his
two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and
he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old,
and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the
manner of the earth.
32 "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with
him that we may preserve our family through our father."
33 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the
firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know
when she lay down or when she arose.
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Thoughts:
Lot's foolish decision to unite himself with Sodom (Genesis
14:11-12) has now cost him everything:
- His home and possessions were destroyed with the city
Genesis 19:24-25
24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and
fire from the Lord out of heaven, 25 and He overthrew those
cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the
cities, and what grew on the ground.
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- His wife perished
Genesis 19:26
26 But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became
a pillar of salt.
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- His children became as the immoral of Sodom as they
committed this sinful act (verses 31-32)
- His dignity (verses 30 and 33)
- And now, through the heinous sin of his daughters, he has
birthed 2 of Israel's enemy nations:
Genesis 19:37-38
37 The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is
the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 As for the younger,
she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the
father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
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I imagine Lot thought he could live in Sodom with no
repercussions. Like we are also tempted, he may have thought a
little compromise would harm no one. We are told that he knew
it was a sinful place he lived in, yet he stayed for reasons we
do not know:
2 Peter 2:7-8
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)
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But instead of harming no one, it cost him and the ones he loved
everything. Oh the hidden and often times lurking cost of sin.
We must not be deceived, there is always a cost to be paid for
willful sin in our lives.
Prayer:
Lord, reveal any sin I'm permitting in my life, that I might
turn from it with Your strength. I don't want evil things in my
life, and I don't want to harm the ones I love (or anyone else).
Amen