Will the Righteous Not be Saved? (Genesis 18)
"Abraham came near and said, 'Will You indeed sweep away the righteous wit the wicked?' " - Gen 18:23
The Lord is a merciful God! I see His mercy is very evident in this passage. The Lord and two angels came to Abraham. The Lord again tells Abraham that Sarah will have a child and with all the times God had told Abraham, you would think Abraham would have believed by now? But in this passage we see the unbelief of Sarah, as she indeed laughs at the idea. It clearly shows hat they still did not believe, but yet the Lord did not punish her for laughing.
The Lord responses with a wonderful question, "Is anything too difficult for the Lord?" (vs. 14). We need to ask this question of ourselves when we question God's Power. The answer is of course, nothing. In all things God will have His way in our lives. We need to put our trust in Him.
In the second part of this chapter we see God is clearly looking at Sodom and sees the wickedness of their city. Abraham also knew of their wickedness and knew what God is thinking. Abraham was of course worried about his nephew, Lot and family. Abraham then questions God about the idea of destroying a city with righteous men. In verses 24-32, Abraham is queationing God. What is interesting is that Abraham does not actually tell God to save Lot, but instead asks about the righteous. We can see Abraham is thinking about Lot, but does not want to say that Lot is righteous. We also see that God will have mercy on the righteous. It's wonderful to see that mercy of the Lord.
Verse of the day: "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." - Romans 12:2
For your reading:
The Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 20-21 and James 5
Daily Bread: Colossians 2:6-7; 3:12-17
The Lord is a merciful God! I see His mercy is very evident in this passage. The Lord and two angels came to Abraham. The Lord again tells Abraham that Sarah will have a child and with all the times God had told Abraham, you would think Abraham would have believed by now? But in this passage we see the unbelief of Sarah, as she indeed laughs at the idea. It clearly shows hat they still did not believe, but yet the Lord did not punish her for laughing.
The Lord responses with a wonderful question, "Is anything too difficult for the Lord?" (vs. 14). We need to ask this question of ourselves when we question God's Power. The answer is of course, nothing. In all things God will have His way in our lives. We need to put our trust in Him.
In the second part of this chapter we see God is clearly looking at Sodom and sees the wickedness of their city. Abraham also knew of their wickedness and knew what God is thinking. Abraham was of course worried about his nephew, Lot and family. Abraham then questions God about the idea of destroying a city with righteous men. In verses 24-32, Abraham is queationing God. What is interesting is that Abraham does not actually tell God to save Lot, but instead asks about the righteous. We can see Abraham is thinking about Lot, but does not want to say that Lot is righteous. We also see that God will have mercy on the righteous. It's wonderful to see that mercy of the Lord.
Verse of the day: "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." - Romans 12:2
For your reading:
The Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 20-21 and James 5
Daily Bread: Colossians 2:6-7; 3:12-17
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