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 turn to Genesis chapter 19, where we'll be doing our study from. Thank you.

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 It's lovely to be with you again as we turn to God's Word.

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 And I have to thank Johnny for leaving this chapter to me. That's very nice of you, Jonathan.

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 I'll use that name. I know your mother uses that when she's not pleased with you.

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 So thank you, Jonathan, for the opportunity to look at this this morning.

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 I just put the title on it, Righteous Lot, with a question mark.

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 The New Testament calls Lot righteous Lot.

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 And really, when we read the chapter in front of us, you really ask, really, righteous Lot.

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 And it's easy to sit in judgment on someone else, another believer in another time and another culture,

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 and how that culture infects them and their thinking and their behavior,

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 without at the same time realizing how much our culture pervades our lives and our thinking.

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 And even as we read this chapter, you might find yourself responding to it in ways

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 that reveal just how much our culture has infected us and our thinking and our responses to God's Word.

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 So let's be aware of that as we hear God's Word this morning and as we read it together.

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 It's the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 A very somber story.

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 But we trust at the same time that it is written for our instruction and for our good,

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 that we might learn more about who God is and we might put greater trust in his Son.

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 So let's read Genesis 19 together.

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 It follows on just after Abraham has prayed for the city of Sodom,

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 where God has revealed to him that the destruction is coming.

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 And then we read,

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 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening,

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 and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city.

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 When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

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 My lords, he said, please turn aside to your servant's house.

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 You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.

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 No, they answered, we will spend the night in the square.

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 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.

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 He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.

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 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom,

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 both young and old, surrounded the house.

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 They called to Lot,

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 Where are the men who came to you tonight?

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 Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.

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 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said,

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 No, my friends, don't do this wicked thing.

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 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man.

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 Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them.

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 But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.

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 Get out of our way, they replied.

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 This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge.

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 We'll treat you worse than them.

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 They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.

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 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness,

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 so that they could not find the door.

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 The two men said to Lot,

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 Do you have anyone else here, sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you?

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 Get them out of here, because we are going to destroy this place.

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 The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.

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 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters.

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 He said, Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city.

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 But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying,

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 Hurry, take your wife and your two daughters who are here,

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 or you will be swept away when the city is punished.

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 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters,

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 and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.

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 As soon as they brought them out, one of them said,

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 Flee for your lives, don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain.

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 Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away.

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 But Lot said to them,

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 No, my lords, please, your servant has found favour in your eyes,

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 and you have shown great kindness to me in spurring my life.

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 But I can't flee to the mountains.

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 This disaster will overtake me, and I'll die.

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 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small.

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 Let me flee to it.

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 It's very small, isn't it?

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 Then my life will be spared.

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 He said to him,

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 Very well, I will grant this request too.

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 I will not overthrow the town you speak of, but flee there quickly,

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 because I cannot do anything until you reach it.

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 This is why the town was called Zoar.

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 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

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 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah

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 from the Lord out of the heavens.

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 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain,

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 destroying all those living in the cities,

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 and also the vegetation in the land.

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 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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 Early the next morning, Abram got up and returned to the place

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 where he had stood before the Lord.

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 He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah,

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 toward all the land of the plain,

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 and he saw dense smoke rising from the land,

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 like smoke from a furnace.

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 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain,

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 he remembered Abraham,

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 and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe

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 that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

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 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar

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 and settled in the mountains,

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 for he was afraid to stay in Zoar.

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 He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

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 One day the older daughter said to the younger,

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 Our father is old,

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 and there is no man around here to give us children,

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 as is the custom all over the earth.

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 Let's get our father to drink wine,

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 and then sleep with him,

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 and preserve our family line through our father.

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 That night they got their father to drink wine,

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 and the older daughter went in and slept with him.

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 He was not aware of it when she lay down,

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 or when she got up.

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 The next day the older daughter said to the younger,

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 Last night I slept with my father.

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 Let's get him to drink wine again tonight,

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 and you go in and sleep with him,

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 so that we can preserve our family line through our father.

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 So they got their father to drink wine that night also,

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 and the younger daughter went in and slept with him.

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 Again, he was not aware of it when she lay down,

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 or when she got up.

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 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

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 The older daughter had a son,

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 and she named him Moab.

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 He is the father of the Moabites of today.

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 The younger daughter also had a son,

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 and she named him Ben-Ami.

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 He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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 Now we're going to end the reading there,

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 and somehow we're going to work our way through that together.

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 In recent years there's been much talk,

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 haven't there, about our carbon footprints,

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 the effects which the energy that we use

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 has upon the world in which we live.

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 And when you purchase certain products or services,

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 you can pay a little extra

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 to offset your carbon footprint,

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 and perhaps your ecological conscience.

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 There's little interest, however,

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 in what we might call our moral footprint,

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 the effects of the moral choices that we make in life.

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 But we need to make no mistake

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 that our moral choices have an effect upon those

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 who come after us.

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 The wickedness that we see in the city of Sodom

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 didn't just happen overnight.

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 It's the result of the moral footprint of previous generations

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 who've had a disregard of God's commands,

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 a disregard for human dignity,

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 and a selfish pursuit of personal pleasure.

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 What we see in Sodom is, first of all,

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 a complete disregard for God's commands,

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 and in particular in the area of sexuality.

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 Now, Sodom was obviously a place

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 that celebrated unrestrained sexual freedom.

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 Look at the crowd who gather outside Lot's house.

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 There described all the men

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 from every part of the city of Sodom,

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 both young and old.

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 There was no part of society

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 which was untouched by this unrestrained sexual freedom.

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 And many of these men that we read of here

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 had their own wives and children.

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 It's a picture of a society

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 that has completely thrown off the commands of God.

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 Now, we live in a part of the world

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 that other cultures in the world despise

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 for that very reason,

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 because of its immorality.

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 There are many people in the world

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 who reject Christianity

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 not because of our beliefs,

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 but because they associate Christianity

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 with the sexual immorality

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 of the Western world.

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 They look on at these so-called Christian countries

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 and are horrified

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 at the immorality that they see.

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 Now, if we're truly Christians,

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 we need to reject all expressions

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 of sexual immorality.

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 All expressions of sexual immorality.

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 Christians are often presented as people,

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 aren't we,

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 who are fixated with homosexuality

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 as though that were the only thing

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 that concerned us.

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 But the truth is

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 that we're also concerned

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 about a whole host of other

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 unrestrained sexual freedoms.

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 whether it's extramarital affairs

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 that people are celebrated for pursuing

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 and being brave enough to pursue,

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 whether it's rebounding polygamy

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 as a throuple,

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 or whether it's just simply accepting

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 that premarital sex

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 is the norm to be pursued.

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 As true Christians and followers of Jesus,

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 we need to see all of these

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 as a disregard of the commands of God

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 and call one another to live

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 by a different standard

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 from the world around us.

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 You see, sin is always,

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 above everything else,

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 a rebellion against the God

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 who made us for himself.

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 God's word teaches us

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 that the place for sexual relationships

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 is within the confines

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 of a lifelong marriage

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 between a man and a woman,

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 and when we choose to pursue

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 anything other than that,

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 we are rebelling against

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 the God who made us.

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 We're simply telling him

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 that we know better

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 and that we will pursue our desires

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 irrespective of his commands.

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 But the wickedness of Sodom

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 goes way beyond disregard

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 for God's laws

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 in the area of sexuality.

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 And rebellion against God

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 always results

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 in a lack of love and concern

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 for others.

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 And what we see in Sodom

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 is a complete disregard

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 for human dignity.

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 You see, the sin of Sodom

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 isn't only sexual sin,

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 it is violent sexual sin.

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 These men that gather

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 outside Lot's house

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 don't care about these men

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 that Lot has invited

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 into his house.

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 These men are simply

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 the objects of their lusts.

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 They will take these men

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 by force.

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 You see, a disregard

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 for God's laws

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 always results

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 in a disregard

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 for human dignity.

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 And we can see

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 the effects of this

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 even in Lot himself.

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 He treats his daughters,

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 his young daughters,

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 as objects

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 with which

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 he can barter,

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 offering them

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 to the men outside

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 if they will only

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 leave his guests alone.

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 You see, most sexual sins

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 are not only

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 a disregard

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 of God's law,

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 but a complete disregard

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 of human dignity.

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 Treating other people

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 as objects

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 to satisfy

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 our own desires.

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 Whether it's

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 prostitution,

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 pornography,

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 sexual abuse,

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 domestic abuse,

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 even what we conveniently

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 call casual sex,

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 all shows

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 a complete disregard

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 for human dignity.

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 Treating other people

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 as objects

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 to satisfy

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 our desires.

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 And the sad reality

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 that we have to face

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 is that that is where

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 all sin

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 leads.

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 a disregard

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 for God's commands

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 and a disregard

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 for human dignity

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 in the selfish

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 pursuit

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 of personal

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 pleasure.

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 The city of Sodom

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 reveals where

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 that pursuit

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.799
 ends up

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 with such wickedness

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.799
 that God

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:50.000
 must bring

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.779
 judgment

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:52.360
 on this

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 city.

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 And what is true

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 of the city of Sodom

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 is true of

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 each one of us

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 as individual

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 people.

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 We can't

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 disregard

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 the commands

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 of God

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 and we can't

00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:07.059
 disregard

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:08.259
 human dignity

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 in the pursuit

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.799
 of our own

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 pleasure

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:12.179
 and expect

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 that we will

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 escape

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 the judgment

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 of God.

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 Because God

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:20.019
 is a holy

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 and just

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 God

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 who must

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 bring

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 judgment

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 on human

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 sin.

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 now when

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 Jesus was

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 on earth

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 he warned

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 of a

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 greater

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 sin

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.180
 than that

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 of Sodom.

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 As he

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 sent his

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 disciples out

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 into towns

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 and villages

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 declaring

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 the arrival

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 of the

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 kingdom

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 of God

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 he warned

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 them

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 that while

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 some places

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.740
 would welcome

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 them

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 in other

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 places

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 they would

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 be rejected.

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 And Jesus

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 said of those

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 towns

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 I tell you

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 the truth

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 it will be

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 more bearable

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 on that

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 day

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 that is

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 the day

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 of God's

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 judgment

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 for Sodom

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 than for

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 that town.

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 What could

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 be an even

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.800
 greater sin

00:16:05.800 --> 00:16:06.259
 than that

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.300
 of Sodom?

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 A greater

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 sin than

00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:10.060
 the selfish

00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:10.620
 pursuit

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.639
 of personal

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.100
 pleasure

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.800
 without any

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 regard

00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.920
 for the

00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:14.340
 commands

00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:14.960
 of God

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 or for

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:15.920
 human

00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.379
 dignity?

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 Well it

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.460
 is the

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.040
 rejection

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:20.579
 of God's

00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:20.879
 Son

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.799
 Jesus

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 it's the

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.679
 rejection

00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:24.059
 of the

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 one who

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.039
 came to

00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:26.099
 rescue us

00:16:26.099 --> 00:16:27.019
 from the

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.480
 selfish

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.120
 pursuit

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.039
 of our

00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.439
 pleasure

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.639
 it's the

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 rejection

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.559
 of the

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 one who

00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.419
 came to

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.299
 restore us

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.879
 in the

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 image of

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 God

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.399
 so that

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:35.719
 we might

00:16:35.719 --> 00:16:36.439
 once again

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.459
 love God

00:16:37.459 --> 00:16:38.039
 and love

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 other people

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 as we were

00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.679
 intended to

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.139
 from the

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.799
 very beginning

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.279
 that is

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.860
 the greater

00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.579
 sin than

00:16:44.579 --> 00:16:45.079
 the sin

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:46.120
 of Sodom

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:48.220
 and you

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.860
 can be a

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:50.240
 very moral

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.100
 person

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:52.360
 who is

00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:53.399
 disturbed by

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.919
 the sin

00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.259
 that you

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.720
 see in

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.220
 the world

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.220
 all around

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.639
 you

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.200
 but if you

00:16:59.200 --> 00:16:59.759
 are not

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.759
 disturbed by

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.379
 the sin

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.840
 of your

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 own heart

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.279
 so that

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.740
 you see

00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.519
 your own

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.079
 need of

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.460
 Jesus

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.839
 Jesus

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.539
 warns you

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.859
 that it

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.200
 will be

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.380
 more bearable

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.980
 for Sodom

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.440
 than for

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.980
 you

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:16.480
 on that

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.819
 day of

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.140
 God's

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.460
 judgment

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:21.660
 as God's

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.000
 judgment

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.759
 is announced

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:24.059
 and the

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.559
 destruction

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.220
 of Sodom

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:26.039
 foretold

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:27.240
 we see a

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.599
 number of

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:27.880
 different

00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.700
 responses in

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.180
 the chapter

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.720
 don't we

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.240
 there are

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.200
 those who

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.480
 simply laugh

00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.240
 at the

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.640
 coming

00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.180
 judgment

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.380
 those who

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.900
 cling to

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.160
 what will

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.860
 be destroyed

00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:38.319
 and those

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.599
 who are

00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.079
 rescued

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:40.039
 by God's

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.480
 mercy

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.299
 first this

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.059
 response of

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.440
 Lot's

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.079
 son-in-laws

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.679
 who simply

00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.199
 think it's

00:17:45.199 --> 00:17:46.179
 all a

00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:46.500
 joke

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:48.220
 they don't

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.759
 take Lot's

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.059
 warning

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.779
 seriously

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:51.439
 they're very

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.139
 much a part

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.720
 of the city

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.299
 of Sodom

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.879
 and they

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.259
 are going

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.759
 to share

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.399
 Sodom's

00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:55.720
 fate

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.740
 doesn't the

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.539
 apostle Peter

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.279
 warn of

00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.899
 those who

00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.379
 will simply

00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:01.119
 laugh at

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.740
 any talk

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.259
 of coming

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.079
 judgment

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.579
 in 2

00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.299
 Peter 3

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.960
 he says

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.399
 you must

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.279
 understand

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.559
 that in

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.039
 the last

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.339
 days

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:08.980
 scoffers

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.519
 will come

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.579
 scoffing

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.259
 following their

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.039
 own desires

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:13.099
 they will

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.379
 say

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.059
 where is

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.379
 this

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.019
 coming

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.039
 he promised

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.700
 ever since

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.259
 our fathers

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.500
 died

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.000
 everything

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.720
 goes on

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:19.980
 as it

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.339
 has

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.200
 since the

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.579
 beginning

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.619
 of creation

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:25.619
 any talk

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.079
 of coming

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.579
 judgment

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:28.159
 is simply

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.740
 something to

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.819
 be laughed

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.220
 at

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:32.159
 and ridiculed

00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:34.599
 but Peter

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.339
 warns then

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.700
 that people

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.259
 have to

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.639
 forget

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.079
 God's

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.440
 judgments

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:37.960
 in the

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.799
 past

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.980
 you have

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.740
 to ignore

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.779
 the flood

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.019
 in the

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.440
 time of

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.700
 Noah

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.100
 you have

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.759
 to ignore

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.759
 the destruction

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.100
 of the

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:45.559
 city of

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.019
 Sodom

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.200
 and there

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.779
 will always

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.340
 be those

00:18:48.340 --> 00:18:48.980
 who laugh

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.480
 at coming

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.019
 judgment

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.759
 and keep

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.140
 following

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.600
 their own

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.640
 evil desires

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:55.620
 and sadly

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.180
 that was the

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.960
 response of

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.500
 Lot's

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.539
 sons-in-law

00:18:58.539 --> 00:19:00.100
 and they

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.779
 would face

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.820
 the fate

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:03.279
 of Sodom

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.960
 but there

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.279
 are also

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.819
 those in

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.420
 this story

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.139
 who cling

00:19:08.139 --> 00:19:09.000
 to what

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.660
 will be

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.660
 destroyed

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:12.639
 did you notice

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.259
 Lot and

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.920
 his wife

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.319
 and his

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.899
 children

00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.960
 they're

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.379
 literally

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.420
 dragged

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.980
 out of

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.579
 the city

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.740
 by these

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.420
 angels sent

00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.879
 to rescue

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.160
 them

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.039
 they

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.819
 hesitate

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.500
 and once

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.960
 they're out

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.519
 of the city

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.099
 the angels

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.660
 warn them

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.160
 to flee

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.619
 to the

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.019
 mountains

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.399
 and not

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.000
 look back

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:30.160
 but Lot

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.700
 is still

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.220
 reluctant

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.960
 to go

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.360
 he sees

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.759
 another

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.360
 nearby

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.240
 town

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.759
 and asks

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.000
 if he

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.319
 can go

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.740
 there

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.420
 instead

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:40.160
 he finds

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.539
 it so

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:40.980
 hard

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.420
 to pull

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.819
 himself

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.360
 away

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:43.079
 from the

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.319
 city

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.960
 of Sodom

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.900
 it's for

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.460
 this reason

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.960
 that Derek

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.340
 Kidner

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.319
 calls Lot

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.500
 the righteous

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.160
 man

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.140
 without

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.160
 the pilgrim

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.059
 spirit

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:55.220
 yes Lot

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.799
 had a real

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.140
 and living

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.700
 faith in

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.019
 the one

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.720
 true God

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.819
 yes Lot

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.620
 was disturbed

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.420
 by all the

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:00.900
 sin that went

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.400
 on around

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:01.779
 him

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:03.119
 and yet

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.440
 he was

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.779
 still

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.539
 attracted

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.420
 by what

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.839
 had first

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.480
 drawn him

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.099
 to Sodom

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.420
 in the

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.079
 first place

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.440
 in a lot

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.879
 of ways

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.359
 Sodom

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:12.819
 had been

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.440
 good for

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.759
 Lot

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:15.440
 he seems

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.819
 to have

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.559
 prospered

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.119
 financially

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.879
 he seems

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.200
 to have

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.660
 got to

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.099
 a place

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.899
 of recognition

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.639
 and honour

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.359
 in the

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.720
 city

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.639
 and now

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:24.960
 that he's

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.559
 got that

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:27.779
 well it's

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.259
 so hard

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.639
 to pull

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.180
 yourself

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:30.019
 away

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.599
 from it

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:32.119
 to let

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.639
 go

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.619
 of what

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.119
 will be

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.859
 destroyed

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:37.459
 can't we

00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:38.059
 too live

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.839
 our lives

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:40.000
 for what

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.399
 will one

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:40.980
 day be

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.859
 destroyed

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.539
 whether it's

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.039
 financial

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.899
 prosperity

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.619
 the honour

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.079
 of other

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.480
 people

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:48.199
 we can be

00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:48.839
 righteous

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:50.139
 that is

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:50.619
 right with

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.059
 God

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.719
 but without

00:20:52.719 --> 00:20:53.299
 a pilgrim

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.839
 spirit

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.939
 the knowledge

00:20:54.939 --> 00:20:55.519
 that this

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.019
 is not

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.399
 where we

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.939
 belong

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.220
 and that

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.960
 we belong

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.700
 somewhere

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.220
 else

00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:01.799
 Lot's

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.140
 wife

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.440
 looks

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.980
 back

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.340
 and she

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:04.660
 will become

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.240
 a warning

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.680
 to all

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.080
 future

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.860
 generations

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:08.880
 Jesus

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.519
 would simply

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.480
 say remember

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.039
 Lot's

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.460
 wife

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.860
 whoever

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.900
 tries to

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.400
 keep his

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.880
 life

00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:16.039
 will lose

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.299
 it

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:18.039
 and whoever

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.680
 loses

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.519
 his life

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.720
 will preserve

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.200
 it

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:23.140
 you see

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:24.299
 she loved

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.220
 this world

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.319
 too much

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.860
 and simply

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.580
 was clinging

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.440
 on to what

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.980
 would be

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.860
 destroyed

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:33.279
 and if we

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.720
 are living

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.420
 our lives

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.220
 only

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.480
 for this

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.920
 world

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.160
 then we

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.660
 too will

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.160
 perish

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.759
 with this

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.700
 world

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:46.059
 but there

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.440
 were also

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.019
 those in

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.680
 this story

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.100
 who are

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.640
 rescued

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:50.019
 by God's

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.539
 mercy

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.240
 and nothing

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.379
 but God's

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:52.799
 mercy

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.039
 Lot and

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.659
 his daughters

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:57.039
 let's face it

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.440
 they're not

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.940
 model

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.819
 believers

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.539
 but they

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.200
 did listen

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.619
 to the

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.099
 words of

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.759
 the angels

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.480
 regarding the

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.740
 coming

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.139
 judgment

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:05.220
 and they

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.940
 obeyed the

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.359
 command

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.899
 not to

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.500
 look back

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.740
 now they

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.200
 couldn't take

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.779
 any credit

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.279
 for any

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.659
 of that

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.240
 it has

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.740
 all been

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.299
 of God's

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.639
 mercy

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:12.940
 he has

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.279
 literally

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.859
 dragged

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.339
 them out

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.639
 of the

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:14.980
 city

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:17.539
 but the

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:17.980
 Lord had

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.460
 remembered

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.019
 the request

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.680
 of Abram

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:21.440
 and had

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.480
 not destroyed

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.259
 the righteous

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.980
 with the

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.299
 wicked

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:28.140
 now there's

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.640
 little from

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.039
 Lot's

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.519
 life that

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.019
 many of

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.360
 us would

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.799
 call

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.440
 righteous

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:34.860
 but strangely

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.340
 that's how

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.740
 the New

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.259
 Testament

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.420
 refers to

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:37.680
 him

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.759
 in 2

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.420
 Peter 2

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.840
 and verses

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.620
 7 and 8

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:40.980
 Lot's

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.700
 described as

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.600
 a righteous

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.240
 man

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.720
 who is

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.560
 distressed

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:47.200
 by the

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.600
 filthy

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.279
 lives of

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.740
 lawless

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.200
 men

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.640
 indeed

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:50.859
 we're

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.120
 told

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.339
 that

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.599
 this

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.279
 righteous

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.940
 man

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.720
 living

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.099
 among

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.299
 them

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.539
 day

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.819
 after

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.099
 day

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.319
 was

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.940
 tormented

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.480
 in his

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.140
 righteous

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.779
 soul

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.900
 by the

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.299
 lawless

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.579
 deeds

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.059
 he saw

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.660
 and heard

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.359
 now just

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.640
 in case

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:02.980
 you didn't

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.539
 believe it

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.539
 it's repeated

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.279
 three times

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.960
 isn't it

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:07.140
 Lot was

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.740
 a righteous

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.500
 man

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.640
 he was a

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.019
 believer

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.400
 in the

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.859
 one true

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.299
 God

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:13.299
 but he

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.559
 had made

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.339
 many foolish

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.900
 choices

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.740
 in life

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.740
 he's not

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.220
 being held

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.579
 up to

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.779
 us

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.039
 as a

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.200
 good

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.740
 example

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.819
 we're

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.000
 not

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.160
 being

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.620
 encouraged

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.140
 to rush

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.500
 out and

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.000
 buy his

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.279
 new

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.660
 best

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.980
 selling

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.460
 book

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.500
 how to

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.819
 get the

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.299
 most out

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.640
 of this

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.019
 world

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.900
 and still

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.380
 be saved

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.579
 from

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.120
 destruction

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.199
 that's

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:30.539
 what some

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.779
 of us

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.079
 want

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.339
 isn't

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.579
 it

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:33.719
 how can

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:34.079
 I run

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.500
 around

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.939
 with the

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.319
 friends

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.939
 who party

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.299
 and get

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.639
 drunk

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.019
 and sleep

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.419
 around

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:39.039
 and still

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.699
 be saved

00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:41.039
 from God's

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.479
 judgment

00:23:41.479 --> 00:23:43.419
 how can

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.699
 I be

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.199
 rich

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:45.779
 and honoured

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.939
 and people

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.500
 look on me

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.959
 well

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:49.879
 and still

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:51.599
 get through

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.119
 this world

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.779
 without facing

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.139
 God's

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.419
 judgment

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.959
 as though

00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.359
 we can

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.039
 have the

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.539
 best of

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.359
 both worlds

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.979
 well that's

00:23:58.979 --> 00:23:59.379
 not what

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.839
 Lot would

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.539
 be encouraging

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.319
 his book

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.719
 would more

00:24:02.719 --> 00:24:03.319
 likely be

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.619
 called

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.159
 rescued

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.759
 from a

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.199
 life

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:06.259
 that was

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.699
 wasted

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:08.199
 I'm sure

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.459
 it wouldn't

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:08.819
 sell as

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.559
 many copies

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:11.439
 but are

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:11.979
 probably worth

00:24:11.979 --> 00:24:12.759
 more reading

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:15.479
 destruction

00:24:15.479 --> 00:24:16.199
 did come

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:16.740
 upon

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.479
 Sodom

00:24:17.479 --> 00:24:18.399
 and the

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:19.159
 remains of

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.659
 Sodom

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.779
 would be a

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.399
 continual

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.079
 reminder

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.199
 of what

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:23.899
 happens to

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.479
 those who

00:24:24.479 --> 00:24:24.839
 live in

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.240
 rebellion

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.079
 against God

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.779
 but when

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.039
 I talk

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.399
 about the

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:28.879
 remains

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.319
 of Sodom

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.679
 I'm not

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.199
 just talking

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.599
 about the

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.279
 ashes that

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.819
 are left

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.599
 on the

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.000
 ground

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.699
 after its

00:24:33.699 --> 00:24:34.179
 destruction

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:36.000
 they were

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.480
 also in

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.059
 the hearts

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.639
 of those

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:37.899
 who had

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.519
 been rescued

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.399
 from Sodom

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:41.119
 we have a

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.460
 saying

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.819
 I'm sure

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.240
 you've heard

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.599
 it that you

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.980
 can take

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.439
 the boy

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.279
 out of the

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.579
 street

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.939
 but you

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.259
 can't

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.579
 take the

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.899
 street

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.699
 out of

00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:47.179
 the boy

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:48.839
 well we

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.139
 see a

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.759
 very similar

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.679
 thing here

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.579
 in the

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.099
 lives of

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.480
 Lot's

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.859
 daughters

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.579
 you can

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.019
 take the

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.619
 girls out

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.259
 of Sodom

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.779
 but it's

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.399
 much harder

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.859
 to take

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.419
 Sodom

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.419
 out of

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.019
 the girls

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.379
 you see

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.779
 Lot's

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.219
 daughters

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.819
 had grown

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.939
 up surrounded

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:06.039
 by the

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.659
 immorality

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.119
 of the

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.579
 city of

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.979
 Sodom

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:09.500
 and in

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.939
 the rest

00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.240
 of the

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.779
 story we

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.279
 see the

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.699
 profound

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:12.479
 impact

00:25:12.479 --> 00:25:13.799
 that Sodom

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.179
 had had

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.059
 upon them

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.559
 Lot and

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.079
 his daughters

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.639
 abandoned

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.719
 Zoar and

00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.259
 they choose

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.659
 to live

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.240
 alone in

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.759
 the mountains

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.259
 time is

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.000
 ticking by

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.299
 and the

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.779
 daughters are

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.299
 presented with

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.859
 a problem

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:26.480
 their father's

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.160
 getting old

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.480
 they have no

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.980
 husbands

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.160
 there's no

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.799
 prospect of

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.259
 children

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.099
 they need to

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.599
 preserve the

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.339
 family line

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:36.019
 and they hatch

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.680
 a plan that

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.980
 reveals the

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.759
 effect that

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.519
 Sodom has

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.000
 had upon

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.299
 them

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:42.140
 they plan to

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.460
 get their

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.180
 father drunk

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.720
 so that the

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.339
 eldest daughter

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.900
 can sleep

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.299
 with him

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.259
 in the hope

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.960
 of becoming

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.559
 pregnant

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.799
 the next night

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.259
 they repeat

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.140
 the same thing

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.619
 again with

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.059
 the younger

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.519
 daughter

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:53.219
 you see the

00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:53.939
 remains of

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.599
 Sodom can

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.459
 be seen in

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:56.199
 the hearts

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.259
 of Lot's

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.599
 daughters

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:59.799
 they have no

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:01.219
 thought of

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:02.000
 God's commands

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.779
 they have no

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.059
 thought of

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.659
 their father's

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.079
 dignity

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.859
 their only

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:09.059
 thought is

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.559
 the selfish

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.819
 pursuit of

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.379
 their own

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.500
 desires

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:14.779
 Sodom is

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.439
 alive and

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.599
 well in

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.299
 the hearts

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.579
 of Lot's

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.939
 daughters

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.380
 others

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:22.320
 Jesus warned

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.960
 that it is

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.600
 from the

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.680
 heart that

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.500
 all kinds

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.120
 of evil

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.820
 come

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:28.460
 when we

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.920
 fail to

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.539
 love God

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.900
 and love

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.420
 others as

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.640
 we were

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.160
 made to

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.380
 do

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.880
 we set

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.420
 our hearts

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.980
 upon the

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.380
 selfish

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.160
 pursuit of

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.700
 our own

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.620
 desires

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.059
 others

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.639
 and the

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.239
 beginning of

00:26:39.239 --> 00:26:39.379
 the

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.839
 Christian

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.439
 life is

00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:41.079
 realizing

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.479
 that I

00:26:42.479 --> 00:26:43.139
 don't love

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.599
 God

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.779
 and I

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.419
 don't love

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.899
 others

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:47.479
 and that I

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:47.839
 need my

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.559
 heart to be

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.219
 changed

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:50.299
 if I'm ever

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.839
 going to

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.799
 it's the

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.399
 very reason

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.859
 that Jesus

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.419
 came

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:56.039
 to rescue

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.579
 us from

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.240
 the desires

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.579
 of our

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.359
 own hearts

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.119
 and where

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.799
 they ultimately

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.419
 lead

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:02.299
 so that we

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.740
 might once

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.399
 again love

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.779
 the God

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.179
 who made

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.599
 us

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.819
 and love

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.279
 others

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.279
 as we

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.659
 should

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:10.359
 the remains

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.939
 of Sodom

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.339
 however

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.159
 stretch much

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:12.679
 further

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.659
 than the

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.159
 hearts of

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.459
 Lot's

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.799
 daughters

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.299
 at the end

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.579
 of the

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.019
 chapter

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.159
 were pointed

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.679
 to the

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.439
 history of

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.279
 Lot's

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.819
 descendants

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.319
 the Moabites

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.779
 and the

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.500
 Ammonites

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.339
 if you're

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.720
 to follow

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.240
 on the

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.740
 story a

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.039
 little bit

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.299
 further

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.759
 what you'll

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.099
 discover

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.439
 is that

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.200
 the Moabites

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.899
 would later

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.939
 lead the

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.379
 Israelites

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.759
 into sexual

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.679
 sin and

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.200
 the worship

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.240
 of Baal

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.839
 the Ammonites

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.439
 would refuse

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:36.919
 to allow

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.500
 Israel to

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.960
 pass through

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.559
 their land

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.059
 when they

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.399
 were trying

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.019
 to escape

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.659
 from Egypt

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:42.259
 the descendants

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.839
 of Lot

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.759
 would continually

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.539
 trouble the

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.019
 descendants

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.039
 of Abraham

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.720
 the remains

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.399
 of Sodom

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.159
 lived on

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.259
 long after

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.940
 the city

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.880
 had been

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.420
 destroyed

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:55.140
 yes Lot

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.500
 may have

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.820
 been a

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.120
 righteous

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.759
 man

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.820
 one who

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.340
 believed

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.620
 in the

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.120
 one true

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.480
 God

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.779
 and was

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.300
 rescued

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:01.040
 from the

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.500
 destruction

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.240
 of Sodom

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.940
 but we're

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.519
 not meant

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.220
 to ignore

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.560
 the consequences

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.620
 of Lot's

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.400
 choices

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:10.259
 what I

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.740
 called at

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.220
 the beginning

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.160
 his moral

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.660
 footprints

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.980
 and they're

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.800
 here as a

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.160
 warning

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.660
 for us

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:20.940
 the sinful

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.779
 choices

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.320
 that we

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.920
 make

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.980
 have a

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.540
 lasting

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.779
 impact

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.240
 in the

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.580
 lives

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.160
 first of

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.740
 all of

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:28.960
 our

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.580
 children

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:31.560
 and then

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:31.840
 in the

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.420
 generations

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.680
 that are

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.160
 to come

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:36.060
 and there

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.580
 is no

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.220
 amount of

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.960
 money that

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.340
 you can

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.860
 pay

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:40.779
 to offset

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.140
 your moral

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:43.360
 footprints

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:46.859
 so what

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.299
 kind of

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.979
 footprints

00:28:47.979 --> 00:28:49.359
 are you

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.599
 leaving

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.079
 behind

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.779
 in contrast

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.519
 to Sodom

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.919
 and to

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.299
 Lot

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.559
 Abraham

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.359
 was leaving

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.939
 a legacy

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:58.059
 of faith

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.539
 of one

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.199
 who simply

00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:00.839
 believed

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.279
 God's

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.799
 promise

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.000
 who left

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.740
 everything

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.159
 trusting God

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.619
 with his

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.240
 future

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.079
 and though

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.899
 Abraham was

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.359
 not without

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.099
 his feelings

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:12.259
 he is held

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.939
 up to us

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.699
 as a man

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:15.019
 of faith

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.879
 as an

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.419
 example

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.079
 worth

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.279
 following

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:21.619
 let us

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.159
 pray

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.899
 that God

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.439
 might grant

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.419
 us grace

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.879
 to be the

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.139
 same

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:27.619
 let's pray

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.419
 together

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:35.840
 father we

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.160
 know how

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.740
 easy it

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.380
 is to

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.580
 sit in

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:38.960
 judgment

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.980
 as we

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.580
 look on

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.820
 at the

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.220
 lives of

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.519
 others

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.920
 and even

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.300
 as we

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:43.019
 read the

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.660
 life of

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.019
 another

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.180
 from a

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.519
 completely

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.840
 different

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.420
 time

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.360
 and a

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.660
 completely

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:47.980
 different

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.539
 culture

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:51.560
 and I

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:51.960
 pray that

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.580
 rather than

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.120
 doing that

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.420
 you would

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.840
 help us

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.220
 to turn

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.920
 our eyes

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.640
 towards

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.380
 ourselves

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.740
 and our

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.920
 own

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.380
 hearts

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.940
 to

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.380
 recognize

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.760
 the

00:30:00.760 --> 00:30:01.440
 deceitfulness

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.560
 of sin

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.080
 in our

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.300
 own

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:03.760
 lives

00:30:03.760 --> 00:30:05.140
 to

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.640
 recognize

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 the ways

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 in which

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 we have

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 shown

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 a

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 disregard

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 to your

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 commands

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 and a

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 disregard

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 to the

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 dignity

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 of other

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 individuals

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 and may

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.400
 that cause

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 us to

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 turn

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.440
 from the

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.860
 selfish

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.420
 pursuit

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.820
 of our

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.140
 own

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.920
 desires

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 may it

00:30:25.760 --> 00:30:26.280
 cause us

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.680
 to see

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.020
 that we

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 are people

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.059
 in need

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.240
 of

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.799
 rescue

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 and that

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 that

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 rescue

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 cannot be

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 found in

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 something that

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 we do

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 or something

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 that we

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 pay

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 but is

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.359
 found only

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.700
 in your

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.099
 son

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 who would

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 give

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.720
 himself

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.379
 to pay

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.039
 the price

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 that would

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.720
 deal with

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.099
 our sin

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.559
 forever

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.940
 father

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 father we

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.559
 thank you

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.839
 for the

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.279
 joy of

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.579
 knowing

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.179
 sins

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.659
 forgiven

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 but we

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.619
 pray that

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:51.799
 you would

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.139
 help us

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.679
 to grasp

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.259
 something

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.299
 of the

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.819
 reality

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.279
 of the

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.039
 consequences

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.460
 of our

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.720
 sinful

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.339
 choices

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:59.379
 and may

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.079
 that caution

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.059
 us as to

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.359
 how we

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.659
 live our

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.099
 lives

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:05.359
 protect us

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.659
 from being

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.319
 people who

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.779
 scoff at the

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.319
 thought of a

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.940
 coming judgment

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:12.399
 protect us

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.099
 from clinging

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.220
 on to things

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.900
 that will one

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.480
 day be

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.059
 destroyed

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:19.140
 but rather

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.680
 may we

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:21.160
 be people

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.620
 who

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:23.259
 rejoice in

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.860
 the mercy

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.519
 that is shown

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.039
 to us in

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.360
 Jesus

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:27.720
 who has in

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.220
 the same way

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.839
 that the angels

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.940
 grabbed Lot

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.259
 and his

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.920
 daughters and

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.420
 took them out

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.819
 of the city

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.779
 grabbed us

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.279
 and dragged

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.980
 us out of

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.360
 the kingdom

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.940
 of darkness

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.900
 and brought us

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.559
 into the kingdom

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.920
 of the son

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.400
 you love

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 and we ask

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.519
 this in

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.240
 Jesus name

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.839
 amen

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:47.900
 now as we

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.279
 close we're

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.799
 going to stand

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.299
 together and

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.980
 sing our

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.960
 closing song

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.720
 and my hope

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.079
 is built

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.099
 on nothing

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.500
 less

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.240
 new

00:31:55.240 --> 00:32:07.460
 to

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.660
 to