LESSONS LEARNED FROM LOT'S WIFE
(Original
Title -LOT'S WIFE)
by the Rev. C. Perren
by the Rev. C. Perren
(Read Gen.
18:16-33; Gen. 19:23-28.) '' Remember Lot's Wife. '' Luke 17:32.
I. REMEMBER
HER PRIVILEGES.
1. She had
been faithfully instructed in the knowledge of Clod and how to worship him.
2. She was
related by one of the closest earthly ties to a child of God. She must have
often seen the tears running down the face of her husband when his soul was
vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
3. She was
faithfully warned of the impending danger. Angels sent of God urged her to
escape for her life — not to tarry in the plain.
II. REMEMBER
HER SIN.
1. It was a
sin of presumption.
Her heart was still in Sodom. The angel had said, '' Escape for thy life; look not behind thee." She disregarded the heaven-sent warning; she looked back.
Her heart was still in Sodom. The angel had said, '' Escape for thy life; look not behind thee." She disregarded the heaven-sent warning; she looked back.
2. It was a
sin of unbelief.
She did not believe the angels' warning. Doubtless there was nothing to indicate the approaching calamity—" Where in that golden sky was the storm-blast that had been threatened? "
She did not believe the angels' warning. Doubtless there was nothing to indicate the approaching calamity—" Where in that golden sky was the storm-blast that had been threatened? "
3. It was a
sin in act.
Faith leads to works; unbelief leads to rebellion. The murderer first hated, then killed. "0 Lord, keep back thy servant from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me."
Faith leads to works; unbelief leads to rebellion. The murderer first hated, then killed. "0 Lord, keep back thy servant from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me."
III.
REMEMBER HER FATE.
1. It was
merited.
She had been warned, entreated, etc.
She had been warned, entreated, etc.
2. It was
sudden — wholly
unexpected.
She turned to look back, and in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the storm and tempest swept past. Her eyes grew dark, her blood congealed in her veins, and she stood forth a monument of the wrath of an offended God. <' He that being often reproved stiffeneth his neck, shall be suddenly cut down, and that without remedy." Thus suddenly Pharaoh perished, and Herod, and Ananias, and Sapphira his wife. Sin kills people.
She turned to look back, and in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the storm and tempest swept past. Her eyes grew dark, her blood congealed in her veins, and she stood forth a monument of the wrath of an offended God. <' He that being often reproved stiffeneth his neck, shall be suddenly cut down, and that without remedy." Thus suddenly Pharaoh perished, and Herod, and Ananias, and Sapphira his wife. Sin kills people.
3. It was
final. It closed
the day of grace, and ushered in the day of doom.
PRACTICAL
REFLECTIONS.
1. Beware of
worldly entanglements.
2. Beware of
questioning God's commands.
3. Beware of
delays; "To-day
is the day of Salvation."
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