After all, I’m not going all the way into Sodom. He thinks, “I can do down there, its kind of like the Garden ofĮden and kind of like Egypt. What the carnal man tries to do, he tries to live in both worlds. Great, here is a little bit of Eden and a little bit of Egypt.”] As Lot looked out across the land he must have thought, Had his appetite wetted for sin when he went down with Abraham into Egypt. Must have thought to himself, “Now Sodom can’t be all that bad, anyways The LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Marks of carnality is me first, taking Christ off the throne It didn’t matter to Lot that the people of that place wereĮxceedingly wicked, he just saw that green succulent grass.] This was a terrible choice for his family, but Lot wasn’t thinking aboutĪbraham, he wasn’t thinking about his family, He just chose for himself. [The land looked like a combination of the Garden ofĮden (all the best of God) and Egypt (all the best of the world) and Lot made aĬanaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, Where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Then looked across the land and the text states,]Īnd beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it Thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen forīefore thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if A fight among Christians does more damage than anything else. Rather start a Church fuss than sell a bottle of liquor any day. Lot likewise is a rancher and there is not enough grazingĪnd Abraham comes to Lot and says that they ought not to be fighting among Honest about where you stand with God you are not likely to improve yourĪ carnal saved man, or as I will refer to the condition for the sake ofĨ-9,10,12) [– Abraham is a rancher, he has flocks and herds, he has Saying that a carnal Christian cannot come to himself as the prodigalīut it is much harder for him to become a spiritual Christian, notīecause he can’t but because he is far less likely to recognize his Only passive in the NT be distressed or worn out (2P 2.7) ĭay in and day out by his carnal condition and what it was doing to himĬhristian will never be a happy or satisfied Christian.] – wear out by toil or suffering, oppress, With the filthy conversation of the wicked:] He is in his faith and will often continue in his devastated state forĬarnal life a devastated state because the Bible says of Lot,] However, a carnal Christian may not ever really recognize where Now, it shouldn’t surprise us that a Christian might stumble forĪ spiritual Christian, once he recognizes what has happened in hisįaith, will rededicate himself and restore himself in his faith. Study we saw how Abraham stumbled for a time in his faith, and then With the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous manĭwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [Lot was Abraham’s nephew and he went out of Ur of the Chaldeans with Purposes of this study Abraham is going to represent the spiritual manĬould be called today, the choices of a carnal man.] [In this story we have a contrast between Abraham and Lot. Story of the life of Lot we find the story of a man who made some terribleĭiscover how Lot’s decisions not only affected Lot’s life but the lives Those who hear him preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.[Your life is but the sum total of the decisions that However, he does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel. Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the relevance of God’s word to everyday life. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter.
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