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shall point out in the elaboration of
our text.
To begin with, Lot made a worldly
choice. When the herdmen of Abra-
ham and Lot quarreled In Canaan.
Abraham gave Lot the choice of the
land before them. Lot beheld the fer
tile plain of Jordan and chose 1t, but
we read these significant words: "The
men of Sodom were wicked and sim
ners before the Lord exceedingly"
(Gen. 10 :13.)
After this fatal choice, he progressed
downgard. First, he pitched his tent
toward Sodom" (Gen. 13 :12) then he
dwells lin Sodom" Q4:12); finally,
he sits sin the gate of Sodom" (19:D,
apparently a magistrate In that wicked
city. The Christian who compromises
becomes more and more enmeshed In
sin.
Still, God warned Lot. Other eyes
than his could see the fertility of the
plain Of Jordan about Sodom, and
hence we find several kings of the East
swooplng down upon this section.
Among others, they took Lot captive.
together with his goods which he loved
so well, and he was delivered only
through the valor of Abraham. How
ashamed he must have been when he
met his uncle. whom he had dealt with
so ungenerously I'm choosing the most
fertile section! But, even though he
may have been ashamed. he settled
down In Sodom again. God today
warns men of the Insecurity of wealth
and Of It's uselessness In time of trial.
Alas that so few heed the warningl
The Unhappy COMPROMISED.
And now we note the interesting fact
that Lot was unhappy. II Peter 2:7, 8
tells how he was vexed by the filthy
ways of the men of Sodom. whose sin
Is proverblal. The same passage
speaks OF him as 'just Lot" and shat
righteous man." We should hardly
have dared to call him such. but here
IL clear evidence that he was saved
man by the grace of God. Indeed, II Is
because he had divine life In his soul,
however weak, that the ways Of Sodom
vexed him. No Christian is happy with
the ways Of the world with which no
has compromised
One Of the most pathetic Of all the
facts about Lot Is that he had no In
1uence for God in Sodom. After he
had lived there twenty years, God
could not find ten righteous men there.
In. Alas. they knew why he had come
amongst them and attached little i'm.
portance to any pious talk on his part.
II Is always thus with compromisers
Worst of all, Lot lost his influence
over his children. for when he be
sought them to nee from Sodom The
seemed as one that Knocked" (Gen
19:14).
Lots Losses
Finally. as the result of Lots world.
ly choice he lost all. He lost his pos
sessions: In the overthrow of the city
oil these things on which his heart was
set were consumed. He lost his wife:
lingering, because her heart was In
Sodom, she was overtaken by an erup
ton OF salty mud and encrusted. He
lost his children: mis- married daugh
tiers were probably destroyed Ia
Sodom, and his two single daughters
had better have died rather than com
NIT their shameful deed of incest with
their father. (See Gen. 49,
How cheap do we sell out to satanl
DR.. II. Webb Peploe tells of gin
who was ensnared by jewel she
wore. an heirloom. She liked the ad
miration II brought her. Finally, feel
ing II was marring her communion
with Christ. she had 1t appraised
After a sleepless night she went TO the
jeweIer who said: Il am sorry to dis
appoint you. but II Is an imitation
worth only couple Of dollars" Ye
she had lost hours Of communion witt
Christ for IT.