Prayer
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A classic definition of Christian prayer is “an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies” (Westminster Shorter Catechism)
In the OT prayer was based upon a covenant relationship.
God made a covenant with Abraham in Gen 15
Abraham wanted one son, But God told Abraham you wouldn’t be able to count how many descendants you will have.
Gen. 15:5-6 “5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.”
He also promised Abraham land
Gen. 15:7 “7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.””
Abraham interceding for the people of Sodom.
16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
17 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
20 And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,
21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
So The Lord had this soliloquy about his judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The LORD had a double motivation for revealing the plan to Abraham
He said all nations will be blessed through Abraham. And if Sodom is wiped off the map the nation wouldn’t be blessed by Abraham.
Abraham was to teach his offspring righteousness and justice so that they might enjoy God’s blessings.
Gen 18:23 “23 And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
God you just told me who you blesses me will be blessed and who curses me will be cursed.
You said all the nations of there earth will be blessed because of me.
You told me my descendants will be more then the stars in the sky.
Lord you made this covenant with me and because you made this covenant with me I can come to you boldly.
24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?
25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Abraham was very passionate about saving the city because He rescued Lot after the kings of Sodom and Gormorrah fleed.
So Abraham recused all there possession of Sodom and Gormorrah. And defeated the same person who they ran from.
God response almost like a father to a son
26 So the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
The humility of Abraham
27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:
Outreach
The few righteous can save a city .