Genesis: One Righteous Man

Great Outcry

Abraham receives great news and then difficult news

God has heard the outcry against Sodom

up to this point we have only had hints that there are wicked people there

The king of Sodom was kind to Abraham

Lot lives there with his family

however, there are cries from God’s creation

the theme of the old testament from beginning to end is that God hears and sees when his creation is crying out to him of injustice

a strange scene to think of God needing to visit somewhere in person to know something

Maybe to show the severity of the destruction, that God would go himself in person

Abraham’s Challenge

Abraham, knowing that Lot’s family is there, tries to spare the place for the sake of his kin

the judge of all the earth- God recognized as this long before the end times are mentioned

how many righteous people are enough to spare a place filled with wickedness and injustice?

Abraham goes all the way down to ten

God will spare just the one righteous man for Abraham’s sake

Lot Rescued

two messengers rather than one but written of like they are the same ones who were just talking with Abraham

Lot invites them in

an account of the wickedness of the people is given- they take whatever they desire and have no thoughts about

the messengers tell Lot to leave with his family and avoid destruction after saving him

Lot and his wife and daughters leave the city, his sons in law would not leave

Lot’s wife looks back and is destroyed

Abraham looks upon the city and sees that there were not any righteous left

weird family history comes from this story as well

Application

Sodom and Gomorrah are an example case for the rest of the bible

God is just to save those who will follow him but to destroy those who are wicked

he cannot be just if he does not do both

more than that, he has mercy on us even though what we deserve is to be destroyed