Two Kings and One Choice

Joke about the Manager who fired the pizza boy.

Luke 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

The difference between traders and investors in the stock market. The difference is commitment!

The city of Sodom will be destroyed by the 19th chapter of Genesis, but its symbol, its ideologies, and its authority lived on throughout the biblical world and are still with us today.

Ezk. 16:49-50 - The character of Sodom

Jude 7 - The judgment of Sodom

Rev. 11:8 - The influence of Sodom

The city of Salem is still with us today, though it goes by another name, Jerusalem. It is the only city still mentioned throughout eternity.

There is a King of the Earth (Gen. 14:17, 21)

He is a fallen king. (

John 16:8-11 “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.”

He is a fickle king.

Prov. 10:2 “Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: But righteousness delivereth from death.”

Prov. 11:4 “Riches profit not in the day of wrath: But righteousness delivereth from death.”

He is a fretful king.

Luke 16:8b “...for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.”

Prov. 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that winneth souls is wise.”

There is a King of the Eternal (Gen. 14:18-20)

He is a philanthropic king.

He is a providential king.

He is a praise-worth king.

There is only one choice (Gen. 14:20, 21-24)

Abram’s choice - Gen. 14:20

Abram’s rejection - Gen. 14:21-24

What about Lot?

Conclusion: A man in Haiti wanted to sell his house for $2,000. There was a poor man who could not afford to buy the house, but he continually pestered the owner until he would sell it to him. Finally, the he wore the owner down, and they settled upon an agreed price. The poor man would buy the house for $1000, but the original owner would keep one nail that could not be removed over the front door of the house.

Many years went by until one day the original owner decided he wanted his old house back, so he went to the poor man and tried to buy it back. But, the poor man would not sell the house. So, the original buyer went out, killed a dog, and hung its carcase on the nail. Unable to remove the dog or the carcase, the poor man gave him the house back!