Luke 17:32 Teaching on the end days, Jesus said ‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ ESV 1
Feb 23, 2016
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Luke 17:32Teaching on the end
days, Jesus said
‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ ESV
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When are the end days?
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Now – we are always in the
end days!
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Sinful living gets God’s attention!
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Sodom and Gomorrah got
God’s attention
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Sodom and Gomorrah
represent the sinful, fallen
world
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Angels of light (the
gospel) tell Lot and his
family to get out (of sin)
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Lot hesitates - ‘he lingers’
The angels literally seized Lot and the family and carried
them out of the door to safety
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There are 3 things we can learn here…
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Firstly……We are reluctant
to leave the things of this
familiar world, even though we
know it to be bad
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Secondly……We must
acknowledge thatJesus is the door.
John 10:9
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Thirdly…...We cannot escape sin under our own steam – we need
God’s intervention
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The family are saved from
destruction and told to run to the mountains
(God)
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The rest of the people (great and small) are
blind to the light
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Lot’s wife cannot believe that God will destroy the
cities
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Lot’s wife hankers after
the things of the world; she does not let go of her
thinking…..
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….Meanwhile Lot and the rest of the family head
for the mountains
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…..whilst Lot’s wife looks back – she has not accepted that Jesus is the
door to God
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Once we are separated from
the world we are to run the race; to press on…..
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Hence our scripture of the
year Philippians 3:13-
14
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We have to run to the mountains
(God) so that we are not destroyed
as well
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We cannot have a new life in Jesus if
we are looking back to our old one at the same time
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When judgement comes the only safe place is in
Jesus Christ
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We are to dispense salt and light, else
we become a monument to our
own thinking
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Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart will be filled
with his ways, but a good man will be
satisfied from above. NKJV
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We need to be forward
sliders
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Jesus tells us to……..
‘Remember Lot’s wife’