Why Did God Destroy Sodom And Gomorrah?

The simple ways of sudden Camorra were so corrupt that God destroyed the two cities with fire sparing only the family of Lot.

The Bible account of Sodom and Gomorrah is a cautionary account of the destructive consequences of sin. Sodom and Gomorrah were series mentioned in Genesis, notorious for their flagrant sin Genesis 18:21-21 states.,

The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great that their sin is so Grevious that I will go down to see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me, if not, I will know.

Genesis 18:20-21

When Abraham learned of God’s plan to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, he asked God if He will spare then if He can find 50 innocent, godly people. God reassures Abraham that if he finds 50 righteous people He will spare the city for their sake. Abraham didn’t ask about a lesser and lesser number and held down to 10 people as God answers, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it” (Genesis 18:32).

God’s Angels Arrive In Sodom and Gomorrah.

Sodom was one of the most ancient cities of Syria. It was commonly Ningen in connection with Gomorrah, but also with Admah and Zeboim, and o one occasion with Bella or Zohar (Genesis 14:1). Saddam was evidently the chief town n the settlement.

After leaving Abraham, God’s angels arrive at the gates of Sodom and Gomorrah where they were greeted by the gate keeper Lot. He pleaded with the angels to join him in his house so he could wash her feet and serve them a meal. The angels agreed and went to the house of Lot. Lot was a foreigner to the realm of Sodom and not succumbed to the lustful, degenerate sins rampant in the city.

Sodom, Sodomy, and Sodomites.

One of the most prevalent sins in Sodom was homosexuality of the men, engaging in sexual relations with the other men and boys. Bottom is where they get the term “sodomy and sodomites” named after this widespread sin of the town. After the angels entered the home of Lot, the men of the city surrounded Lot’s house. According to Genesis 19:5, “ they called out to Lot ‘ where are the man who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them.”

Lot pleaded with the crowd to reconsider, even offering his two Bergen daughters in place of the two visiting men, whose angelic identity was apparently unknown to the lustful sodomites. “get out of our way,” they replied. “ this fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! Will treat you worse than them” (Genesis 19:9). As the crowd moved to break down the door, the men inside pulled Lot back inside and shut the door.

As Genesis 19:11-13 states, “Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door. The two man said to Lot, “ Do you have anyone else here – sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

The Burning Of Sodam and Gomorrah.

After lot is unable to convince his son-in-law to leave the city, he fled Sodom with his wife and two daughters encouraged by the two angels that the Lord will look after them. The Angels first tell Lot to flee to the mountains, but Lot requests that his family go to a near by city, named Zohar, to ensure their survival.

The Bible describes the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19:23-29, stating:

By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the Lord rain down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah -from the Lord out of the heavens. He overthrew both cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities – and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Early the next morning Abraham got up and return to the place where he had stood before the Lord. He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace. So when god destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities were Lot had lived.

Genesis 19:23-29

Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt as she looked back, “for disobeying the instruction not to look back. Her actions suggest that she identified with the people of Sodom. Her failure to free God’s punishment becomes a vivid warning to others (Luke 17:32).

This account of Sodom and Gomorrah serves as a lesson of the consequences of sin and the wrath of God.

Life Changing Bible Verses

I spent years feeling lost, abandoned, unloved, and afraid. I’d become convinces that I was unwanted – and pretty or smart enough to have a successful, happy life.

You could say after years of hearing these things spoken to me. Somehow I began to believe them , The lies had taken root and I felt totally unworthy.

They say if you tell a lie long enough people with think it’s truth.

After nearly 40 years of carrying all these negative emotions around I couldn’t take the weight they had put on me. As I came to the saving knowledge of Jesus and finally began to unpack the baggage that was holding me hostage, I became aware of all the damage those false beliefs had caused in my life.

I know we all carry a certain amount of negativity or doubt around with us about our self-worth caused by events and set us up for difficulties. So, I’m writing about how managed to change my life for the better.

Here I’m going to share with you the life-changing truths that were revealed to me from the Scriptures that replaced the lies I had come to believe.

First read these scriptures out loud to yourself and ask God to give you great faith to believe His words about you and fight against all the enemies lies.

1.God pursues His sheep (people)

2. Even while we’re destitute and far from His God wants us.

3. We are precious in His sight

4. His creation is wonderfully made

5. Every person has value

6. Our worth is not determined by our outward image

7, Our minds can be transformed and renewed

God Pursues His People

Everyone one of us was a lost sheep until we found our shepherd. Here’s the parable Jesus told:

Suppose one of you had 100 sheep and loses one of the . Doesn’t he leave the 99 in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbor’s together and says,’Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep,’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents that over 99 righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Luke 15:4-7

Like the rebellious sheep, we foolishly runaway when our shepherd is chasing after us. We misunderstood His pursuit and have a hard time believing that He really wants to help us. But instead of punishing the sheep, look what the shepherd does in the parable- he gives up everything for the rebellious sheep to be found, And when they are finally safe, the shepherd rejoices,

Even While We’re Destitute And Far From Him, God wants us

When I was troubled and alone, He was right there with me. Although I searched the world for the love and acceptance. I was deeply craving. God’s plan was for me to find it only in Him.

Surely your goodness and love follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23;6

We Are Precious In His Sight

Read this verse to see how God feels about you and who you are in His eyes.

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you: I have called you by your name: You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you: And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall notebooks burned. Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the Lord your God. The Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Sebastian in your place. Since you were precious in My sight. You have been honored. And I have loved you; I will bring your descendants from the East. And gather you from the west: I will say to the north, Give them up!” And to the south. ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar. And My daughters from the ends of the earth – Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory: I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

Isaiah 43:1-7

In God, there is redemption for comfort for His people, regardless of the circumstances. We are His and He doesn’t give up on those called for His glory.

His Creation Is Wonderfully Made

God saw all that He Had made, and it was very good…

Genesis 1:31

That’s you! You were wonderfully made with intention and purpose, not as a clone to any other of God’s created beings.

Every Person Has Value

Since we belong to a loving Father, we ARE loved. And not only do we belong to Him, we were created by Him. God supervised our creation, watching over us as we were intricately knit together in our mother’s womb

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I an fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was woven together in the depth of the earth. Your eyes say my u formed body; aka the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. when I awake, I am still with you.

Psalm 139:13+18

Every single person is known and lived by the Creator God.

Our Worth Is Not Determined By Our Outward Image

Thankful,y, the Lord looks at the heart, not at our exterior.

As humans, it’s normal to notice appearance and it’s second-nature to make some assumptions. However, God asks us to go further – to look past the exterior and see each person based on their heart, just like He does.

Charm is deceived, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Romans 12:2

Our Mind Can Be Transformed And Renewed

You will in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Isaiah 26;3

He has given us everything we need to renew our minds and knows His will. When we study His word and know the trust, we can replace the lies with words that speak life and remind us of our value and worth in Him.

Ultimately, in our weakness and sin, we know that untruths are easy to believe. But when you study these life-changing truths from the Bible and make efforts to heat

When we spend time in God’s Word and in prayer, the truth is revealed to us,

It has taken me 10 years of study, meditation, and prayer, but God has given me great faith and truth has been revealed. I know for certain that my value and worth is unchanging, thank to a loving Savior.

Seasons of Sorrow

It’s in the hardest moments of our lives that we learn to lean on God and trust who He says He is. We have the optometrist either turn away from Him or allow our faith to be transformed into something tangible that we can carry with us the rest our lives.

It’s when I had felt that I’d lost everything, that I found my greatest strength, not realizing it, until I was completely ready to give up.

I was tired of fighting, I had to fight my way through my entire life. I felt I was drowning in my own regret. I lost the only thing I could trust in my life, the support of my father. I was losing my husband of 30 years, and my daughter and I had lost myself a long time ago. Their was only my son and he was 3000 miles away.

I had turned away from God a long time ago. “If He was real and truly lived me like everyone kept telling me, how could He just watch all the horror I have been through.”

I had run from everything and everyone that loved me. I felt the only way out was to end it all. I packed a bag and drove for miles, not knowing where I was going to end up. I ended up at my sisters, we had not talked in years, but it’s the only thing I had. I had driven 200 miles. Later to realize that the drive there I was shaking so badly and crying out for someone- anyone to rescue me from the pit I was in.

I kept telling everyone I was a saved Christian. That night I realized I was living a lie, I might have taken to title of a Christian but I definitely was not and by no means was I saved.

I had turned away from God and never had any intention of accepting Him into my life. Sure I had gone through all the motions but that was all.

That night I reevaluated my relationship with God. I told Him that night if He got me out of the mess of a life I had made. I would turn to Him. At the time I doubted every word I had spoken to Him.

But, as I sat there on the bed at my sisters home. I processed through the insurmountable pain and loss I had to overcome in my life. To say the least I didn’t sleep at all, and cried most the night.

A had hit rock bottom, There was no where else for me to go. I decided I nothing to lose.

I stayed at my sisters house for 4 days, trying to get the nerve to even ho home and face my husband. And in that time, My sister and I had patched things up.

Now it all can down to either I had nothing and had to start my life over. Or put all my trust in God, A God I had doubted my entire life. But hey what did I have to lose. I anchored down in the sovereignty of God and prepared for the worst. That my husband would not let me in the house, and it was over.

Trusting God and His purpose for me meant trying to find joy in the sorrow.

It ended up my husband and decided to give it another shot. To forgive everything we’ve ever done to each other. And start fresh.

God pulled me out of the pit and stood me on a solid ground. Now I was up to me to try and collect all the garbage in my life and throw it out for good.

These days I’m on a steady path of following and obeying God everyday. And I will never have to worry about my past mistakes. It’s an amazing feeling. To know I am forgiven.

That long season of pain and suffering are over. Thank God!

Don’t Look Back

Before God destroyed the city of Sodom, He sent two angels to rescue Lot and his family from it. Their instructions were very clear; “Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” – Genesis 19:17. But, Lot’s wife looked back behind them, and she became a pillar of salt -Genesis 19:26. Jesus recalled this account in a simple statement; “Remember Lot’s wife.” -Luke 17:32.

Don’t look back with longing to your old sinful pleasures and pursuits. The promise sin made was false then, and it’s still false now. “Each one is tempted when they are drawn away by their own desires and enticed. Then when the desire has conceived it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown brings forth death – death of the spirit. Do not be deceived,.

Don’t look back on regret on the mistakes you’ve made. Lot’s two son-in-laws wouldn’t heed the message of the angels or the pleading of their father-in-law, so they stayed behind. Perhaps that’s why his wife looked back. But it was fatal then, and it’s fatal now. Don’t wallow in the regrets of your past. Stop dwelling on the injuries inflicted on you by others. Get your eyes off the rear-view mirror look toward the road ahead. God had great things in store for you; that’s what the battle in your life is all about. Jesus referred to Satan as a ‘thief’ in John 10:19.

He had already stolen too much from you; don’t let him steal anymore. And watch as God’s blessings begin to happy.

I wasted 25 years if my life, wallowing in regrets, longing to go back and fix things – to make things right with people. Don’t make the same mistakes I did. Look toward and future and look forward to the blessing of God to enrich your life.

Light In A Dark World

What’s the first thing you do when you walk into a dark room? Most likely, you turn on a light.

The world around us is getting darker, and darker. Where is the light? Light illuminates. It alleviates our fears of what or who might be lurking in the dark. And it shows us where hazards are located so we don’t get hurt. But in a world that’s dark where can we turn to find light. We don’t have to go any further than our television or the internet to see darkness. It’s everywhere.

The Bible uses the image of light to offer us a deeper understanding of God’s gift to us in Jesus. The stark contrast between light and darkness helps us better understand the gift of God’s light and the grace Jesus brings to the dark, sin filled world.

Isaiah 9:2 says “The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.

I like the Scripture John 12:35-36, Jesus is telling His disciples before He was arrested by the Romans; “You are going to have the light a little while longer (Jesus was still on earth). Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left to go pray.

In these dark times, we have to look for the power of God’s light to bring wisdom and understanding. The unfolding of His words gives light; it gives us understanding to the world around us. We cannot survive in the darkness it will destroy us,

John 3:19-21 says, “This is Judgement: the light has come into the world, and the loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, least his works should be exposed. But whoever does what it truly comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen the works have been carried out in God.

This is the crisis we are in right now. God’s light is streaming into the world, but men and women everywhere are running for darkness.

The revelation of Jesus and His light in the world is of utmost importance for true believers, as it offers great hope and reminds them of our salvation. This event is so important that Jesus dedicated an entire season of showing light in the darkness -Christmas.

Titus 2:11 says, “For the grace of God had appeared that offers salvation and motivation that empowers us (Jesus) to live holy and upright lives until we wait for His return. In our humanness, we know that we are sinners, but God sent Jesus to die so that every sin can be forgiven.

Our job is to repent for our sins and turn away from them. Together we can grow in understanding of Jesus and learn how His light provides both purpose and motivation in our daily walk.