Homilist Genesis 19:23 The sun was risen on the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. I. THE ABSURDITY OF LETTING SECULAR MOTIVES GOVERN MEN'S CONDUCT. Lot went to Sodom because he thought it a secularly desirable place. (Genesis 13:10.) He went there, and there his own piety was injured, his own children contaminated, and the partner of his own bosom became a victim of Divine judgment. The beauty of his home was his curse. The spirit of Lot is still common. II. THE INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL SCENERY OF THE WORLD. 1. The abnormal state of human society. 2. The necessity of a retributive period. 3. A man's external circumstances are no true signs of character. III. THE TREMENDOUS FORCE OF OLD ASSOCIATIONS. 1. The local. 2. The social. 3. The secular. IV. THE FUTILITY OF HUMAN REASONING CONCERNING THE WAYS OF GOD. 1. God may deviate from the laws of nature; lie cannot from His word. 2. God has deviated from the laws of nature; He has never from His word. V. THE DETERMINED ANTAGONIST OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT TO SIN. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. |
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