The Cost of Compromise
Larry Wynn
Genesis 13
Introduction
A. Do you want to know how your life will end up?
B. Look at the direction you take at critical junctures in your life.
Ill. Trip to south georgia: map. Series of turns and choices. Make right arrive at right destination. Make wrong arrive at wrong destination.
C. Today, look at the tragic story of a man who made some terrible decisions.
1. His direction in life affected not only himself but also the lives of those he loved.
2. Our choices always have consequences beyond us.
3. The story is lot found in genesis 13.
D. The story contrasts two men: lot and abraham.
1. Abraham represents the person who seeks godly counsel.
2. Lot represents the man who follows the urging of the flesh.
e. Lot's story will help us as we see how wrong choices led to woeful consequences.
I. Choice.
A. The story is that of two ranchers on one piece of property.
1. There was not enough grazing land.
2. Abraham didn't want the unsaved to see them arguing.
3. Good lesson for baptist churches.
Ill. Devil would rather start a good church fight than sell a bag of dope.
4. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his wants for the cause of christ. ''Lot, you choose.''
B. Lot's choice was very selfish.
1. He had no thought for god or his family.
2. ''It was a purely business decision,'' he thought!
Ill. He was more interested in his gold than his god; his cattle than his children; his fortune than his family.
3. Sodom was a terrible place to raise children.
4. We need to be careful about making selfish choices in life.
B. His choice seemed small.
1. Didn't seem too bad.
2. He tried to hold on to god with one hand and the world with the other.
3. Didn't move all the way into sodom; he just moved towards sodom.
4. Be careful about borderline decisions. It want be long before you cross the line.
C. His choice was short ...
Larry Wynn
Genesis 13
Introduction
A. Do you want to know how your life will end up?
B. Look at the direction you take at critical junctures in your life.
Ill. Trip to south georgia: map. Series of turns and choices. Make right arrive at right destination. Make wrong arrive at wrong destination.
C. Today, look at the tragic story of a man who made some terrible decisions.
1. His direction in life affected not only himself but also the lives of those he loved.
2. Our choices always have consequences beyond us.
3. The story is lot found in genesis 13.
D. The story contrasts two men: lot and abraham.
1. Abraham represents the person who seeks godly counsel.
2. Lot represents the man who follows the urging of the flesh.
e. Lot's story will help us as we see how wrong choices led to woeful consequences.
I. Choice.
A. The story is that of two ranchers on one piece of property.
1. There was not enough grazing land.
2. Abraham didn't want the unsaved to see them arguing.
3. Good lesson for baptist churches.
Ill. Devil would rather start a good church fight than sell a bag of dope.
4. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his wants for the cause of christ. ''Lot, you choose.''
B. Lot's choice was very selfish.
1. He had no thought for god or his family.
2. ''It was a purely business decision,'' he thought!
Ill. He was more interested in his gold than his god; his cattle than his children; his fortune than his family.
3. Sodom was a terrible place to raise children.
4. We need to be careful about making selfish choices in life.
B. His choice seemed small.
1. Didn't seem too bad.
2. He tried to hold on to god with one hand and the world with the other.
3. Didn't move all the way into sodom; he just moved towards sodom.
4. Be careful about borderline decisions. It want be long before you cross the line.
C. His choice was short ...
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