WICKED COMPANY
Genesis 19:1-11
Stephen Whitney
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish business man and diplomate. He once invited Adolf Eichman, one of the high-ranking Nazi officers, to dinner during WWII. He started a discussion about the Nazi movement and the war. He brilliantly picked the Nazi doctrine apart and told Eichman of their coming total defeat.
Finally, Eichman said, "I admit that you are right. I never believed in Nazism, as such, but it has given me power and wealth. I know that this pleasant life of mine will soon be over. My planes will
no longer bring me women and wine from Paris or delicacies from the Orient. My horses, my dogs, my luxurious quarters here in Budapest will soon be taken over by the Russians and I myself will be shot on the spot. For me there will be no escape, but if I obey my orders from Berlin and exercise my power harshly enough
I may prolong my respite for some time here in Budapest."
How sad to know that you will lose your life because of
your evil, but to not change your ways to save your life.
Pastor John Claypool (d.2005) - "Evil is the destruction
of God's creation. It is an unmaking of his form and order. God starts with nothing and moves through chaos to greater
and greater design. Evil goes the opposite direction. It takes order and turns it back to chaos."
PERSONALITY HOSPITALITY:1-3
Two angels - in the form of men (18:22) who had told Abraham and Sarah they were going to have a baby came to Sodom.
Sodom - we do not know how many people lived there, but it may have been about 10 acres or the size of 8 football fields which would be about a half a mile long by a quarter mile wide.
Seating in the gate - indicates that Lot was a prominent man in the city because that is where the judges sat and business was done.
Ruth 4:1 Boaz bought Naomi's land at the city gate.
:2 He invites them to spend the night in his house as a sign of hospitality which was common in those times. He also ...
Genesis 19:1-11
Stephen Whitney
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish business man and diplomate. He once invited Adolf Eichman, one of the high-ranking Nazi officers, to dinner during WWII. He started a discussion about the Nazi movement and the war. He brilliantly picked the Nazi doctrine apart and told Eichman of their coming total defeat.
Finally, Eichman said, "I admit that you are right. I never believed in Nazism, as such, but it has given me power and wealth. I know that this pleasant life of mine will soon be over. My planes will
no longer bring me women and wine from Paris or delicacies from the Orient. My horses, my dogs, my luxurious quarters here in Budapest will soon be taken over by the Russians and I myself will be shot on the spot. For me there will be no escape, but if I obey my orders from Berlin and exercise my power harshly enough
I may prolong my respite for some time here in Budapest."
How sad to know that you will lose your life because of
your evil, but to not change your ways to save your life.
Pastor John Claypool (d.2005) - "Evil is the destruction
of God's creation. It is an unmaking of his form and order. God starts with nothing and moves through chaos to greater
and greater design. Evil goes the opposite direction. It takes order and turns it back to chaos."
PERSONALITY HOSPITALITY:1-3
Two angels - in the form of men (18:22) who had told Abraham and Sarah they were going to have a baby came to Sodom.
Sodom - we do not know how many people lived there, but it may have been about 10 acres or the size of 8 football fields which would be about a half a mile long by a quarter mile wide.
Seating in the gate - indicates that Lot was a prominent man in the city because that is where the judges sat and business was done.
Ruth 4:1 Boaz bought Naomi's land at the city gate.
:2 He invites them to spend the night in his house as a sign of hospitality which was common in those times. He also ...
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