Youth week 30 June - 7 July 2006

"Escape for your life" Gen 19:17

Text summary of sermon by Rev Friedel Stegen, 30 June 2006, 19:00

Gen 19:17 - So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”

Righteous Lot was grieved with the evil all around him. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah did just what they liked. They couldn't care less about the next person, as long as they enjoyed themselves. Boys and girls didn't respect each other at all. They defiled their bodies by all manner of perversions. In short, it was a time like today.

When the two stangers arrived in Sodom, Lot showed them hospitality, not knowing that they were messengers from God. Lot wasn't influenced by the evil ways of those around him. He still cared about the next person. However, the evil men of the city wanted to sin with these messengers of God, and when Lot refused to comply, they wanted to hurt him. He was saved by the angels, who pulled him into the house, shut the door and struck the men with blindness. The next morning they told Lot that the city was going to be destroyed, and Lot and his family fled with the men. When they were outside, the angels commanded them, "Escape for your life!"

God also charges you to escape from your sinful life, today. You must act quickly. It is dangerous to remain in your sinful state. Whenever a person comes to the Lord Jesus and acknowledges that he is a sinner, and ask for forgivenes, he is forgiven, and Jesus gives him new life. He is the only one that can save you from your sin and make you to be a light to those around you. He can give you a victorious life over sin, and make you a blessing to your parents, colleagues and society.

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