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S tudy - 5. Honesty. L ot’s biggest problem. Lot = Veil, covering. What was Lot hiding?... That he was a Hebrew That he had the truth That he loved God. Purpose of a veil is to hide something from view. II Pet 2:5,8.
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Study - 5 Honesty
Lot’s biggest problem Lot = Veil, covering. What was Lot hiding?... That he was a Hebrew That he had the truth That he loved God Purpose of a veil is to hide something from view.
II Pet 2:5,8 • v5 - …he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness. • v8 - Lot…for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard.
II Pet 2:5,8 • v5 - …he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness. • v8 - Lot…for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard.
Abraham & Lot • (Gen 19:8-9) – Sodom shocked by Lot
Amos 5:10 “They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth”. ESV Cp (Isa 29:21) No animosity towards Lot until Gen 18:9
Abraham & Lot • (Gen 19:8-9) – Sodom shocked by Lot • (Gen 18:17-19) – Lot didn’t teach his family. • (Gen 19:14) – Family laughed at Lot. • (Gen 17:11-14) – Lot wasn’t Circumcised. • (Gen 14:14) – Lot didn’t instruct his ecclesia. • (Gen 14:13) – Lot didn’t preach the truth. • (Gen 12:7,8;13:18) – Lot didn’t build altars. • (Gen 21:22) – Lot wasn’t known for the truth. • (Gen 13:12) – Lot gave up tenting. • (Gen 19:13) – Lot wasn’t crying out.
Until Lot called them “wicked” in (Gen 19:6) he was completely veiled and hidden away… Why???
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