IN LUKE 17:32 JESUS MAKES A SIMPLE STATEMENT. THE REFERENCE GOES BACK TO THE TIME THAT LOT AND HIS FAMILY LIVED IN WICKED SODOM AND HAD TO FLEE FROM THE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION OF THEIR HOME.
1) WHAT HAPPENED WHILE IN SODOM AND GOMORRAH?
A. WAR AND KIDNAPPING - GEN 14:11-12
B. OPPRESSION IN SODOM - GEN 19: 1-11; 2 PET 2:7-8
C. LOSS OF WEALTH - GEN 19: 15-25
D. LOSS OF HIS WIFE - GEN 19: 17,26
E. LOT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING GOOD CHOICES
1. WHAT MAY APPEAR TO LOOK GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE COULD BE FRAUGHT WITH CHALLENGES.
2. IMPORTANT DECISIONS:
A. TO FOLLOW JESUS
B. CAREER
C. MATE
D. FRIENDS - PRO 17:17; PRO 12:26
2) LOT WAS TOLD TO LEAVE SODOM AND HE DID
A. THE AREA WAS DESTROYED! - GEN 19
1. NOTICE THE HESITANT ATTITUDE OF LOT.
2. NOTICE THE ATTITUDE OF HIS SONS-IN-LAW.
3. LOT'S KINDNESS COMPARED TO THE HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR OF THE MEN OF THE CITY.
4. THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO FLEE AND DID. ASKED TO FLEE TO ZOAR. ANGELS AGREED.
3) LOT'S WIFE LOOKED BACK
KA. AS EVERYONE KNOWS SHE TURNED TO A PILLAR OF SALT.
B. WHAT PROMPTED HER TO LOOK BACK?
1. WAS IT AN INORDINATE LOVE OF THE WORLD AND WHAT SHE LEFT IN SODOM?
A. GEN 13: 5-7 - LOT WAS A WEALTHY MAN
B. HE WAS PROMINENT IN THE COMMUNITY - GEN 19:1
C. 1 JOHN 2: 15-17 - WHAT DOES JOHN SAY ABOUT THIS ATTITUDE?
2. WAS IT FAMILY?
A. LOT AND HIS WIFE TOOK TWO DAUGHTERS WITH THEM, FAMILY LEFT BEHIND. GEN 19: 8, 14
B. GEN 19:15
C. WHAT WAS ON HER MIND AS SHE FLED? FAMILY? STATUS? WEALTH?
D. MT 10: 37-39 - A REAL TEST!
3. PROBABLY MORE THAT SIMPLE CURIOSITY
C. THE LESSON TODAY? DON'T LOOK BACK!
1. HEB 12:1-3 IT'S A RACE! YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD!
2. LUKE 9:62 - YOU'RE NOT WORTHY IF YOU LOOK BACK
3. 1 COR 9:24 - KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE GOAL
4) AS WE OFTEN SAY, THE OLD TESTAMENT IS FOR OUR LEARNING.