Outline: I. A Divine Meal (chapter 18)

A. Abraham entertains 3 guests v1-8B. Sarah is told the fulfillment of the promise v9-15C. Abraham intercedes to save the righteous v16-33

II. A Divine Destruction and Deliverance (chapter 19)

A. Lot escapes the destruction of Sodomv1-29

B. Lot’s daughters incestuously produce heirs v30-38

God expects His people to believe His promises because nothing is too difficult for Him.

My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ

Jesus Phil 4:19

What was Sodom’s “sin”?1. Gen 19:5 Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.2. Jude 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. 3. Ez 16:49,50 Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

The Lord responds to intercession

on behalf of the righteous

God, the Judge of all the earth, does right:

ultimately the righteous are spared and the ungodly are judged.

“Israel would continue to believe that God is a righteous Judge, that

righteousness exalts a nation, and that righteous people

preserve society”

Allen Ross

People lose respect for those who compromise their beliefs