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Originally Posted by Dondi
Genesis 19:30-38
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I think Genesis 19:9 is the more important verse. Remember that Lot was found righteous. The men of the city said about Lot, "This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a
judge;" Remember, Lot was also found righteous by God. As God said, the city of Sodom was NOT going to be destroyed with him in it.
What about the men of the city? As they said, "now we will deal worse with you than with them." They did not like to hear
judgment and they even
condemned it.. (oppressed, punished).
But you and I are trying to judge what is rightful. Would you tell a child, "I'm sorry, but your grand-daddy was also your great-grand-daddy. You were born into sin and now you have eat the wrath so take this gun and go make your grand-daddy proud"? Do you believe it? Is that really the Moabites and the Ammonites?
I submit that it is the parents though who raise their children to be sinners as a generation by NOT giving and hearing the
judgment from each other for what they believe is right, or when someone does sin... but as a judgment without condemning. The difference between condemn (with action) and judge (words only) is forgiveness. To condemn judgment risks being Sodom. I can see that people wrongly judge what they can not possibly see, or do it for their own beliefs or desires, but at least everyone learns something about it in the process. I simply do not disconnect the internet for fear of NOT being able to handle someone else's words.
In summary, to me Sodom was NOT about God condemning a town. It was about a town
condemning the
judgment of each other, probably all kinds of decay as a result, and then getting
condemned for it.
04-25-2007, 02:22 AM
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