ANGELIC VISIT TO SODOM
Text: Genesis 19
11 October 2011
(I) ANGELIC VISIT TO SODOM
1. The two angels enter Sodom in the evening (Genesis 19:1a)
2. Lot sees them invites them to stay with him (Genesis 19:1b-3)
3. He shows them great courtesy and hospitality (Genesis 19:3)
(II) THE WICKED DEMANDS OF THE MEN OF SODOM
1. Both old and young thronged the house of Lot (Genesis 19:4)
2. They demanded that the two angels be released to them (Genesis 19:5)
3. Obvious wicked and perverse intention to be noted
(III) LOT’S PLEA
1. He pleads with the men (Genesis 19:6-7)
2. He offers his daughters (Genesis 19:8)
(IV) ANGER OF THE MEN OF SODOM
1. They reject his offer
2. They threaten Lot
3. They become violent (Genesis 19:8-9)
(V) ANGELIC INTERVENTION
1. They pull Lot into the safety of the home
2. They strike the men of Sodom blind (Genesis 19:10-11)
(VI) COMMAND OF THE ANGELS
1. To depart from Sodom
2. The city will be destroyed
3. All who leave the city would be saved (Genesis 19:12-14)
(VII) LOT’S WORD TO HIS FAMILY
1. He pleads with his sons-in-law to go with him
2. They reject his invitation (Genesis 19:14)
(VIII) AN URGENT WORD
1. Lot, his wife and his two daughters must leave immediately
2. The angels took all of them by hand and led them out (Genesis 19:15-16)
3. The family was urged to flee and not to look back (Genesis 19:17)
(IX) LOT’S PLEA
1. No need to go to the mountains for safety
2. A nearby city (Zoar) as a possible option (Genesis 19:18-20)
(X) CONCESSION MADE
1. Agreement of angels
2. Lot may flee to Zoar and be granted protection (Genesis 19:21-23)
(XI) DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH
1. Brimstone and fire sent from heaven
2. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed (Genesis 19:24-25)
(XII) LOT’S FAMILY
1. His wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26)
2. His daughters committed incest
a) Moab
b) Ammon (Genesis 19:30-38)
(XIII) ABRAHAM
He knew that the angels could not find 10 righteous men in Sodom and Gomorrah. The twin cities had been destroyed! (Genesis 19:27-19)