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Lesson 12 · September 17, 1898

Destruction of Sodom

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  1. 1.Who came to Sodom in the evening? Where was Lot? What four things did Lot do? .
  2. 2.By what six expressed thoughts did he show to those strangers his kindness, respect, and hospitality? What did they say which caused it to appear to Lot that they did not know the wickedness of the city? .
  3. 3.How did Lot then reveal his anxiety for them? What did the angels finally do? How did Lot further show his hospitality? .
  4. 4.How did the people of the city regard Lot's reception of the strangers? .
  5. 5.How did Lot again show his courtesy to the angels and also to the wicked Sodomites? .
  6. 6.What verses show the abounding wickedness in Sodom?
  7. 7.What did the angels now do for Lot? .
  8. 8.What revelation did the angels now make to Lot? .
  9. 9.When the Lord was with Abraham, did He know the exact condition of Sodom? . Show that the Lord knows all things. Why did He talk to Abraham as though he might not know? What lesson is there in this for us?
  10. 10.How did Lot that night appear to his sons-in-law? Were his married daughters saved? How earnest did the angels become in the morning? Why? .
  11. 11.What bad example did Lot now set for his wife and children? How many did these angels then lead out? Why? .
  12. 12.What solemn admonition and warning were now given them? .
  13. 13.What person seems to have appeared at this point? What almost faithless prayer of trembling did Lot offer? .
  14. 14.Did the Lord answer this feeble petition? .
  15. 15.Why did the Lord demand haste? .
  16. 16.What time of day was it when Lot entered Zoar? .
  17. 17.What did the Lord rain upon Sodom? .
  18. 18.How complete was the destruction? .
  19. 19.What happened to Lot's wife? Why? .
  20. 20.What are we to remember? Why? .
  21. 21.Do you think the Lord told Abraham when he would destroy the city? .
  22. 22.When he reached the place where he stood before the Lord, what did he see? .
  23. 23.For whose sake was Lot saved? .
  24. 24.How many just persons does there seem to have been in this city?

Notes

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Additional Study.

1. Write a comparison between the lives of Abraham and Lot.

2. Did these cities know of Abraham and the power of God? .

3. What lesson ought both they and Lot to have learned from that experience?

4. Compare Lot's going into Sodom with his going out. See .

5. What effect did Lot's going into Sodom have upon Sodom? upon him and his family? .

6. What principles should govern parents in choosing a home? What governed Lot? what Abraham? Compare their families. To what kind of city did Abraham look? Did Lot's city have solid foundations? What is the difference between going to Sodom for gain and for saving souls? See ; .

7. What evidence did the people of Sodom have that the "two men" were angels? Having resisted the warnings previously given, did they recognize these heavenly visitants? See .

8. What in this lesson shows that delay when the Lord speaks is most dangerous?

9. What was the great iniquity of Sodom? .

10. What did the destruction of Sodom prefigure? ; ; ; .

11. Note that the angels while sent on a mission of destruction, had also a message of mercy. Lot was indeed a brand plucked out of the burning, saved with fear, being pulled out of the fire. What two things saved him? See . What saved us and others?

12. Note that the Lord never does anything without just cause. .

13. What description is given of the vale of Siddim before this fatal day? . What was its condition after that time?

14. Could the promise to Abraham that he should be heir of the whole world, have been given to Lot? Why, or why not?

Bible texts in this lesson

Genesis 19:1-29 · Genesis 19:1 · Genesis 19:2 · Genesis 19:3 · Genesis 19:4 · Genesis 19:5 · Genesis 19:6 · Genesis 19:7 · Genesis 19:10 · Genesis 19:11 · Genesis 19:12 · Genesis 19:13 · Genesis 19:14 · Genesis 19:15 · Genesis 19:16 · Genesis 19:17 · Genesis 19:18-20 · Genesis 19:21 · Genesis 19:22 · Genesis 19:23 · Genesis 19:24 · Genesis 19:25 · Genesis 19:26 · Luke 17:32 · Genesis 19:27 · Genesis 19:28 · Genesis 19:29 · Genesis 14 · Genesis 13:5-13 · 2 Peter 2:7 · 2 Peter 2:8 · Matthew 16:26 · Isaiah 54:17 · Luke 16:31 · Ezekiel 16:49 · Ezekiel 16:50 · Luke 17:28-30 · 2 Peter 2:6-10 · Jude 1:7 · Mark 6:11 · Ezekiel 14:19-23 · Genesis 13:10

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