Genesis 19:12-29 Day 1
Joy’s Notes:
Sodom 19:12-29
Week 2
Gen. 19:12-13
“Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your
sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else. For we are about to destroy this city completely. The OUTCRY against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
⁃ God cares deeply for your family- & sends His angels out on your behalf!
⁃ He’s a generational God!
⁃ outcry def= to cry out!
⁃ The OUTCRY posture of prayer is powerful
⁃ Abraham was an intercessor prayer warrior!
⁃ Because Abraham had an intimate prayer life with God, 3x he was called a friend of God!
⁃ Is your OUTCRY so great that it’s reaching the lord?
⁃ Acts 19:14: “I know, Jesus, and I know who Paul is, but who are you??”— there is POWER in prayer when we KNOW Jesus!!! )
⁃ P R A Y E R : Daniel 10 “your words WERE heard, and I have come in response to them!”
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• it took “time” because the angel (Michael) was fighting the dark evil spirits trying to take over!
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⁃ Just because we haven’t seen the “resolution” yet to our problem— God HAS NOT stopped fighting for you!
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Gen 19:14
“So Lot rushed OUT to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.”
⁃ the sons were OUTSIDE with “ALL THE MEN- both young & old “
⁃ The fiancés were “blind” (spiritually & physically & couldnt see Gods rescue mission for them!!!)👇
⁃ The men thought Lot was “joking.”
⁃ When I’m spiritually “BLIND” I can’t SEE the severity of the prison I’m in!
-Luke 11:34 “your eye (of heart) is the lamp of your body. When your eye of your heart is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.”
Titus 1:15– “To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.”
⁃ Isaiah 44:18 “They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand!”
⁃ Luke 11:35 “Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness!”
⁃ Today: 👉what’s dark, the world calls light, whats light the world calls dark :(
⁃ Is culture more influential then the word of God to you??
⁃ Keep in mind: the enemy knows sin separates (HIDES)us from the heart of God. So, if he can convince us that sin actually isn’t sin, we will live in a spiritual depravity, and this side of heaven🥲 church’s, pastors, etc are Falling for this lie & BELIEVING what the culture is saying as truth instead of what scripture says is truth!!!
“DISCERNMENT is not knowing the difference between right and wrong, it’s knowing the difference between right, and almost right.” - Charles sturgeon
⁃ Jesus came not for the healthy, but the sick. Jesus loved hanging out with sinners. But he never left sinners in their sin, but called them to repentance and healed them, and told them to send no more.
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It’d be like…
⁃ Going to ER & letting you bleed.
⁃ going to restaurant while hungry & not eating
⁃ Going to car wash & leaving w/ dirty car.
⁃ Going into surgery & never getting fixed.
⁃ Taking Tylenol for headache & swallowing sugar tablets.
⁃ Taking a shower & stepping out dirty
⁃ Taking furniture to be stripped & restored & it returning to you just as it was.
This type of “accepting” goes against everything natural - & what Jesus came for!
(That’s hate— not love!)
Yes, Jesus ACCEPTS everyone at His table— BUT he feeds your empty soul that was making you crave counterfeit comfort.
Come as you are— but leave healed, full, clean, restored !
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“ARISE!”
Gen. 19:15
“At dawn, the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” (“ARISE-Hebrew word=Quum) they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
⁃ ‘Quum’ Hebrew word means “RISE UP!”
⁃ Mark 5:41 “He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum (quum)” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”
⁃ Jonah 1:2 =was told to “arise (‘rise up , get up & go!) to Nineveh!
⁃ John 5:8 “ARISE, pick up your Mat & walk!” (Greek translation)
⁃ Ezra 10:4 “RISE UP(quum) this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it. So Ezra ROSE UP! (After the people of his land had sinned greatly)
⁃ Nehemiah 2:18 -“And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up (QUUM) and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.”
⁃ Also in: Genesis, exodus, numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Jeremiah, 2chronicles, Isaiah,, job, Matthew, mark, Luke, John, acts Eph , 1 Cor, revelation!-
⁃ (Almost 628 x mentioned)
⁃ we’re called into obedience- Our call is to RISE UP!!!!
⁃ RISE UP above that circumstances, That offense, That flesh, that anger, that fear, that worry, that shame, that insecurity, that naysayer, that self-destructive tendencies, that addiction, that controlling nature, that co-dependent mentalities, that regret, that habitual temptation, that pride, that hurt…
Gods calling YOU to QUUM!!! Rise up!
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Gen 19:16
“When Lot STILL hesitated, the angels TOOK his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. “
⁃ the Hebrew word for “merciful“ is COMPASSION.
⁃ Gods HAND is symbol of His compassion
⁃ Psalm 145:8 “The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
Psalm 23:6 “ surely goodness and mercy, pursue me all the days of my life.”
⁃ NEHEMIAH “the gracious hand of God on me!”
⁃ Isaiah 41:13-14 “For I hold you by your right hand— I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you. Though you are a lowly worm, (a scarlet thread) Jacob, don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you. I am the LORD, your Redeemer. I am the Holy One of Israel.’
⁃ mark 1:31 “And Jesus came and took her (peters mother n law) by the hand, and lifted her up (RISE Up) and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.”
ANXIETY KILLER:
⁃ 1 Peter 5:6-7 “ be humbled, therefore under the mighty HAND of God, so that he may exalt you in due time, having cast ALL YOUR ANXIETIES upon him, because He cares for you!”
• we “QUUM” because God TAKES our right hand— even in my hesitation.
• Our RISING UP isn’t from our own strength— but HIS HAND in our weakness!
• Quum & Gods HAND are married!!
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(Read: Jesus’ hand from Still Falling North)
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Gen 19:17
“When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
⁃ One order was given after they were undeservingly rescued— “RUN FOR YOUR LIVES & do not look back!!!”
⁃ God tells us to RUN (& not stand firm) in face if sexual temptation & idolatry.
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Gen 19:18-22
“Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged. “You have been so (1) gracious to me and (2)saved my life, and you have (3) shown such great kindness.
BUT…I cannot go to the mountains.
Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die. See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved. (Being Holy Spirit junior)?
“21 “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village. But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.”
God is God of free will (he HIGHLY respects you & will never control you!)
⁃ lot DIDNT believe that: “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God & are called according to his purpose for them!” (Rom 8:28)
⁃ Lot is still operating from His orphan-mentality— not believing a good Father has good plans🥲
⁃ lot canNOT release His controlling-mechanisms & trust his life into the HANDS of God.
⁃ lot wanted to go to a town that “looked good” (again😫— Gen 13:11 “lot chose for himself plain of Jordan.”)
⁃ SPOILER ALERT= just like Sodom; the town wasn’t what he thought it was .
⁃ God lets us choose a detour that He knows is just going to be a “passing-by” destination— that ultimately will lead to HIS PERFECT destination.
⁃ but we’d save our selves from unnecessary pain, heartache & grief if we just avoided the detour & went straight to the destination!
Partial Obedience is still disobedience!
Obedience isn’t a behavior but a heart posture!♥️
“Great acts of obedience always PRECEDE the miracle.”
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🔥Gen 19:23-26
“Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. 24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.”
FIRST:
⁃ lots wife was “following behind him”
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Gen 2:18
“Then Yehweh said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I’ll make a HELPER (Ezer) SUITABLE (kenegdo) for him.
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H E L P E R :
⁃ The very first word in the Bible that describes a woman is EZER (helper)
(Ezer used to describe who God is to the people of Israel!!)
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• EZER= Helper, Aid, Strength, warrior!
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• Woman are WARRIORS!
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An EZER-KENEGDO is a woman who lives in side-by-side & face-to face relational rhythm with husband.
• this gives GLIMPSE into her spiritual walk (“following behind them”)
• Ezer-kenegdo is a fruit of a right ordered LIFE!!! (She even “followed behind” her own daughters)
LOOKING BACK:
⁃ The Hebrew for “looked back” means more than to glance over one’s shoulder. It means “to regard, to consider, to pay attention to.”
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Looked back = “She depended on” (Hebrew meaning)
• lots wife had lost all sense of gratitude for what she had been given (rescued) & all wonder for what was to come!
Satans bait of ingratitude:
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The first time we see Satan enter into the scene (Gen 3) he takes Eve from heart of gratitude for all the trees she GETS-TO eat from— & manipulates her into a heart of ingratitude for the one tree she cannot eat from.
⁃ lots wife had given HER IDENTITY over to this city & COULDNT SEE “all the new trees waiting for her!” 🥲
⁃ Luke 17:32 Jesus said: “Remember lots wife”(2nd shortest verse in bible)
⁃ the ministry of REMEMBER!!! (God is a God of remember!)
Remembering isn’t passive
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”
⁃ the Israelites- rescued & FREE from slavery; but wanted to go back
⁃ Over 170 women mentioned in bible…But Only ONE woman Jesus tells us to remember!! (CHRISTINE CAINE)
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Jesus is making sure we remember lots wife!!!!
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A SURE SIGN YOURE Experiencing spiritual warfare: 👉 you’re “looking back at bondage seasons & forgetting the dungeon you were in!!!!
⁃ 1 Kings 19:19-21 (Elijah just off the mountain— finds Elisha. Elisha was plowing his fields. Elisha wanted to “go back & kiss his mama goodbye— instead he burned the animals, gave food to the people & followed (& BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST PROPHETS OF ALL TIME!)
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—Luke 9:61 “Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” - Jesus
⁃ what are you STILL looking back on that Gods told you not to?
• unforgiveness
• Regret
• Missed opportunity
• Disappointment
• Discouragement
• Offense
• Past injustice
• Past failed relationships
• Could’ve- would’ve- should’ve (don’t should’ve all over yourself!)
• Past counterfeit comforts- that now look enticing ?
• A deep loss
• A person
• A place
• A past life
• Past bondage that now looks appealing? (Egypt looks good now that they’re in wilderness )
• WHAT ARE YOU MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY & even PHYSCIALLY STUCK IN ????
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⁃ “She got stuck in a place she was only supposed to be passing by.”
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⁃ Some FRIENDSHIPS are just seasons.
⁃ Some relationships are just life lessons
⁃ Some pits are just seed-plantings.
⁃ Some storms are just classrooms.
⁃ Some regrets are just learning experiences.
⁃ Some rejections are just spiritual gyms
• The buried city lies beneath the Red Sea TODAY!
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⁃ The Dead Sea contains about 340 grams of salt in every liter of water – which makes it 10 times saltier than seawater.
⁃ This extreme salty water makes nothing able to survive in it.
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Gen 19:27-28
“Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord’s presence. He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.”
⁃ Do you get up early and hurry to the Lords presence with EXPECTANCY of his answered prayers!
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Gen. 19:29
“But God had listened (& “remembered” NLT) Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.”
⁃ God saved lot because of Abraham’s love for God.
⁃ My walk with God can save those I love!!!