It doesn’t take much of a glance around us to see the wickedness that abounds. Murder, rape, and stealing are just a few examples that even those of the unbelieving world are appalled at. There are also sins of fornication and adultery, murder of the unborn, desecration of the Lord’s Day, and blasphemy, to name […]
Because it negates any argument for antithetical instruction, indeed, is the sworn foe of all antithetical instruction; because it destroys the antithesis in the lives of the members of the church; because it devastates the safety of the church; because it brings the world into the church, the Protestant Reformed Churches—and every member of the […]
Last time, we established that if we as Reformed believers—especially Reformed young people—in the 21st century would avoid the sin of Lot of pitching away from the church and toward Sodom, we must follow the exact command of Scripture and the Reformed Confessions to live antithetically. In this article, we consider the demands that this […]
When yet upon earth, our Lord Jesus Christ prayed to his father concerning his elect brethren, his church, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil [which is in the world]” (John 17: 15). This was a final prayer on behalf of […]
The back door slammed shut with a loud bang. “Mom, you won’t believe it! I’ve been offered a fantastic job with a corporation in Garden City! It’s just what I’ve been hoping for—an excellent position in my field! Look at the salary and benefits package they are offering me! Why, I’ll have my student loans […]
“But while he lingered, the men seized him and . . . brought him forth . . . outside the city and left him there.” Gen. 19:16, Amplified Bible The Old Testament saints, looking forward to Christ, were by that fact and in that sense Christians. Lot, too, was a Christian. Although nowhere listed in […]
“. . . and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom . . .” (Genesis 19: 1). We, today, live in Sodom and Egypt. The world has become that. In one sense, the world always was that. So, we all live in Sodom. We are in Sodom, but not of it. There Lot sat in […]
“… and Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly” – Gen. 13: 12, 13 It was truly a sad departure on the part of Lot. He separated himself, his house and all his servants and flocks and herds from Abram in the land […]
THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE Introduction: The entire life of the patriarch Abraham centers around the birth of his son. God established His covenant with Abraham (chap. 15), yet this covenant meant nothing to Abraham except the Lord would also give him a son in whom his seed would be continued. Abraham was called to […]
In Genesis 19:26 we read, “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” This is probably one of the shortest biographies in the Bible. It is nearly all we know of Lot’s wife; yet that single sentence has made her one of the outstanding examples of the Bible. […]