Every man must face in his personal Zoar. Those little decisions to not completely obey and submit to God. Those areas of personal conviction that we are so tempted to relax in. Last Wedneday night I taught about Lot fleeing Sodom and this little blog from the past came to mind. Hopefully you will be blessed by the simplicity of the thought. Blessings...rks
The angels had appeared to rescue....
Dad, mom and girls had narrowly escaped the fall of fire......
Mom looked back because she had some children left behind and was saltily left behind herself.....
The angel urges Lot and the girls to flee to the mountains.....
But broadminded Lot....
Tolerant Lot....
Urban and educated Lot....
More enlightened and self controlled Lot....
Debated with his rescuers....
How about Zoar, instead of the outdated mountains......
After all Lot reasoned....
Zoar is just a little place......
Not nearly so big and bad as Sodom.....
Surely we can find our place among the Zoarites......
Zoar is such an acceptable place.....
Small and not nearly as far gone as Gommorroh.....
OK the angel said and went back to his business......
So Lot and daughters settled there but things didn't work out....
And before Long they took themselves to the mountain because they soon realized .....
There is no place for our kind even in the little places like Zoar....
We didn’t belong in Sodom….
And we don’t belong here…..
Once separated always separated.....
We don't fit here....
So the mountain....
But the damage was done.......
And Lot sired his own grandchildren .....
And created the greatest enemies of the people of God would ever know.......
The Ammonites and the Moabites hated God's people.....
Go ahead my brother and settle in the little Zoars of our modern day....
Let your wife trim her hair, after all it is really not cut, just trimmed a little....
Allow your light make-up, after all it is not heavy, just a little....
Allow your light programming, not porn, but just a little......
Allow the doctrines of abstinence to be replaced with the doctrines of moderation and tolerance....
After all we can handle just a little.....
And your grandchildren one day will despise who there daddy was.....
rks
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5 comments:
What an eye-opening post, Pastor. A damning prediction for a world that has chosen the way of least resistence. It is so scary that we live in a day where we're afraid to say NO. I'm so fortunate that I have had leaders in my life, and in the lives of my children, who have decided to stand for what is right.
Thanks for being just that...
Appreciate your reminder of the need to not let "just a little" come into our lives.
This is unreal!!! You're in Texas, my husband's in California, don't think you two have ever met, and you both preach the same thing on the same night! WOW!!! Think God is trying to tell His people something, huh?
Wow! I don't think Keith hasn't read your blog since we've been home, but this post sounds a whole lot like his message this morning. God is preparing his people!
Timely...What many Pentecostals were envious of a few years ago (Brownsville and Toronto) were exactly that, Zoar. Many left us for Zoar, most never to return. It is the easy, quick road to get a crowd, but not a place to prepare a people who covet a relationship with God and want to partake/experience His divine nature (holiness). Well spoken Brother Smith!
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