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Today's Blog Title: "Abraham Pleas to God"
Today's Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33
Today's Key Verse: Genesis 18:32-33 " Then he said "Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten be found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it for the sake of ten" So the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
Wow!!! What a relationship that Abraham had with God. We saw in verses 1-15 where the Lord in human form, along with two angels, came to see Abraham about the promise to Abraham and Sarah about having a son. We saw, when the Lord told Abraham that Sarah was going to have a son, and when she heard this, she laughed within herself. We read that God then says, "Why did Sarah laugh? Is anything to hard for the Lord? What a statement from God which applies to us even today. We saw that Sarah denied laughing but the Lord would not let her denial to stand and says, "No, but you did laugh!"
As we look at verses 16-33, we see that the men stood and looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham's hospitality allowed him to talk further with the Living God. As God tells Abraham that He is going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of there great wickedness, we see that the two angels start heading toward the two cities. It was now just Abraham as he stood before the Lord.
Abraham upon hearing that the Lord is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, shows a sensitive concern for the innocent. The exchange we see here between God and Abraham, serves as a justification of the Lord's ways. Abraham's great concern was for Lot and his family which are in the City of Sodom. Abraham starts out by asking the Lord, would He destroy the city with the righteous as well as the wicked for the sake of of the fifty righteous. The Lord says, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for there sakes."
In verses 27-32, we see that Abraham was determined to go on bargaining, but he knew that he was speaking with God, so he went one step at at a time, pleading the case for the righteous in smaller and smaller numbers that started out as fifty and ended with ten. Abraham perhaps thought, that there would be at least 10 righteous in the city, but as we shall see in Chapter 19 there was only Lot, and his family. God would withhold the fires of judgment, until Lot and his family were safely out of the city.
At the close of the Chapter, we see that after they were done speaking, the Lord went His way and Abraham returned to his place. In our next readings, (Chapter 19), we will see that God, couldn't even find ten righteous in the city of Sodom, and we will see that God being a Just, Merciful and Righteous God, and that because He is Holy, and because of the great wickedness of these two cities, He will bring judgment upon them and consume them with fire from above.
I will sing, I will shout, and glorify Your name
All of creation testifies, and I will do the same
I will sing and I will shout, and glorify Your name
All of creation testifies, and I will do the same
I will do the same
Grace flows down like a river, from Your wounded side
And I will sing to the Giver of life
Heavenly Father, how thankful we are that you are a Loving, Caring and Merciful God and that because of your Grace and the blood that was shed by your only Son Jesus Christ we are able shout when we believe because we are free from the burden of sin. May our lives be a daily testimony of our faith and belief in you.
Amen
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Love God more today.
Yours In Christ,
Cindi
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