The Deep, Underlying Root Of Evil…..

When it comes to evil, wicked behavior, pay close attention to the threat you will receive if you oppose it. The deep, underlying root of evil is selfishness and pride. If you truly want to call it what it really is, it’s hatred of God. Lot experienced this in Sodom. The two angelic men came to Lot’s house because Lot knew it wasn’t safe in the town square at night. Regardless, the town’s men came to Lot’s house and demanded Lot to bring out the two angelic men in order to have sex with them. Lot, not knowing what to do, offered his two virgin daughters up for their sexual perversion (which doesn’t say much for Lot’s integrity). Anyway, the town’s mens’ response is the main idea in today’s passage. The town’s mens’ response, “this fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge. We will treat you far worse than those other men.” Translation “how dare you tell us what to do”. No matter how you spin the homosexual agenda, it will always be about selfishness and pride. Abortion is the same way. It’s not about a clump of tissue, rather it’s about you not telling me what to do when it comes to sex (my body, my rights). The sad part about this argument isn’t about a woman’s body, it’s about pregnancy, and another person’s body (the natural consequence of having sex). The irony about this is the consequences of both topics speak for themselves. The worst part is how people are treated when they don’t agree. Tell someone a behavior is a sin, and they want to punish you for it, as they did to Lot here. Look around, does this type of behavior still happen today? The sin nature that drives this behavior is in all of us. You can learn a great deal from reading the Bible. And even though this was written about an event that happen thousands of years ago, it still speaks volumes of how the Bible understands and explains human behavior (without God, it doesn’t change). If God wrote this book in order for us to know Him, why don’t more people make it a priority to read it daily? Answer, people don’t want to be told what to do.

1 That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”“Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”3 But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate. 4 But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. 5 They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”6 So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him. 7 “Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don’t do such a wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”9 “Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.10 But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door. 11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.12 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. 13 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.”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.15 At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” 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!” Genesis 19:1-15