0384. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE.

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE.

Luk_17:32.

There are very solemn reasons why we should remember Lot’s wife, in the near approach of the coming of the Son of Man (Luk_24:30). To be unfit for His appearing will be to be overtaken with that vengeance which shall come upon those who have not "obeyed the Gospel" (2Th_1:6-10). Some things about her that should be remembered-

I. She Perished, although she was the Wife of a Righteous Man. Lot was not all that he might have been, but he was a "righteous man who vexed his soul" (2Pe_2:8) with the filthy conversation of the Sodomites. She was also related to Abraham, the man of faith.

II. She Perished, although she was Warned of her Danger. A special message had come from Heaven, warning them to "escape for their life." Have we not also had a special warning from God through His own Son? (Joh_3:36).

III. She Perished, although she Made an Effort to be Saved. She heard the warning, partly believed it, and ran for a while, but stopped short of salvation. She did not "forget the things that were behind." Like Simon the sorcerer, her heart was not right with God (Act_8:21). "Doing the best you can," apart from a steadfast faith in Christ, is to perish by the way.

IV. She Perished, although Separated from the Sodomites. Her body was outside the city, but her affections were in it. She was not so bad as the wicked citizens of the plain, but still fatally fettered by the love of the world. She could thank God, like the Pharisee, that she "was not like others," but she was unsaved (Heb_10:38-39).

V. She Perished, although she Committed but One Sin. That one awful sin was the sin of unbelief, which manifested itself in a disobedient look. The command was, "Escape for thy life: look not behind thee" (Gen_19:17). Sinners perish, not because of the number of their sins, but because of the nature of sin. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, not sins. To offend the law of God in one point is to be guilty of all. She would never have looked back if she had kept her eye on the mountain set before her (Heb_12:2).

Autor: James Smith