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Speaker 1: Let us pray. And there came two angels to Sodom.

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Speaker 1: At Even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom,

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Speaker 1: and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and

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Speaker 1: nineteen one. Dear Heavenly Father, to day, I am making

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Speaker 1: the conscious decision to not allow fear to be the

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Speaker 1: into my own hands to preserve my promised destiny. Instead,

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Speaker 1: I will choose to trust in your process and time

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Speaker 1: line to bring all that you have promised into fruition. Lord,

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Speaker 1: when I find myself in the cave of confusion, I

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Speaker 1: will reflect on your faithfulness and consistency throughout my life.

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Speaker 1: I confess that I will not make the same mistakes

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Speaker 1: my relationship with you God. I declare that I am

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Speaker 1: the righteousness of God, unmovable and unshakable. My mind is clear,

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Speaker 1: my heart is aligned, and my feet are standing on

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Speaker 1: the solid rock of your word. In Jesus name, Amen,

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Speaker 2: Lot and his daughters. Previously, we had learned about God's

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Speaker 2: judgment on the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. The darkness

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Speaker 2: that plagued their hearts bled into the city like a river.

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Speaker 2: Their wickedness knew no limits, and God decided to destroy them.

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Speaker 2: He showed mercy on Lot and his family, yet Lot's

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Speaker 2: wife and son in laws were destroyed. Now we peer

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Speaker 2: into the sickness of Lot's family, and although Sodom and

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Speaker 2: Lot's bloodline. Inspired by the Book of Genesis.

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible of the Year podcast. Today, we're going to see

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Speaker 3: what happens to Lot and his daughters in the aftermath

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Speaker 3: of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God and his

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Speaker 3: mercy had spared Lot and his family, But as you'll

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Speaker 3: recall from our previous passage, Lott's wife was unable to

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Speaker 3: was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his

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Speaker 3: daughters now have a chance for a brand new start,

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Speaker 3: But as we'll see, the sin of sodom and the

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Speaker 3: darkness that's all around them will have a profound effect

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Speaker 3: on their future. The opening scene is one that few

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Speaker 3: are raining down ash and heat all over the region

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Speaker 3: Of course, it was terrifying, traumatic, and out of this

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Speaker 3: and corruption of God's design for families. As you listen,

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Speaker 3: notice what motivates the actions of each person in the story.

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Speaker 3: Notice how Lot, though he is not the primary bad

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Speaker 3: actor in this account, is not without fault. The passage

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Speaker 3: is one that will rightfully make us very uncomfortable with

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Speaker 3: its theme. So get ready, but don't allow the shocking

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Speaker 3: lesson that is in it, a lesson about what fear

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Speaker 2: Darkness covered the skies and ash fell like snow across

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Speaker 2: Lot had fled to the mountains above Zoa with his

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Speaker 2: at all, but because God chose to save him.

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Speaker 3: for things. If you recall from our previous passage, Lot

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Speaker 3: God had worshiped him? Sadly? No, He and his daughters

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Speaker 3: They begin to talk to each other about all they

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Speaker 3: Lot offered his daughters to the wicked men. But just

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Speaker 3: because they were physically pure did not mean their hearts

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Speaker 3: stringent lesson. Earlier in Genesis, we heard as God warned

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Speaker 3: Kine that sin was crouching at the door. And here

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Speaker 3: Sin like a lion. Satan like a lion, will pounce

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Speaker 3: Lot failed to remain watchful, and rather than taking on

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Speaker 3: With each of them, these two boys would grow up

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Speaker 3: war with God's chosen people, the Israelite, for years and

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Speaker 3: years to come. What a story, What a terrible story,

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Speaker 3: and it all started with fear and failure to keep

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Speaker 3: appreciative of this story today and what it teaches us

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Speaker 3: enter by any means necessary. Lord, help us to trust You,

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Speaker 3: protection in our lives is just what we need. In Jesus' name. Amen,

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