1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Let us pray. And there came two angels to Sodom. 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: At Even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: he bowed himself with his face toward the ground Genesis 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: nineteen one. My Lord, thank you for constantly showing me 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: grace when I am surrounded and tempted with the pleasures 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: of this world. Thank you for protecting me from myself 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: and from foolish decisions I've made when I wasn't thinking 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: in alignment with your word. Help me to move with 10 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: critical obedience when you give a command. I will no 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: longer hesitate when I know the direction you're calling me 12 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: to go. I will no longer look back at my 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: past longing for the things that move me off the 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: path of my destiny. Thank you Lord, that when you 15 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: close one season of my life, like a life and 16 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: his family, you will provide a safe space for me 17 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: and my loved ones to dwell in. I thank you 18 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: for your protection, your justice, and your mercy towards me. 19 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: I can move in full confidence knowing that you've placed 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: your angels like a fence around my life. I am 21 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: protected because I am yours in Jesus' name Amen. Listening 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God. Continue 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible in 24 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: a Year, brought to you by Bible in a Year 25 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: dot com. 26 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: Sodom and Gomorrah. Before this story, we learned about how 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: God visited Abraham and they talked about the cities of 28 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: Sodom and Gomorrah. God alluded to Abraham his plans to. 29 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 3: Destroy the city for its wickedness. Abraham asked again and 30 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: again about God's mercy if there are any righteous left 31 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 3: in the city. God promised he would not destroy Sodom 32 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 3: and Gomorrah if there were any righteous still living in 33 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: the city. Now we will learn about how God will 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: bring justice to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Inspired 35 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: by the Book of Genesis. 36 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 4: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the 37 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: Bible in a Year podcast. Last time, we heard about 38 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 4: God's visit to Abraham and how Abraham pleaded for Sodom 39 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: and Gomorrah to be spared from destruction. The evil in 40 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 4: these cities has simply gone way, way too far. God 41 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 4: is going to bring judgment upon them destroying them completely 42 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 4: and all within the cities. But Abraham intervened, and God 43 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 4: agreed to relent if just ten righteous people could be 44 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 4: found in those places. Today we picked back up as 45 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: two angels who were with God arrive in Sodom, the 46 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 4: place where Abraham's nephew Lot was still living. They're going 47 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 4: to try to find righteous men who could spare the 48 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 4: cities from annihilation. Notice his Lot greets them, knowing as 49 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 4: Abraham knew that these visitors were not of this world. 50 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 4: Listen as he pleased with them, knowing that they are 51 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 4: not safe in a very wicked town. So just think 52 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 4: about what this recognition of the evil around him signals 53 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 4: about Lot's unwillingness to distance himself from corruptive influence, this terrible, awful, 54 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 4: wicked influence upon his life and family. Is this the 55 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: kind of leader his family needs? Finally, as you hear 56 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 4: this past message and the things the townspeople do to 57 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 4: these angels, imagine how much this grieved God's heart to 58 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: see the depth of depravity in the hearts of those 59 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 4: he created in his own image, now defiled by sin. 60 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 4: You will surely see that God's righteous anger against Sodom 61 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 4: and Gomorah was more than warranted. But consider also that 62 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 4: our hearts are not so different and prone to sin 63 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 4: and evil, and this also grieves the heart of the Father. Soberly, 64 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: let us hear today's passage. 65 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: Lot, Abraham's nephew, was still living in the city of 66 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 3: Sodom with his family. He was sitting outside of Sodom 67 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 3: in the gateway when two angels arrived. Lot walked up 68 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 3: to them, bowed down with his face to the ground. 69 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 3: He said to them, come with me where you can 70 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 3: wash your feet, spend the night, and leave in the morning. 71 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 3: For Lot knew that the two angels would not be 72 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 3: safe in the city at night. The angels responded, saying, 73 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: we will stay the night in the square. Lot insisted, 74 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: so they went with him to his home. Lot prepared 75 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: a meal for them by baking bread without yeast, and 76 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: they ate. Darkness began to fall over the city, and 77 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 3: the shroud of night provided a covering for the wicked 78 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 3: men of the city to emerge. Every man from the 79 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 3: city of all ages surrounded Lot's house. This horde of 80 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 3: Sodom knocked on Lot's door, demanding that he delivered the 81 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: angels into their hands, bring them out here so that 82 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: we might have our way with them, for they desired 83 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 3: to take turns with them, brutalizing and raping them. Lot 84 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: came outside instead, Frantic and not in his right mind, 85 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 3: he said, please, brothers, do not take them from my house. 86 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 3: They are righteous guests and are protected under my roof. 87 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: Here I have two virgin daughters. I will give them 88 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 3: to you, and you can do whatever you want to them. 89 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 3: Just do not take these men in my house. There 90 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 3: Lot stood, feeling as if he had no choice but 91 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: to sell out his own daughters, Growing louder and more impatient, 92 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 3: the men outside yelled towards a Lot, get back. You 93 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 3: are a sojourner here in our land, and now you 94 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 3: want to judge us, Move or we will do worse 95 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: things to you than we will to your guests. The 96 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 3: men came closer to Lot, ready to break down the doors. 97 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: Then from behind Lot, the two angels grabbed him and 98 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: drew him back into the house, closing the door behind them. 99 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 3: The two angels stood before Lot and looked outward and 100 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 3: struck the men outside with blindness. However, it did not 101 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 3: stop the men from trying to get inside. Disoriented and blinded, 102 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: the men eventually wore themselves out, groping for the door. 103 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 3: The angels said to Lot, do you have any other 104 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: family members here in the city. If so, flee with them, 105 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,679 Speaker 3: for we are going to destroy this city. The Lord 106 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 3: has sent us because of the outcries against it. So 107 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: Lot went to go warn his family, including the men 108 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 3: supposed to marry his daughters. Flailing and frantic, the son 109 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 3: in laws thought he was joking, so they did not 110 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 3: listen and went to bed. Morning came and the angels 111 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: came again to Lot, yelling, take your wife and your 112 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 3: daughters and flee the city. You will be destroyed if 113 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 3: you linger any longer. But Lot did linger, indecisive and afraid, 114 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: and was unable to help himself or his family. He 115 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 3: was cowardly to offer up his daughters, and now he 116 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: stood equally a coward for not saving them. Yet God 117 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 3: was still merciful to them and promised he would not 118 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: destroy the city unless all the righteous were gone. So 119 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: the angels seized him and his wife and his two 120 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 3: daughters by the hand, and they brought him out and 121 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: set him outside the city. They commanded again, escape for 122 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 3: your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in 123 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 3: the valley. Escape to the hills lest you be destroyed 124 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: with the city. Lot responded to them and said, please 125 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,559 Speaker 3: do me another great kindness. Spare the neighboring town Zor, 126 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 3: so we can settle there. The angel said to him again, 127 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 3: I will do as you ask. Now, flee, judgment is coming. 128 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: When Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen, and the 129 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 3: Lord caused fire, ash and sulfur to fall on Sodom 130 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 3: and Gomorrah. In the distance, Lot and his family could 131 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 3: hear the cries of those in the city. The city 132 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 3: of Sodom, a nest of rape, murder, and wickedness, fell 133 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 3: under the fist of the almighty. Lot's wife, longing for 134 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 3: the city of wickedness, again looked back. Despite the angel's warning. There, 135 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: Lot's wife turned to a pillar of salt and died, 136 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: eventually crumbling beneath the ash and fire. Early the next morning, 137 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: Abraham went to the place where he had stood before 138 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 3: the Lord. He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah and 139 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 3: toward the valley. Behold, the smoke of the land went 140 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 3: up like a furnace. Lot's story would not end here, yet, 141 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: he would rise to repentance like his uncle Abraham. No, 142 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 3: Lot's story does not end with him as the hero. 143 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: Yet God continues to be faithful, and God is the 144 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 3: ultimate hero. 145 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 4: Just as Abraham did. When he saw the travelers approaching 146 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 4: his tent. Lot saw the two angels coming and went 147 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 4: out to meet them, bowing down to show reverence and 148 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 4: honor to them. But that is where the similarities end 149 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 4: between Abraham and Lot. He didn't prepare a feast for 150 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 4: these men. He fed them just some unleven bread, but 151 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 4: no fatted calf, no milk, no kurds. They didn't sit 152 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 4: in the shade of a tree enjoying fellowship with each other. 153 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 4: Lot's first instinct, rather, born out of his knowledge of 154 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 4: this place in which he had remained with his family compromised, 155 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 4: was to hide these divine beings. But the angels were 156 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: not there to be safe or to hide. They were 157 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 4: there to see just how evil this city had become. 158 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 4: And remember, according to the scriptures, angels are holy being. 159 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 4: Of course, God did not need firsthand evidence or for 160 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 4: scouts angel scouts to find righteous men. He knows all, 161 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 4: He sees the instincts and the sins of every heart. 162 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 4: But he had an agreement with Abraham. So the angels 163 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 4: were there to witness the evil. They were, in effect 164 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 4: on a mission of espionage. Lot knew very well that 165 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 4: he was in an evil place, So why didn't he leave? 166 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 4: Why didn't he pick up his family and get out 167 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 4: of this place? Or maybe we should ask ourselves, why 168 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 4: don't we flee an evil situation when we have the chance? 169 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 4: What's the problem here? Why did he stay? Was it 170 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 4: for comfort? Was it wealth? Was it familiarity? 171 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 3: No. 172 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 4: Lot had given up protecting his family a long time ago, 173 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 4: it seems, but he was intent on protecting these visitors, 174 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 4: even to the point of sacrificing his own daughter's virgins 175 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 4: to the wicked, wretched men who were trying to rape 176 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: and abuse the angelic beings. We see that even this 177 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: is not a deterrent for the men of Sodom. Their 178 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 4: desires are so depraved, gone from what God created them 179 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 4: to be, that they reject Lot's offer. This is a shocking, 180 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 4: stunning display of the nature of sin gone completely out 181 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 4: of control, unrestrained. They do not know it yet, but 182 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: this is going to have devastating consequences for their city. 183 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 4: Not only could God not find ten righteous men, he 184 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 4: could barely find one. The least evil man in the 185 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 4: town was Lot, who had offered his flesh and blood 186 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 4: to be brutalized by these wicked men. Lot is severely 187 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 4: compromised at every level. Somehow this was enough to save Lot, 188 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: because the angels tell him to gather his family and lead, 189 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 4: never looking back. Did you catch what is happening here? 190 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 4: The towns were going to be destroyed completely. God's justice 191 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 4: would be served because of the great evil in the area. 192 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 4: Lot should have wanted to flee, to get as far 193 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 4: away as possible, as soon as possible. He was told 194 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 4: to flee to the mountains. But what did he do? 195 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: Genesis nineteen, verses eighteen and nineteen gives us the response. 196 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 4: But Lot said to them, oh, my lords, now behold, 197 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 4: your servant has found favor in your sight, and you 198 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 4: have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to 199 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 4: me by saving my life. But I cannot escape to 200 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 4: the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I 201 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 4: will die. Failing to trust to deliver him through his escape, 202 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 4: he asked them to spare the nearest town of Zoar, 203 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: so he could settle there. When we flee from sin, 204 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: when we run away from wickedness and evil. We must 205 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 4: get away as far as possible, as soon as possible. 206 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 4: But how often do we keep sin close, cherishing it 207 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: even in our hearts. They agree to let him go there, 208 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 4: so Lot takes his family and they go to Zoar. 209 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 4: They've been warned not to look back on the cities 210 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 4: of Sodomi Goemora, but Lott's wife is so seduced by 211 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 4: the city where sin abounded that she had to take 212 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 4: one last Was it a longing look? It was her 213 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 4: last act as she turned into a pillar of salt, 214 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 4: crumbling into oblivion, just as the city she had fled. 215 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 4: When God gives you an escape, a chance to sever 216 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 4: your ties with sin, to break away, don't look back, 217 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 4: don't go there again, for the old life of sin 218 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 4: will paralyze you, and Satan himself will destroy you. The 219 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 4: judgment of God will fall upon you. Heavenly Father, thank 220 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: you for rescuing us from our sin. Thank you for 221 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 4: the story today, which so vividly shows the wickedness of 222 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 4: our hearts and how your justice cannot be avoided. Thank 223 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 4: you for your son Jesus, who took the penalty of 224 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: our sin and wickedness upon his own life at the 225 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 4: cross so that we could have a brand new life 226 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 4: in the power of the Resurrection. Amen. Thank you for 227 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 4: listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm pastor 228 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 4: Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Download Theprey dot com app 229 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 4: and make a priority in your life. If you enjoyed 230 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 4: this podcast, share it with someone you know, someone you love, 231 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 4: because by sharing this podcast, you can make a big 232 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 4: difference in some one's life. 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