1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: For I know him that he will command his children 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: and his household after him, and they shall keep the 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: way of the Lord to do justice and judgment, that 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: spoken of him Genesis eighteen nineteen. Lord, as I meditate 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: and reflect on Genesis eighteen sixteen to thirty three, I 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: ask that you train my ears and my heart to 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: hear the promises you've ordained for my life in this 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: very moment. Strengthen my faith to believe as you do, 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: transform my heart to see opportunities in the midst of obstacles, 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: like the miracle you did for Abraham and Sarah, I too, 12 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: am choosing to believe that, no matter how long I've 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: had to wait, in a moment's notice, you will bring 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: to pass all that you've promised. I declare that I 15 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: will not laugh at the magnitude of my miracle, but 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: instead will embrace the truth that you specialize in the impossible. 17 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: As I wait to receive my promise, I will also 18 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: intercede on behalf of all those who are lost and 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: have yet defined your saving grace. I will stand in 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: the gap for the lives of others, like Abraham did 21 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: for those in the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Thank 22 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: you Lord for your grace and faithfulness. Your love endures 23 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: forever in Jesus name. Amen, Thank you for praying with 24 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: me today. Continue listening for an incredible Bible story brought 25 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: to you by Bible in a Year dot com. Abraham 26 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: and God about Sodom and Gomorrah. Before this story, we 27 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: learned about how God made a covenant with Abraham and 28 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: renamed him Abraham. He renamed Sarai to Sarah and promised 29 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: them a son. Despite their old age. Even in doubt, insecurity, 30 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: and disobedience, God continues to make promises to Abraham's family. 31 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 1: Now we revisit the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 32 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: as God is about to judge those within the city 33 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: and Abraham intervenes. Inspired by the Book of Genesis, Hello, 34 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible in 35 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: a Year podcast. When we last saw Abraham and Sarah, 36 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: they were receiving their new names and a renewed affirmation 37 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: of God's covenant to make a great nation through them. 38 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: In today's reading, we'll find God paying a special visit 39 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: to Abraham, and when he comes he is not alone. 40 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: Abraham bows before the Lord and welcomes the travelers with hospitality, 41 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: sparing no good thing as he lavishes them with fresh 42 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: food and drink. The first thing that God does is 43 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: once again reassure Abraham and Sarah of his promise to 44 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: give them a child. But that's not all he is there. 45 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 1: For there is a grave matter to which God must 46 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: attend the rampant wickedness of two cities. We've heard their 47 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: names before, Sodom and Gomorrah. But now God's patience with 48 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: the evil doing has run out. As we've seen before, 49 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: evil come out and will not go unpunished. Justice will 50 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: be served, must be served. As you listen today, pay 51 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: attention first to God's patient love towards Sarah, who is 52 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: still very dubious of her prospects for motherhood. Notice how 53 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: God does not become angry at her doubt, but instead 54 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: reassures her as a loving parrot does to a child. Then, 55 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: as you hear the Lord and Abraham discussed Sodom and 56 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Gomorrah and God's plan to meet out his righteous justice 57 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: on the great sin he is seeing, watch how Abraham intervenes. 58 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: This is a great lesson in both humility and boldness 59 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: before the Lord, to be learned here in this passage. 60 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: So let's listen in as God and Abraham talk about 61 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: Sodom and Gomrah under the shade of the trees and manory. 62 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: In the heat of the day, the Lord appeared near 63 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: Abraham's tent, only this time he did not come as 64 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: he usually did. Abraham was visited by three strangers, seemingly 65 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: divine in nature, and one among them spoke as the Lord. 66 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: Abraham bowed to them, knowing that this was not a 67 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: usual thing. He lavished them with a meal and worshiped 68 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: God with hospitality underneath the trees. After the men had 69 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,799 Speaker 1: their fill and were rested, one of them asked, where 70 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: is your wife Sarah. Sarah was close by in the 71 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: tent beside the trees, listening to their conversation and trying 72 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: not to be heard. She is in the tent, Abraham responded, 73 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: not sure how to speak with these strangers. The Lord 74 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: once again spoke his promise to Abraham, knowing Sarah was 75 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: listening through the tent. When I returned to you about 76 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: this time next year, your wife shall have a son. 77 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: A faint laugh could be heard from the tent. Sarah, 78 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 1: an old woman far past her child bearing years, could 79 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: not fathom such a notion. The idea of two people 80 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: nearly a hundred years old even having normal sex was 81 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: a laughable idea. After I am worn out and my 82 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: husband as old, shall I even have pleasure? Sarah chuckled 83 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: to herself. God, hearing this, turned to Abraham and asked, 84 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: why does Sarah doubt that she can have a child 85 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: at her age? Let me ask you this is anything 86 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 1: impossible for the Lord? Is anything too hard for the 87 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: creator of the stars and the mender of all things broken? 88 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: Listen again about this time next year, I will return 89 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: to you, and Sarah shall have a son. Sarah, now 90 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: found out for her silent chuckling, denied ever having laughed 91 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: or doubted, with a kind grin as a loving father 92 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: looks at his child, who was caught sneaking around, said 93 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: yes you did. And then the three strangers began their 94 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: descent towards Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham walked with them to 95 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: send them on their way. The three were speaking among themselves, 96 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: and the Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham what 97 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I am about to do? Abraham will become a great 98 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: and mighty nation established by me. I have chosen him 99 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: to lead the way of the Lord by doing righteousness 100 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: and justice. So God turned to Abraham honestly and spoke plainly. 101 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: The prayers and the outcries of those suffering because of 102 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: Sodom and Gomorrah have become great. They are a people 103 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: corrupted and poisoned by selfishness, and their sins are grave. 104 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: I am going down to observe them and measure them 105 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: according to their deeds. If they are truly as sinful 106 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: as reported, I will know. As the Lord and Abraham 107 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: were talking, the two other strangers began their descent into Sodom. 108 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: Whether Abraham was aware of it or not, a compassionate 109 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: and curious heart came upon him. He inquired to the Lord, ask, 110 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: will you wipe out the righteous with the wicked? Suppose 111 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: there are fifty righteous people in the city. Will you 112 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: then destroy the place and not spare it for the 113 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: fifty righteous who are in it. It does not sound 114 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: like you to do such a thing, to put the 115 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: righteous to death with the wicked. Far be that from you. 116 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: You are the judge of all the earth, Should you 117 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: not do what is just? This was a bold inquiry 118 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: coming from Abraham as he was speaking face to face 119 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: with he who causes the seas to rise and fall 120 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: with the moon, and cradles the heavens and the span 121 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: of his hands. The Lord, however, spoke plainly and compassionately 122 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: with Abraham, saying, if I find in Sodom fifty righteous 123 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: in the city, I will spare everything for their sake. 124 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: Abraham had more questions. He was unsatisfied with his question before, 125 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: now coming to realize who he was speaking to, Abraham 126 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: approached the subject again, only this time with more reverence. 127 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: He asked, I know who I am speaking to, and 128 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: I am but dust and ashes in front of you, 129 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: and not worthy. But suppose there are forty five righteous 130 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: in the city, will you destroy the whole city? If 131 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: there are five less righteous? Then? Before the Lord looked 132 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: again at Abraham and answered, I will not destroy it 133 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: if I find forty five righteous. What about forty righteous? 134 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: Suppose there are only forty, will you destroy the city? 135 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: Then I will not. Please, do not get angry with me, 136 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: Abraham said, but what if there were only thirty righteous 137 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: people in the city. I will not do it. If 138 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: I find thirty there, God replied twenty For the sake 139 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: of those twenty, I will not destroy the city. Please, Lord, 140 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: I know that I am just before you. Do not 141 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: be angry with me. And let me ask this last question. 142 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 1: What if there were only ten righteous among the city, 143 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: would you spare the city if there were ten righteous? 144 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: The Lord looked again finally at Abraham, his chosen hero, 145 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: was speaking before him with boldness and humility. The man 146 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: he had chosen to be father of nations was now 147 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: displaying a heart to see the righteous upheld and the 148 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: innocence spared. He answered Abraham tenderly, and one final time 149 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: he said, for the sake of ten, I will not 150 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: destroy it. And the Lord went his way towards Sodom, 151 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: and Abraham returned to his home. Our passage to Day 152 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 1: opens with a visit by God to Abraham and Sarah's tent, 153 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: But this was a different kind of visit, and we 154 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: see God is joined by two others who are heavenly 155 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: beings angelic beings. These were angels that would later visit, 156 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:18,199 Speaker 1: most likely Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham immediately recognizes this is 157 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 1: an important visit and rushes to greet. The Lord then 158 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: extends great hospitality, lavishing his guests with bread, milk, kords, 159 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: and a freshly slaughtered calf. One cannot help but be 160 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: reminded again of Abel and of his sacrifice of the 161 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: best of his flock and offering which the Lord was pleased. 162 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: What comes next is another reassurance that what God has 163 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: promised is always true. God will give a son to 164 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: Abraham borne by his wife Sarah. But now God gives 165 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: her an actual timeline by this time next year. You see, 166 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: God doesn't always reveal his timing to us. In fact, 167 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: most often he does not reveal his timeline, but that 168 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he can't or won't give you an idea 169 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: of his timing. He knew how much this couple had endured, 170 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: and this was the final stretch. God wanted them to 171 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: keep holding fast to the promise because it was just 172 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: about to happen. The newly renamed couple is continuing to 173 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: trust and have faith, but this doesn't prevent Sarah from 174 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: laughing incredulously, unable to yet imagine how this could possibly happen. 175 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: But notice that God doesn't get upset or offended by this. Instead, 176 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: he simply ask if there's any doubt that he can 177 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: truly do what he said. Even after Sarah tries to 178 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: deny her doubt, the Lord does not grow weary of 179 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: her or chastise her. All he says is that he 180 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: knows she laughed, as if to say, I know you did. 181 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: I know you laugh, But don't worry. The Lord and 182 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: his travel companions then began to leave, headed down south 183 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: to Sodom and Gomorrah. God has plans for these evil cities, 184 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: so he shares his plans for justice with Abraham, his 185 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: chosen men, This man who was to pave the way 186 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: for God's redemptive plan. The evil and the sin of 187 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: Sodom and Gomorrah can no longer be tolerated. God is 188 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: going to wipe out those two towns. These are the 189 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: cities where his nephew Lot, Abraham's nephew Lot lives with 190 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: his family. But otherwise they are of no great consequence 191 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: to Abraham. That's why what happens next is so amazing. 192 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: Abraham intervenes. He intervenes by asking God to allow for 193 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: an opportunity for these cities to be spared. He asked 194 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: God to find just fifty righteous men in Sodom, and 195 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: if he does, to relent from destroying them, Throughout his life, 196 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: Abraham has seen that God's plan will not be stopped, 197 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 1: and yet here he is boldly asking God to change 198 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: his mind. God agrees, but Abraham wants more. Fifty might 199 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: be too many. He has, after all, been living in 200 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: the area, knows of the wickedness of the people of 201 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: these cities, so he suggests a lower number. Of What 202 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: I love about Abraham's second request is the humility with 203 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: which he approaches God, even as he is being so 204 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: incredibly bold. Genesis eighteen twenty seven to twenty eight records 205 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: this conversation, and Abraham replied, now, behold, I have ventured 206 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust 207 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: and ashes. Suppose the fifty righteous man are lacking five? 208 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: Will you destroy the whole city because of five? And 209 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: he said, I will not destroy it if I find 210 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: forty five. There now here is a wonderful lesson on 211 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: boldness and humility. At the same time, Abraham has asked 212 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: God for a huge thing, and God has agreed, but 213 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: he wants to take it a step further. Notice how 214 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: he handles this first, acknowledging his position relative to God. 215 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: But dust and ashes, and that's who we are compared 216 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: to the greatness and the glory of God we are 217 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: dust and ashes, and then boldally and clearly making his request. 218 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: This is how we are to approach God in prayer, 219 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: first recognizing God's immense greatness and power and glory and 220 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: our smallness by comparison. But then we can make our 221 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: request with confidence, confidence because we know in Jesus Christ, 222 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: God has promised to hear us. Here. God once again 223 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: agrees with the proposition, and this goes on several more 224 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: times until Abraham is able to whittle the number down 225 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: to just ten righteous men, just ten. The Lord then 226 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: turns and heads to Sodom in search of a few 227 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: righteous men who can spare this wicked city. We'll find 228 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: out the next time what happened. Lord God, Thank you 229 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: for this passage and how we can learn so much. 230 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for it, your loving patience with us, and 231 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: for the times when you reveal your great plans in 232 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: detail to us, as you did with Abraham and Sarah. 233 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: We know you do not have to do this, but 234 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: you choose to do it for our sake. Thank you, Lord, 235 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: that we can approach you with boldness and humility, that 236 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: we could ask for our heart's desire help us to 237 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: trust you more Father in Jesus Name. Amen, thank you 238 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 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