With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away the city is punished."
GENESIS 19;15
THE BATTLE OVER CULTURE began in the garden when a husband and wife had to decide whether they listened to the voice of God or chose to turn their back on Him and do what they pleased
Today, however, when you are confronted with a choice, people say, "Go ahead and do it; everybody else is." And often our natural impulses join that chorus, saying, "Why not?"
In contrast, did Noah listen to the scorn of his day as people laughed at the thought of a flood, or did he quiety obey God and set out to build an ark that would save his family? Did Abram ponder the difficulty of the journey when God said it was time to leave for the Promised Land, or did he simply obey? And then could not Lot living in Sodom, have rationalized the moral behavior of fellow citizens and ignored the pleading of the angelic messengers who said God was about to destroy the wicked city?
As soon as God gave deliverance to the three million descendants of Abraham who found themselves slaves in Egypt, the Isrealites began to say, "It would have been better to stay in Egypt than to come out here and die." This attitude proves how pervasive the influence of culture can be.
Are you battling the influences of culture today? Most of the time the challenges come in seemingly insignificant decisions, and we are often prone to say, "Well, this doesn't really matter," but the small compromises then form the foundation for the major ones. It is better by far to walk the lonely path with integrity and a clear conscience, than to embrace the good life that leaves empty and shallow and spiritually bankrupt.
GENESIS 19;15
THE BATTLE OVER CULTURE began in the garden when a husband and wife had to decide whether they listened to the voice of God or chose to turn their back on Him and do what they pleased
Today, however, when you are confronted with a choice, people say, "Go ahead and do it; everybody else is." And often our natural impulses join that chorus, saying, "Why not?"
In contrast, did Noah listen to the scorn of his day as people laughed at the thought of a flood, or did he quiety obey God and set out to build an ark that would save his family? Did Abram ponder the difficulty of the journey when God said it was time to leave for the Promised Land, or did he simply obey? And then could not Lot living in Sodom, have rationalized the moral behavior of fellow citizens and ignored the pleading of the angelic messengers who said God was about to destroy the wicked city?
As soon as God gave deliverance to the three million descendants of Abraham who found themselves slaves in Egypt, the Isrealites began to say, "It would have been better to stay in Egypt than to come out here and die." This attitude proves how pervasive the influence of culture can be.
Are you battling the influences of culture today? Most of the time the challenges come in seemingly insignificant decisions, and we are often prone to say, "Well, this doesn't really matter," but the small compromises then form the foundation for the major ones. It is better by far to walk the lonely path with integrity and a clear conscience, than to embrace the good life that leaves empty and shallow and spiritually bankrupt.
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