"and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless - (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds that he saw and heard),"To me, it seems that Lot gets too much credit. I don't quite get Lot's righteousness. True, he shelters the angels, but what was he doing in Sodom anyway? Was he trying to be a witness or did he somehow decide to pick the worst place in the world to raise a family. I mean, even after he was captured and saved by Abraham, Lot still had money and goods, so he could have gone anywhere I imagine. Or did Sodom just go downhill after he had set roots? And if that is the case, couldn't he have had more civic reponsibility and worked to turn these people around? I don't get this guy...
I am certainly not saying that Lot did not deserve to be saved. We are singing "Children of our Heavenly Father" in choir and the last phrase caught my eye in rehearsal tonight because of my feelings towards Lot today:
Though He giveth or He taketh, God His children ne’er forsaketh; His the loving purpose solely, To preserve them pure and holy.
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