down to the wilds. I was going to camp and the Albright's may have been on this trip. I know Tim and Brenda I believe were on this trip. And on the way down we stopped at a rock called Slippery Rock, Sliding Rock I should say. And it had water going over it but it was a huge rock that went down into a great big pool of water. and people would jump on it. And when you jumped on it, it just was so slippery. You just slid down while I jumped on it. And when I jumped on it, I had no control as to my direction. I had no control as to how fast I was going to get there. I had no control where I was going to end up. There were a lot of things that I lost control of real quick on sliding rock. Maybe you've been on a slippery slope. I was over uh... in garden of the gods out in colorado years ago how many of you have been there anybody been to garden of the gods beautiful beautiful area and uh... you go climbing around garden of the gods rocks and go way up and so we did some of that i was young and adventurous and uh... uh... i got to some spots where boy you slide a little bit and all those rocks slide out from underneath you and you feel real quick that you've lost control. I'm not in control of myself. It was a little bit scary at that time. When we read about a man by the name of Lot in the Bible, we find somebody that got on a slippery slope that he had no control of. And tonight I'm preaching on this thought, the first four words of verse number 11, and Lot chose him. He made a choice that involved self And when he made that choice, he didn't control the rest of it. I want you to glean a number of things from Lot's life tonight. If you're taking notes, I have about seven different points that all begin with the letter D, so you'll be able to catch them throughout the message, and I'll try to move through them quickly. But in verses 6 through 9, there's a dispute between Abraham and Lot. Both of them, God has blessed abundantly with lots of cattle and lots of resources, according to the Scripture, so much so that the land in which they were living, there was not enough room to meet all of their needs. and you can read about that in verses six through nine and uh... abraham said a lot let there be no strife in verse number eight i pray the between me and the in between my heart's men and i heard smin for we'd be brother in abraham didn't want a dispute abraham didn't want a division he says hey i don't want this to be taking place let's find a remedy for the problem in verse number nine is not the whole land before the I pray Thee for me, if Thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if Thou wilt depart to the right hand, then I go to the left. You know disputes often lead to decisions. Many times they become fleshly decisions. Abraham here, in a humble manner, says, Hey Lot, I want to solve the dispute. And how I want to solve the dispute is I want to give you first choice. And whatever you take, I'll do the opposite of. Or whatever you choose, I'll take the leftovers. By the way, that's a good way to go into a dispute. Go into a dispute willing to give rather than willing to take. Abraham had a right spirit in this dispute. Lot had a chance to choose. And Lot chose the well-watered plain in the direction of Sodom. My friend, that dispute led to a decision in Lot's life that cost him dearly. It cost him dearly. Can I encourage you by some truth tonight? More is not always better. Bigger is not always better. Comfort and convenience are not always better. Here's what Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes chapter 4. Better is a handful, that's not very much, with quietness than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Proverbs 17 verse number 1 says this. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices, that is a house that is overflowing in abundance with strife. If you are getting ready to make a decision and you are getting ready to make it because of more or because of bigger, or because that maybe you see comfort and convenience at the end of that road, beware. That's the decision that Lot made. He made a decision based upon his eyes, and that decision was not based on the internals, but the externals. And it turned him in the wrong direction. Not only did Lot face a dispute, I want you to see secondly, he faced a discovery. Look at verse number 10 of Genesis chapter number 13. The Bible says, "...and Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan. It was well watered everywhere before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zor." The Bible says, "...Lot lifted up his eyes, and he saw a plain." And it was a well watered plain, and you must think with me as to how Lot's mind was turning on this whole event of what he was seeing. I'm leaving. I'm leaving because there's not enough room for Abraham's flock and my flock. My herdsmen are having conflict with his herdsmen. There must be an answer. There must be a solution. And he lifted up his eyes and he saw a well-watered plain. He discovered something with his eyes. May I remind you tonight that not every opportunity that comes by your way is an opportunity from God. Beware of making judgments and big decisions just because there's an opportunity that's available. 1 John chapter 2 verse number 16 says, For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes. There are a number of things that Satan can use in our lives to distract us, and one of them is our eyes. In fact, one of the three enemies that we face, according to 1 John 2, is the lust of the eyes. I want you to understand some things about your eyes tonight. Look at verse 17 of 1 John 2. You know that lusts start with eyes. I don't care what kind of lust it is. A lust starts with eyes. We have Achan in the Old Testament. Achan looked with his what? Eyes. He saw a Babylonian garment and a lust was created and a lust was pursued and it was developed in his life and he gave into it. Eve saw with her eyes that the fruit was good for taking. And it developed a lust, and Satan capitalized on that, and tempted her, and questioned God's word. And as a result, Eve gave in to what she saw with her eyes. Here's what the Bible says in 1 John chapter 2, verse number 17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof. But he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. Here's what I want you to get tonight. What you see with your eyes remember will pass away. According to the scripture, the world passeth away in the lust thereof. When Lot saw with his eyes, he saw a well-watered plain. He saw a direction of Sodom. But remember, Sodom and Gomorrah would be burned up someday. Everything that Lot went after ended up being gone. Everything that he saw with his eyes and he pursued ended up being gone. And notice the contrast in verse number 17, that what he pursued with his eyes was gone, but a person that does the will of God does what? Abides forever. Or there is a contrast between what we go after with our eyes and the discoveries we make with our eyes and the will of God that we accomplish. Can I ask you tonight, what are your eyes seeing? What are you focused on that looks so good? What are you pursuing because of what you've seen with your eyes? And as you answer that question, can I ask you another question? Is what you're pursuing in life going to be forever? The lust of the eyes passes away. The world passeth away. It's all temporal things, my friend. But he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. Lots of discovery. He discovered something with his eyes. The problem was it was not the will of God. I believe we allow our eyes to see what looks good to them. David let his eyes loose. and it turned to lust. I believe that maybe there's someone here tonight whose eyes are wondering. I don't know to what. I don't know to what lust the devil is dangling in front of you. I don't know what well-watered plain that looks so good that you're getting ready to chase after. But I do know that the devil has an imitation for everything that God has. You better beware. Where should have Lot's eyes been? Philippians 2 verse number 4 says, Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. You know, we know Lot had a bad start here because he was not looking on what was best for Abraham. He was looking on what was best for him. The Bible says here, Lot chose him. Lot didn't choose for Abraham and say, Abraham, why don't you take the well-watered plain? Lot chose for himself. Can I ask you tonight, are your eyes on others? Husbands, are your eyes on what's best for your wife? How can you can help your wife? Wives, have you looked at your husband's needs of late? Have you considered what might be best for them? Children, have you looked on your parents' side and said, how can I help mom and dad? How can I be a blessing to mom and dad? How can I serve my family? Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Are your eyes on your own goals? On your own promotion? On your own success and its driving you? On your own problems? On your own materialism? how you're going to live the American dream or have the American dream for your children. Lot's discovery was for himself. Beware of a life that's going that direction. It brings us to the third thing that we learn about Lot in this passage and that's Lot's decision. Lot's decision. Then Lot chose. Notice it doesn't say that God chose for Lot. Lot chose. Lot made the call. You know, we like sometimes just to be able to make the calls in our life. We like to be able to choose our own path. But remember this, He may allow you to choose the direction or the decision in your life, but you won't choose the consequences that come with that decision. God will allow us to choose anything we want, but He won't allow us to choose the consequences It was a decision that probably he thought was best for his family. He would get what he wanted, but watch this, he would lose what he had. As he thought about this decision, it must have been a pleasant decision. Wow, this has to be the right move for my family. I can hear these statements going off in his mind, maybe even as he talked to others. You know, it seems like God's opening a great door for my family. Oh, God's providing a place where my family will be taken care of, and my herds will be taken care of, and the conflict will be solved. Lot could have justified it a thousand different ways that it was God's will, but it wasn't. If you don't think that Satan is the master at creating opportunities that could destroy you and your family, that look innocent at the outset and look profitable to you at the outset, you're blind, my friend." Lot must have asked himself, is this a good place to raise cattle? But he should have asked himself, is this a good place to raise a family for God? He wasn't thinking spiritual. It not only was a pleasant decision, it was a peaceful decision. It would solve the conflict between him and Abram. It would solve the conflict between the flocks. Certainly, it must be God's will, because God wants me to have peace with my relatives. Certainly, this is the answer. Again, he could have defended it. I've got to do something. One question. Lot, are you sure about this? Hey, Lot, you know about Sodom. Lot, you know how wicked that place is? Maybe there was somebody in his life, somebody spiritual that posed that question to him. Maybe there was somebody that God used that tried to get his attention and think through this before he just launched into it. But Lot had a number of things that was building up. It was a pleasant decision. It was a peaceful decision. But mark this down, it was a permanent decision. Maybe it wasn't a permanent decision at the beginning. Maybe Lot thought, well, if this doesn't work out, I'll just find some other place. But when Lot moved to Sodom, remember, Lot had to be dragged out of Sodom at the end. It was a permanent decision. Brethren, our decisions many times are irreversible decisions. They become permanent decisions that affect our lives. We have a lot of young people in our church tonight. Young people, you're no longer making decisions as to whether you're going to eat Captain Crunch or Froot Loops. Those days are bygone. Those decisions are nice to make. They don't necessarily hurt you one way or another, but listen to me closely. You got big-time decisions coming up in your life, and the decisions you make at these critical junctures in your life will determine years to come in your life. Make sure that you marry someone who is showing fruits of godliness. Well, preacher, they're just saved. That's not enough in my book. They need to be showing fruits of godliness in their life. They need to be showing that they're walking with God and talking with God, and they want to serve God with the rest of their lives, and they're coming under the authorities in their life, and they're listening to the right stuff, and they've got some standards of separation. Oh, listen to me, young people. That marriage decision will last for a long time. It's irreversible. You make that wrong decision, and it'll affect your life for years to come. We have people in our congregation that could tell you stories. Well, listen to me tonight, be careful of your decision. Young people are making decisions regarding jobs. A lot of our young people are getting jobs. I'm thankful that they can get jobs and work, but listen to me, you guard your church days. You guard them. No job's worth losing church over. No jobs worth you giving up. The times in which God could speak to you through his word and you could come to an altar and you could get those little things that are wrong in your life right. Oh, you listen to me carefully tonight. Don't you just jump at anything. Don't you just look at an opportunity and say, well, it's an opportunity. It must be God's will. No, that's what Lot did. Lot chose him. He made a choice about himself. Preacher, I'm telling you, I'm about ready to tell my wife just the way it is. I'm about ready to leave. Oh, be careful about that decision. That's an irreversible one. That'll go a long ways down the road. And remember this, running doesn't solve problems. It leaves permanent marks and scars in your life, but it doesn't solve problems. Young people, could I plea with you tonight? Make sure that your next step is in alignment with the Scriptures, with the doctrine, with the standards of what you've been taught. Here's what Paul pleaded with Timothy. He said, but continue thou. in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them." Listen to me tonight. Don't leave those precious things that you've been given. Don't look at just some opportunity and leave behind all that you've been given in these areas. Continue in what you've learned. His decision led to Lot's direction. Lot's direction. Look at verse number 12, if you will. The Bible says, "...Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom." I believe that Satan just wants us to pitch our tents toward Sodom. Rarely does he take a believer and say, I'm going to move you from here right into the inner city and the inner sin of Sodom. He just wants us to pitch a tent. Maybe it's a little outside Sodom, but it's pitched towards Sodom. You see, Lot's decision determined his direction. And may I warn you tonight that your decisions in life determine your direction. I believe he wants us to be just open-minded, just a little to a little fox of carnal music in our lives. And just pitch your tent right there, believer. Just pitch it towards Sodom a little bit. It won't hurt you. It's what everybody else is doing and listening to today. Hey, it's even what independent Baptist churches are involved in. Just pitch your tent there a little bit. I believe that he helps us to reason and justify a move for our family that seems plausible to others, a job switch, but many times it's a pitch towards Sodom, away from the church. gentlemen away from your family be careful about those decisions you say preacher how does this happen it happens when you take a step towards saw it happens when you begin using your time for all that you can see with your eyes and not spending very much time on others can ask you this question tonight who are you investing in beside yourself and beside your family Who are you investing in? You know, it's very interesting, when Lot moved and pitched his tent towards Sodom, you don't read about him investing in anybody else. It's all about his family, and it's all about himself. And brother, I'm a family man. I believe in family tonight. But you need to be investing in others. It happens when you skip church and begin making up all kinds of reasons, and listen to me, you're pitching your tent towards Sodom. You can make it to the grocery store. You can make it to work. You can make it to a family gathering. You may be even able to make it to your ministry, but you can't make it to church every service. Watch out. Watch out. Beware. You're pitching your tent towards time. You say, Preacher, is direction really that big a thing? Oh, yes, it is. Look at chapter 14, if you will, verse number 12. Direction's everything. When you pitch your tent in a direction, it's everything, because it didn't stop there. Lot didn't stop at a distance from the city. He didn't pitch his tent and keep that boundary at that point. He made a decision and set a direction for his life and his family's life. Look at chapter 14 and verse number 12. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt where? In Sodom. In Sodom. He went from having a tent pitched toward Sodom to now he is in Sodom. He's in the midst of the filthiness of the wicked. In fact, in 2 Peter 2, it says His soul was vexed day by day with the filthy conversation of the wicked. Look at chapter 19 and verse 1. Preacher direction is no big deal. Do I have to be that strong in what I believe? Do I have to keep the boundaries that strong? Absolutely. Absolutely. The Bible says He pitched His tent towards Sodom. In chapter 14, it says He dwelt in Sodom. and in chapter 19 in verse number 1, And there came two angels to Sodom at even, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Direction became, now he's hanging out with the people in Sodom. You know where it started? When he pitched his tent. Then he dwelt. He moved in a little bit closer. Now he is in the inner circle of wicked people, my friend. You say, Preacher, it'll never happen to me. It will if you pitch your tent there. It will if you make a decision and you choose decisions based upon yourself. Watch out. It led to another D in Lot's life. Lot's desensitization. I want you to look at chapter 19, verses 4 and 5. The Bible clearly teaches this. in this particular passage of Scripture, Genesis chapter 19 verses 4 and 5. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, come past the house round, both old and young, and all the people from every quarter and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came into thee this night? And bring them out unto us, that we may know them." And he's not talking about fellowship there. This is absolute homosexuality. And the people were comfortable enough with Lot, listen to me, they were comfortable enough with Lot to come past his house. and say, Lot, send those men out to us. I want you to see Lot's response in verse number five, verse number six. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Now these were angels that came to Lot. And Lot, I'm sure, is blushing about this time. Oh no, men, you cannot do this. These are God's angels. Do not so wickedly. But I want you to look at what Lot had come to accept in his life in the next verse. Behold, now I have two daughters which have not known man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing. Lot, what are you thinking? Lot, why are you giving your daughters, your precious and pure and innocent daughters to the heathen for them to do with them what they want to do? Lot, what are you thinking? Lot probably somewhere down the road thought, I don't know why, how did I get here? I'll tell you how he got there. He pitched his tent towards Sodom. He never saw himself getting there. I guarantee you when he left with Abraham, and he's known as a righteous man in the New Testament by the way, righteous lot. He never thought that that would be the place that he would get to, that he would allow and approve of those kind of immoral acts, even with his own family. And by the way, he committed incest with his daughters and had children with them. You say, preacher, how could that happen? It starts little. You just pitch your tent. You just make a choice about self. And then you move in a little closer and you dwell in Sodom. And then you move in a little closer and you spend more time with the people of Sodom. And you're hanging out at the gate until the people are so comfortable around you that they begin to involve you in their sin. That's what happened a lot, my friend. And if it could happen to righteous lot, it could happen to you and me. We better learn from the warning tonight. It vexed his righteous soul. Turn over in your Bibles to 2 Peter chapter 2. 2 Peter chapter 2. Look at verse number 6 with me of 2 Peter chapter 2. The Bible says, "...and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemn them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly, and deliver just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. For that righteous man dwelling among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds." It was a slow progression. It was day by day according to the scripture. It was seeing and it was hearing. What are you seeing and hearing that's from Sodom, my friend? It says he was vexed. It means to wear down over time. It means to oppress. I believe that at first he was introduced to things that were outside his comfort zone. But watch this, he didn't speak up. He didn't run from Sodom, when he should have. He slowly let his guard down, little by little. He began to hang out at the gate and become buddies with the good old boys. You know, you don't have to go to Sodom today in America. You can bring the effects of Sodom, watch this, in seeing and hearing, right into your home. You can bring it through a cell phone today. Cell phones are incredible what they can do. You can bring Sodom right into your home through a cell phone, through social media, through the television, through the Internet, through video games. Listen to me, Sodom is a screen away. We better beware, folks. We're not exempt from the effects of Sodom. You better put guards up in those areas, my friend. You better have filters in your home, Daddy. You better keep an eye on things. You better put a guard on the television. You better put a guard on the time that's spent in all of these things with your children, because Sodom is not far from us. It can be brought right into our home. What have you been seeing and hearing that is vexing your soul, your righteous soul? That is, it's wearing it down. It's causing you to be desensitized a little bit at a time. Brethren, that's the whole movement of homosexuality today. It is busting through our airwaves and busting through our news to desensitize people to it so that they'll think it's not really that bad. The Bible still says this, blessed is the man that walketh not. in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." And listen, Lot violated that. He sat at the gate in Sodom, the Bible says. He violated that principle. Who are you sitting with? Notice this vexing got to a point where Lot was part of a crowd that was vile in their affections. Come on preacher, it never got that bad. Oh yes, it did. Yes, it did. It ruined him. They can pass the house roundabout When you are sitting at the gate of Sodom, expect the crowd to desensitize you to the truth. Expect the standards of God's Word in your life to slowly fall by the wayside. Expect the Bible to not become important to you anymore. Expect your devotions to dry up in your life because you cannot be in Sodom and it not affect you. You can't flirt with Sodom. You remember about people that have vile affections. You remember this truth about them. The Bible says in Romans chapter 1 verse number 26, God gave them up. Well, preacher, we're to love everybody. We are to love everybody with the love of Christ, but you remember about that crowd that God gave them over to those things. He let go of them. He gave up on them, so to speak. Preacher, it's not really that bad. Why do you have to be harping on worldliness all the time? Be careful, you might be sitting at the gate. Preacher, it seems like preaching is so negative all the time. Beware, you might be pitching your tent towards Sodom. My friend, where are you dwelling tonight? Is your righteous soul being vexed? Well, that's the way you think, but I just agree to disagree with you. Prove to me that it's wrong, preacher. Prove to me that it's right. Show me from the Scripture that it's right. People that bring these kind of arguments into a spiritual conversation have already pitched their tent. In fact, they may be dwelling there. In fact, they may be sitting at the gate. What's going through your mind? Have you lost your spiritual edge in the area of discernment? Is the light of the Scripture too strong for you at times? Well, listen to me tonight. I'm sounding a warning from Lot's life. Beware. Have you lost your hatred for sin? This numbing effect that is produced in a person who's caught up in Sodom, it brings one to compromise. It's a very dangerous place to get to. say preacher, how far can this go in your life? It can go to the point where you commit the same vile affections because that's what happened a lot. It can go to that point. Here's what the psalmist said. Here is a prayer of the psalmist in Psalm 119 verse 104. Through thy precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. Lord, give me a hatred for the false things in life, for the false ways. To hate sin is not merely to refrain from it. Balaam did that. To hate sin is not merely to confess it. To hate sin is not merely to be afraid of sin. None of those things mean to hate sin. I believe one author put it well when he said, to hate sin is to hate sin as much as you hate hell. As much as you would hate to go to hell, you would hate to commit sin. Oh God, give us a holy hatred for sin again. They felt comfortable enough with Lot. They had no respect for Lot's association. You say, where did all this lead? You say, Preacher, Lot's dispute, Lot's discovery, Lot's decision, Lot's direction, Lot's desensitization. What did it lead to? It led to Lot's demise. Lot's demise. Here's a man that the New Testament says was saved. And yet in the end of Genesis chapter 19, we find a wrecked Lot. getting drunk, committing incest with both of his daughters. And the result of those relations with his daughters, listen to me, is each daughter giving birth to leaders of enemy nations, the Ammonites and the Moabites. It not only affected his family presently, but it affected God's people for a long time to come. What did Lot lose, preacher? He lost his friendship with Abram. They parted ways. That was a godly man in his life. He lost that. He lost his righteous soul and he lost his reputation. That's worth something, folks. A good name is rather to be chosen, the Bible says, than what? Great riches. He lost that. He lost his innocence and he lost his children's innocence. He lost his wife. He lost the purity of his daughters. He lost the simple life of God and family. Now life is complex. Life's a mess. He lost the respect of his daughters. He lost communion with God. He lost hatred for evil. And get this, he lost his herdsmen and his cattle. The very decision that he made was to protect that. And in the end, he lost it. What shall a man gain if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul. The reason he pitched his tent towards Sodom was gone when he left Sodom. It all burned up. What did Lot lose in the demise? Can I really say it honestly tonight? He lost everything. He lost everything. You say, Preacher, what did he gain through this decision? He gained sin and guilt. Do you like to live with guilt? I don't like to live with guilt." Lot gained that. He gained shame because it was public. He gained regret the rest of his life. He gained inner conflict because as a Christian, when you're not living right, the soul is not at peace, my friend. He gained a troubled family He gained worldly pressure pushing him in the wrong direction. That's not a comfortable place to be for a Christian. He got well-watered plains, but he lost a well-watered heart. And I ask you tonight, where is your tent being pitched? All those things are miserable, but thank God that God delivers lots. The Bible says in Genesis chapter 19, it talks about how he was delivered. And he lingered in his deliverance. He didn't want to leave. His wife didn't want to leave. But the Lord in His mercy delivered just lot. And my friend, if you see that your eyes are discovering things that they shouldn't discover, and you see that there's a decision that you're about ready to make, that's going to send you in a direction that's going to pitch your tent towards Sodom. And you see a desensitization in your heart towards sin. And you starting to approve things that were not acceptable a couple months ago or a couple years ago. I want to give you the mercy of God as we end the message that God delivered just Lot. I believe there may be a teenager here who's a lot like Lot and his wife. Your parents are hastening you as the angels hasten Lot. They awoke him on that day. They arose him and said, Lot, get out of town. Lot, it's time to go. God's going to destroy this place. Fire's coming down. The Bible says that Lot lingered. I don't know if he was thinking and weighing the choice. I don't know why he lingered, but he kind of hung around. And the angels kind of urged him and were hastening him and saying, Lot, let's get going. I believe that maybe there's a teenager tonight and your parents are hastening you, and your parents are warning you, and they're trying to send you down the right path, and they're trying to pull you out of Sodom, so to speak, or at least pull your tent away from that direction. And I'm begging you tonight as your preacher, don't you linger there. Don't you linger there. Trust your parents. Trust your preacher. Pull out of that. Put a line. Put a boundary down. I don't want to see lots. in our church as young people. Get out before you get consumed with the iniquity of your friends. with the iniquity of your music, with the iniquity of playing with fornication or sensual involvement. Oh, listen to me. Turn tonight! Run! Get out of Dodge, so to speak. Lot's wife, as she turned back, thought, there goes my home, there goes my possessions, there goes my friends, there goes my lifestyle. And the Bible says that Lot's wife, who was not supposed to turn back, turned back and was turned into a pillar of what? Salt. I'm asking you tonight this question. Was her look really worth it? Was one last glance, was one last contact really worth it? As she turned into a pillar of salt that day. She may not have been practicing their ways, but she was comfortable around it. Her heart was still in Sodom, and even worse, Sodom was still in her heart. Arise, run, and flee. God rescued Lot from something that he did not have enough courage or integrity to pull himself out of. And brother, may I give you a truth tonight, God can rescue you. God can pull you out of that. God in his mercy takes his children and delivers them. My question tonight is this, where are you living? Where is your tent pitched towards? If your tent's pitched there, or you're dwelling, or you're at the gate, how long will you linger? Because God, through His Word, is saying tonight, arise and get out. Destruction's coming, my friend. It may be to you. It may be to your mate. It could be to your family. It could be to your children. But mark it down. You can't flirt with Sodom and get away with it. That's the message from the Word of God and Lot chose Him. What are you choosing in your life?