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Genesis 19:23-38                                                                                                                                                   08/03/08

                Other than the flood in Noah’s day, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is the most notable and terrible judgment of God recorded in Scripture’s history.  It was recorded in Scripture in order to demonstrate to us that God is a just God, that He hates all sin and most certainly will punish it.  Many who hear about the final judgment or the idea of hell doubt that God would ever do such a thing.  They believe that God is “too loving” to actually punish anyone for their sins.  Upon consideration of an eternity of torment in hell, some people reject the Christian faith because they say that a God who would do such a thing is a cruel tyrant.  They refuse to accept the fact that God could be both loving and vengeful.  But that is exactly what Scripture teaches.  Exodus 34:6 says that God is on the one hand “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin.”  On the other hand, the next verse states that “He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

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