Tag: worldliness
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Right on the Edge – Genesis 26:6
Genesis 26:6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: That is a short verse, but it says a lot. God told Isaac not to go to Egypt. So Isaac obeys, technically. He stays in the land. But where does he stay? In Gerar, a border town, as close to Egypt as he can get without actually stepping over…
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Taken with the City – Genesis 14:11-12
Genesis 14:11, 12And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. Lot had been living close to Sodom for a while. Then he was living in Sodom. Now, when judgment…
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Slime Pits and Slippery Men – Genesis 14:8-10
Genesis 14:8-10 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king…
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War Among Kings – Genesis 14:1-2
Genesis 14:1, 2 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the…
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Nearer and Nearer – Genesis 13:11-13
Genesis 13:11-13 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners…
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Eyes Too Low – Genesis 13:10
Genesis 13:10 And Lot… … lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. There is a sharp contrast here between Abram…
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A World Dressed Up for Judgment – Revelation 18:12
Revelation 18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble. John begins to walk us through Babylon’s…
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When Profit Cries Louder Than People – Revelation 18:11
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more. This is one of the saddest pictures in the chapter. The merchants are not broken over sin. They are not grieving for souls. They are not saying, “How terrible that people suffered under…
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Drunk on Babylon’s Cup – Revelation 18:3
Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Babylon is never just a local problem. That is the point. Her influence…
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The Fall of Babylon – Revelation 14:8
Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. This is a strong word, and it comes with absolute certainty. The angel does not say Babylon might fall. He does not say Babylon could fall. He says, Babylon…
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What Lasts Forever – 1 John 2:17
1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. John has a way of cutting through the fog. After speaking of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, he now tells us the…
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The Same Three Plays – 1 John 2:15-16
1 John 2:15-16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not…