1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,400 Frank recently taught about relationships in the workplace 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:07,700 and really this is a good follow-up to that lesson. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,400 The lesson tonight is about relationships and influence from 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,700 those relationships. It really stems from reading in 5 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:19,500 the Old Testament. And I really got to thinking 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:23,300 about this when I read about the destruction of Sodom and 7 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:27,600 Gomorrah or the cities of the Plains and about lot and his 8 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:34,100 family and and about Lot's wife. Wife, our text here in. 9 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:38,200 Luke, the 17th chapter verse 32. Jesus says remember, Lot's wife 10 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:45,000 in the car, in the parallel passage of Matthew 24, the Jesus 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,100 is looking at the temple, he tells his disciples, There will 12 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:53,000 not be one, stone left upon another and they asked Jesus 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,100 will. When will these things be? 14 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,500 And what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the 15 00:00:57,508 --> 00:00:59,600 world? They asked him these three 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,800 questions and throughout that chapter he's talking to them 17 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:09,300 about that. And so that's the that's the 18 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:14,200 setup of that chapter and and and really the basis for what he 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,400 says but they're there. He so combines them. 20 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,200 It's hard to separate. To a many people just just 21 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,500 recognize that chapter in what he says, about the destruction 22 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:30,600 of Jerusalem, which happened in 70 AD but it is a type of the 23 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,500 end of time. But not only that, he's talking 24 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:36,900 about the establishment of the church. 25 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:40,000 Because as Brian pointed out this morning, he says there be 26 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,000 some standing here which shall not taste of death till all 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,800 these things be accomplished. So you see talks about him in 28 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,300 such a way that you can actually interpret them to mean each 29 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:54,400 things, the destruction of Jerusalem as as well as the end 30 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:00,600 of the world because that they become a type of the end of the 31 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:07,800 world. He says, he really warns the 32 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,699 people and talks to the people about. 33 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,700 Well, the Pharisees asked him in verse 20 of Luke, when the 34 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,000 kingdom of God would come. And Jesus says, the kingdom of 35 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 God, will not come with observation. 36 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:23,700 He says it's not. He says the the well the thing 37 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:27,500 is it's not a physical Kingdom. And we know as Brian said this 38 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:30,200 morning, people are still looking for the kingdom to be to 39 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,400 be established. They're looking for it to be 40 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:37,400 established in in Jerusalem. And Jesus is going to come their 41 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,700 reign over the world, but the fact is it's not a physical 42 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:45,400 Kingdom, like you can find on a map and you can point to a place 43 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,500 on the map, where the Kingdom of Heaven is and you can go there. 44 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:52,900 It's a spiritual Kingdom and so it doesn't come with 45 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:56,300 observation. It does to the people of faith 46 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:59,000 and to the people who recognize that is truly a spiritual 47 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,400 Kingdom and that we can be part of the spiritual Kingdom today. 48 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:10,600 So that's why he said it will not come with observation and he 49 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,300 said, men will say, look here it is, or look there it is. 50 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:18,900 He says, don't fall for that. He says, men will desire to see 51 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,000 the days of the son of man and will not see it yet. 52 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,400 He says, it'll be like the lightning, which shines across 53 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:30,500 the heavens, because the church is throughout the world. 54 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:34,000 And it is also part of the Kingdom of Heaven. 55 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:37,700 The church are, the Kingdom of Heaven is part of Heaven, too. 56 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,300 And so people of faith can see, the spiritual Kingdom can 57 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:47,000 recognize the God has provided for us to be part of that 58 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,900 Kingdom of Heaven, but people without faith, they don't even 59 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:59,600 see it. Now Jesus warns in this chapter 60 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,800 about the destruction of Jerusalem, he warns the the 61 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,200 Christians to flee. He says when you see, when you 62 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,700 see these things coming about, he says flee to the mountains, 63 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,600 he says those that are on the rooftop, don't go down and into 64 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,000 the house and gather your things. 65 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,399 He says, just go those that are in the field, they weren't to 66 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,000 stop to pick up their clothes. They were to just flee to the 67 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,100 mountains. And to, and to refuse the 68 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:27,400 mountains actually were had many Caves in it and actually 69 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,300 thieves. And and criminals would use 70 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:33,300 these case for hiding. But the the Israelites often 71 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,800 times in times of trouble, would go there for safety. 72 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,700 They could be hidden up there. And so Jesus warns the 73 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:45,300 Christians to flee before these things take place and what 74 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:52,200 happened the Roman armies Encompass Jerusalem Actually 75 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,400 history records. That there were no Christians. 76 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,100 Killed in the destruction of Jerusalem because of the 77 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:00,300 warnings of Jesus. They heeded those warnings and 78 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:05,200 they fled before the city was actually encompassed by the 79 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,000 armies. And so the Roman armies led by 80 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,900 Titus. They encircled the city and they 81 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:15,800 built a wall around the city, so that, no, Provisions could go in 82 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,000 and nobody could escape and their plan was to just starve 83 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,100 them out. And I don't know how long that 84 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:28,600 went, but the Jews decided to try to make an escape and when 85 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:34,100 they tried some to fight their way out, well, the Romans just 86 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,100 just fought them back and then entered the city and as they 87 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:41,800 entered the city, they just killed as they went, there were 88 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,400 it was just a total Destruction and and as Jesus said, the 89 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,100 temple was destroyed and not completely flat. 90 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:56,400 And it said of that of that destruction, that 90,000 people 91 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,800 were taken captive and sold into slavery, or killed in the Arenas 92 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,900 or crucified and 100 million. Three hundred thousand were 93 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:10,800 slain. During that time the destruction 94 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:16,000 of Jerusalem and it said that they were either killed by the 95 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 sword or crucified. And that so many were crucified 96 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,400 that they were running out of places to put crosses and 97 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,600 Crosses to put bodies on. So, it was a very terrible 98 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:32,200 destruction. But in that some say that was 99 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:38,000 the Fulfillment of the cries of the Jews that Jesus blood be 100 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,200 upon them and their children. Ian. but the Christians escaped 101 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,400 and at because of Jesus warnings and Jesus said that that that 102 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,300 time would be like the time of Noah and the time of Sodom when 103 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:54,700 people were going about their lives, they were buying and 104 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:58,700 selling eating and drinking building and marrying but as 105 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:03,300 soon as lot left the city fire and brimstone came down from 106 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:08,500 heaven and destroyed the city and then he said, remember Lot's 107 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:15,800 wife Lot's wife is a an example of someone who didn't want to 108 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:20,300 leave someone who looked back. And she perished with the city, 109 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,300 we're told not to look back. He the Christians were warned, 110 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,900 not, don't look back, just flee and don't save anything from the 111 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:31,800 city. Don't don't collect your, don't 112 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,800 take the time to collect your belongings, but just flee and 113 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,700 they did and they were saved. And so we're not to look back 114 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:42,600 and this is a type really Jesus says in the next verse, whoever 115 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,200 seeks to save his life will lose it and whoever loses his life, 116 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,400 will preserve it by dropping everything and leaving their 117 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,800 life, their and fleeing they saved their life. 118 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,400 So you see by losing their life, they saved, but if they sought 119 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,100 to save it, They would lose it, they would lose their life with 120 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:09,900 all the rest of the of the Jews. You know, this is, this is a 121 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:13,900 also like, are giving up our life. 122 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,200 This is not just a, this does not just apply to someone who 123 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,500 gives up their physical life like like the martyrs, you know, 124 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,900 they could say that that they give up their life for Christ 125 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:31,500 for their faith and they did. And, and even Happily gladly 126 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:35,600 they said they were, they were glad to be counted worthy to die 127 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:41,600 for the Lord. and, And they did, they would go to the, to the 128 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,200 Gallows or to the state or to the crosses. 129 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:50,000 Peter even would ask that he be hung upside down on his cross 130 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,600 because he was not worthy to die in the manner that Jesus did. 131 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,400 But this is not does not just fit them. 132 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,000 It also fits all people, all Christians of all generations 133 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,500 and you and I that we give up our life, we don't live as the 134 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:09,800 world does. We don't when we come to God, we 135 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,300 repent of all the way we live and we turn to follow Jesus, and 136 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:19,100 the teachings of God That's what repentance is a change. 137 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:22,000 We changed our way of living. We no longer live, like the 138 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,500 world. We live like the Lord, and we 139 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:28,600 walk in his paths. Paul says, in Galatians 2 and 140 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:34,700 20, it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me and, 141 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,800 and, you know, in everything in everything we do, we need to 142 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,200 live as the as the Lord directs us and we and we follow the 143 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,300 Commandments of God in the scriptures. 144 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:51,600 The point of this lesson is to be careful about our 145 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,100 relationships and we are warned in the scriptures to be very 146 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:58,000 careful about who we are associated with. 147 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,200 Because their influence Can lead us away from the right way from 148 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,500 the right path that the influence of the world in the 149 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:13,300 second Corinthians 6 and 14 it says be not do not be unequally 150 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,800 yoked together with unbelievers for what Fellowship hath 151 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,800 righteousness with lawlessness and what communion hath light 152 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,500 with darkness and what Accord has Christ with Belial. 153 00:10:24,500 --> 00:10:29,000 Or what part has a Believer with an unbeliever and what agreement 154 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,800 has the temple of God with idols. 155 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:32,300 For you or the Temple of the Living. 156 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:37,100 God we're not to have a we're not to be unequally yoked 157 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:40,700 together with unbelievers. You know, you could say this is 158 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:44,500 a Stern warning but really it's a command we're commanded not to 159 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,000 be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 160 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:52,100 I don't think you could twist it to being anything else and and 161 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:56,200 the warning is so true that we are influenced by people. 162 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:01,900 We associate with and it's not just actually let me explain 163 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:07,900 Paul's warning here. Is to Pagan practices and he's 164 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:10,800 warning them not to fellowship with paganism. 165 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,600 But the practice of paganism is carried out into in today's the 166 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,600 immoral living and the immoral practices is done in the world 167 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,700 today, just like just like then not any, not any better. 168 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:30,500 And so the warning is to us to in our relationships, not to 169 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:37,100 those who become Believers and are married to, to unbeliever or 170 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:40,000 a pagan because Paul deals with that. 171 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,700 And he says, we're if the relationship is happy and First 172 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:47,600 Corinthians 7th chapter, he says, if they're pleased to 173 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,200 dwell with you, then they're not two separate but he's talking 174 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:57,400 about people who are Christians. And become involved with an 175 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,000 unbeliever. We're not too. 176 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,000 We're not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 177 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:09,300 With pagans and with the unrighteousness and with 178 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:13,200 unholiness. And he says, what communion hath 179 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,900 light with Darkness. We are the children of light and 180 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:22,500 the world is Darkness. Paul says, in the verse verse of 181 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:26,100 1st 2nd Corinthians 4:6 chapter. He says, we then as workers 182 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:30,100 together with you with we then as workers together with him 183 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:33,600 beseech you all. So that you receive not the 184 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,600 grace of God, in vain, And then he goes on to tell them that 185 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,600 they were not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers 186 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 by doing. So they cause their faith to be 187 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,600 vain. They've received the grace of 188 00:12:48,600 --> 00:13:03,700 God, in vain. there's an illustration from in one of the 189 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,500 commentaries that said, two businessmen went into business 190 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,500 together, and one had money and the other had knowledge. 191 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:14,700 And after a year's time, the one that had the knowledge had the 192 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:18,200 money and the one that had the money had the knowledge and 193 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,800 that's really the way it works, you know? 194 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,400 That's a, that's that's an illustration of our 195 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,500 relationships, you know, when we have a relationship with 196 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:28,200 somebody soon, we become like them. 197 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:32,300 And if we have a close relationship, we develop 198 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:37,800 Tendencies of like our like our partner or like our friend, like 199 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:46,300 our fellow Workman work person, so it's true, that relationships 200 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:50,100 affect us, even though we may not feel like they do. 201 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:52,800 They really do. The more we spend time with 202 00:13:52,800 --> 00:14:03,900 someone, the more we become like that person. so, Paul goes on to 203 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:07,600 say, insecurity in the sixth chapter 17 and 18, wherefore 204 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,300 come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord and 205 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:16,200 touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you, and will be 206 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,100 a father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters. 207 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:24,200 Saith the Lord Almighty first Peter 2:9 says, but ye are a 208 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,300 chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, A 209 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:31,900 peculiar people that ye should Shew forth the Praises of him 210 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:35,100 who had called you You out of Darkness into His Marvelous 211 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:36,800 Light. That's what we're do project. 212 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,500 And we need to be very careful about our associations in 213 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:46,600 business at school and and certainly in marriage that we 214 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:53,100 marry someone who is like minded or we will be headed for 215 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:56,800 trouble. The rest of the lesson, this 216 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,700 afternoon is examples examples of that very thing happening in 217 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:14,600 In Genesis the 6 chapter talks about the flood there. and, Here 218 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,200 it says Genesis 6 and verses 1 through 4, it says, and it came 219 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,900 to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the 220 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:24,300 Earth and daughters were born unto them. 221 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:27,300 That the sons of God, saw the daughters of men that they were 222 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:31,000 fair. And they took them wives of all 223 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,500 which they chose. And the Lord said, my spirit 224 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:39,100 shall not always strive with man for that he also is flesh. 225 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:45,000 Yet his days shall be 120 years. There were giants in the earth 226 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,000 in those days and after also after that, when the sons of God 227 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,700 came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to 228 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,300 them. The same became became Mighty 229 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,800 Men which were of old men of renown. 230 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,500 People get a lot of a lot of mileage out of these verses in 231 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:10,600 the, and a lot of of misunderstanding from this 232 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,100 simply you see, the sons of God, are the people of God, the men 233 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:19,000 of God, the faithful. They marry the daughters of men. 234 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,200 The daughters of the unrighteous, they saw the 235 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,800 daughters of men that they were Fair. 236 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,600 They were attractive and they desired them. 237 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,600 So they took, they took Daughters of men of the world. 238 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:32,500 Lehman the unrighteous the children of Cain. 239 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:35,400 You might say, and they married them. 240 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:44,500 And and God says the, the The Offspring, they bare children to 241 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,800 them. That became mighty men that were 242 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:52,700 of old men of renown. then in verse 5, it says and God saw the 243 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:56,600 wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every 244 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,500 imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 245 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,500 continually, You see what happened? 246 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:08,099 The righteous intermarried with the unrighteous now, they lived 247 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:10,200 a long time. Then it says in the previous 248 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:15,400 chapter, Noah lived 500 years. Many before that lived, 800, 900 249 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:22,400 years. And God says here, my my spirit 250 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,800 verse 3, my spirit shall not always strive with, man, for 251 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,200 that. He is flesh. 252 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,800 Yet his days shall be 120 years, God shorten their life, But you 253 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,900 can imagine in five, six hundred years. 254 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:46,200 What a, what a what a, what a kingdom, you could build what 255 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,900 masses of treasures you could collect. 256 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:55,500 And that's what these men became men of renown Mighty Men because 257 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:59,100 they amass greatness, but they were their heart was turned from 258 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:02,700 righteousness. Turn From God because they 259 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:05,400 intermarried with the daughters of men. 260 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,100 And so they were turned from righteousness. 261 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,800 And a God says in verse 6, and it repented, the Lord that he 262 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,600 had made, man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart. 263 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,900 And the Lord said, I will destroy man. 264 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,900 Whom I have created from the face of the Earth, both man, and 265 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,600 Beast and creeping things and fowls of the air. 266 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:29,900 For repenteth me, that I have made them, but Noah found Grace 267 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:35,100 in the eyes of the Lord, only Noah in the whole world. 268 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:45,500 Noah and his family ate Souls. In the second Peter 2 4 and 5. 269 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:49,000 It says for, if God did not spare the Angels, who sinned but 270 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,700 cast them down to Hell and delivered them into chains of 271 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:55,500 Darkness to be reserved for judgment, and did not spare the 272 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:59,300 ancient world. But saved Noah, one of eight 273 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:03,200 people, a preacher of righteousness bringing in the 274 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,000 flood on the world of the ungodly. 275 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:13,400 You see how the influence of a relationships can can well, 276 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:17,800 corrupt people, it corrupted, the whole world because the 277 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,400 unrighteous and the righteous mingled together. 278 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:26,600 And more often than not, it seems the unrighteous has the 279 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:34,200 overpowering influence. In second Peter 2, 6 through 8, 280 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,100 it says and turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, 281 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:42,200 condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those 282 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,600 who afterward would live ungodly and delivered righteous lot who 283 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:52,600 was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked for that 284 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,500 righteous man dwelling among them tormented his righteous 285 00:19:56,500 --> 00:20:00,400 soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their Lawless Deeds. 286 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:05,600 You know it says here that law was a righteous man and I 287 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:11,800 certainly don't contradict the scriptures a lot lot held on to 288 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,300 his righteousness. But he was in the middle of 289 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:19,100 wickedness a wicked place. He married a wife of the city 290 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:24,900 and and raise children but they were influenced by the 291 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:30,700 wickedness of that City in Genesis 13 and 10. 292 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,800 When it says there that lot lifted up his eyes, actually, 293 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:39,100 you know, lot of Abraham travel together lot was Abraham's 294 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:43,000 nephew and they live together but they were they had grown so 295 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,400 large that they were. They were there was contention 296 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,300 between Lots people and Abraham's people. 297 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:53,600 So Abraham said, let's separate, let's divide up and you go your 298 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,400 way you choose whichever way you want to go and I'll go the other 299 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,500 way. So here in verse 10 lot looks 300 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,200 out into the plains of Jordan, the beautiful well-watered 301 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,600 Plains and the city's there and he says, I'm going to go there. 302 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,200 And lot lifted up his eyes and beheld, all the plains of Jordan 303 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,700 that it was well watered everywhere before the Lord 304 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,200 destroyed, Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, 305 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,500 like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 306 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,900 That made me pause and think it says it was well watered before 307 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:30,700 God destroyed. Sodom and Gomorrah. 308 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,900 You know I've seen pictures of that area and there's nothing. 309 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,200 There's just nothing attractive to me about it it's just desert 310 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:44,800 but maybe it wasn't at one time. Maybe after God destroyed Sodom 311 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,300 and Gomorrah and the cities there was by the way, five 312 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:49,700 cities. But Sodom and Gomorrah are 313 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:54,100 mentioned always and but there was five cities destroyed. 314 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,900 Roid. All the cities of the planes 315 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,100 were destroyed for actually Zoar was was saved. 316 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,700 But But you know maybe that place has changed. 317 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:08,300 Maybe the terrain has changed since God destroyed, Sodom and 318 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:13,800 Gomorrah turn with me. If you want to Genesis 19 and 319 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:21,100 will read their the account of lot being a saved there in in 320 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:24,800 Sodom. Genesis 19. 321 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,900 And there came two angels to Sodom at even and lot sat at 322 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:35,400 the, in the gate of Sodom and lot seeing them rose up to meet 323 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,000 them. And he bowed himself with his 324 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000 face toward the ground. And he said, behold. 325 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,900 Now, my lords turn in. I pray you into your Servants 326 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:47,000 house and tarry all night and wash your feet and ye shall rise 327 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,400 up early and go on your ways. And they said nay, but we will 328 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,400 abide in the street all night. Right, and he pressed upon them 329 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,000 greatly and they turned in unto him and entered into his house 330 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,300 and he made them a feast and did bake bake unleavened bread and 331 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:07,000 they did eat. The scripture says these are two 332 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,000 angels and, and, and three men had actually talked to Abraham 333 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,000 in the previous chapter. And it's believed that one of 334 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,600 those men was, was the Lord and the two angels and that these 335 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,000 two were probably the two angels that were with Abraham and talk 336 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 with him. Before. 337 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:28,500 But here to Angels come to Sodom and they see lot sitting at the 338 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:31,300 gate. Perhaps he was doing business 339 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,800 and that was the place to where traffic has come through. 340 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,600 I don't know, I don't know why he was sitting at the gate, but 341 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,100 he sees them and I believe it seems like from the reading that 342 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:46,400 he recognized them as holy men, or maybe even recognizes them as 343 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,800 Angels, he'd boughs down to them, and he and he invites them 344 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:55,500 and encourage them. Urges them to come into his 345 00:23:55,500 --> 00:24:00,800 house and and, and he would, he would feed them and wash their 346 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,200 feet. It says, in verse 3 and he 347 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,500 pressed upon them, greatly a lot, of course, they knew the 348 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:12,000 city and lot knew the city. He wanted them off the street 349 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,800 that night. Verse 4 and, but before they lay 350 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,700 down the men of the city, even the men of Sodom compassed the 351 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:25,900 house, round both old and young, all the people from every 352 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:30,100 quarter, the whole city was like this, in other words. 353 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:36,500 So, they it was not, it was not just a few that were evil, the 354 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:40,800 whole city was corrupt, young and old from every quarter. 355 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:46,500 They came and they said They called unto lot and said unto 356 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,500 him, where are the men? Which came into the this night? 357 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,000 Bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 358 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,100 And lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door 359 00:24:55,100 --> 00:25:04,000 after him. And and said, I pray you 360 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,900 Brethren, do not so wickedly behold. 361 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:09,700 Now I have two daughters which have not known Men. 362 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,900 Let me I pray you bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is 363 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,800 good in your eyes, only unto these men. 364 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,700 Do nothing for therefore came, they under the shadow of my 365 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,900 roof. This really, this really is a 366 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:29,800 hideous thought that lot would offer his daughters to these 367 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,000 men. Of course, the women of this 368 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:39,100 This day had very little to say and and they were really were a 369 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:42,400 lower-class. It seemed like in this day, but 370 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,500 still, you know, these were lots and lots of daughters and he 371 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:52,200 offered them to the men of the city to save the men, the angels 372 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:57,300 that were under his house. And they said, stand back and 373 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:01,300 and they said again this one fellow came in to sojourn and he 374 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:05,400 will needs be a judge. Now will we deal worse with thee 375 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,700 than with them and they press sore upon the man, even lot and 376 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:14,500 came near to break the door but the men put forth their hand and 377 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,500 pulled lot into the house to them and shut the door. 378 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,400 This is quite a scene and and its really well it speaks. 379 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:29,200 For itself or the wickedness of the city and all of the city. 380 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,400 And so lot was saved. They almost broke down the door, 381 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,300 trying to get into lot. They weren't going to have 382 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:39,500 anything to do with lots. You know, his appeasing them or 383 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,400 holding them back. They just about knocked down the 384 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,500 door going right through lat, the Angels reached out and 385 00:26:45,508 --> 00:26:48,100 grabbed lot and brought him inside and shut the door. 386 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,200 Then they struck the people with the blindness. 387 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:55,500 Commentators say that it's probably not a blindness 388 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,700 literally that they would lose their sight. 389 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:01,300 But with confusion because it says that they so that they 390 00:27:01,300 --> 00:27:12,200 couldn't even find the door. So, So again in verse 11 and 391 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,800 they smote the men that were at the door of the house with 392 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,500 blindness both small and great so that they we read themselves 393 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:21,700 to find the door. And the men said, unto lot hast 394 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,500 thou here any besides, son-in-law. 395 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,800 And thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou Hast in the 396 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,500 city. Bring them out of this place 397 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,300 for. We will destroy this place 398 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:38,800 because the city The Cry of them is wax and great before the face 399 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,100 of the Lord and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 400 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,800 And lot went out and spake unto his sons in law, which married 401 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,100 his daughters and said up, get you out of this place. 402 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:56,500 For the Lord will destroy this city, but he seemed as one that 403 00:27:56,500 --> 00:28:03,700 mocked unto his sons-in-law. One commentator said lock 404 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,500 probably had four daughters and and it makes sense to me, some 405 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:11,000 want to make these this, the betrothed to the two daughters 406 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,400 that are in his house. But really, you know, lot could 407 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,600 have had four daughters two virgin daughters in his house 408 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,600 and two that had married and that makes sense. 409 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,900 Whatever the case lot went to his sons-in-law and begged them 410 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:26,000 to go with him and flee from the city. 411 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,200 Because the city was going to be destroyed, and they thought he 412 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,600 was, they thought I was joking and they wouldn't believe him 413 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:37,300 and they mocked him. And so verse 15, when the 414 00:28:37,308 --> 00:28:42,500 morning arose, then the Angels hastened law saying, arise, take 415 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:47,100 thy wife and thy two daughters which are here lest thou be 416 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:51,500 consumed in the iniquity of the city and while he lingered. 417 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:56,100 The men laid hold upon his hands and upon the hand of his wife 418 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:59,000 and upon the hand of his two daughters, the Lord being 419 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,700 merciful unto him and they brought him forth and said him 420 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:07,800 without the city. There are several points I want 421 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:12,200 to make from this. First of all, his two daughters 422 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:18,200 that were married had no say Lot, of course, had to speak to 423 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,800 the to their husbands, but their husbands were men of the city 424 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,700 and they thought he was a lunatic lot lost his two 425 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:28,800 daughters. He had two daughters in the 426 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,100 house and why he was lingering and why he was hesitating. 427 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,500 Because of the influence of that City. 428 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:44,200 Lot wanted to stay. Verse 17 and it came to pass 429 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,900 when they had brought them forth abroad that he said, Escape for 430 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:53,000 your life, look not behind thee. Neither stay thou in all the 431 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,000 planes, escape to the mountains, lest thou be consumed. 432 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,500 And lot said unto them, all my own. 433 00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:04,600 Not so my Lord behold now thy servant have found Grace in thy 434 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,500 sight and thou Hast magnified thy mercy, which thou Hast 435 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,200 showed unto me in saving my life. 436 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:14,500 And I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil, take 437 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:18,400 me and I die behold. Now this city is near to flee 438 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:23,100 into and it is a little 10. Let me escape the other, is it 439 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:25,600 not a little one? And my soul shall live. 440 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:32,500 This was or, and so the angel agreed, he said unto him. 441 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:36,800 See I have accepted the concerning this thing also and I 442 00:30:36,808 --> 00:30:40,600 will not overthrow this city for the which thou Hast spoken 443 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,400 Jesus. The Escape their therefore I 444 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,200 cannot do anything till thou become either. 445 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,100 Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar. 446 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,200 The sun was risen upon the earth, when lot entered in twos 447 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,700 or then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah 448 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:01,700 Brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 449 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:05,100 And he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the 450 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:09,600 inhabitants of the cities and that which grew upon the ground. 451 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,500 But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a 452 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:23,000 pillar of salt. The really the whole the whole 453 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,100 idea here in this reading and the points I want to bring out 454 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,100 is the influence of the wicked upon righteous lat. 455 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,900 Peter said he was vexed with their conversation day and night 456 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:42,900 continually not only that lot, chose lot made some, he was a 457 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,100 righteous man, the scripture says, but he made some poor 458 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:48,100 decisions. He chose the beauty of the 459 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:52,800 Plains and he went down there and became involved with the 460 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:59,700 wickedness of the city's there became influenced, he lost his 461 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:04,700 daughters, he lost his wife. He could very well have lost his 462 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:09,600 own life. But for the sake of Abraham lot 463 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,000 was saved. Imagine that the Angels took 464 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,300 them by the hand and Drug them out of the city. 465 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,900 They just tarried kept, tarrying, the Angels had to drag 466 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:23,600 them out of the city and safely for your life. 467 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:35,500 You know. The the Hebrews had a real 468 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:42,100 problem with with this God talk, god, warned the Hebrews not to 469 00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:46,700 not to not to marry the people of the land. 470 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:57,800 Abraham, Abraham commanded his servant and made him swear that 471 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,600 he would take us a wife for Isaac of his of his family, in 472 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,900 Genesis 24 and 3. It says, and I will make these 473 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,700 swear by the Lord, the god of Heaven and the god of the earth. 474 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:12,100 That thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of 475 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:16,300 the Canaanites. So we know that Abraham servant 476 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:21,600 went back to the Mesopotamia, or Abraham was from and found 477 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,800 Rebecca and brought him back for Isaac as wife. 478 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:31,200 Isaac and Rebecca had twins and Esau married. 479 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:37,500 The women of the of the Canaanites in verse 26 and 34. 480 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,200 It says and he saw was 40 years old when he took to wife Judith, 481 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:46,500 the daughter of bear. I the hittite and, and Bash IMA 482 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,000 the daughter of Elon the hittite, which was a grief of 483 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,500 mind to Isaac. And to Rebecca, inverses chapter 484 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,900 Twenty Eight, one and two. It's Says and Isaac called Jacob 485 00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,100 and blessed him and charged him and said unto him. 486 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:03,600 Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the of Canaan 487 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:08,800 arise. Go to badda bedan, Aram to the 488 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,800 house of the Thule thy mother's father and take thee. 489 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,500 A wife from thence of the daughters of Laban. 490 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:21,900 Later, Esau saw that that his parents were not happy with the 491 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:25,500 dog, the the wives he got from the, you know, from the 492 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:28,900 Canaanites. So he went to Ishmael and got 493 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,300 one of got two of his daughters and married them. 494 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:37,100 The point is that you see God's people had to be careful to 495 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:41,400 marry the righteous and not enter mingle with the 496 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,199 unrighteous because it would be their downfall. 497 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:49,000 And it was Continually and Deuteronomy. 498 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:54,900 It talks God warns, the people not to marry outside of Israel. 499 00:34:55,900 --> 00:34:58,800 Deuteronomy 7 and 3. Neither shalt thou make marriage 500 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,400 with them by daughters. Thou shalt not give unto his 501 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,300 sons, nor his daughter shalt. Thou take unto thy Sons for they 502 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:10,000 will turn away thy sons from following me that they may serve 503 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,100 other gods. So will the anger of the Lord be 504 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,900 kindled against you and Destroy these. 505 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:19,600 Suddenly But thus shall ye deal with him, you shall destroy 506 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,800 their altars and break down their images and cut down their 507 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,900 Groves and burn their graven. Images with fire for thou art, 508 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:29,800 a, holy people unto the Lord thy God. 509 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,600 And the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto 510 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,700 him above all people that are upon the face of the Earth. 511 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:43,500 We are God's people today and we are chosen of God, we are called 512 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:49,700 of God and and we are we are we are purified and made holy 513 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:53,700 Sanctified for the use of God. We need to be careful that we 514 00:35:53,700 --> 00:36:00,400 don't be influenced by the evil of the world as they were in 515 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,200 Ezra 9 1 and 2. It says now when these things 516 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,700 were done, the princes came to me saying the people of And the 517 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:11,100 princes and the Levites have not separated themselves from the 518 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:15,100 people of the land doing according to their abomination. 519 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:18,100 Even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the parasites, the 520 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:21,700 jebusites, the ammonites the moabites, the Egyptians, and the 521 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:25,900 amorites for they have taken of their daughters for themselves 522 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,400 and for their sons. So that the holy seed has 523 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,300 mingled themselves with the people of the land. 524 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,200 Yay, the panda, the princes and the rulers have. 525 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:39,600 I've been Chief in this trespass. 526 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:51,400 Solomon, of course, a a The wisest of the wisest of men, he 527 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:56,200 had the wisdom of God and he was a great king and and and made 528 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:02,800 Israel a great nation during his Reign but he married. 529 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,700 He married. Hundreds of wives of the land. 530 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:16,500 and if they led him away from God, In First Kings 11. 531 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,500 And verse 1 and 2 says, but King Solomon, loved many strange 532 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:28,100 women together with the daughters of pharaoh, women of 533 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:33,700 the moabites and the ammonites, the edomites, the zidonians the 534 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:36,900 Hittites of the nation's concerning, which the Lord said 535 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:40,100 unto the children of Israel, ye shall not go into them. 536 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:45,500 Neither shall they come in unto you for surely, they will turn 537 00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:49,400 away your heart. After other gods, Solomon, clave 538 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,100 unto these in love. In versus night, beginning with 539 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,200 verse 9, it says, and the Lord was angry with Solomon because 540 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,700 his heart was turned from the Lord, God of Israel, which hath 541 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:03,600 appeared unto him twice and had commanded him concerning this 542 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,700 thing that he should not go after other gods, but he kept 543 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,200 not that, which the Lord commanded wherefore. 544 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,900 The Lord said unto Solomon for as much as this is done of thee, 545 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,400 thou Hast, not kept my Covenant and my statutes, which I have 546 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,200 commanded Thee. I will surely Rend the command 547 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,400 the Kingdom, from the and we'll give it. 548 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:26,100 To thy servant notwithstanding in thy day, I will not do it for 549 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,800 David thy. Father sake for I will but I 550 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,000 will rent it out of the hand of thy son. 551 00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:37,000 Albeit, I will not Rend away all the kingdom but we'll give One 552 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,000 Tribe to thy son for David. My servants sake and for 553 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,500 Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen. 554 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:51,700 Because of Solomon's involvement with these women of the land, he 555 00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:56,500 was taken away from God. And he is his conduct was was a 556 00:38:56,508 --> 00:39:00,200 sinful. He was led astray from God by 557 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:05,600 those relationships and so God destroyed the kingdom took the 558 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,300 kingdom out of his hand. But for David's sake, he saved 559 00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:14,000 Judah. Judah stayed in Jerusalem but 560 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,900 during the reign of rehoboam the kingdom was divided. 561 00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:21,100 And as Brian was talking about the Northern Kingdom, Israel was 562 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:24,700 the ten tribes. And then there was Judah which 563 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:28,800 were was more faithful than Israel. 564 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:34,500 Israel was not faithful. They served other gods and they 565 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:39,200 lasted about 250 years and the Assyrians conquered them. 566 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:45,500 And then they intermingled with the with the other people of the 567 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,600 land and they are their bloodline was lost. 568 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,300 They were no longer a pure bloodline and when they became 569 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:58,700 the Samaritans and, you know, you've read about the Samaritans 570 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:02,200 in the New Testament that the Jews hated them because they 571 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,600 didn't follow, they don't worship God after the law of 572 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,100 Moses anymore. They didn't even Worship in 573 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,900 Jerusalem anymore. Only the Jews. 574 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,700 As did. So the mayor, the Samaritans 575 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:16,900 were a mixed race and they were, they were despised by the Jews 576 00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:19,800 because they were no longer the people of God. 577 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,500 They were taken away by the marriage eating and the 578 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:29,600 intermingling of other races. Other than this than the people 579 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,800 of God. Well, the point of the lesson is 580 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:39,300 afternoon, is to point out how we can be led astray and how it 581 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:44,000 will damage us as people of God, in our relationships, in the 582 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,100 world. Frank taught about this last 583 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:52,900 week and I thought this would be a good follow-up to that. 584 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,500 Again, let me read 2nd Corinthians a sixth chapter and 585 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:59,800 verse 17. 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