For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. Genesis 19:13
These are hard passages to read, not because I can’t understand what they mean but because I understand all too clearly what God says. God hates sin. He dealt justly with the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the next chapter God announced to Abimelech the consequences if he continued in his sin.
God hates sin. He hates my sin. My sin brings consequences.
I need someone to intercede for me like Abraham interceded for Lot that he might be spared and like Abraham prayed for Abimelech that he might live. That Someone is Jesus. He paid the consequences of my sin upon the cross and intercedes for me.
Christ Jesus is the one who died – more than that, who was raised – who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Romans 8:34
Jesus, thank You for taking my consequences on the cross and for interceding for me. Help me understand the price of my sin as I turn from it and lean into Your holiness.
Doug