THE PRICE FOR LOOKING BACK!

THE CITY OF SODOM WAS WICKED GENESIS 13:13 "NOW THE MEN OF SODOM WERE WICKED AND WERE SINNING GREATLY AGAINST THE LORD." SO GOD, THROUGH HIS ANGELS, PLEDGES TO DESTROY IT GENESIS 19:12-13 "THE TWO MEN SAID TO LOT, 'DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE—SONS-IN-LAW, SONS OR DAUGHTERS, OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY WHO BELONGS TO YOU? GET THEM OUT OF HERE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DESTROY THIS PLACE. THE OUTCRY TO THE LORD AGAINST ITS PEOPLE IS SO GREAT THAT HE HAS SENT US TO DESTROY IT.'" LOT ATTEMPTS TO WARN HIS FAMILY OF THE COMING DESTRUCTION GENESIS 19:14 "SO LOT WENT OUT AND SPOKE TO HIS SONS-IN-LAW, WHO WERE PLEDGED TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTERS. HE SAID, 'HURRY AND GET OUT OF THIS PLACE, BECAUSE THE LORD IS ABOUT TO DESTROY THE CITY!' BUT HIS SONS-IN-LAW THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING." LOT HAD YET TO FLEE, SO THE ANGELS URGED HIM FURTHER GENESIS 19:15 "WITH THE COMING OF DAWN, THE ANGELS URGED LOT, SAYING, 'HURRY! TAKE YOUR WIFE AND YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS WHO ARE HERE, OR YOU WILL BE SWEPT AWAY WHEN THE CITY IS PUNISHED.' " LOT STILL HAD NOT MOVED! YET GOD WAS FULL OF MERCY ... GENESIS 19:16 "WHEN HE HESITATED, THE MEN GRASPED HIS HAND AND THE HANDS OF HIS WIFE AND OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS AND LED THEM SAFELY OUT OF THE CITY, FOR THE LORD WAS MERCIFUL TO THEM. AS SOON AS THEY HAD BROUGHT THEM OUT, ONE OF THEM SAID, 'FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES! DON'T LOOK BACK, AND DON'T STOP ANYWHERE IN THE PLAIN! FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS OR YOU WILL BE SWEPT AWAY!' " THE PRICE FOR LOOKING BACK! GENESIS 19:26 "BUT LOT'S WIFE LOOKED BACK, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALT." THE DANGER OF ABIDING IN AN UNGODLY ENVIRONMENT IS TURNING BACK TO IT. GOD WAS MERCIFUL TO LOT'S WIFE IN GETTING HER OUT OF THE CITY. LOT'S WIFE DID NOT JUST GLANCE BACK AT THE BURNING OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, HER HEART WAS STILL THERE. GOD'S MERCY MEANT NOTHING TO HER. UNLIKE ADAM AND EVE, LOT DID NOT FOLLOW HIS WIFE'S FOLLY. HE NEVER LOOKED BACK. OUR LESSON BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:33 GOD MEANS WHAT HE SAYS! GOD SAYS FALSE TEACHERS WILL BE DESTROYED. SO IT WILL BE. 2 PETER 2:1-3 GOD DID NOT SPARE WICKED ANGELS THEIR SUFFERING. 2 PETER 2:4 GOD DID NOT SPARE THOSE WHO SCOFFED NOAH WHILE THE ARK WAS BEING BUILT. 2 PETER 2:5 GOD PROMISED TO DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH, AND IT HAPPENED. 2 PETER 2:6 GOD PROMISED DELIVERANCE TO LOT, A RIGHTEOUS MAN LIVING AMONG THE WICKED. 2 PETER 2:7-8 AND GOD WILL DELIVER ALL DISCIPLES WHO TURN FROM AND ABSTAIN FROM CORRUPTION. 2 PETER 2:9 YET HE WILL PUNISH CHRISTIANS WHO CONTINUE IN OR RETURN TO WICKEDNESS. 2 PETER 2:9-22 GOD SAID IT! BELIEVE IT! AND DON'T LOOK BACK! I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS!     NO    TURNING    BACK!