Scripture: Genesis 18:17-19
“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to
do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on
earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will
direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by
doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham
what he has promised him.”
You know that God doesn’t tell us everything,
right? He doesn’t have to. And there are plenty of things that are better for
God to keep hidden, such as when you’re going to die or when Christ will
return. It’s better for us to live in constant preparation for those days.
In this passage, God questions whether or not to
tell Abraham about what He going to do to Sodom and Gomorrah. He decides to
tell Abraham because He wanted to reveal His nature to Abraham and teach him.
He said that Abraham was going “direct his children and his household after him
to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just,” so God told Him
what He was going to do to demonstrate His righteousness and justice.
God has also told us what He’s going to do when He
shows His righteousness and justice by punishing sinners at the time of judgment.
It teaches us about Him and serves as a warning for us to do “what is right and
just.” For all our talk of God’s grace, let us not forget that His
righteousness and justice demand that sin be punished. We need to take sin seriously
because God certainly does.
He is gracious and merciful, but He tells Abraham
what He’s going to do to Sodom and Gomorrah to show that He won’t tolerate sin.
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