luke 17:32 sermon

II. OF HER JUDGMENT — she was turned into a pillar of salt.1. It was (to speak of it in the most favourable light) a curious look. How confidently should we have argued of her state; how confidently might she have argued of her own, when, of four persons to be saved out of those vast populations, she was chosen as one.3. Now it is easy to see what gives to those offences against a positive precept their character of deep offending. An artist once requested that he might be allowed to take the Queen's likeness. "Remember Lot's wife" as a warning to us that there must be no delays, no haltings, no slackened diligence, in running the race that is set before us. The apostle tells us (2 Peter 2:20, 211.4. That not only modern and present, but ancient and old judgments are of great use to us, especially when like sins abound in the age we live in, or we are in danger of them as to our own practice. You may lose the golden opportunity. What I for a look, for a glance of her eye, to be so suddenly blasted into a pillar of salt! (b) This woman's sin is greater than at first appeareth. (Ezra 9:13, 14). "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found."(T. He cries, "Remember Lot's wife. OF HER SIN — she looked back. It was dreadful spiritually. I would fain moor a buoy in the channel of all spiritual voyagers, and paint upon it, “Remember Lot’s wife.”, 1. THE RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES WHICH LOT’S WIFE ENJOYED. Look not back for companions or possessions. There may be much crookedness in a small line; and the matter is not so much to be regarded as the majesty and authority of God that commandeth — as in garments the dye is more than the stuff. Hidden worldliness, or covetousness, or lust, sticks to them like their skin. Let us beware. But He has appointed the period and the locality in which we are to obtain this Divine likeness — the present world and the present time. )The doom of the lingererD. There were not half as many difficulties in my path then as there are now." It was strange. She lingered and perished. Let them beware how they look back to Judaism. Better for her to have perished in Sodom .than on the way to Zoar.(3)Signal. Luke 9:24; John 12:25. Procrastination is most perilous.5. they go far in a profession of religion; they do many things that are right, and are very like the people of God. is the voice of the Spirit. Yet she rejected them. We are then made to feel that we are brought face to face with God; we are confronted with the broad, plain letter of His written law. Let us watch and be sober.III. The Lord Jesus was speaking to His disciples: He was not addressing the scribes and Pharisees, who hated Him, but Peter, James, and John, and many others who loved Him; yet even to them He thinks it good to address a caution. Alas, many are! Yes, much every way: Something in a way of instruction, something in a way of caution. The lesser commandments are a rail about the greater, and no man grows downright wicked at first, but rises to it by degrees. Rising in some secluded and rocky upland, they increase in volume and beauty as they flow along. Decision is essential to success in all departments of life. A fearful end.2. You will be judged according to the going of your heart. They try to serve two masters: they labour to keep friends both with God and mammon. LET US DRAW NEAR AND READ THE INSCRIPTION ON THIS MONUMENT. Comp. )The doom of the lingererD. IV. It is a dreadful thing to die in the very act of sin, to be caught away by the justice of God while the transgression is being perpetrated.(C. )Remember Lot's wifeC. Her end was marked by all those circumstances of anger and terror which seem to foreclose all hope. Procrastination is most perilous.5. When the testing-time came, she preferred the world to God.II. It was a great mistake on his part to abandon the outwardly separated life. This world is a Sodom, and against it has been declared the condemnation of God's law.3. But instead of rolling on till they reach the ocean and help to swell its waters, they gradually sink and are lost in the sand of the desert. R. Stevenson.I. Lot's wife had also shared her husband's privileges. This seemeth to be no great fault; but it teaches us that little faults in appearance many times meet with a great judgment. Learn more. 33 Whoever seeks to keep his life … He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” (Luke 17:32-37) Comment: I think this passage clearly builds upon the very important statement Jesus has just made (v. 21) in reply to the Pharisees’ asking when the kingdom of God might come. Better for her to have perished in Sodom .than on the way to Zoar.(3)Signal. Remember her disobedience.6. His answer was significant: "I always recollect what my father said to me when I was a boy — If you have a thing to do, go and do it." As we are to cherish the spirit or better part with promises and hopes of glory, by which the inner man is renewed day by day, so we are to weaken the pravity of the flesh by the remembrance of God's judgments, not only threatened, but also actually inflicted! Remember her danger. "Remember Lot's wife" as a warning to us that there must be no delays, no haltings, no slackened diligence, in running the race that is set before us. Her life had been one of marked and distinguishing mercies. See how many things meet here — the authority of God is spurned, the word of the angel is disbelieved, the wisdom or necessity of the command is questioned, and the impious prerogative laid claim to "Our eyes are our own; we may look on what we will: who is Lord over us?" That till our resolutions be firmly set for God and heaven, and there be a thorough bent and bias upon our hearts, and the league between us and our secret lusts broken, after we have seemed to make some escape, we shall be looking back again — "For where our treasure is, there our heart will be" (Matthew 6:21).3. THE PUNISHMENT WHICH GOD INFLICTED ON LOT'S WIFE.1. He that keeps not a house in constant repair will be in danger of having it fall down upon him. Her end was marked by all those circumstances of anger and terror which seem to foreclose all hope. Luke 17:32 (NKJV) Jesus said – 32 Remember Lot’s wife. Had she not hesitated, she had not been destroyed. "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found."(T. Time and place were fixed. It is a solemn warning, when we consider the manner in which it was given. A. (c) Because we think we may preserve the smaller sins for breed, and that God is more severe in remembering these than we are faulty in committing them. It is a solemn warning, when we think of the person Jesus names. )The danger of looking backW. In a day of much light, and knowledge, and profession, I desire to set up a beacon to preserve souls from shipwreck. With holy fear, reverence, and adoration. That look was a little thing, but it told of proud unbelief in Lot's wife. So is every one who is seeking heavenly treasures tempted by earthly music and sinful joys; but whosoever yields is lost.(W. The desert of sin is still the same; and the exactness of Divine justice is still the same; what hath been is a pledge and instance of what may be.2. So Lot's wife looked back because she had left her heart behind her. are we stronger than He?" )The doom of the lingererD. Hambleton, M. IV. The worst point, perhaps, about the perishing of Lot's wife lay in this, that she perished in the very act of sin, and had no space for repentance given her. When he came he found, instead of the royal lady, her message. I suppose he thought he could live above the world spiritually, and yet mingle with its votaries.II. All these four things are in every deliberate sin, seem it never so small. I suppose he thought he could live above the world spiritually, and yet mingle with its votaries.II. Remember Lot's wife, in the hour of conviction of sin. Let the things that are in the house remain in the house, the things that are left in the field be left in the field. Alas, many are! This woman had no excuse for hesitation or reluctance. So is every one who is seeking heavenly treasures tempted by earthly music and sinful joys; but whosoever yields is lost. Linger not in the plains of a professed morality.4. And she became an example of all who are judged. She received the merciful warning to escape as well as her husband, and she was urged as much as he to flee from the wrath so near at hand. Like Lot's wife, we may only intend to look and look, and then turn back again. Now to gather up a few PRACTICAL LESSONS from our subject.1. How terrible her fate! The worst point, perhaps, about the perishing of Lot's wife lay in this, that she perished in the very act of sin, and had no space for repentance given her. 1871-8. They who trifle with the most sacred things are sure to find that, suddenly, in such an hour as they think not, the end arrives. This world is a Sodom, and against it has been declared the condemnation of God's law. He does not merely say, Beware of following — take heed of imitating — do not be like Lot's wife/' He uses a different word: He says, "Remember." Only this God required at his hands, that he and his family should make haste and begone. Alas, many are! (1)He is not intent on the work in hand. For here was —(i.) Stevenson. Remember her warning. The Lord Jesus was speaking to His disciples: He was not addressing the scribes and Pharisees, who hated Him, but Peter, James, and John, and many others who loved Him; yet even to them He thinks it good to address a caution. "Remember Lot's wife," and recollect THAT SHE WENT SOME WAY TOWARDS BEING SAVED.III. 2. It is the almost universal sin. 6. (1 Corinthians 10:22).(iii.) It was dreadful socially. The first distinctive feature in the case of Lot's wife is, that she was almost saved. If you are such an one, I say to you this day, Take care: "Remember Lot's wife. A straw may show which way the wind blows, and one look may show the rotten condition of a sinner's heart (Matthew 5:28).2. She looked back with regret at the valuable possessions that were being abandoned. Escape from the presence of the tempter. The Incarnate One says, "Follow Me." Remember Lot's wife, in the hour of conviction of sin. Let us not be high-minded, but fear. A preferring her own will before the will of God. "Up! Their course is marked by fertility on either side. Having got so far as lingering and doubting, her next movement was a direct act of rebellion — she turned her head: she was bidden not to look, but she dared to look. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/egt/luke-17.html. In that day, when the signs of an advent Saviour are upon you, be not anxious about your worldly possessions. She had been especially charged that she must not look back, and she did look back; she had been told she must escape for her life, and she loitered even behind her husband. Oh I think what it is to despise the mercy of Christ, who came from heaven to deliver us; and shall it be slighted?II. A fearful end.2. In this particular connection, the warning of her example seems to be proposed in the text. She did not truly believe, there was no real faith in her heart, and therefore she disobeyed the law of her safety and turned her face towards Sodom.3. A third reason is, that Lot's "easily besetting" sin, which was covetousness and love of the world, would probably have tempted him to form such a connection with one of the daughters of Sodom, on account of some supposed worldly advantage. )Punishment of Lot's wifeD. If this story of Lot's wife be true, and do live in our memory; then here we may see what an evil thing it is to mischoose in our choosing time. Lot's wife had also shared her husband's privileges. She left word that she had been, gone, and should not return. A monument before the world of God's power and faithfulness, and His righteous displeasure against apostasy.II. Prosperity is perilous. At the end … The story of them was handed down from father to son with a jealous reverence; so that it is not unlikely that among our Lord’s hearers were men who, in common with Josephus, had visited this heaven-blighted spot, and on whose minds these words would tell with solemn force--“Remember Lot’s wife.” (D. Moore, M. Oh! But it was also an unbelieving look. When I have passed the meridian of life, then I shall be ready to attend to the concerns of my soul.' When he came he found, instead of the royal lady, her message. "No hurry " is Satan's masterpiece. The second illustration is Lot’s wife.’ She did look back. A.). "(5) Are you trifling with little sins? By natural agents or by a miracle, however, it is certain that Lot's wife has been made to stand in the midst of that awful plain, a petrified monument of God's displeasure against backsliders, for upwards of two thousand years; for, "I have seen it," said Josephus, "and it remains at this day." (4)We have looked back and turned back, although we had her example of warning before our eyes.2. A. It was strange. Let us watch and be sober.III. OF HER JUDGMENT — she was turned into a pillar of salt.1. (1 Corinthians 10:22).(iii.) Hambleton, M. Remember her disobedience.6. Now, what was done to them may be done to us — for these judgments are patterns of providence — and if we would blow off the dust from the ancient providences of God, we may easily read our own doom or desert at least. Yet she had a son, and his name was called Jesus. This seemeth to be no great fault; but it teaches us that little faults in appearance many times meet with a great judgment. Read the Scripture: Luke The third Gospel presents Jesus as the Son of man. Being Lot's wife, remember that she had since her marriage shared with Lot in his journeys and adventures and trials. To increase our salutary fears.(W. "(Bishop Ryle. Delay, hesitation, casting longing looks back on a life of sin, then, may be fatal. Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! )Remember Lot's wifeAnon.1. 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