Genesis 19:4-11
v4 “the men of the city…compassed the house round”
v9 “now will we deal worse with thee” “they…came near to break the door”
v11 “they wearied themselves to find the door”
Sodom was a society with complete liberty for one’s lifestyle, regardless how wicked or perverse. Both young and old men supported this. Today, people are being deceived to think that by legalizing sinful lifestyles, it is just granting liberty and justice for all. But what went on in Sodom, those free to live their sinful lifestyle, sought to impose their lifestyle on others. Rather than respect Lot’s home and family, they came banging on his door demanding that he yield to them.
If you grant liberty to a godly man, he will use his liberty to live godly. Whereas, if you declare wickedness to be legal, wickedness will wickedly advance wickedness.
Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2) and as such he is the author and power of sin, which does not respect the righteous, but rather as a roaring lion seeks whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8) (a lion’s use of liberty).
Satan used liberty to swallow up Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan used liberty to send waves of opposition against Christ and His followers.
Satan and sin are not seeking to co-exist with and respect Christians. He is constantly seeking to gain leverage against Christianity. According to Revelation 12:10, Satan is making accusations against Christians day and night. Christ said that God’s people living amongst those serving sin would be like sheep in the midst of wolves (Matthew 10:17-18). The more liberty you grant wolves, the more they will use it to stalk and kill the sheep.
Sin doesn’t just confine itself to the lives of those who choose it. Sin ignites the sinners to overthrow the lives of others: “For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.” Proverbs 4:16
Make no mistake about it: once something is granted legal status, then that which opposes it is considered to be illegal.
This is how it becomes legal for the wicked to come banging on the doors of Christianity.
SHARING
