WAS at one time addressing some children in a Sunday-school and asked them to repeat one verse that they knew in the Bible. When I asked one little boy, about five or six years old, what his verse was, he rose to his feet and in a clear, loud voice said, “Remember Lot’s wife.”
We may be sure, dear children, that if God has asked us to remember anything, it is very important that we should do so. Now, let us see a little of what God tells us about this woman.
Lot’s wife lived in a place called Sodom. God had said that He was going to burn up that city, because the people were so very wicked.
HER POSITION
was one that exposed her to judgment. The city was to be destroyed and if she stayed in it, she would have to suffer the same fate as all the others who lived there. Sodom is a picture of this poor world. God has appointed a day in which He will judge this world. Every little girl and boy is living in a world, that is sure to come under the judgment of God some day and all those who do not believe in Jesus are exposed to it, for they are part of-it. Another thing that we should remember about Lot’s wife, is.
SHE WAS PRAYED FOR.
There was a man named Abraham who was outside of the city and because he was a righteous man God told him what He was going to do to Sodom. As soon as he heard of what was going to happen to the city, he commenced to speak to the Lord about it. First of all, he asked God if there were fifty righteous people in the city, would He spare it. God said He would. Then he asked would He spare it if there were forty-five righteous people in it, then he prayed for forty, then for thirty, then for twenty, and last of all for ten. God heard rand answered his prayer every time.
I am sure some person is praying for you; someone wants you to be saved and not to be judged with this world.
As we send out this little paper, our prayer: for you is, that you may be saved.
ML 08/13/1899