Satan tempts the saints to imitate Lot when they ought to imitate Abraham—to have earthly affections in place of heavenly affections.
People say, What harm is there in the well-watered plains of Jordan? Are not they also a gift of Providence? I answer, The devil planted Sodom in their midst.
What is done in the flesh is not to the glory of God; it may, thanks to His powerful intervention, turn in the end to His glory; but so far as concerns us it is worth absolutely nothing.
A Christian is a being purchased at a great price, and who has nothing else to do than to glorify God.