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Plainly Seen

Remember Lot’s wife!  Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. (Luke 17:32-33)

WOW!  These are some powerful words!  I would have loved to be there when Jesus spoke these words.  Every word He said was so direct and had so much meaning.  To understand these words we need to go back to the story in Genesis.  So let’s step back and see what was going on with Lot and his wife.

The story begins in Genesis 19:1, but for the sake of time we will pick it up in verse 15.  Two angels have arrived in Sodom to take Lot and his family out of the city.  After surviving a scandalous and wicked night in which the angels protected the family…  The angels share the plan to leave and ask Lot to gather his family.  It is now time to leave the city and this is where we will pick up our story.

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