Sermon Cloud

"The Destructive Nature Of Sin"

Big Idea: Sin Will Eventually Destroy Me

Sin will Deceive Me before it Destroys Me
"Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt... Lot chose that land for himself... Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom, among the cities of the plain... two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city." gen13/10>12, 19/1

Ongoing Sin makes me Unproductive For God
"as they were preparing to retire for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house... "Do you have any other relatives here in the city?" the angels asked. "Get them out of this place... For we will destroy the city completely. The stench of the place has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.'" genesis19/4, 12>13nlt

Ongoing Sin dulls my Spiritual Receptivity
"With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished." When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them." genesis19/15>16nlt

"Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things." jeremiah5/25nlt

Ongoing Sin will cost me what is Most Valuable
genesis19/30>35

Ongoing Sin will make me Miserable
"he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)" 2peter 2/7>8

Remedy: Confess and Repent
"John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" john1/29nlt