Firm Foundations
Lesson 17:
God Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
Memory verse: Genesis 15:6
Introduction
► Have you ever been given something that
you don’t deserve?
► Have you ever been given mercy when you
deserved punishment?
► Definition of “grace”
God’s promises renewed to Abram
► Genesis 13:14-17
Count the grains of sand
Count the stars
Poster – God’s promises to
Abraham #1
► Genesis 15:5,6
Abram believed God
God accepted Abram as righteous
Romans 4:3
► Genesis 15:6
What is righteousness?
Poster – God’s promises to
Abraham #2
Galatians 3:8
God’s promises renewed to Abram
► Genesis 15:13-16
Poster – God’s promises to
Abraham #3
Do you know what will happen
next week? Next year?
► Genesis 17:1-5
Abraham was 99 years old
God changed Abram’s name
►Abram means “_x_l_e_ f_t_e_”
►Abraham means “_a_h_r of a
multitude of c_i_d_e_”
God’s promise that Abraham and
Sarah would have a son
► Genesis 17:15,16
God changed Sarai’s name to
Sarah
►Saraimeans “_r_n_e_s”
►Sarah means “m_t_e_ of _a_i_n_”
► Genesis 17:17
Sarah was 99, Abraham 100
The promise depended on God –
His ability
► Jeremiah 32:17
God’s attitude toward Sodom and
Gommorah
► Genesis 18:20,21
► Map 1 – Sodom/Gommorah
► God saw what
Sodom/Gommorah were doing
► Their sin angered God
► God waited patiently for them
to repent
► God does not delay
judgement forever
II Peter 3:9
God’s angels came to Sodom
► Genesis 19:1-3
► Where was Lot?
► Who were his visitors, and why did they
come?
► God sent angels to warn Lot and his family
Lot believed in God: Genesis 19:18-20
► Sodom’s sin
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Pride
Gluttony
Sexual sin
The sinfulness of the Sodomites
► Genesis 19:4-7
► This is gross
perversion
Are people
today any
better?
► Lot’schoice of
the “best” land
looks different
now
Lot and family rescued out of Sodom
► Genesis 19:10-17
► Why did God save
Lot and his
daughters?
Born sinner
Believed God’s
promises
► Godsaves those
who trust Him
Abel, Noah, Abram,
Lot,…
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
► Genesis 19:24-25
► God waited for Lot
to get safely out
► God hates sin
II Peter 2:6
► Godis the same
today
Lot’s wife looked back
► Genesis 19:26
► They were told not to
look back
Lot’s wife disobeyed
► God knew what was in
her heart
She didn’t trust God
Desired the sinful ways
of Sodom
► She was foolish
God doesn’t threaten
and forget
Conclusion
► God is the same
today
► Keeps His promises
Bless those who
trust him
Punish those who
disobey