Lot�s Choice Genesis 13:10-12 04/13/2008 Dr. Dane Boyles

							  Lot’s Choice
Genesis 13:10-12

   04/13/2008
Dr. Dane Boyles
               Lot’s Choice

Introduction
  – The examples of men and women as
    recorded in the Bible can provide
    valuable lessons.
     • Abraham
     • Joseph
     • Job
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– From Lot we can also glean valuable
  lessons in...
   • The art of decision making.
   • The importance of making proper
     choices.
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1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the
Negev, with his wife and everything he
had, and Lot went with him.
2 Abram had become very wealthy in

livestock and in silver and gold.
(Genesis 13:1-2, NIV)
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3 From the Negev he went from place to
place until he came to Bethel, to the
place between Bethel and Ai where his
tent had been earlier
4 and where he had first built an altar.

There Abram called on the name of the
LORD. (Genesis 13:3-4, NIV)
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5 Now Lot, who was moving about with
Abram, also had flocks and herds and
tents.
6 But the land could not support them

while they stayed together, for their
possessions were so great that they
were not able to stay together.
(Genesis 13:5-6, NIV)
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7And quarreling arose between
Abram’s herdsmen and the herdsmen
of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites
were also living in the land at that time.
(Genesis 13:7, NIV)
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8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any
quarreling between you and me, or between
your herdsmen and mine, for we are
brothers.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s

part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to
the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the
left.” (Genesis 13:8-9, NIV)
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10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole
plain of the Jordan was well watered, like
the garden of the LORD, like the land of
Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain

of the Jordan and set out toward the east.
The two men parted company: (Gen 13:10-
11, NIV)
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12Abram lived in the land of Canaan,
while Lot lived among the cities of the
plain and pitched his tents near
Sodom. (Gen 13:12, NIV)
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• LOT’S CHOICE
 – In the Book of Genesis, Lot is introduced
   to us.
 – As a Result of his choice, Lot suffered...
    • War (Gen 14:11).
    • Kidnapping (Gen 14:12).
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• Oppression and torment by the citizens
  of Sodom (2 Pe 2:7-8; cf. Gen 19:1-11).
• Loss of all his material wealth (Gen
  19:15-16, 24-25).
• The death of his wife (Gen 19:17, 26).
• The shame of incest with his daughters
  (Gen 19:30-36).
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7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous
man, who was distressed by the filthy
lives of lawless men
8 (for that righteous man, living among

them day after day, was tormented in
his righteous soul by the lawless
deeds he saw and heard) (2 Peter 2:7-
8, NIV)
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• OUR CHOICES
 – What choices do we make that greatly
   affect our lives?
    • The one that will affect your life more
      than any other:
    • THE CHOICE TO FOLLOW JESUS!
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•   Choosing your CAREER.
•   Choosing your MATE
•   Choosing your FRIENDS
•   Choosing WHERE YOU WILL LIVE
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– HOW CAN WE MORE LIKELY MAKE THE
  RIGHT CHOICE?
  • Ask God for wisdom (James 1:5-8).
  • Seek advice from others (Prov 11:14;
    12:15).
  • Whatever you do, do it for the Lord’s
    sake (cf. Psalms 37:5-6, 23-26; James
    4:15).
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15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the
Lord’s will, we will live and do this or
that.” (James 4:15, NIV)
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– What should we do when we realize our
  choice was wrong?
   • Do what Lot did...
   • Do what Peter did after he denied
     Christ...
   • Do what Paul did after persecuting the
     church...
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Conclusion
 – The example of Lot should serve...
   • To teach us that making the proper
     decision is very important.
   • To warn us not to make our choices
     lightly.
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Genesis 13:10-12

   04/13/2008
Dr. Dane Boyles