Lot in Sodom

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. – Genesis 19.1-3

Lot is one of those interesting characters in scripture. On the one hand we see this man who was totally enamoured with and involved with wickedness. On the other we read about ‘just Lot’ who was vexed by the world.

I don’t really understand how a saved man could do all the stuff that Lot did, but he is indeed called ‘just.’

Read what Peter wrote – ‘And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:’

I think we see a clear warning to believers here. Even though we may well be just and righteous through the blood of Christ we still are going to have problems when we dabble with sin. We we spend all our time in the midst of the filthy lifestyle of the wicked we are going to find ourselves vexed and trouble with evil.

The problem with this vexing is that we too often let ourselves get vexed by the wicked world around us. We can blame the devil for our troubles and we can blame the world but more often than not our vexation with sin comes because of us exposing ourselves to it. Lot vexed his righteous soul and we do the same when we are involved with the world and the wickedness of it.

Lot was in that wicked city and the more time he spent there the more he became like it.