The choice of Lot.
I. WHAT LOT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT.
1. His own worldly circumstances; and,
2. The suitability of the Jordan circle to advance them.
II. WHAT LOT DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
1. The reverence due to his uncle.
2. The greater right which Abram had to the soil of Canaan.
3. The danger, in parting with Abram, of separating himself from Abram's God.
4. The risk of damage to his spiritual interests in settling in the Jordan circle.
Learn—
1. That while it may be right, in life's actions, to take our worldly interests into account, it is wrong and dangerous to take nothing else.
2. That no amount of purely worldly advantage can either justify or recompense the disregard of the higher interests of the soul.
3. That though good men may oftentimes find reasons for neglecting the soul's interests, they cannot do so with impunity.—W.
Sodom and the Sodomites, or the place and the people.
1. The physical beauty of the Jordan valley.
2. The moral corruption of its inhabitants.
Lessons:—
1. The weakness of nature as a moral educator.
2. The true design of nature as a moral educator.—W.