Read Gen. 18:16-33
The angels get up to leave but the Lord stops them and decides he needs to let Abraham in on what he is fixing to do since Abraham is going to be so great on the earth. Then he says something pretty profound. He says that he knows that Abraham will instruct his children to be just and judge rightly and to walk in the ways of the Lord. What a great thing to say about a person! Then he goes on with what he is about to do, which is to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their sin. Their sin has been crying out so loudly that it got God’s attention. God waits till sin reaches a certain measure before he destroys and apparently Sodom and Gomorrah’s sins had reached that measure. Abraham asks an age-old question: Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked? Abraham knew that Lot was living there so he was thinking of him. Then Abraham and God bat back and forth about how many righteous people it would take for God to relent his judgment. The last number was 10. There were over 100,000 people in these cities so the ratio of 10 to 100,000 was pretty good. Surely there would be 10…. but there wasn’t. Abraham was a true intercessor that pled for mercy for the people - even those who didn’t deserve it. This is what Jesus does for us. He intercedes for us and asks for mercy for us.
Lord, help us to have the heart of Abraham that we would desire mercy instead of judgment on your people.
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