Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

The Lord was about to destroy Sodom when Abraham started to plead for
them.
Genesis 18:23-33: "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume
the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within
the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous
that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the
righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked;
that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And
Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sake. And Abraham answered and said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and
ashes: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find
there forty and five. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure
there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's
sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure
there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty
there. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there.
And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. And Jehovah went his
way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham
returned unto his place."
What a shrewd bargainer Abraham was! From 50 to 10. The point is, he was
not afraid to lose face for the sake of souls. Why? Because he felt passionately
for them that we would say that he had 'thick skin'!
What about us? Could we at least try - open our mouth and tell others we are
Christians and share our story in order to bring them to Christ?
In Conclusion
In closing, we have gone all the way from the feet to the head, to the skin
that keeps everything intact. Which part in our spiritual body is in need of
attention? Where do we think we are?
Each of us needs to start our spiritual exercises by developing a contrite
heart because Psalm 51:17 tells us that God will not depise such a heart.
Then let us treat our faith, the church and all that is holy as a pearl of great
prize. According to Matthew 13:45, it is worth effort effort and every sacrifice.
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