How does Luke 17:28 relate to the moral state of today's society? Setting the Scene: What Jesus Said “Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.” (Luke 17:28) Understanding the Days of Lot • Everyday life hummed along—commerce, construction, and cuisine all seemed normal. • Genesis 19 shows that beneath the normalcy lay rampant sexual immorality, violent aggression, and contempt for God’s standards. • 2 Peter 2:6-8 recalls Lot as “tormented in his righteous soul” by the lawless deeds he saw and heard. Parallels to Today • Moral indifference: Society praises tolerance yet shows hostility toward biblical truth. • Sexual revolution: Redefinition of marriage and gender mirrors Sodom’s boundary-breaking (Jude 7). • Material obsession: Buying, selling, investing—often pursued with no thought of eternity (1 John 2:15-17). • Complacent culture: Daily routines lull many into thinking judgment is a myth (2 Peter 3:3-4). The Suddenness of Judgment • Luke 17:29 adds, “But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.” • Normal schedules offered no hint of the imminent catastrophe—just as 1 Thessalonians 5:3 warns, “While people are saying, ‘Peace and security,’ destruction will come upon them suddenly.” Call to Discernment • Stay alert—Jesus links Lot’s day to His return (Luke 17:30). • Guard your heart: “Come out from among them and be separate” (2 Corinthians 6:17). • Live distinctively: Shine as “children of God without blemish in a crooked and perverse generation” (Philippians 2:15). Living with Hope and Urgency • Rescue mission: Like Lot, believers are to “snatch others from the fire” (Jude 23). • Confidence in Scripture’s promises energizes holy living (2 Peter 1:19). • Anticipate Christ’s appearing, “looking for the blessed hope” (Titus 2:13), while walking in obedience today. |
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