What is the meaning of 2 Peter 2:7? and if He rescued Lot God’s past rescue of Lot anchors Peter’s assurance that He will likewise deliver believers today (Genesis 19:15-16; 2 Peter 2:9). The same Lord who rained fire on Sodom safely escorted Lot beyond the city’s borders, proving two unshakable realities: • Judgment truly falls on the ungodly (Luke 17:28-29). • Grace just as surely shields the righteous (Psalm 34:19). a righteous man Peter calls Lot “righteous,” not because Lot lived flawlessly, but because God declared him so and treated him accordingly (Romans 4:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21). In Sodom’s midnight, Lot’s allegiance to the Lord still distinguished him: • He welcomed the visiting angels when no one else would (Genesis 19:1-3). • He grieved over sin instead of celebrating it (Proverbs 14:9). God counts such trust and obedience as righteousness, even when mingled with human weakness. distressed The word pictures a continual, aching burden. Lot was “tormented in his righteous soul day after day” (2 Peter 2:8). He did not grow numb; the corruption around him wore on his heart like sandpaper: • Similar anguish marked Jeremiah over Jerusalem’s rebellion (Jeremiah 9:1). • Paul felt “great sorrow and unceasing anguish” for Israel’s lostness (Romans 9:2). God’s people do not merely spot sin; they feel its sting. by the depraved conduct Sodom’s behavior had rotted past all restraint—sexual perversion (Genesis 19:4-11), pride and callousness toward the poor (Ezekiel 16:49-50), and open hostility toward God (Jude 1:7). Lot’s grief sprang from witnessing: • Normalization of evil (Isaiah 5:20). • Violent rejection of righteousness (John 3:19-20). When society celebrates what God condemns, the righteous inevitably ache. of the lawless “The lawless” are those who cast off God’s moral authority (1 John 3:4). Peter sets them in stark contrast to Lot: one man governed by God’s law amid a city governed by none. Their disregard invited swift judgment (2 Peter 2:6; Proverbs 29:1). Believers today still live among the lawless, yet God’s promise holds: He knows how “to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment” (2 Peter 2:9). summary 2 Peter 2:7 spotlights God’s faithful pattern: He intertwines judgment and deliverance. While the lawless rush toward destruction, the Lord singles out the righteous, counts them His, feels their pain, and pulls them to safety. Lot’s rescue assures every modern believer that no darkness is too thick, no culture too corrupt, for God to reach in, lift out, and preserve those who belong to Him. |
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