1. Three visitors: Isaac’s birth is announced to Abraham and Sarah. (18-1-15)
2. Abraham pleads for Sodom (18:16-33)
3. Lot and his family escape Sodom (19:1-29)

• “In what ways are the expectations of my culture causing me to compromise people I should be protecting?”
• “In what ways am I not fulfilling one virtuous duty, (and maybe even doing the exact opposite!) because I'm trying to do something else the culture values as virtuous?”

1 John 2:15-17: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. ¹⁶ For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”

4. Lot’s daughters commit incest with their father (19:30-38)

Sermon note: I received invaluable assistance from Doug Moo’s “NIV Application Commentary: 2 Peter and Jude”; the “Pastor’s Talk” podcast, Episode 6; and “Do Not Love the World” by Andy Naselli.