Chosen for Redemption

UV 3465/10000 Chosen for Redemption
Then Abraham said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry (with me), and I will speak only this once; suppose ten (righteous people) are found there?” And He said, “ I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
Genesis 18 v 32

The outcry of the sin of Sodom had reached the ears of the Lord. It meant the stench that sin produces makes it offensive to the Lord and He is provoked to act in anger. The serpent leader had caused almost the entire population of whole cities like Sodom and Gomorrah to sin mindlessly in terms of a total absence of sexual morality. Today, the world itself has lost its sense of right and wrong having departed from the absolute standards of the Word of God. In the post truth world, everything is relative. Men, women and children have started doing what is right in their eyes. But the Servant Leader is compassionate. Abraham intercedes for the few who are righteous in the cities marked for destruction. He appeals to the sense of justice of the Lord and repeatedly asks the Lord if He would destroy the city if even a minimal number of people were faithful and righteous. Two angels of the Lord visited Sodom and Gomorrah to verify whether there were at least ten righteous people and not finding them, they allow the Lord’s judgment to overtake the cities.

The Servant Leader Jesus wants all people who believe in Him to be saved, to be freed from destruction, to live forever. The serpent leader wants all to be destroyed like him. It lies with believers to pray fervently for the redemption of the world, the redemption of near and dear, the redemption of those who do not believe, the redemption even of personal enemies. As the stench of sin of this world reaches the Lord, we need to stand in the gap and pray for the redemption of all or as many as the Lord has chosen.

As a result of Abraham’s faith, His relative Lot and family were chosen for redemption from the total disaster visited upon Sodom and Gomorrah. As a result of our interceding faith, many will be saved. Our belief is not something superficial, it is what we hold as true in our hearts, it is what we think, feel, speak, do, experience, live. Our belief in the Servant Leader who died and rose again to serve all mankind influences our decisions, our goals, our emotions, our lifestyle, our relationships, our communication, out thoughts, our work, our families and the world at large. The reality of the acts of God to bring judgment on whole cities is once again proved by the NCorona virus outbreaks in China affecting people around the world.