All right, we're here in Genesis chapter 18, and this is going to be our Mother's Day
sermon. And what we're going to do is compare two different women in the Bible. We're going
to compare Sarah versus Lot's wife. Now, the New Testament tells us, remember Lot's
wife. It says that, I believe it's in Luke 17. We'll look at that later on.
But oftentimes, I believe, we don't really notice the comparison between these two ladies
because these are very famous chapters in the Bible. When you think of Genesis 19,
you think of Sodom and Gomorrah. Okay, that's the first thing that comes to mind. Or you
think of the end of the chapter where, you know, his daughters get him drunk and then
Moab and Ammon come as a result of that. Okay, Genesis chapter 18. What do you remember?
You remember Abraham basically saying, what if there's 50 righteous? What if there's
45? What if there's 40? You remember just the bartering back and forth. But I believe
that everything's in the Bible for a reason. And in chapter 18, you have Sarah.
In chapter 19, you have Lot's wife. And there's a lot of comparisons that can be drawn.
And so I believe the Bible has that for a reason. Now, let me say this, that when
it comes to being a mom, and you know, when it comes to Mother's Day, part of
being a good mom is being a good wife. Okay, that's part of the responsibility.
If you're married and you have kids, part of being, and it's the same thing with
being a father. Okay, part of being a good father is being a good husband. You need
to set a good example for your children. Okay, so some of these points could apply
to being a good wife, but that also would apply to being a good mom as well.
Because we know that at this time, Sarah did not have children. We can still
learn a lot here on this Mother's Day. Now notice what it says in Genesis
18, verse 6. Genesis 18, verse 6. And when we think of being a mom, and we
think biblically, we think of guiding the house, right? Staying home, taking
care of the house, you know, the cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids, the
diapers, things like that, the traditional roles. That's what we think of. And
when it comes to taking care of the house, which is our first point, part of
that would be cooking, right? And we see a big difference between Sarah and Lot's
wife. Notice what it says in Genesis 18, verse 6. Genesis 18, verse 6. And
Abraham hastened into the tent onto Sarah and said, make ready quickly
three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. And so
Abraham comes in and he says, Sarah, I need you to make this food. Now look,
they did not expect guests to come that night, okay? Look, there's not much
more frustrating than unexpected guests that are going to be there all
night. And it's like, oh man, I got to cook for them and worry about this
and this. They don't expect these guests to come. But all of a sudden,
food needs to be prepared. And Abraham comes in and he says, Sarah, I need
you to make this. Okay, so who does the cooking? Well, Sarah does. You
say, what's your point? We'll go to Genesis 19. Genesis 19. Genesis 19,
we're comparing Sarah, which is the wife of Abraham, to Lot's wife, which is
Lot's wife, okay? The wife of Lot. Genesis 19, verse 1. And there came
two angels of Sodom at even, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot
seeing them, rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face
toward the ground. He said, behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into
your servant's house and tarry all night and wash your feet, and you
shall rise up early and go in your ways. And they said, nay, but we will
abide in the street all night. And so Lot is really trying to rush these
angels into the house because of the fact he knows that the
Sodomites are going to want to molest them. Okay, there's wicked
people in this town that are going to want to molest them. He says, come
in here, come in here quickly, you know, rise up early, get out of
here, basically. Verse 3, and he pressed upon them greatly, and they
turned in onto him. So the angels come in and entered into his house.
Notice this, and he, and he made them a feast and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat. So who does the cooking? Lot or his wife?
Lot does the cooking. He makes the feast. He bakes the unleavened bread.
One thing we can guarantee, which is a side point, is that the
food in Genesis 18 is going to be better than the food in Genesis 19.
Right? All the guys can say amen about that. And so basically, we
see here that, you know, when when Abraham comes, he goes to Sarah
and says, Can you make the food here? Lot makes the food, not his
wife. Obviously, that would be kind of against the traditional roles
we think of. And look, that's a comparison the Bible's trying to
give you. There's a reason why we have these very similar
stories, angels coming, and very different results between the
wives. That's a comparison we're supposed to draw between these
chapters. Now you say, Well, Brother Stuckey, you know, maybe
she's working a secular job. Maybe she's not at home. Okay,
well, you know, that could be a possibility, but I don't think
so. I don't think she does have a secular job. And I'll
give you my reasons why here. Now go back to verse number
one of Genesis 19. And it says, And there came two angels
to Sodom at even two angels coming at 6 p.m. So at 6 p.m.
you know, you say, Is she in the house or is she not?
Well, give me my reasons why I don't even think she's home
at this time. Okay, but at 6 p.m. this is dinner time and
it's like, Well, who's going to make the food for the
family? Well, I guess Lot will. You know, they probably
didn't have microwaves, so I guess Lot's the one cooking
the food for him and his wife and his kids. I don't
know because Lot's wife is not doing it. At 6 p.m.
though, I doubt she was out working because quite honestly,
in today's world, a lot of work is on computers,
technology, and it can be done any time of day. But
during these times, most likely most of those jobs are
going to be done while there's sunlight outside, right?
From sunrise to sunset. And look, when the sun sets,
guess what? You're not really gonna be able to work
anymore. That's why even in the Bible times, they'd
wake up early in the morning to get stuff done.
Think of people that work on farms and things like
that. They must use every second of that daylight
because they can't at 10 o'clock at night do
something. It's done. You don't have time. So they
wake up early and so at 6 p.m. when you'd expect
the sun to be setting, she's not there. And unless
she worked at a job like a casino or a bar, you
know, some job which in Sodom is not really a
stretch, then look, she doesn't seem to be there.
It's like, is she out working? Well, if she is,
I don't know what job she's doing at this time
at 6 p.m. Okay. And so go back to Genesis 13.
Genesis 13. I'll show you something else.
I mean, good night. If she is working a job at
that time, it could be worse than working at a
bar, especially in Sodom and Gomorrah. And, you
know, honestly, that is a possibility because, you
know, I don't really know what work you'd be
doing at 6 p.m. But I'll be honest with you.
When it comes to traditional roles that the Bible
speaks of, look, I believe we're all aware that
the traditional roles and the best situation is
the husband works and the wife raises the
children. Okay. Now, I understand that at our
church and around the world, there's plenty of
godly people that they aren't able to do that.
Okay. That's not the situation they find
themselves in. And that's not what I'm
preaching about. That's fine. I understand
that. I completely understand that. Here's what
I'm saying, though. I don't believe that lost
wife needed to work to provide money for
that family because they're rich. And I'll prove
that to you. Now, here's the thing. If you
and your house, everyone is in this room and
the people watching the live stream, look, if
you were millionaire, if you had 100 million
pesos in your bank account or $2 million in
your bank account, look, are you going to have
just both husband and wife out there working
40, 50 hours or whatever? Probably not. Why?
It's not necessary, is it? You've got lots of
money. The reason why that, you know, both
husbands and wives are working in today's world
in most areas is because it's necessary to make
money to provide for that family. It's not
necessary. It's not possible always for the
wife to stay home and raise the kids. That's
why oftentimes the wife will work as well.
But I want you to realize that if there's
families that are really rich. Okay. And
honestly, when you look at families that are
people that are super rich out there, a lot of
times the wives don't work. When you look at
these people that are millionaires and
billionaires, and they will just stay home
and take care of that stuff. And the reason
why Lot's wife, I don't believe that she
would be working is they don't need her to.
They're rich. And I'll prove that to you.
Genesis 13, verse five. Genesis 13, verse
five. And Lot also which went with Abram had
flocks and herds and tents. And the land was
not able to bear them that they might dwell
together. For their substance was great so that
they could not dwell together. Abraham and Lot,
why do they separate from one another? They
had too much money. Your money was in your
flocks and your herds and things like that.
And they had too much money. You say, Brother
Stuckey, can money be a bad thing? What's a
bad thing in Genesis chapter 13? They have too
much money and they must separate. Why do they
have money? Well, there is a famine in the
land and Abraham goes to Egypt. He goes to
Egypt and guess what? He gets filthy stinking
rich in Egypt. Okay. And what ends up happening
because they're rich? Lot and Abraham have to
separate and Lot has to go to Sodom and
Gomorrah. It comes back to Abraham's choice
to leave due to a famine and Lot has to go
to Sodom and Gomorrah. And also Hagar comes
from Egypt. She was an Egyptian. And of course
then Abraham has a child with her later on. So
look, money is not necessarily a good thing.
But my main point here is this, that Lot was
rich. They had too much stuff that they could
do all together. Okay, go to verse 10. Not
only was Lot rich, but he's going to an area
that is a rich area. Verse 10, and Lot lifted
up his eyes and beheld all the plain of
Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere
before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even
as the garden of the Lord, like the land of
Egypt as a kamasan to Zohar. Lot loves
Sodom and Gomorrah because he says it's like
the land of Egypt. They're rich. They're
wealthy. It's beautiful. This is where I want
to live. I don't care about how godly it is.
Okay, now go back to Ezekiel chapter 16.
Ezekiel chapter 16. So Sodom and Gomorrah was
economically great. They were a booming
country. They were a wicked country. But you
know, they're a booming area. They're a
booming location. And let's see what it says
in Ezekiel chapter 16.
What is my point? My point is this. Lot's wife
didn't need to work. When they moved to
Sodom and Gomorrah, they were rich. And
Sodom and Gomorrah was a rich area. People
were doing very well financially. Ezekiel
chapter 16. Ezekiel 16 verse 49. Ezekiel 16
verse 49. Ezekiel 16 verse 49. Behold, this
was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom. Pride,
fullness of bread, meaning they have lots and
lots of food and abundance of idleness was
in her and in her daughter. So basically
Sodom had, you know, lots of food and
they're idle because they have everything
handed to them. They're a very booming
economy. They don't have to work hard to
make it. Okay, go back to Genesis 19. Genesis
19. So look, I mean, when he moves to
Sodom and Gomorrah, he's rich, and it's a
rich area. And so look, she probably
wouldn't need to work. And what job would
you expect to be doing that late at night?
Okay, and quite honestly, during these
times, people really did follow
traditional roles with families a lot more
than today. Oftentimes, or normally, you
would expect the wives wouldn't end up
working. And part of the reason why is
because nowadays we have public school
and everybody goes to that. But before
when people had big families, people
would have eight kids on average. And
it's just like, you know, they didn't
have washers and all these modern
luxuries. Yeah, it was pretty much a
full time job, even more so back then
to be a stay at home mom. Okay, so
it makes sense for her to be a stay
at home mom. Okay, I'll be honest, I
don't believe she was at home when
those angels came. Okay, and I'll give
you another reason why here in a
second, it doesn't I believe she's
probably hanging out with friends at
nighttime. Okay, and I want you to
understand, but let me actually prove
this to you first or show you, then
I'll give kind of my commentary on
that. Genesis 19 verse eight. Behold,
now I have two daughters which have
not known man. Let me I pray you
bring them out onto you and do you
to them as is good in your eyes.
Only onto these men do nothing for
therefore came they under the shadow
of my roof. Now I want you to notice
here that he mentions his daughters.
Okay, there's no mention of his wife
in Genesis 19 up until this point.
Okay, Genesis 19 verse 12. And the
men said unto Lot, Hast thou here
any besides son-in-law and thy sons
and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou
hast in the city, bring them out of
this place. For we will destroy this
place, because the cry of them is
waxing great before the face of the
Lord, and the Lord hath sent us to
destroy it. And Lot went out and
spake unto his sons-in-law, which
married his daughters, and said, Up, get
you out of this place, for the
Lord will destroy this city. But he
seemed as one that mocked unto his
sons-in-law. Now notice what it says
in verse 15. Because before that we
saw the mention of the daughters, but
not of the wife. Verse 15, And when
the morning arose, then the angels
hasten Lot, saying, Arise, take thy
wife and thy two daughters, which are
here. So she's there in verse 15,
when the morning arises, lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity of the
city. So look, I believe when the
angels came at 6 p.m. and I could
be wrong, I'm not saying this is 2
plus 2 equals 4, but from the
verses it seems to indicate to me
that his wife was not home. And if
she was not home, I would question
though, what was she doing? I mean,
was she working a job? Because what
job was she going to be doing at
that time? There'd be no need for
her to work a job. And if
she's not doing that, what is she
doing? I would say the best guess, and
this is my opinion, is she was kind
of hanging out with friends. Now I
could be wrong on that, the Bible
does not specifically say that, but
the Bible doesn't give any
indication she's home. And I do
know that Lot did the cooking when
the angels came. I mean, it's not
like he said to his wife, Hey,
can you do the cooking? And she's
like, no, and he, no, he just
does it. So either basically she
runs their family completely. He
does whatever she says, which
is possible, or she's just not
there. Okay. Now here's, here's
what you need to understand. They
are husband and wife and they
have children. Okay. You have to
understand that when you get
married and you have kids, your
life changes. Okay. When I was a
single guy, when I lived in the
US, me and my friends would hang
out sometime who played basketball
to like 10 30 at night till
the rec center would close. Then
we'd hang out at some fast food
place. You know, you work out
for a couple hours, you just
get this giant thing of pop
and just down it right
afterwards. And we'd hang out
till like midnight, just hanging
out, doing whatever and
everything like that. But then
once you get married, you know,
that kind of changes. Okay.
There's nothing wrong with, with,
you know, people that are
single, having a good time,
hanging out with friends,
fellowshipping. We talked about
the Bible and stuff like that.
We played sports, we worked out,
things like that. But look, when
you get married, look, you're
not expected to be out at
midnight every night away from
your family, especially once you
have kids. Okay. Now there's a
lot of very godly people in
this church. We've had a lot
of people that have gotten
married at this church since
this church started and other
people that are going to get
married. And a lot of you
used to hang out late at
night together, you know, hang
out, talk about the Bible.
And that was great. You
motivate each other to go
soul winning and things like
that. But I want you to
realize that when you get
married and when you have
kids, there's a change that's
going to take place or
should take place in your
life. Quite honestly, you
should probably be not quite
as close to your friends as
you were before, because
your best friend ought to be
the person you're married to.
That's the person you're
spending time to. Look, when
we had the missions trip, I
wasn't trying to be, you
know, a hermit or rude or
not an outgoing person. But
quite honestly, we got done
with the soul winning. We
ate or whatever. It's like, I
would rather spend time
with my son Zephaniah than
with you. I'd rather spend
time with my daughter,
Christabel, than with you.
I'd rather spend time with
my wife than you. And I
don't mean that to be
offensive. I'm just saying
that's the way I feel
being married and having kids.
Okay, so when it came to
after the soul winning was
done, we had a great time.
It's just like, you know
what, as I've done on the
other mission trips, yeah, I
just don't hang out till
12 o'clock at night because
it's like I'm married. You
know, I just want to spend
time with the family. You
know, we just had food
there, just had a good time
and things like that. There's
a change that takes place
and should take place not only
when you're married, but
when you have kids. And
with Lot's wife, she seems
to be God. She seems to
not understand this. They don't
really seem to have that
great of a marriage. And
when you see how his
daughters react and things
like that, you can see
that's the case. And so
what part of taking care
of the home is not just
doing the cooking, but
just being home in general.
And from this story, I just
don't see an indication
that his wife was really
doing a good job. Now, it
doesn't say how she did
it, you know, how clean
the house was and things
like that. Just in the
back of my mind, I just
could look at the
difference of Sarah and
Lot. And one of them
seems to be a godly lady
that loves the Lord. And
one of them most
certainly is not referring
to Lot's wife, which we
don't know what her name
is. Now, go to Genesis
18. Genesis 18. So look,
when it comes to guiding
the house, as the Bible
says, doesn't it make
sense to guide the house
that you're at the
house? Now, I'm not
saying that you can't
leave, but I'm saying,
yeah, when it's night
time and it's dark
outside, it's like, yeah,
you know what? It's
probably best to be
home. Okay. Is there a
possible exception? Yeah.
I mean, exceptions can
happen. I just don't see
it in this story. I
understand things can come
up and you have to go
out or whatever. But
from this story, I think
the Bible is trying to
show us that Lot's wife
was probably not home and
she didn't really take
care of the home. She
obviously wasn't doing
the cooking, at least
in that story. But
Sarah, she was someone
who took care of the
house. Genesis 18 verse
six, and Abraham hastened
into the tent onto
Sarah. So he goes in,
food needs to be made,
and he knows she's
there. Verse nine, and
they said onto him,
Where is Sarah thy wife?
And he said, Behold in
the tent. Now I would
have loved to see that
question asked to Lot.
And I guess we could
figure out in Genesis 19,
behold, where's your wife?
I have no idea. I
believe that would have
probably been the answer.
Or, oh, you know, she
had an errand she had
to run. You know, that's
probably what he would
have said. I don't
know. Okay, now Genesis
18. So the first point
is this when it comes
to being, you know,
a good wife, a good
mom is quite simply
guiding the house, which
includes a lot of
different things. But
with the difference
between Sarah and Lot's
wife, Sarah seems like
she does that pretty
well. Lot's wife doesn't
seem to. She seems to
be seems to be out
and about with friends
or doing whatever. I
don't know. Another
aspect of being a good
mom. As I said, this
ties into being a good
wife is to respect
your husband. Okay,
respecting your husband
is part of being a
good wife. Genesis 18,
notice what it says in
verse six. Keep in
mind in this story, they
were not told that
angels would be
visiting them. They're
not told that they're
gonna have to have food
cooked and you have
guests that are gonna
be coming. They're not
prepared for it. Okay,
but notice verse six,
and Abraham hastened
into the tent onto
Sarah. So he goes
quickly in, which is
hasten and made and
said, make ready
quickly three measures
of fine meal, knead it
and make cakes upon
the hearth. Now, look,
we don't know what
Sarah's doing at this
time. I'm sure she's
busy, you know, doing,
you know, whatever,
whether it's doing,
you know, the clothes
or whatever. But he
says, make ready
quickly. What he's saying
is put aside everything
you're working on. I
don't care how busy
you are. You need to
make three measures of
fine meal, knead it and
make cakes upon their
hearth. And then Sarah
says, why? Is that what
she says? She just
does it because she
respects her husband. You
know, he asked her to
do it and she just
does it. Okay. Notice
verse seven and
Abraham ran onto the
herd and fetched a calf
tender and good and
gave it onto a young
man and he hated to
dress it. So Abraham,
basically, he's working
on the meat, but he has
young men that work for
him. So basically finds
the calf that he wants.
And obviously you have
unintended guests. The
respectful thing is to
have something nice for
them, right? And so he
finds a good calf and
he gives it to the
young man. Verse eight.
And he took butter and
milk and the calf, which
he had dressed and
set it before them. And
he stood by them
under the tree and
they did eat. And they
said, I'll know where
Sarah, thy wife. And
he said, behold in the
tents. Now realize
they're not using a
microwave to cook this
food in a couple minutes.
Okay, the Bible is going
through this story, but
this is taking actual
time, which means they
are setting aside all
their distractions to do
this. Now, look, in
today's world, we're
not as busy as they
were back then in
general. Back then,
they're actually working
all day long just to
provide their needs.
So quite honestly, it
probably was pretty
inconvenient to set
aside all distractions
and say, we're going
to do this, but that's
what they have to do.
Okay, so we see that
Sarah respected her
husband, verse 11, verse
11. Now Abraham and
Sarah were old and well
stricken in age, and it
ceased to be with Sarah
after the manner of
women. What that means
in verse 11 is it's
scientifically medically
impossible for Sarah to
have children. Now we
know that she does have
a child later on because
is anything too hard
for the Lord, but it
ceased to be with her
after the manner of
women. She's not able to
have kids anymore.
Therefore, Sarah laughed
within herself, saying,
after I am waxed old,
shall I have pleasure,
my Lord being old also?
Now in verse 12, it
says she laughs within
herself. Okay, so when
she hears this, she
does not believe it.
Okay, now later on, she
will believe it, and we
don't have time to
prove that. But her
reaction is she laughs
within herself. But I
want you to notice
what she said. After I
am, after I am waxed
old, shall I have
pleasure, my Lord being
old also. Now she's
not referring to our
Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ, right? Panginohon,
Jesus Christ. No, that's
not what she's saying.
She's referring to her
husband like that. Okay,
now that doesn't mean
she's calling him like
the Lord and Savior, but
she's saying he's the
boss. Basically, that's
what that means. Okay,
because obviously the
husband is the head of
the home and in her
heart, not something she's
saying out loud. She
looks at her husband as
the authority, as the
boss. She respected him
in her heart. Okay, so
this is not something
she's saying for a
show, but within
herself, she's saying,
my Lord being old also.
Why? Because she
looked at the husband,
her husband, Abraham,
as the head of the
home. Turn to Genesis
19. Let's see how Lot's
wife thinks about him.
Okay, so Sarah versus
Lot's wife when it
comes to guiding the
house. Well, it looks
like Sarah kind of wins
that battle. Looks like
she does a better job
than Lot's wife. I
don't really know what
Lot's wife did.
Probably spent a lot of
money on stuff that
they didn't need. And
then when it comes to
respecting her husband,
we see that Sarah does
respect her husband. Okay,
what about Lot's wife?
Genesis 19 verse 15. And
when the morning arose,
then the angels hasten
Lot, saying, Arise, take
thy wife and thy two
daughters, which are here,
lest thou be consumed in
the iniquity of the
city. And so they're
told to leave because
it's going to be
destroyed. Verse 16, and
while he lingered. So
linger means to kind
of wait behind and
Lot does not want
to leave. He's just
kind of like, this city
is going to be
destroyed. Oh, man. But
I love Sodom so much. I
love this area. It's
well watered. We got
everything. And while he
lingered, the men laid
hold upon his hand and
upon the hand of his
wife and upon the hand
of his two daughters. And
so basically they grab
him by the hand and
force him to leave. The
Lord being merciful
onto him, and they
brought him forth and
set him without the
city. So I want you to
see here that God is
very merciful to
people that are saved.
He's very merciful to
him, to Lot. Okay,
Lot's a believer. He
says just Lot, but he
certainly didn't live
like a very godly
person. Okay, but they
drag him out. Now
notice what it says
later on in verse 24.
Then the Lord rained
Sodom and Gomorrah,
rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah, brimstone
and fire from the Lord
out of heaven. And he
overthrew those cities
and all the plain and
all the inhabitants of
the cities and that
which grew upon the
ground. But his wife
looked back from behind
him and she became a
pillar of salt. Look,
they're given completely
clear instructions to
leave and his wife just
will not go with him.
She's just hanging
behind. She looks behind.
I picture kind of
stopping and saying, I
want to go back. She
doesn't want to go.
So Lot says, you know,
we got to leave. We
got to go. And she
just doesn't want to
go along with the
program. Why? She
doesn't really respect
her husband very much.
Okay. And so, you
know, what I think of
with this story of
Lot's wife is I
think of a baby or a
young child who throws
a fit, right?
Like when you have young
kids, you tell them to
come and then sometimes
they just want to
refuse. Okay, now my
son's a great son, but
sometimes he kind of
throws a bit of a fit
and he just doesn't want
to come. You grab him
by the arm and he's
fighting back and he
doesn't want to move.
He's just decided, I
want to stay here. He
doesn't want to listen
to mom, doesn't want
to listen to dad.
That's what I think of
with Lot's wife. It's
like the city is
going to be destroyed.
Let's go. And it's
like, no, I'm not
going to go. And she
just stays there to
take a stand. Why? She
does not respect her
husband very much.
That's the difference
we're seeing between
Abraham's wife, Sarah,
and Lot's wife,
whatever her name is.
Now turn to John 10.
John chapter 10.
Now we only have three
points in this sermon.
The first one is
obviously when it comes
to the difference
between Sarah versus
Lot's wife comes to
taking care of the
home. Obviously, Sarah
did a good job.
Lot's wife did not.
When it comes to
respecting their husband,
obviously, Sarah
respected her husband.
We see that obviously
Lot's wife did not
respect her husband.
But the last thing
comes to being a
godly person.
And look, when it
comes to being a good
mom, we as Christians
need to realize a
large part of that
is simply being a
godly person, loving
the Lord, reading the
Bible, memorizing the
Bible, loving God's
word, obeying his
commandments, godliness
as Christians.
That's probably the
most important thing to
be in a good mom is
to love the Lord.
Okay. Just show them
to love, you know,
not just you and your
husband, but also God
above his commandments
and his word.
Okay. When it comes to
Lot's wife, I don't
think she was saved
personally. Okay.
The Bible doesn't tell
us, but here's what
I'd say. It's just
Lot. There's no real
indication his wife is
saved. Now she might
be, but I want you
to understand, we don't
know what her name
is, and I think
there might be a reason
why. Notice what it
says in John 10, verse
27, my sheep hear my
voice and I know them
and they follow me.
Now, look, Jesus is
saying he knows his
sheep, and what you're
going to see is he
will always, when it's
someone who's saved,
he's going to name
them. Go to Luke 16.
I'll show this to you.
Luke 16, Luke chapter 16.
I believe the Bible's
trying to give us an
indication that she was
not saved, and I could
be wrong because it
does not explicitly say
that. I'm just trying
to draw the
conclusions from
Genesis 18 and verse
19. You could have a
different opinion, but
look, after this, I'll
show you very clearly
whether she's saved or
not. She's certainly not
a godly person. That's
not disputable. Okay.
Luke 16, verse 19.
There's a certain rich
man, which was clothed
in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously
every day, and there
was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was
laid at his gate full
of sores. Now, two
people are mentioned in
verses 19 and 20 of
Luke 16. You've got the
rich man, you got
Lazarus. Okay. Now, this
is not a parable. How
do we know it's not a
parable? Because the
real name is used,
Lazarus, and the name
Abraham's used. This
actually took place.
Okay. But notice it just
says a certain rich
man. You say, why?
Because I think it's
indicating, well, we
know this rich man's
not saved, but I think
the reason why his
name's not given is
Jesus says, my sheep
hear my voice and I
know them. But this
is not one of my
sheep. This is not
someone who believed on
Jesus Christ. This is
not someone who has
eternal life. So in
verse 19, it's just a
certain rich man. We
don't know what the
name is. Why? He's not
saved. Okay. This is
a real person that
existed, but he was
not saved. Go back to
Genesis 19. Genesis 19.
I mean, isn't it true
that just about
everybody's name is
named in the Bible
when you're telling
stories, especially in
Genesis, you know, the
names of these people
are mentioned. I believe
it's not mentioned
though, because it's
trying to highlight
she's not saved. And
I could be wrong, but
I want you to notice
verse 26, and I want
you to understand
what's being said. Genesis
19 verse 26, but his
wife looked back from
behind him, and she
became a pillar of salt.
Okay. Now there's a
reason why she became
a pillar of salt.
Everything's in the
Bible for a reason. You
know, I don't know, I
haven't checked modern
versions, but I'm sure
something says a
pillar of pepper or
something like that. It's
meant to say salt for
a reason. You say,
why? Because we as
believers are the salt
of the earth. Isn't that
what the Bible says?
We're meant, what does
salt do? Salt preserves
food, right? We are
meant to preserve the
earth. And how do we
preserve the earth? Well,
part of it's living
godly, but part of it
is quite simply getting
people saved. That's the
reason why God doesn't
destroy the world now
because he wants the
gospel to go out to
everybody. He's very
long suffering. Okay.
During the end times,
we go through all
those years of
tribulation, and the
whole purpose is because
we're the salt of
the earth. We're
meant to get people
saved. Okay. She
becomes a pillar of
salt, which is a picture
of being the salt of
the earth. And he might
look at that and say,
well, see, she became
salt because she was
meant to be the salt
of the earth. Or what
I think is Abraham's,
not Abraham, Locke kind
of looks at her and
it's kind of a picture
to his mind. You were
meant to be the salt
of the earth in
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Okay. So it could just
be that that's a
picture for basically he's
supposed to be the
salt of the earth for
his family. And look,
his wife didn't even
get saved in my
opinion. Maybe I'm
wrong. His daughters
maybe they're saved,
but the way that they
live their lives, the
end of Genesis 19,
there's not really
indication that they're
saved. There's nothing
that they, they love
the Lord. And obviously
you can live a sinful
life and be saved. I'm
not saying that, but
there's no real
indication in Genesis 19
that just because the
husband saved, that
does not mean the
wife is saved. Just
because the wife
saved, that doesn't
mean the husband
saved. Okay. It's an
individual thing with
salvation and look,
there's no real reason
to think that law was
actually teaching his
children the ways of
the Lord. Genesis 19
verse 12, but even if
she is saved, let me
prove to you, she was
not very godly because
this area is going to
be destroyed. And just
think in your mind, if
we got the message
straight from God, that
Metro Manila is going
to be destroyed in a
couple days. And you
basically have one and
a half days left of
soul winning. And then
you got to hit the
road because it's going
to be destroyed. Okay.
You know what we're
going to be doing for
the next 36 hours, one
and a half, we're just
going to be going soul
winning, soul winning,
soul winning, soul
winning, soul winning,
soul winning. And then
we're going to hit
the road and get out
of here. And we're
just going to break
through the checkpoints
and just run away and
not care what they
say. Hey, this place
is going to be
destroyed, right? Look,
that's basically what's
being taken place. They
only have a short time
left. And at this
time you would think
living in Sodom and
Gomorrah, you think of
man, my aunt, my
uncle, my grandmother,
my sons in law, as we
see in the story with
Lot. You try to get
everybody saved, you
could, because you've
got one last chance.
Okay. Genesis 19 verse
12. And the men said
unto Lot, hast thou here
any besides son in law
and thy sons and thy
daughters, and whatsoever
thou hast in the city,
bring them out of this
place. For we will
destroy this place
because the cry of them
is waxing great before
the face of the Lord.
And the Lord hath sent
us to destroy it. So
he's told everything's
going to be destroyed.
Notice verse 14 and Lot
went out and spake unto
his sons in law, which
married his daughters
and said, up, get you
out of this place for
the Lord will destroy
this city. But he
seemed as one that
mocked unto his sons
in law. So Lot's
going out there and
preaching the gospel. Is
there any indication his
wife's out there preaching
the gospel, trying to
get people saved, trying
to rescue them from
Sodom and Gomorrah?
There's no indication.
Now, in my opinion, what
I said is that she's
probably not home and
that he probably did not
have a cell phone to
message and said, Hey,
angels just visited, this
place is going to be
destroyed. And so look,
you know, she probably
didn't get the message.
But here's my point.
If this sort of situation
happened in my life, in
my wife's life, and
angels came and said,
this place is going to
be destroyed, we would
both be going out
there trying to get as
many people saved as we
could. Okay. But in this
story, there's no
indication that that's
what Lot's wife is
doing. She's not going
out soul winning.
She's not trying to
rescue anyone. I think
because she wasn't there
or maybe she's just not
a very godly person.
Verse 26. So she has no
indication she's saved, no
desire to help spare her
family. And quite
honestly, she just has
a lack of belief in God's
word. She doesn't really
believe God's word.
Verse 26, but his wife
looked back from behind
him and she became a
pillar of salt. It's
like they were told to
just go, not to look
back, just to flee. Does
it really seem like she
believes God's word?
Look, if the message you
got was this, this area
is going to be destroyed.
Just run and don't look
back at all. If we
knew that was coming
from God's word, guess
what we would do? It
doesn't matter how
curious we are, we
would not look back,
right? We would just go
forward. But her, she
doesn't really seem to
believe this. Either
Lot did a very bad job
of relaying the message
or she just doesn't
really believe God's
word. Okay. Genesis
18, Genesis 18.
Regardless of whether
she saved or not, she
certainly isn't a godly
person. She certainly
loved living in Sodom
and Gomorrah because
she's hanging back as
well as Lot at the
beginning, just kind of
checking it out. They
linger. They don't
want to leave. And
Genesis 18, what about
Sarah? Genesis 18,
verse 10. And he said,
I will certainly return
unto thee according to
the time of life, and
lo Sarah thy wife shall
have a son. And Sarah
heard it in the tent
door, which was behind
him. Now Abraham and
Sarah were old and
well stricken in age,
and it ceased to be
with Sarah after the
manner of women. So
she's no longer able
to have kids. Her first
reaction in verse 12
is this. Therefore Sarah
laughed within herself,
saying, after I am
waxed old, shall I
have pleasure, my Lord
being old also? So at
first she does not
believe. And you say,
well, it doesn't seem
like she really loves
God's word. Well, I
want you to understand
that when it comes to
basically serving God and
hearing God's message,
quite honestly, all of
us from time to time,
when we hear something
preach and it's against
what we think, our
first reaction is to
reject it. I don't
really look down on
someone at first who's
really questioning
something. What I would
say is this, that if
you've had time to
process it and see
what the Bible says and
you still reject it,
that's when the
problem takes place.
Notice what it says in
verse 13. And the
Lord said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah
laugh, saying, Shall I of
a surety bear a child
which am old? Is anything
too hard for the Lord?
This is a rhetorical
question. And obviously
the answer is no,
nothing's too hard for
the Lord. At the time
appointed, I will return
unto thee according to
the time of life. And
Sarah shall have a son.
Turn to Hebrews 11,
Hebrews 11.
Hebrews 11. So when
Sarah first hears this,
she doesn't really
believe it. She says
this is scientifically
medically impossible. But
I want you to realize,
and as I preached
recently, I preached a
sermon called
Wondering versus
Pondering, if you
remember that sermon.
And I talked about
Mary. And I showed
biblically that Mary a
few times doesn't really
understand or believe the
message at first. But
the difference between
her and everybody else
is when she thought
about it, she actually
pondered about it. And
she actually ends up
believing it. And Sarah
is the same way. Because
notice what it says in
Hebrews 11, verse 11.
Through faith, also
Sarah herself received
strength to conceive seed
and was delivered of a
child when she was
past age because she
judged him faithful who
had promised. So Sarah
through faith, she did
believe the message. She
just didn't believe it
at first. Turn to
Luke 17. We'll look at
one last place. Luke 17.
So what do we see in
this sermon? Well, we
saw when it comes to
guiding the home, that's
part of being a good
mom. And we see that
Sarah was a keeper at
home. Lot's wife doesn't
really seem to even be
home. When it comes to
respecting their husbands,
Sarah respected her
husband, which that is
part of being a good
mom because you need
to set a good example
for your kids. And
same as being a good
father is being a good
husband. But we see
that Sarah respected her
husband. Lot's wife.
There's no real indication
she respects her husband
at all. Okay. And look,
obviously, if we were
preaching a sermon versus
Abraham versus Lot, we
can do that as well.
I'm not sitting here
saying Lot was the
greatest husband in the
world. And, you know,
his wife was terrible.
No, obviously, if he
did Abraham versus Lot,
maybe we can do that
sometime. There's a big
difference between them
as well. But there's a
big difference between
their wives as well.
Sarah was godly. Lot's
wife was not. And
that's the last
point. Sarah was godly.
Okay. She loved God's
word, and she does
end up believing that
message with Lot's wife.
I'm not convinced she
saved, and I'm certainly
convinced whether she's
saved or not, she's an
ungodly person. She
doesn't love the Lord
at all. Okay. What
does it say in Luke 17?
It says, remember Lot's
wife. Okay, once again,
we don't see the name
of this lady, or I
don't even know if we
should call her a lady,
okay, based on her
character. But the
Bible says, remember
Lot's wife. And
that's what we're
doing in the sermon. We
are meant to look back
at the life in Genesis
chapter 19. And look,
here's the truth. When
we think of Genesis 19,
you never really think
of Lot's wife. Okay.
You're thinking of
Sodom and Gomorrah, and
we preach those
sermons. Okay. You
think of towards the
end, what happens with
his daughters. But quite
honestly, the Bible
says we should take
some time to remember
Lot's wife. So on
this Mother's Day, one
thing we should
remember, all the moms
at her church, future
moms, or even the
husbands should be
aware of this message
as well, is quite
simply this. When it
comes to the
traditional roles and
what the Bible says,
part of a mom's job is
to guide the home. Now
that includes a lot of
different things. You
could go to Proverbs 31
and look at a whole
list of different
things. But look, that's
a job that's not a
part time job. It's a
full time job. Okay.
When it comes to
preparing the meals,
cooking food, taking
care of the kids, when
you're reading
Proverbs 31, and it
talks about her
candle does not go out
by night, the
indication is she's
working hard at night.
And it also says she
rises while it is yet
night, meaning she's
preparing the food, you
know, for breakfast
early in the morning
before the sun has
risen. Okay. So
basically before 6 a.m.
is the indication
from Proverbs 31. So
basically it's a sun
up to sundown job,
full time job. Okay.
Now here's the thing.
Husbands have jobs.
They're working full
time. They're
providing for the
families and so do
wives. Okay. Husbands
need to take their
job seriously and so
do the wives. Okay.
So do the moms. Okay.
So you need to keep
the home number one,
but part of being a
good mom is to
respect your husband.
Okay. Part of being
a good mom is being
a good wife. And
that's one thing we
see with Lot's wife
versus Sarah. And
obviously lastly is
being a godly person.
And I want you to
realize when it comes
to us being Christians,
that is the number one
thing you say,
Brother Stuck, you
know, I'm a woman
in this room. I'm
never going to
preach a sermon. Why?
I hope so. Okay.
I hope you'll
never preach a sermon
and you certainly
won't be invited
here to preach a
sermon. Okay. So,
but I would say
this, that that
doesn't mean that,
you know, it's not
important for you to
know what the Bible
says though. When
it comes to teaching
and training your
kids, quite honestly,
you know, moms need
to know the Bible
so they can teach
their kids. Okay.
Dad might not
always be around to
give those answers.
Okay. And oftentimes
the kids might
come to their mom
and say, Mom, you
know, what does
this mean in the
Bible? And it's like,
yeah, I'm not
saying you're going
to know every
single answer in
the Bible, but
look, it's important
to know what
the Bible says. And
you know, when
it comes to being
a parent, being a
mom or dad, obviously
we want to show
them about the
post-trib rapture
and, you know,
King James only,
all the doctrines
we believe. But
honestly, most of
the things we're
probably teaching
our kids at a
young age are
just having
character, talking
about patience,
talking about being
kind, respectful,
being respectful
towards adults. Okay.
Having a good
tongue and not to
say foul language
and things like
that. Those are
the things we're
teaching kids at
a young age. And
you know what,
quite honestly, you
need to be able
to go to the
Bible, be a godly
person to show by
example and be able
to go to the
Bible to show
your kids, hey,
this is why we
do this and don't
do this. Because
here's the thing,
the world is going
to say the exact
opposite of what
I'm saying and what
you're going to
say at home. You
better be able to
go back to the
Bible and say, well,
son or daughter,
this is why we
do this. Okay. This
is why it's wrong
for you to take
your sister's toy,
okay, to rip it
from her. Say,
why do you have
to say that? Because
that's what kids
do. Okay. You
got to teach them
those lessons. And
so moms, more
than anything, you
need to know what
the Bible says and
be a godly person
living by example.
Let's go to the
word of prayer. Dear
Heavenly Father, thank
you for allowing us
to be here today
and help us to
apply this message
to our lives.
Obviously, not all
of us in this room
are moms, but it
doesn't mean that
this message is not
important for us,
God. Help us to
remember Lot's
wife, and that's
a command, a
statement God gives
not just to moms,
but to all of us,
all of us that
are saved. We need
to remember
Lot's wife and
see the difference
between Sarah and
Lot's wife, God.
Help us to apply
this to our lives
and bless our church
the rest of this day
as we go out soul
winning and we
fellowship together.
In Jesus name we
pray. Amen.