The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom.GENESIS 19:1+Sitting in the GateGod has put the ministry of the Word into this world, not that the ministers shoul...  Read More

"Suppose forty . . . thirty . . . ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it." And the LORD went His way . . . and Abraham returned to his place.GENESIS 18:29-33+Per...  Read More

Abimelech had not approached [Sarah]. So he said, "Lord, will You kill an innocent people? Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' "GENESIS 20:4-5+T...  Read More

Abraham drew near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city."GENESIS 18:23-24+Bold PrayerIt is a forceful and impulsive pra...  Read More

Then the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come t...  Read More

The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?"GENESIS 18:17+God's Good WillThe words which the Lord prefixes as a sort of preface—"Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?"—...  Read More

Abraham went with [the men] to set them on their way.GENESIS 18:16-17+A Guest at the TableWe have heard a most delightful account. Angels were sent to Abraham, and the promise was made to him anew—wit...  Read More

"Why did Sarah laugh? . . . Is anything too hard for the LORD?"GENESIS 18:13+Impossible Made PossibleYour heart is assailed by unbelief, and you doubt that you can be saved; for you know that you are ...  Read More

"I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." . . . Sarah laughed to herself.GENESIS 18:10, 12+Miraculous Works of GodSarah was now eighty-nine years o...  Read More

Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes." And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young...  Read More

"Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves."GENESIS 18:4-5+To Comfort OthersThis precept c...  Read More

[Abraham said,] "O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant."GENESIS 18:3+Refreshment of Spirit and BodyThat extraordinary praise of hospitality which appears in the Lett...  Read More