The Effect of Sodom on Lot’s Family

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Genesis 19:30-38

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Lot’s family had been so indoctrinated by Sodom that everything they did, even when attempting to be kind and helpful, was contaminated. Lot’s daughters got Lot drunk, slept with him, and were impregnated by their father. These two children were to become nations, and enemies of Israel. The spirit of Sodom lived on through the children of incest. This is one of the many reasons God wants to keep us away from such places as Sodom. He does not want our every thought to be evil continually.

Prayer for Today: Most of us have not done things like Lot’s daughters did. None the less each of us have some pretty ugly history. Please forgive us Father for our behaviors. We accept that Sodom lives in our hearts and minds. We ask that You will cleanse us from every crazy thought, that we might live for You.