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The other day I was struck with the thought that I, like Lot, am comfortable dwelling among the Cities of the Plain. And as I dwell among the Cities of the Plain, I have grown accustom to the wickedness of the culture. It has tainted or vexed (2 Peter 2:8) my thinking. In reality, it has slowly brought me to the point of taking my eyes from the fullness of the Eternal to the emptiness of the temporal.
Sadly I wonder if I, like Lot, would argue with an angel about leaving the Cities of the Plain for safety. I know that the cities are marked for judgment, but I can’t tear myself away from the deception of comfortableness that they bring. And even as God in his grace tears us away from the place of judgment, we have to look back. For whatever reason, we must look back.
We have lost a proper focus. Rather than affecting the culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ, we have been subtly affected by the wickedness of the culture. The church has assumed a role of reforming a culture that very clearly has been marked for judgment. Like Lot we assume that sitting at the city gate will bring about the change that is needed. Everyone knows that the city gate is the place of reform. We will soon find out, as Lot did, that we are still resented by a culture bent on wickedness. We are still outsiders.
The time has come to quit looking back.
