She had been plucked from the burning fires of Sodom!

(Be sure to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)

(John MacDuff, "Sunsets on the Hebrew Mountains")

Genesis 19:26, "But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt."

Luke 17:32, "Remember Lot's wife!"

Beware of worldly entanglements! How many there are, who, like Lot's wife have apparently set out to the Zoar of safety, yet who linger and perish in the plains of Sodom! They hear the terrors of the law; they are roused by the threat of the coming conflagration. They think of fleeing--they have actually set out.

The world they have left, has too many attractions and fascinations! Like Demas, they give the preference to these. They look back to Sodom and perish eternally! Beware of yielding to temptation!

Lot's wife had gotten out of reach of the summonings and jeers of her evil companions. She had reached the brow of the hill, and was apparently completely safe. She had been rescued from the idolatries of Chaldea, and the superstitions of Egypt. She had been plucked from the burning fires of Sodom--and yet she perished notwithstanding!

How sad it is, to see a soul . . .
  that had set out on the way to Heaven;
  that had escaped the temptations of youth;
  that got rid of worldly entanglements;
  that got out of Sodom, and was on its way to Zoar,
yet perishing with salvation in sight!

"But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." Genesis 19:26

"Remember Lot's wife!" Luke 17:32

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