Genesis 19:36-38 (ESV Strong's)
Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.
Where do Children Learn to Sin?
Lot, how wife and his two daughters originally lived in Sodom and Gomorrah. That city had become so evil that God rained down fire from heaven and destroyed it. Lot had lived there many years and had had no fruit to introduce the city to Yahweh. Now, fleeing from Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot lands in a cave outside another great city and his daughters practice evil by getting him drunk and laying with him to become pregnant. All these girls knew was the sexual depravity of their youth. Despite being rescued from the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, these cities were still in their heart. They were still practicing the same things they learned. Remember, when Lot was confronted with the men of Sodom wanting to have sex with his guests, Lot offered these same two daughters to the men of the city as a substitute for his guests. Is it any wonder the girls would later get their father drunk and have sex with him? The Moabites and the Ammonites would soon be one of the nations that Joshua would fight against in securing the promise land for Israel, Abraham’s descendants. The reason was that their inquiry was so evil, God would destroy them. This continued cycle of sin would repeat itself generation after generation. Lot introduced his daughters to sin and they would introduce their children to sin. Only the grace of God can stop this cycle. Only faith in God can stop this cycle. Even then we don’t stop the cycle. But, we can make sure that the external penalty for the sin is removed by the blood of Christ. Children learn sin from their parents; who learned it from their parents. Only Christ can intervene and stop the penalty for sin. Only Christ can intervene by His death on the cross and stop the power of sin from corrupting families and nations. But, when we reject God, as Lot would do, only sin and corruptions and destruction remain.
My 2025 Theme Verses: Ezra 7:10 (ESV) For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Daniel 1:8 (ESV) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
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