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NASB | 2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men [Gen 19:16, 29] |
Subject: The Righteousness of Lot |
Bible Note: Greetings all! Here is an interesting quote concerning the righteousness of Lot from the MacArthur Study Bible, page 1955. "2:7,8 delivered righteous Lot. He was righteous, as all the saved are, by faith in the true God. Righteousness was imputed to him, by grace through faith, as it was to Abraham (Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3,11,22,23). There was spiritual weakness in Lot (Gen. 19:6), e.g., immorality (Gen. 19:8) and drunkenness (Gen. 19:33-35). His heart was in Sodom (Gen. 19:16), yet he did hate the sins of his culture and strongly sought ways to protect God's angels from harm. He obeyed the Lord in not looking back at Sodom (Gen. 19). In both of the illustrations where God rendered a wholesale judgment on all living people (once on the whole earth, and once in the whole region of the plain South of the Dead Sea), Peter pointed out that God's people were rescued (v.5; cf. v.9). The Greek word for "oppressed" implies that Lot was troubled deeply and tortured (the meaning of "tormented") with the immoral, outrageous behavior of the people living in and around Sodom and Gomorrah. Tragically, it is ordinary for believers today no longer to be shocked by the rampant sin in their society." (1) Grace to you, Makarios Source: (1) The MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, Author and General Editor (www.gty.org). |
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