ignored needy, poor
and God is going to hold
us responsible
Ezekiel the prophet once said, “Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, pride”.
Sodom was very proud.
They excluded God.
They were proud of themselves and the things they’d done.
And then they were filled with bread, it says. “And abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters”.
In other words, they had all the things that they needed to give them leisure in their lives.
“Neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy”.
They ignored the needy and the poor.
And the oppressed of the world.
Many times we ignore those of other races.
We ignore those people in Africa that are suffering from famine.
Or maybe we don’t ignore them, but we don’t do much about it.
Not as much as we could do.
And God is going to hold us responsible.
And they were haughty, and committed abominations before me.
In other words, they were proud, haughty, rich.
They had it all, and they neglected the poor and the oppressed of the world, and God said, “Judgment is going to come”
Billy Graham speaking at a Crusade in Sheffield, UK in June of 1985.
We hear a lot of Sodom the wicked city and this old place works its way into today’s new cycle more and more.
And what was Sodom’s sin?
NOT WHAT YOU’RE THINKING!
“Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, pride” says Ezekiel.
Pride.
“Neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
As the Rev. Graham says, “In other words, they were proud, haughty, rich. They had it all, and they neglected the poor and the oppressed of the world, and God said, “Judgment is going to come”
Does raise a certain level of conversation does it not?
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