Why did the lost son suffer?
The Apostle Peter spoke in his second epistle about Lot saying: “For that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds” (2Peter2:8). What has degraded Lot to the extent that the Bible says on him: “who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked” (2 Peter 2:7). What made Lot suffer every day? It’s the sin and the separation from God and disobeying his commandments. When we go through the falling steps of Lot in Genesis, we find out that they were a series of voluntarily actions to separate from God.
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“And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere”(Genesis 13:10)
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“Then Lot chose for himself”( Genesis 13:11)
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“He pitched his tent even as far as Sodom”( Genesis 13:12)