This is Spoken Gospel.

We’re dedicated to seeing
Jesus in all of scripture.

In each episode, we see
what’s happening in a Biblical text

and how it sheds light
on Jesus and his gospel.

Let’s jump in.

Three mysterious men
come to visit Abraham.

After repeating God’s promise to Abraham
and enjoying a meal, two of the men go into

Sodom and Gomorrah
while one stays with Abraham.

The two who go into town are
identified as angels, but the third man

is identified as the LORD himself.

And the LORD tells Abraham that
he is about to completely destroy

Sodom and Gomorrah
because of their terrible evil.

But Abraham can’t believe
that the city is really 100% evil.

So, he comes to God and says
that God would not be a just judge

if he punished the good
along with the bad.

So, God agreed that if there were just 10
righteous people in the cities, they both

would both be completely
spared from judgement.

But it turns out, the city cannot
produce even ten good people.

In fact, the people are so evil, they
try to recreate the horrific practices

that brought about
the Nephilim in Genesis 6.

The citizens try to sexually
violate the angels visiting the city.

God already knew it
would turn out this way.

So, he destroyed the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah as he said he would.

What we need to understand is
that every city is Sodom and Gomorrah.

The whole world is 100% evil.

The Bible tells us that no one
is righteous and all are wicked.

The flood already proved this.

However, as with the flood and
even with Sodom and Gomorrah,

God always provides a way of escape.

The way he provides an escape from his
justice is hinted at by Abraham’s request.

Abraham asked God to save the
whole city if he found 10 righteous people.

For the sake of these righteous
people, the city would have been saved.

The undeserving would have been
saved by the merit of the deserving.

But the righteous ones were not found.

However, Lot and his children were
saved because of Abraham’s righteousness.

God was gracious to Lot
because of Abraham.

The Gospel jumps off the pages of this story.
Jesus is the perfect righteous one.

When we hide in him by faith, God saves us
because of the righteousness of his son.

Though the whole world is wicked,
those who believe in him are saved

on account of his goodness.

This truth is stated clearly by
Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

Jesus says that what happened in Sodom
and Gomorrah would be preferable to what will

happen to everyone who
does not believe his message.

But Jesus is incalculably gracious.

For simply by believing in him,
we are hidden in his goodness

and escape the punishment
that we deserve.

We are Sodom and Gomorrah,
he is the righteous one.

So, I pray that the Holy Spirit
will show you the God who always

provides a way of escape for those
who trust him, and that you would

see Jesus as the way of escape
graciously provided to all who would believe.