Genesis 18:

The Lord’s Sixth Promise to Abraham

18 Yahweh appeared to Abraham by the oak trees belonging to Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the hottest part of the day.

3 “Please, sir,” Abraham said, “stop by to visit me for a while.

This is interesting to me, Abraham has been walking before the Lord for 24 years….He has heard Him, spoken with Him, Worshipped, built alters, yet here the Lord appeared in bodily form and Abraham doesn’t recognize Him.

The Lord speaks:

10 Yahweh said, “I promise I’ll come back to you next year at this time, and your wife Sarah will have a son.”

Sarah happened to be listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were old. Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 And so Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “Now that I’ve become old, will I enjoy myself again? What’s more, my husband is old!”
13 Yahweh asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really have a child now that I’m old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”

15 Because she was afraid, Sarah denied that she had laughed.

But Yahweh said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

The Lord Tells Abraham about His Plan

16 Then the men got up to leave. As Abraham was walking with them to see them off, they looked toward Sodom. 17 Yahweh said, “I shouldn’t hide what I am going to do from Abraham. 18 After all, Abraham is going to become a great and mighty nation and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 19 I have chosen him so that he will direct his children and his family after him to keep the way of Yahweh by doing what is right and just. In this way I, Yahweh, will do what I have promised Abraham.”

20 Yahweh also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious. 21 I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it.”

The Lords words to Abraham :

* He will know my plans he will be great and mighty nation.
* I have chosen him; so he will show the way of the Lord.
* I will do as promised.
* Lord going to Sodom and Gomorrah to see if sin is true.

The Lord already new, He was giving a chance of reconciliation.

22 From there the men turned and went on toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of Yahweh. 23 Abraham came closer and asked, “Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

Abraham stood in the way of the Lord, stopped the Lord….we have power to change things, to save life.

26 Yahweh said, “If I find 50 innocent people inside the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27 Abraham asked, “Consider now, if I may be so bold as to ask you, although I’m only dust and ashes, 28 what if there are 45 innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of 5 fewer people?”

Yahweh answered, “I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.”

32 “Please don’t be angry if I speak only one more time,” Abraham said. “What if 10 are found there?”

He answered, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the 10.” 33 When Yahweh finished speaking to Abraham, he left. Abraham returned home.

Prayer for others….he stood in the Lords way….what power we have when we’re not thinking about ourselves.

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