1. Lot’s hospitality (vs. 1-3)
 a) “2 angels”- appeared to Abraham along with the Lord in Gen. 18. “gate”- where leaders gathered for socializing, 
     decision making & justice.
 b) Lot offered hospitality and then strongly urged it (an important duty/knowing the morals of Sodom). He prepared 
     a feast with unleavened bread (quick prep).
2. Sodom’s depravity & Lot rescued and warned  (vs. 4-14)
 a) v4 emphasizes that every man was there wanting to engage in gang rape homosexual acts with Lot’s guests 
     (rebellion against God as Creator). Their depravity was also shown in other ways (Ezek. 16:49).
 b) Lot courageously went out to the mob to protect his guests, but showed his moral decline by offering his 
     daughters for sexual pleasure. The mob arrogantly scorned Lot as an alien/sojourning foreigner who had no voice 
     in community affairs. 2 Peter 2:7-8- Lot was a righteous man whose soul was continually tormented by the 
     sensual conduct of Sodom. Genesis 13:12 was a bad choice.
 c) When they threatened to force their way into the house, the angels intervened (Lot discovered they were more 
     than men). They struck the mob with a sudden supernatural blindness (2 Kings 6:18) so they couldn’t find the 
     doorway. God can still rescue like this.
 d) Their question (v12,14) indicates Lot had at least potential family members besides the 2 daughters with him. 
     The outcry of 18:20 was confirmed by the actions of the men of Sodom (v13): The Lord would destroy the city. 
     His sons-in-law were so depraved & Lot’s testimony so weak that they thought his dire warning was jesting 
     (“laughed” 17:17,18:12).
3. Lot mercifully rescued (vs. 15-22)
 a) In the early morning, the angels urged Lot to quickly flee from the city to avoid being swept away in its 
     destruction. Lot didn’t understand the gravity/urgency of the situation. When he hesitated, the angels grabbed the 
     hands of him, his wife & 2 daughters to get them out of the city. The compassion/mercy of the Lord was on this 
     righteous backslidden man.
 b) They urged them to escape for their life & commanded them to not look back or stay in the valley lest they be 
     swept away in Sodom’s imminent destruction. Lot tested their patience by acknowledging their favor & 
     lovingkindness, but insisting the disaster would overtake him before he got to the mountains. Unlike Abraham’s 
     intercession, Lot selfishly requested the small town (Zoar), intended to be destroyed, be spared so he could be 
     safe there. The angels graciously granted his request, but then urged him to hurry and escape. God’s mercy 
     overcame Lot’s lackadaisical spirit.
4. Sodom destroyed but God remembered Abraham with Lot’s rescue (vs. 23-29)
 a) “Lord rained…brimstone and firm from the Lord/heaven”- the Lord was behind this judgment. He might have 
     used an earthquake that released gas & petroleum (14:10) that was then ignited by lightning. As with the flood, it 
     suddenly & unexpectedly came upon the ungodly (Luke 17:28-30). That area is under the southern part of the 
     Dead Sea as warning of God’s judgment upon places whose outcry of wickedness continually ascend before God.
 b) Sadly, Lot’s wife disobeyed (v17), and looked back regretfully & longingly (Luke 17:32,33), and became a pillar     
     of salt (maybe overtaken by the vapor & encrusted with salt rising from the earth). 
 c) The scene changes to Abraham in the early morning standing where he interceded with the Lord for the righteous 
     in Sodom the day before (18:16f). There were not 10 righteous people in Sodom, but the Lord “remembered/paid 
     attention to” Abraham’s intercession and rescued the one righteous man from the overthrow of those four cities 
     (Deut. 29:23). Keep following God’s prompting to intercede (James 5:16).
5. Lot’s shameful legacy (vs. 30-38)
 a) Lot ended up in the mountains anyway, fearing either further judgment or backlash (somewhat parallels Noah in 
     9:20f, only worse).
 b) His daughters, having no prospects of husbands and wanting offspring, demonstrated how much Sodom 
     influenced them by getting their father drunk two nights in a row and committing incest. Lot & his daughters 
     could have returned to Abraham. “Moab” & “Ammon” show shamelessness on their part. These peoples became 
     enemies of Israel, though Israel was to act kindly toward them (Deut. 2:9,19).
 c) God remembered Abraham & rescued righteous Lot from judgment but Lot was too weak to do what was right & 
     continued his downward spiral.