“When mankind begins calling evil good and sin compassion, it has not changed God’s Word. It has simply turned its back on God.”
— Michael Dietz Sr.
Lot lived in a city filled with wickedness. 2Peter 2:7–8 tells us that he was sick of the shameful immorality surrounding him. Every day, the things he saw and heard tormented his soul. He could not escape the evil around him. A person who truly loves Jesus Christ and believes His Word can understand how Lot felt. We see a world turning away from God, celebrating what He calls sin, and living as though He does not exist.
Look around us today. Homosexuality is openly celebrated, even though Romans 1:26–27 condemns same-sex sexual conduct. Unborn babies are killed through abortion, and people argue over whether those lives deserve protection. Murder, violence, hatred, greed, dishonesty, and corruption fill our news every day. Before one terrible act is forgotten, another takes its place. Evil never seems to stop. What God calls sin, mankind calls freedom. What God condemns, society celebrates.
And how does the world defend these things? With words like love, compassion, acceptance, and tolerance. Those who stand upon Scripture are called hateful, judgmental, and intolerant because they refuse to approve of what the Bible condemns. But since when did man’s definition of love become greater than God’s? Since when did compassion mean that sin was no longer sin? God’s Word does not change because mankind no longer wants to hear it.
Genesis 6:5 tells us that in Noah’s day, everything people thought or imagined was consistently evil. Violence and corruption filled the earth. In Lot’s day, Genesis 19 describes the wickedness and attempted sexual assault in Sodom. People followed their desires without concern for God. Their consciences had become hardened, and they lived as though they would never answer to their Creator.
Jesus spoke directly about both generations. In Matthew 24:37, He said, “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.” In Luke 17:28, He said, “And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot.” People were eating, drinking, marrying, buying, selling, planting, and building. They were busy living, making money, enjoying themselves, and planning tomorrow. God was not part of their thinking. Then the flood came. Fire fell upon Sodom. Their world ended while they were making plans for another day.
Look at us today. Stores are crowded, businesses are growing, houses are being built, and people are planning vacations and retirement. Life continues as though nothing could ever change. Meanwhile, God’s commandments are pushed aside, sin is defended, and eternity is forgotten. People are so busy living for today that they give no thought to the God they will one day face.
Lot was tormented by the evil he saw. Noah believed God when the world ignored Him. Today we are watching a world that increasingly calls evil good, celebrates what God condemns, and lives without fear of His judgment. Jesus told us what the world would look like before His return. The people of Noah’s day did not believe the flood was coming. The people of Sodom did not believe fire would fall from heaven. Their unbelief did not stop either one. And the world’s unbelief will not stop Jesus Christ from returning. The question is not whether He is coming. He is. The question is whether we are ready.