Gen 14, Lot moves into Sodom and is captured in the first recorded human war in the bible. I. Fairy tale-​ “Safe sin”​ Gen 13:11 II. The Fetters​ Gen 14:12​ III. The Forerunner​ Gen 14:13​

1. The Irresistible Addiction of Destruction
Text: Gen 14:1-13
The Irresistible
Addiction of
Destruction
Gen 14:1-13
Gen 13:3

2. 3) And he [Abram] went on his journeys from
the south
even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had
been
at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Gen 13:18
18) Then Abram removed his tent,
and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which is in Hebron,
and built there an altar unto the LORD.

3. Gen 14:1
1) And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel
king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,
Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
Gen 14:2
2) That these made war with Bera king of
Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

4. Gen 14:4
4) Twelve years they served
Chedorlaomer, and in the
thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:3-4
3) All these were joined together in the vale of
Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4) Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and
in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5. Gen 14:5
5) And in the fourteenth year came
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with
him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth
Karnaim,

6. Gen 14:5
and the Zuzims in Ham,
the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

7. 6) And the Horites in their mount Seir
Gen 14:5
unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

8. 7) And they returned, and came to Enmishpat,
which is Kadesh,
and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

9. Gen 14:8-13
8) And there went out the king of Sodom, and
the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah,
and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela
(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with
them in the vale of Siddim;
9) With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and
with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king
of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings
with five.

10. 10) And the vale of Siddim was full of
slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that
remained fled to the mountain.
11) And they took all the goods of Sodom and
Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their
way.
12) And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son,
who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and
departed.
13) And there came one that had escaped, and
told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the
plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner: and these were confederate
with Abram.

11. The Irresistible Addiction of Destruction
Prov 13:20 …a
companion of fools
shall be destroyed.
Gen 13:12 …Lot dwelled
in the cities of the plain,
and pitched his tent
toward Sodom.
Prov 13:20 …a companion of fools shall be
destroyed.
Gen 13:12 …Lot dwelled in the cities of the
plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Jas 4:1
From whence come wars and fightings among
you?
come they not hence, even of your lusts that war
in your members?
Mark 4:18
18) And these are they which are sown among
thorns; such as hear the word,

12. 19) And the cares of this world,
and the deceitfulness of riches,
and the lusts of other things entering in,
choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
The Irresistible Addiction of
Destruction
I. T he Fairy tale
Gen 13:11
Then Lot chose him all
the plain of Jordan;

13. I. Fairy tale-
“Safe sin”
Gen 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan;
and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the
other.
Ps 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he
executeth:
the wicked is snared in the work of his own
hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Prov 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his
sins.

14. Prov 28:10
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an
evil way,
he shall fall himself into his own pit:
but the upright shall have good things in
possession.
II. T he Fetters
Gen 14:12
And they took Lot,
Abram's brother's
son, who dwelt in
Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
II. The Fetters
Gen 14:12
And they took Lot,

15. Abram's brother's son,
who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.
[Cares of the world] Mrk 4:19
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world,
and the deceitfulness of riches,
and the lusts of other things entering in,
choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
[flattery] Eph 6:6
Eph 5:6
Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
disobedience.
[freedom] 2Pet 2:19
2Pet 2:19
While they promise them liberty,
they themselves are the servants of corruption:

16. for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is
he brought in bondage.
[bitterness] Act 8:23
Acts 8:23
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of
bitterness,
and in the bond of iniquity.
[servants of sin] Jhn 8:34
John 8:34
Jesus answered them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
[death] Heb 2:14-15
Heb 2:14-15
14 Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood,
he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that
had the power of death,

17. that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
III. The Forerunner
Gen 14:13
And there came one
that had escaped, and
told Abram the
H ebrew…
III. The Forerunner
Gen 14:13
13) And there came one that had escaped,
and told Abram the Hebrew;
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner:
and these were confederate with Abram.

18. Gal 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest
thou also be tempted.
1Cor 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as
is common to man: but God is faithful, who will
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
able; but will with the temptation also make a
way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Rom 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
Rom 14:1
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not
to doubtful disputations.

19. Gal 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith
Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled
again with the yoke of bondage.
Luke 12:40
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man
cometh at an hour when ye think not.
THE IRRESISTIBLE ADDICTION OF DESTRUCTION
TEXT: GEN 14:1-13
I. FAIRY TALE-
GEN 13:11
II. THE FETTERS
GEN 14:12
III. FORERUNNER
GEN 14:13