A Warning From Lot

I've been really trying to meditate on 2Peter 2:4-11
4)For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell ( the word used for hell there is actually the Greek word "Tartarus" taken from Greek Mythology. Tartarus, is a place that is lower than hades and is reserved for the most wicked humans,gods,and demons) and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5) and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher fo righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6) and tuning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7) and delivered righteous Lot who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8) (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)
now it's important to mention here that Peter is addressing Christians here.

I think it's amazing what he says about lot. If you go back and read Gen 19:1-29 you can see some of the effects the "seeing and hearing" the deeds had on lot and his family. Peter refers to Lot as a "righteous" man, something to think about.

Lately we've had a lot of oppression coming against the Youth of our church. I hear them telling me about how they are struggling with things and we pray about it together and they presume to repent, and leave that thing behind all the while holding a " Man I hope I'm through with this " type of uncertainty lingering behind their eyes. I remember my struggles in my youth with veiwing pornography, speaking evil of people (and by evil I mean saying things like "That person should just die already" as a joke......right) I prided myself on wearing my heart on my sleeve so everyone could see my burdens (or at least hear about them all the time). I battled a whole slue of unessesary sinfulness.

Oh I would get convicted, and "repent" (feel sorry, for feeling sorry) and make my promises to do better next time, and say bold things like I'm never doing that again. As if I could do it in my own strength..............yeah right. I finally decieded to Repent one day. (what a novel Idea) The first order of buisness was to remove the things contributing to this type of sin conscieousness. I Got rid of my television and VCR first. I decided to never purchase a video game system again. And eventually I freed my mind and heart from any and all music that did not glorify God and promote a life of Holiness. I decided that God ment more to me than my emotions and only he could fix me. Not someone with a clever melody perpetuating insanity and then singing over and over again about the madness that has become life to them.