When having a discussion with an atheist...he said, "oh yeah...well what about Lot, old righteous Lot? God killed innocent children and yet Lot live when he offered his daughters to perverts and then had sex with his daughters." He had a legitimate question. Lot has never seemed to be a righteous man or a man of God to me and yet it is written that he was righteous....
Where it is stated that Lot was "righteous" that doesn't mean he was holy, or that he was perfect, or that he was even considered a good man which some of us are or strive to be even though we are sinners. We clearly see that he was none of those things because of his actions. But, he was righteous and that can mean....
Is that the proper definition of righteous for Lot? It seems to be for being "in the gate" Biblically means Lot sat in judgment of the others, legally he held court in Sodom.
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2 Peter 2:6-9 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Where it is stated that Lot was "righteous" that doesn't mean he was holy, or that he was perfect, or that he was even considered a good man which some of us are or strive to be even though we are sinners. We clearly see that he was none of those things because of his actions. But, he was righteous and that can mean....
Righteous ~ in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them. ~ Blue Letter Bible, Lexicon.
Is that the proper definition of righteous for Lot? It seems to be for being "in the gate" Biblically means Lot sat in judgment of the others, legally he held court in Sodom.
Genesis 19:1-2 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
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