Because Jesus did not “feel at home” with Lot in Sodom, He sent the two angels to look into the situation for Him. The angels didn’t walk the streets or visit the public places of amusement. They visited a professed believer to see what his home was like. Lot’s wife and family were far from the Lord. The salt had lost its flavor (Matt. 5:13), so what hope was there for the city?
主耶稣不喜悦罗得在所多玛的生活，所以祂派了两个天使去实地考察。天使没有到街上逛或到娱乐场所去，而是去了一个自称是信徒的家，看看那是什么样子。罗得的妻子和家人已经都远离主了。盐已经失去了它的味道（太5:13），所以这个城市还有什么希望呢？
Abraham was visited when it was light, but Lot received the angels at evening (1 John 1:5–10). Abraham’s household obeyed his word as he served the Lord, but Lot’s family only laughed at Lot’s words. Abraham hastened, but Lot lingered and had to be dragged out of the city. Abraham, who lived outside Sodom, had more influence than Lot, who lived in the city. Lot tried first to plead with the men at the door, and then to bargain with them. God’s approach was to judge them. They loved darkness rather than light (John 3:19).
天使是在白天拜访亚伯拉罕，但罗得迎接天使时已是晚上了（约一1:5-10）。当亚伯拉罕事奉主时，他一家都听从他的话，但罗得的家人却只是耻笑罗得的话。 亚伯拉罕加快脚步服侍主，但罗得却游离徘徊而被拖出城。居住在所多玛以外的亚伯拉罕，比住在城内的罗得更有影响力。罗得首先尝试在门口恳求众人，然后再与他们达成协议。然，神的方式是审判。他们不爱光，倒爱黑暗（约3:19）。
God did not find ten righteous people, but He spared Lot and his wife and daughters for the sake of Abraham. While we may hate the sins of Sodom, keep in mind that all those people went to eternal judgment. (See Jude 23.)
神没能找出十个义人，但因亚伯拉罕的缘故，赦免了罗得和他的妻子和女儿。虽然我们可能会憎恨所多玛的罪，但请记住这些人已在永恒的审判里（见犹23）。
Lot had no tent or altar, and he ended up in a cave committing terrible sins. Were it not for 2 Peter 2:7–8, we might doubt that he was a believer at all (See Ps. 1:1.).
罗得没有帐篷或祭坛，最终还在一个山洞里犯下重罪。若不是《彼得后书》2章7至8节，我们可能会质疑他是否是真信徒（见诗1:1）。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? What did Lot mean when he said, “Do not act so wickedly. (Gen 19:7)? It was the sin of homosexuality. According to Jude 7 it was sexual immorality and unnatural desire. The men in the city want the two men who just arrived despite the two daughters of Lot. This is perversion to the extreme. Look at verse 4, “But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, ALL the people to the last man, surrounded the house. (Gen 19:4) Their sin has reached the maximum. Their sin was worse than the generation of Noah, “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Gen 6:5; see also 6:11-12) Let’s pray for ourselves and our nation that we will not end up in this predicament.
所多玛和蛾摩拉的罪恶是什么呢？当罗得说：“请你们不要作这恶事”是什么意思呢（创19:7）？罗得指的是同性恋的罪。据《犹大书》7节，这是淫乱和怪癖的欲望。这城市的男人宁愿要得到刚到的两名访客，也不要罗得的两个女儿。这真是极致堕落的表现。看看第4节：“他们还没有躺下，所多玛城里各处的人，连老带少，都来围住那房子。”（创19:4）他们的罪已经达到了极致。他们的罪比挪亚时代还严重，“人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶”（创6:5；6:11-12）。让我们为自己和国家祈祷，使我们不会陷入这样的困境。
- Lot’s family was attracted to the lifestyle of Sodom and Gomorrah. When the family was told about God’s punishment, they laughed. The angels had to take them by force to save them. As they were fleeing, Lot’s wife was still not ready to sever her desires for the fleshly lifestyle. When she turned back to have her last look, she became a pillar of salt. (Gen 19:26) Let’s pray that we take sin seriously. Jesus said, “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. (Mat 5:29)
罗得一家被所多玛和蛾摩拉的生活方式有所吸引。当他的一家知道神将要施行审判时，他们竟然笑了。天使们只好强硬把他们带走，以拯救他们。当大家纷纷在逃离时，罗得的妻子仍然没有做好断绝她属世欲望的准备。当她转身看最后一眼时，她变成了一根盐柱（创19:26）。让我们祷告神让我们认真对待罪。耶稣说：“若是你的右眼叫你跌倒，就剜出来丢掉，宁可失去百体中的一体，不叫全身丢在地狱里。”（太5:29）
