GRIFFIN COMMENTS—GEN 14 (Gen 14:1) 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; Lot was hardly out of Abraham’s sight when trouble began to brew for him. Circumstancesbeyond his control prepared to engulf him. Had he remained with Abraham, the God of Abraham would have seen to it that circumstancescould not and would not stop his progress. But he no longer had that protection, so these four kings came to war with the five kings in the area where he is living. ALTERNAT IVES (Gen_14:1) Lot went back home Three Hebrew Children 1Co_1:18We are either perishing or being saved. Maclaren: Expositions (2Pe_1:4, page 197) Corruption is initial destruction, though of course other forms of life may come from it; destruction is complete corruption. The word means both. A man either escapesfrom lust and evil, or he is destroyed by it. And the root of this rotting fungus is 'in lust,' which word, of course, is used in a much wider meaning than the fleshly sensein which we employ it in modern times. It means 'desire' of all sorts. The root of the world's corruption is my own and my brothers' unbridled and godlessdesires. So there are two states—alife plunged in putridity, or a heart touched with the Divine nature. Which is it to be? It cannot be both. It must be one or the other. Which? A man that has got the life of God, in however feeble measure, in him, will flee away from this corruption like Lot out of Sodom. And how will he flee
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