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Genesis chapter 18 verses 22 through 26.

So the men turned from there and went towards Sodom,

but Abraham still stood before the Lord.

Then Abraham drew near and said, will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Suppose there are 50 righteous persons within the city.

Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the 50 righteous who are in it?

Far be it from you to do such a thing to put the righteous to death with the wicked,

so that the righteous fair is the wicked.

Far be that from you. Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just. And the Lord

said, If I find it Sodom 50 righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.

This conversation between Abraham and God continues in the verses that follow.

And Abraham just gets bolder and bolder all the way down to verse 32.

He said, oh, let not the Lord Lord be angry I will speak again but the

swans suppose ten righteous are found there and got answer for the sake of ten

I will not destroy it the The whole picture here is Abraham stepping in to enter seed for the people

of Sodom. Abraham boldly comes before God, appeals to God's justice, to God's character, to God's

righteousness, and asks him to save people in Sodom.

And in this picture of intercessory prayer, I want to encourage us when it comes to intercessory prayer for others around us.

God has given you and me an invitation to come boldly before him on behalf of people in need

around us, specifically sinners who are under his just and holy

wrath. You and I have been invited by God have the opportunity before God to come before him and to intercede for them.

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