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Genesis chapter 19, verse 26.

But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

So this is the story of Lot and his family fleeing Sodom as God's righteous judgment is raining down upon Sodom

for evil and wickedness in that place. And God had said to Lot and his family, flee from here,

and do not look back.

Stop anywhere.

Do not stop anywhere.

Just keep going.

And yet we get down to verse 26 and as they're fleeing, Lot's wife, behind him, looked back.

And she became a pillar of salt.

She was gone in an instant.

Now we read this story and, I don't know about you,

but that feels like really severe punishment for a glance.

Like all she did was look back and she dies on the spot.

And there's so much we could talk about in this passage,

but the thing I want to point out and lead us to pray according to right now

is the seriousness of one sin before

God. Like one sin that we might even think is kind of small. Like not that big a deal. There are

worse things, right, that Lot's wife could have done. All she did was turn her head and look back and in an instant she was gone.

And in this picture, I'm reminded, I want to remind you of the seriousness of a one sin,

no matter how small we might think it is before the infinitely holy God of the universe.

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