GOD IN A KILLING MOOD I. SOMETHING ATROCIOUS 20) …THEIR SIN IS VERY GRIEVOUS II. AN ATTAINABLE APPEASEMENT 26) …I WILL SPARE ALL THE PLACE FOR THEIR SAKES… III. AN ADAMANT AVENGER 33) AND THE LORD WENT HIS WAY… IV. A SPLENDID AFFECTION 33) …as soon as he had left communing with Abraham

1. God In a Killing Mood
Gen 18:20-33
20) And the LORD said, Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because
their sin is very grievous;
21) I will go down now, and see whether they
have done altogether according to the cry of it,
which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22) And the men turned their faces from thence,
and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood
yet before the LORD.

2. 23) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the
wicked?
24) Peradventure there be fifty righteous within
the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the
place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25) That be far from thee to do after this
manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:
and that the righteous should be as the wicked,
that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all
the earth do right?
26) And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all
the place for their sakes.
27) And Abraham answered and said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28) Peradventure there shall lack five of the
fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for
lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty
and five, I will not destroy it.

3. 29) And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there.
And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30) And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord
be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there
shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will
not do it, if I find thirty there.
31) And he said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure
there shall be twenty found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32) And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure
ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
33) And the LORD went his way, as soon as
he had left communing with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.

4. I. Something Atrocious
20) …their sin is very grievous
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were
wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
2Pet 2:6 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;

5. Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha,
and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to fornication, and
going after strange flesh, are set forth for an
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal
fire.
Isa 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of
kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in
the street of the great city, which spiritually
is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our
Lord was crucified.

6. II. An Attainable Appeasement
26) …I will spare all the place for their
sakes…
Ezek 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel
is to me become dross: all they are brass,
and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of
the furnace; they are even the dross of
silver.
Ezek 22:30-31 30 And I sought for a man
among them, that should make up the
hedge, and stand in the gap before me for

7. the land, that I should not destroy it: but I
found none.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine
indignation upon them; I have consumed
them with the fire of my wrath: their own
way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord GOD.
Jer 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the
streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places thereof,
if ye can find a man, if there be any that
executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
and I will pardon it.
Ps 106:21 They forgat God their saviour,
which had done great things in Egypt;
Ps 106:23 Therefore he said that he would
destroy them, had not Moses his chosen

8. stood before him in the breach, to turn away
his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Ps 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant
land, they believed not his word:
III. An Adamant Avenger
33) And the LORD went his way…
Zech 7:12
12) Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant
stone, lest they should hear the law, and the
words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his

9. spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a
great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Nah 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will not at all acquit the
wicked: the LORD hath his way in the
whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust of his feet.
Nah 1:5-7 5 The mountains quake at him,
and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at
his presence, yea, the world, and all that
dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation?
and who can abide in the fierceness of his
anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and
the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the
day of trouble; and he knoweth them that
trust in him.

10. Lev 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed
by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
Lev 26:24-25 24 Then will I also walk
contrary unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that
shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and
when ye are gathered together within your
cities, I will send the pestilence among you;
and ye shall be delivered into the hand of
the enemy.
Ps 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and
subdueth the people under me.
Isa 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, the
LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel,
Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and
avenge me of mine enemies:

11. Jer 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things?
saith the LORD: and shall not my soul
be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jer 5:29 Shall I not visit for these
things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as
this?
Jer 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these
things? saith the LORD: shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as
this?
Jer 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord
GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he
may avenge him of his adversaries: and the
sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate
and made drunk with their blood: for the

12. Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the
north country by the river Euphrates.
1Thess 4:6-7 6 That no man go beyond
and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the avenger of all
such, as we also have forewarned you and
testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto
uncleanness, but unto holiness.

13. IV. A Splendid Affection
33) …as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto
him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode
with him.
Ps 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.

14. Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty
One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is
Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him also that is of a contrite and
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with me.
John 14:21 He that hath my
commandments, and keepeth them, he it is
that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall
be loved of my Father, and I will love him,
and will manifest myself to him.

15. 2Cor 9:7 Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a
cheerful giver.
GOD IN A KILLING MOOD
I. SOMETHING ATROCIOUS
20) …THEIR SIN IS VERY GRIEVOUS
II. AN ATTAINABLE APPEASEMENT
26) …I WILL SPARE ALL THEPLACEFOR THEIR SAKES…
III. AN ADAMANT AVENGER
33) AND THE LORD WENT HIS WAY…
IV. A SPLENDID AFFECTION
33) …AS SOON AS HEHAD LEFTCOMMUNING WITH ABRAHAM