Jan 2022
AB & L.T. BILLIONAIRES
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"I heard that those two billionaires, Ab and that
nephew or cousin, or whatever he is to him, LT,
acquired so many cattle, sheep and livestock, that
they started fighting over the grazing land."
"Yeah, I heard something about those two ranchers
fussing with each other over whose livestock was
first herded in the south eighty and even their hired
herdsman got into big knockdown over who got
there first."
"It's my understanding that the old man Ab, is really
loaded with gold, silver and bullion, besides thousands
of livestock of all kinds."
"Frankly, if ya ask me, I think those two ranchers are really
greedy using up all the good grazing pastures, so us little
farmers have to move our stock twenty miles away to feed
them."
"Hold on you jaw snappers! I just got word from a good source,
that old Ab and his nephew got together for a meeting with
all their herdsman and decided to split up and go to other
places. Some of their best foreman threatened to walk if they
didn't get things straightened out."
"Did you hear where they were going?"
"Well, if the information I got is accurate, the old man took his livestock to Caanan, and that young feller took his livestock into Jordon, but lives in some city called *****, which I've heard is the hangout for queers and gays. Makes ya wonder 'bout that guy why he would choose to pitch his tent in a place like that"
"He has a couple daughters, but gays don't have any interest in females, so they are safe from being sexually attacked."
"Something else I heard as that old man was really religious, and
moved his dwelling tent to a little city called Hebron and stablished a church there.
What's the spiritual application in this account?
This writer sees at least two.
1. Because Abraham faithfully followed the Lord,
God blessed him with an abundance of wealth.
a. I am personally acquainted with a Kansas
famer who was true in his relationship
with God; a leader in the local church; had an
excellent testimony in the community in
which he lived. He had the reputation of never working on Sundays; but often when there was a rain, it fell on his acres only.
I'm just saying it pays to put God first in your life. I'm NOT saying
that God is going to make you wealthy, like He did Abraham, but putting God first in everything will greatly enhance your life.
2. We learn how to peacefully resolve personal differences, from Abraham and Lot. In their case, agreeable separation was the answer to their squabble. I'm not saying that's always the best solution in every situation, such as marital problem, but sometimes a brief time of separation might be called for.
3. f I didn't know know how the life of Lot turned out, I would have advised him to pick out a better place to pitch his tent, then in *****. As it turned o, he was captured by and had to be rescued by Abraham, and later on his wife, whose name in unmentioned, fell so in love with *****, she just HAD to have one last look it before God destroyed it, and she was turned into "a pillar of salt."
What's the spiritual application? Prov. 3:6 comes to mind -"In
all thy ways, acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths."
Apply this passage to the city Lot choice to pitch his tent; apply
this passage to all our choices of life.
From Jerry Howarth's Book of Old Testament Applications
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"I heard that those two billionaires, Ab and that
nephew or cousin, or whatever he is to him, LT,
acquired so many cattle, sheep and livestock, that
they started fighting over the grazing land."
"Yeah, I heard something about those two ranchers
fussing with each other over whose livestock was
first herded in the south eighty and even their hired
herdsman got into big knockdown over who got
there first."
"It's my understanding that the old man Ab, is really
loaded with gold, silver and bullion, besides thousands
of livestock of all kinds."
"Frankly, if ya ask me, I think those two ranchers are really
greedy using up all the good grazing pastures, so us little
farmers have to move our stock twenty miles away to feed
them."
"Hold on you jaw snappers! I just got word from a good source,
that old Ab and his nephew got together for a meeting with
all their herdsman and decided to split up and go to other
places. Some of their best foreman threatened to walk if they
didn't get things straightened out."
"Did you hear where they were going?"
"Well, if the information I got is accurate, the old man took his livestock to Caanan, and that young feller took his livestock into Jordon, but lives in some city called *****, which I've heard is the hangout for queers and gays. Makes ya wonder 'bout that guy why he would choose to pitch his tent in a place like that"
"He has a couple daughters, but gays don't have any interest in females, so they are safe from being sexually attacked."
"Something else I heard as that old man was really religious, and
moved his dwelling tent to a little city called Hebron and stablished a church there.
What's the spiritual application in this account?
This writer sees at least two.
1. Because Abraham faithfully followed the Lord,
God blessed him with an abundance of wealth.
a. I am personally acquainted with a Kansas
famer who was true in his relationship
with God; a leader in the local church; had an
excellent testimony in the community in
which he lived. He had the reputation of never working on Sundays; but often when there was a rain, it fell on his acres only.
I'm just saying it pays to put God first in your life. I'm NOT saying
that God is going to make you wealthy, like He did Abraham, but putting God first in everything will greatly enhance your life.
2. We learn how to peacefully resolve personal differences, from Abraham and Lot. In their case, agreeable separation was the answer to their squabble. I'm not saying that's always the best solution in every situation, such as marital problem, but sometimes a brief time of separation might be called for.
3. f I didn't know know how the life of Lot turned out, I would have advised him to pick out a better place to pitch his tent, then in *****. As it turned o, he was captured by and had to be rescued by Abraham, and later on his wife, whose name in unmentioned, fell so in love with *****, she just HAD to have one last look it before God destroyed it, and she was turned into "a pillar of salt."
What's the spiritual application? Prov. 3:6 comes to mind -"In
all thy ways, acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths."
Apply this passage to the city Lot choice to pitch his tent; apply
this passage to all our choices of life.
From Jerry Howarth's Book of Old Testament Applications
