"Remember Lot's Wife!"

She had left her heart behind her!
(J. C. Ryle, "The Gospel of Luke" 1858)

"Remember Lot's wife!" 
Luke 17:32

Observe what a solemn warning 
our LORD gives us against 
unsound profession. 

Lot's wife went far in religious 
profession. She was the wife 
of a "righteous man." She was 
connected through him with 
Abraham, the father of the faithful. 

She fled with her husband from 
Sodom in the day when he escaped 
for his life by GOD'S command.

But Lot's wife was not really like 
her husband. Though she fled with him, 
she had left her heart behind her! 

She willfully disobeyed the strict 
injunction which the angel had 
laid upon her. She looked back 
towards Sodom, and was at once 
struck dead. She was turned into 
a pillar of salt, and perished in her sins!

"Remember" her, says our LORD, 

"Remember Lot's wife!"

Lot's wife is meant to be a beacon and 
a warning to all professing Christians. 
It may be feared that many will be 
found like her in the day of CHRIST'S 
second coming. There are many in 
the present day who go a certain 
length in religion. They conform 
to the outward ways of CHRIST'S 
true people. They speak the 
"language of Canaan." 

They use all the outward ordinances 
of religion. But all this time their souls 
are not right in the sight of GOD. 
The world is in their hearts--
and their hearts are in the world! 

Their Christianity will prove 
rotten at the core! 

Let us remember Lot's wife, and 
resolve to be real in our religion. 

A mere formal religion will never 
save our souls. Let us serve 
CHRIST for HIS own sake. 
Let us never rest until we have 
the true grace of GOD in our hearts, 
and have no desire to look back 
to the world.

"Remember Lot's wife!" 
Luke 17:32

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