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The choice of Abram and Lot

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[Genesis 13:9]

Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company.

If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."

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Abram, who came to Canaan from his hometown in obedience to God's Word,

made a mistake to go down to Egypt when the famine was on the land.

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Abram's lie that went down to Egypt, his wife Sarah is in danger of becoming the wife of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. But God rescued Abram from the crisis.

In addition, God has brought Abram up to Canaan with much wealth.

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Abram became a great rich man. In addition, his nephew Lot became rich in wealth he received from Egypt. There were many servants, cattle, sheep, and tabernacles.

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As Abram and Lot became rich, the land in which they were staying relatively did not seem that good enough. There were also Canaanites and Perizzites in this area, and the land was not that wide to live with.

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That's why a quarrel began between Abram and Lot's servants. It was a quarrel to give a good spot to the sheep they supervised each other. This quarrel was increasingly frequent.

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Abram called his nephew Lot. He went up with his nephew to a place

where the land was well visible. They were able to see well around there.

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Abram told Lot. "Should there be a conflict between you and me?

There should be no controversy between your shepherds and my shepherds.

Are we not relatives?

All the earth is before you, let us live apart from one another.

If you go to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right,

I will go to the left."

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When Abram took the promise of God and left his home by faith, Lot had been with him until now, believing in the God of his uncle Abram.

Abram said to Lot that he should live apart from one another,

because families who believed in God could not keep fighting each other.

Abram, like his son, gave Lot first consideration in choosing the land.

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Lot heard Abram's uncle and began to look around the whole land.

Lot, who was able to choose the land first, wanted to live in a good and fertile land.

At that time, there was a land coming into Lot's eyes.

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The land that was rich in water from the Jordan valley to the Zoar area looked like the garden of God and seemed like the fertile land of Egypt that he had just seen.

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Lot told Abram that he would go to the land. Abram accepted it with pleasure.

Lot left his uncle Abram and left for the land.

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Lot chose to look good in his eyes. But the land that Lot chose was near the place where the Sodomites live, which is evil. As time went by, Lot gradually moved to a place close to Sodom, a sinful place. This choice later becomes a big rostrum for Lot's family.

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After Lot left, God appeared to Abram.

And God gave a wonderful promise to Abram with the following words:

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The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him,

"Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever." (Gn 13:14~15)

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"I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,

for I am giving it to you." (Gn 13:16~17)

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Abram received God's amazing promise to give all the land he trampled on his feet.

God told Abram that he had chosen God's way of believing and believing

that God would give better things. What God gave Abram was a blessing

that was incomparable to the good that is visible to us.

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We live each day with choices,

and we all want to remember Abram and Lot at the moment of choice.

We believe in Jesus and become children of God who have been saved.

We must be people of faith who will glorify God with the help of the Holy Spirit.

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