(Nuggets from Genesis 18:17)
God reveals His secrets to who FEAR, REVERENCE, HONOR and OBEY Him. God gives them a better INSIGHT into what is present, and a better FORESIGHT of what is to come.
The sins of Sodom and Gomorrah had become so extreme and God was about to destroy the city with fire and brimstone, but because of His RELATIONSHIP with Abraham, knowing that his Nephew (Haran's son) Lot and his family dwelt there, God knew that Abraham would feel bad if he suddenly got a news that Sodom and Gomorrah had been destroyed, hence His resolve to open up to Abraham.
God wouldn't have revealed this secret to Abraham if there was no INTIMACY and MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING between them.
This happened shortly after Abraham had hosted and entertained ANGELS and gotten a REAFFIRMATION OF HIS DIVINE PROMISE as a result of His HOSPITALITY - a son of His own.
God revealed His INTENTIONS (SECRETS) concerning Sodom and Gomorrah to Abraham for certain reasons:
1. Abraham would surely become a great and mighty nation, and all that concerns humanity would concern him.
2. In Abraham shall all the nations of the earth be BLESSED, hence, he is personally and directly concerned with all the dealings of MERCY and JUDGMENT among the inhabitants of the earth.
3. God had made Himself known to Abraham personally and developed an UNWAVERING TRUST in him, which made Him to enter into a COVENANT with him, so God had thought, if He could make a COVENANT with Abraham, there was definitely no need to hide His INTENTIONS/SECRETS from him.
This was why this impending judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah needed to be explained to him, so that he would have knowledge of God's ways and train his household to avoid the sins that doomed the city.
God knew that Abraham would keep His ways and this was one way to prove to not just Abraham but also to the entire generations after him and the whole world at large that GOD HONORS THOSE WHO HONOR HIM.
Abraham paid huge prices before He could win the heart of God and get to the point of having GOD'S SECRETS and INTENTIONS divulged to Him.
BE LIKE ABRAHAM, AND PAY WHATEVER PRICE IT WOULD TAKE TO DRAW GOD'S ATTENTION AND MAKE HIM CONFIDE IN YOU.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 11 OF 365 (2026)
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