Holiness: For the Will of God Is Your Sanctification – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 [Annotated, Updated]

by J.C. Ryle

Lot’s wife must have seen and known all this. This was no small privilege. When Abraham first received the promises, it is probable that Lot’s wife was there. When he built his altar by his tent between Ai and Bethel, it is probable she was there. When her husband was taken captive by Chedorlaomer and delivered by God’s providence, she was there. When Melchizedek, king of Salem, came forth to meet Abraham with bread and wine, she was there. When the angels came to Sodom and warned her husband to flee, she saw them. When the angels took them by the hand and led them out of the city, she was one of those whom they helped to escape. Once more, I say, these were no small privileges. Yet what good effect had all these privileges on the heart of Lot’s wife? None at all.