Sitting in the seat of the scornful

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“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.”

The first verse of Psalm 1 tells us: “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” Lot didn’t follow this advice. He began by looking down and seeing the fruitful Plains of Sodom but before long he walked towards Sodom and then stood in Sodom when he finally moved in to the city then he was sitting in the gate. The last four verses  of the same Psalm reminds us “The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.  herefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” The city of Sodom was on their way to destruction but they didn’t care. They wanted to keep doing what they had done for many years and assault the visitors. The only reason Lot was involved was because he had joined the people of that city. He was so concerned about his duty of hospitality that he was willing to sacrifice his daughters but the angels saved them. If we remember the words of Psalm 1 we won’t get into this kind of situation.