Without remedy

“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”

Proverbs 29: 1 reminds us, “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” This is an illustration taken from the use of bullocks in a yoke. Every bullock is a herbivore that can eat grass without bending its neck. However is bullock has only two uses: one is for a beast of burden and the other is for eating. If a bullock is to be used as a beast of burden it has to be able to relax its neck and take the weight of a yoke on its shoulders. This means that the bullock can put its great strength to the yoke and pull heavy loads. However if a bullock hardens its neck the yoke won’t go down onto its shoulders and it is useless as a beast of burden. Under these circumstances the bullock will just use feed and give no return so the bullock is only useful as meat. If a person is not willing to accept the yoke that Christ wants to place on our shoulders then we are useless to Him for service (see Matt 11: 28-30). The people in Sodom were stubborn and refused God’s grace even though He gave them opportunities to repent and submit to His yoke. After a while they had become so debased that they were debasing the world around them as well. It was at this stage that God chose to act and destroy them, that is, to cut them off without remedy. Anyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ is available to accept His yoke but if they don’t do that then they are useless in His service. If a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ they have everlasting life but they are not always useful in the Lord’s service particularly if they seek to promote salvation by works. Lot was in this condition when he lived in Sodom but God saved him from destruction. However the people of Sodom didn’t believe and they had no remedy at all.

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