Genesis Review Continued More

Continuing to look at lessons learned from Genesis, next we see that there is no room for jealousy in God's kingdom.  Because of their jealousy, Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery.  As followers of Christ, we can never allow jealousy of others to lead us to sell, or lead, them into the slavery of sin.   Jealousy, which can lead to hatred, should never be a guiding force in our lives.  We are to reach out to the world with God's love, no matter how we may personally feel about a person or even group of people.  We also need to realize that basing choices on what looks most tempting from a worldly view can lead to trouble, just as it did for Lot.  He chose the place that looked the best, even though he was only there because Abram brought him with him.  Sometimes, what looks the best can lead us away from God and destroy our spiritual witness.  As Lot found out, some places are so evil that we can only be saved by removing ourselves from them.  Of course, we may be sent by God into what we feel is an evil place, but we should never just go there because of our own desires.  God had to at that time physically drag Lot out of Sodom, since Lot would not heed God's warning of the coming destruction.  God will not physically drag us away from sin, but He has already given us the warning of the coming destruction and provided a way of escape spiritually, and that is through our faith in Christ.  I also believe that when something is God's judgment that there will be no doubt about it.  God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah could not be viewed as anything else, and occurred exactly where God had said it would.  God even agreed not to destroy the cities if ten righteous men could be found.  I believe that as long as people continue to be reached with the gospel that God will be patient with the coming judgment.