And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Gen. 18:23-25)
God refused to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah until He had talked it over with Abraham, His blood covenant friend!
Abraham’s prayer in Genesis, chapter 18 is one of the most suggestive and illuminating prayers in the Old Testament.
Abraham was taking his place in the covenant that God had made with him – the Old Covenant, the Old Testament.
Through the covenant, Abraham had received rights and privileges we understand little about.
The covenant Abraham had just solemnized with the Lord Jehovah gave Abraham a legal standing with God. Therefore, we hear Abraham speak plainly as he intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Confession: I have a covenant with God, the New Covenant. I have covenant rights and privileges. I have a standing with God. I commune with God. I use my covenant rights and privileges in prayer. I join forces with my Father in carrying out His will and plan upon the earth.
(Taken by permission from RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA. www.rhema.org )
