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He said, "Oh don`t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten`s sake."
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A Model for Intercession
Commentators highlight this as the first great intercessory prayer recorded in the Bible. It serves as a model for how believers should feel compassion for sinners and pray earnestly for them. While Abraham's request for the city was not met, Lot was saved, demonstrating that the 'effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.'
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18th Century
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19th Century
Baptist
He went no farther than to plead that Sodom might be spared if ten righteous persons could be found in it. I have heard some say that it was a pity…
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Reformed Baptist
And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once This s…
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Here is the first solemn prayer on record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be s…
