Lot's Wife

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 15, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 46.

Lot's Wife.—Jesus says to those who are living near the time of His coming, “Remember Lot's wife.” She, it was evidently, who hindered Lot. She never got out of Sodom. The Lord's command was, “Escape for thy life; look not behind thee.” But Lot's “wife looked back.” Her heart was in Sodom; there were her treasures. Physically she was out; spiritually she was yet in the city; and she shared its doom. There are many in the church physically whose hearts are in the world. Unless they leave it, they will share its doom. “Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life [entwine it in this world] shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life [die to self and the world] shall preserve it.” It will be hid with Christ in God. Luke 17:32, 33; Col. 3:3. “No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back [longingly, his heart in the past] is fit for the kingdom of God.”