As Christians, we know that all the sins that we had in our life before our salvation have been forgiven and forgotten by God. But many of us many not be able to forget those sins and we still have thoughts of them in our minds. We are reminded of the sins of our past, and this may often cause us much grief and confusion in the present. Recalling these sins bring a negative impact on our lives.
In the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife was reduced to a pillar of salt because she looked back. She cast a backwards glance toward the cities of sin, a glance that showed a still-present desire for that sinful place from which she was departing. God was providing freedom and a new life for her, but part of her heart still remained in her sinful past. She was unwilling to completely give up and abandon that past, and thus God brought the same destruction upon her.
Jesus told us that He came into this world that we might have life and have it more abundantly. We can receive much more abundance and joy in our lives by trusting and relying on God than we will ever receive from the sins we commit.
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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