Genesis 18:23-25 says, Abraham said, “Would You destroy the righteous with the wicked?  Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

God refused to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah until He talked it over with Abraham, His blood covenant friend!

Abraham's prayer is one of the most eye opening 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. It gave Abraham a legal standing with God. Therefore, Abraham speaks plainly as he intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Our covenant with God, the new covenant, has better rights and privileges than Abraham had.  We can use those rights and privileges in prayer. Then we are joining forces with God to carry out His will and plan in the earth.

Love Pastor Carol