Sodom and gomorrah bible

What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? Why did God judge the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah so severely?

For week 2 of my Bible reading challenge, I read through Genesis chapters 17-30. For the purpose of this post, I will be focusing on Genesis 18-19 and the happenings that led to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Why was Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed? When I was a pre-teen, my Bible Study teachers would […]

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Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens. So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

This free, printable Sodom and Gomorrah spot the differences activity will help kids understand that God is patient with humankind, but sooner or later He will act in order to keep evil from growing too much and hurting people even more. This truth will help even young kids understand the impact of sin and evil.

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is important because it reveals that sin continues to spread and destroy the lives of people God loves and that God will, sooner or later, bring judgment on sin and evil in order to keep it in check. We’ve seen this before in the story of the Tower of Babel. Now, several chapters later and after God has called Abraham, we see that evil is still powerful. Abraham intercedes for the cities (Gen. 18:16-33), but their sin is too great. In Genesis 18:20, God says…

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