“And the LORD appeared unto him [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said... [v.20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. Gen.18:1-5,20-26.

      There is a lesson to be drawn from this chapter that all who do not believe in Jesus Christ should consider. And I’m not talking about the fire that consumed Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, nor how the whole city gathered together to join in the public raping of men. No, the lesson is part of my personal testimony and is the most profound lesson calling for my humility before GOD and His faithful children through time.

      Before July 21, 1990 I was addicted to tobacco, pot, cocaine and crystal meth. In fact my whole life was one of following my own inclinations whose only restraint lay in the restrictions of laws forbidding my unimpeded indulgence for selfish gratification. And although I had a good upbringing with moments of good deeds and was generally courteous to people I was truly no one’s friend. All throughout my life I withheld any thoughts of GOD and even told myself there was no GOD. I was accountable to no one except the laws of restraint in society. I even looked upon Christians as being weak because they looked to Christ for strength. But the reality was this: I owed my day-to-day existence to those who I looked down on. My continued life of cursing GOD and demanding to live in sin was only contingent on the thanksgiving, prayers and alms of "the saints." That’s why the lesson of Genesis 18 called for my humility. And it calls for everyone who has never known GOD nor put Him to the genuine test. “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” Ps.34:8.

      As I was cursing GOD every day, violating His Laws of life and health, ushering myself to an early grave, GOD could say to the devil, “One day, My son will give his heart to Me and you will no longer control him.” Satan would then say, “NO! LOOK AT HIM! HE’S CURSING YOU RIGHT NOW! WATCH, I’LL GET HIM TO CURSE YOUR SON RIGHT NOW! SEE? But GOD would respond in calm assurance, “One day soon, all will be forgiven in his life, and he will serve Me forever.”