How to know if you're right with God?

How do I know if my heart is right with God?

Today's family picture is a portrait of yesteryear when Lot's family lived in the plains of Sodom. If revival is going to happen it has got to start with our families, Our families need revival.

YOU MAY SAY HOW CAN I KNOW IF MY HEART IS RIGHT WITH GOD?
You know your heart is not right with God if:

1. IF THE DIRECTION OF YOUR HOME IS PITCHED TOWARD SODOM. GEN 13:12.
He saw it first when he opened his tent door in the morning.
He saw it last when he closed his tent at night.
He saw it when he sat in his tent in the heat of the day.
Evening and Morning and at noon I will pray.
But he was looking three times a day toward Sodom instead of the Savior.
The direction of your tent reveals:
The direction of your heart.
The direction of your head.
The direction of your hands.
The direction of your goals.
Your mouth may be saying one things but your tent reveals another.
Would you rather a tent with a view or a future with a view?

2. IF YOUR PLACE OF COMFORT IS IN THE WORLD. 19:1
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their lifestyle.
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their language.
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their liberal attitudes
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their decisions.
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their conversations.
Sitting in the gate meant he was comfortable with their humor.
IF YOU ARE ASHAMED WHEN GOD'S MESSENGERS SHOW UP. 19:1
He had to rise to meet them. Getting up out of where he was.
He fell to their feet, like a person who had been caught.
His body fell to the ground but his heart was still standing.
Putting on a show of worship for those around you to see hides nothing from God.

3. IF YOUR VALUES ARE THE WORLD'S VALUES. 19:8
His values as a Father were in line with the world not the word.
He was willing to place his daughters into prostitution.
He was willing to accept their homosexual behavior.
His values were in a gray area, not in God's area.
God's area is always righteousness.
God's area has never been politically correct He has always been Biblically correct.
He was familiar with the society. His home was there.
He was familiar with the streets of the city. His house was there.
He was familiar with the Sinfulness of the city. His Heart was there.

4. IF YOU HAVE NO TESTIMONY WITH YOUR FAMILY. 19:14
What he spoke was silenced by what he lived.
When the Sodom of the World is acceptable your daughters marry the world.
When the Sodom of the World is acceptable your standards are weakened down to nothing.
When the Sodom of the World is acceptable you no longer have a fear of God and will soon experience his wrath.
What he spoke was seemed out of character for him.
His sons in law had no regard for him in spiritual matters.
He was more the spiritual pygmy instead of the spiritual giant.
The Word came from God and they Scorned it. -- God's messenger brought God's Message.
The law of God was to stone Homosexuals, but it had no meaning in their lives.

5. IF YOU ARE SLOW TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT. 19:16
He lingered in his decision making process.
This was a sign of his dulled senses.
This was a sign of how much he had become affected by Sodom.
Sodom had lured him to sin.
Sodom had lulled him to sleep.
Sodom had left him short.

6. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LOOK BACK AND LONG FOR WHAT IS NOT RIGHT. 19:26
Looking backward to Sodom makes you useless spiritually.
Looking backward to Sodom makes you useless mentally.
Looking back towards Sodom reveals the nature of the heart

SUMMARY
Get out, and get it out of You; no treasures, no memories, no souvenirs
Respond to his merciful call. v.16
Get going.
Get out
Don't look back.
Don't even get close. Pass up where you even got started in this problem.
Go Straight.
Remember God's mercy is available!
You and you spouse and children are to be separated.
Is your home outside of Sodom?
Is your home in Sodom?
Is Sodom in your home?
Music - The Sounds of Sodom
T.V. - The Sights of Sodom.
Appearance - The Standards of Sodom
Language - The Speech of Sodom
Lifestyle - The Society/Style of Sodom.
What can we do if our family needs revival?
Confess it to the Lord as a Family.
Commit to the Lord's Way as a family.