When saved by grace, Christians should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts. The world has a prince, a philosophy, a purpose, and people, and Christians must resist its pull, refuse its persuasion, and avoid its pollution. Lot's story serves as an example of a man who was saved by grace but failed to learn the lesson of separation, becoming a disgrace to grace.
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