What is the practical value of this knowledge?
It brings influence with God:
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to
stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my
presence! Let them go!
Genesis 18:22-32
22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham
remained standing before the LORD.
23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away
the righteous with the wicked?
24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will
you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty
righteous people in it?
25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the
righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be
it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the
city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold
as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than
fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?” “If I find
forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found
there?” He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me
speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it
if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to
the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “For the sake of
twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak
just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the
sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
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