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**For others God knocks them over the head and yanks them out of Sodom**

They weren’t supposed to be there in the first place. They had dwelt with God’s annointed and chose (free will) to go to Sodom. Lot’s wife’s free will turned her into a pillar of salt.

They weren’t supposed to be there in the first place. They had dwelt with God’s annointed and chose (free will) to go to Sodom.

I would suggest it wasn't Lot's "free will" that caused him to go to Sodom. Please review your scripture:

Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Lot went to the Jordan Valley because it was "the best". As with Eve, it was his desires that led him that way. Abraham chose what would seem to many like the foolish path. He was willing to go to the dessert because he trusted in God to provide for him.

This is the way sin works. We aren't "free" to make choices. We follow our desires or we trust in God. We either indulge in the things of this world or we reject it. As for Lot's wife, she looked back. And as our Lord tells us, those who look back are not fit for the kingdom.