Genesis 18:25

Abraham said, ‘You are the judge of the whole earth. You will certainly do the thing that is right!’ That was a statement and a request.

• It was a statement. Abraham said it because he trusted God to do the right thing.

• It was a request. Abraham asked God not to destroy good people. He meant that to destroy good people would be a wrong thing.

Three different things were possible.

• God might destroy the whole city because it was evil.

Abraham asked God not to do that.

• God might save the city because some people were good.

Abraham asked God to do that.

• God might save the good people and destroy the other people.

Abraham did not think of that. But that is what God actually did.

God does not usually give judgement on whole cities or on whole nations. And he does not usually save whole cities or whole nations. He does save single people. And he will give judgement on each person.