Genesis 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Husbands and wives are not saved in pairs, nor do they enter the ark by twos. Every husband and every wife will have to make up their minds about serving God, for the relationship is not to be tethered to, or through another. The righteousness of one does not atone for the lack thereof in another, and thus, the decision to follow Christ becomes a personal one.
Encouragements are to be often given, the family altar is to be held sacred, and husbands and wives are to do all they can to help each other as they travel the straight and narrow path. But at the end of the day, each spouse must decide for himself or herself. Before this very sudden encounter with the angels of God, in commanding them to leave immediately, we do not read anywhere in the scriptures of any disconnect in the relationship between Lot and his wife and God.
To the casual observer they were, for all intents and purposes, reading from the same script, for many years, and as such there was nothing done overtly to remotely suggest that the relationship with God was indeed fractured in one spouse. It was only when crunch time came around, that the disconnect was exposed, and Lot and his wife had to make their own personal decision of whether to move forward on God’s command, or whether to turn back.
Genesis 19:24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!