Franklin Graham used the biblical story of Lot’s flight from Sodom to urge thousands in Manchester on Saturday night to seek forgiveness through Christ and accept His gift of salvation. He warned them not to be like Lot’s wife, who looked back and was lost.

“Are you ready to stand before God? Are you ready to give an account to Him?” Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), asked the crowd Saturday at Manchester’s Co-op Live. “The Bible says it’s appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment.”