WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419 to Genesis chapter 22. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.000 Amen. 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.299 So we're continuing in our studies, 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:00.000 our series through Genesis. 00:01:00.239 --> 00:01:02.159 We've been looking at the life of Abraham. 00:01:02.839 --> 00:01:04.920 We started in chapter 12. 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.640 And again, I just want to encourage you 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.120 that if you miss anything, 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:13.039 you can follow up on our website. 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:14.479 All the sermons are there. 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.019 And if you have any questions or anything else, 00:01:18.099 --> 00:01:18.939 thank you very much. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:19.519 Thank you. 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.259 About this morning or anything else, 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:25.479 well then, just come and talk to me afterwards. 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.719 Be delighted to chat with you more about it. 00:01:37.800 --> 00:01:39.700 Well, let's hear God's word. 00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:42.180 We're going to read up to verse 19. 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:46.080 Genesis 22. 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:50.379 Some time later, God tested Abraham. 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:52.200 He said to him, 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:56.299 Abraham, here I am, he replied. 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:58.259 Then God said, 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:00.560 take your son, your only son, 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:01.980 whom you love, Isaac, 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:03.799 and go to the region of Moriah. 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.400 Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:09.120 on a mountain that I will show you. 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:11.759 Early the next morning, 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:14.360 Abraham got up, loaded his donkey. 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.220 He took with him two of his servants 00:02:17.220 --> 00:02:18.620 and his son, Isaac. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:20.960 When he had cut enough wood 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.020 for the burnt offering, 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:25.520 he set out for the place God told him about. 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:27.840 On the third day, 00:02:27.940 --> 00:02:28.900 Abraham looked up 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:30.580 and saw the place in the distance. 00:02:31.220 --> 00:02:32.620 He said to his servants, 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:35.040 stay here with the donkey 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:36.900 while I and the boy go over there. 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:38.240 We will worship 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:39.720 and then we'll come back to you. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.479 Abraham took the wood 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:43.539 for the burnt offering 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:45.439 and placed it on his son, Isaac. 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:48.560 And he himself carried the fire 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.319 and the knife. 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:52.479 As the two of them went up together, 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:54.740 Isaac spoke up and said 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:56.060 to his father, Abraham, 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:57.159 Father, 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.020 yes, my son, 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:01.699 Abraham replied. 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:04.599 The fire and the wood are here, 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:05.659 Isaac said. 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:08.180 But where is the lamb 00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:09.379 for the burnt offering? 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:12.300 Abraham answered, 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.340 God himself will provide the lamb 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:16.379 for the burnt offering. 00:03:17.379 --> 00:03:19.460 And the two of them went on together. 00:03:21.079 --> 00:03:22.479 When they reached the place 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:23.740 God had told them about, 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:25.780 Abraham built an altar there 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:27.039 and arranged the wood on it. 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.960 He bound his son Isaac, 00:03:29.139 --> 00:03:30.159 laid him on the altar 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:31.159 on top of the wood. 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:33.000 Then he reached out his hand 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:33.840 and took the knife 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:34.879 to slay his son. 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:38.060 But the angel of the Lord 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:39.539 called out to him from heaven, 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:42.359 Abraham, Abraham. 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.120 Here I am, he replied. 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.159 Do not lay a hand on the boy, 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:49.819 he said. 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:52.659 Do not do anything to him. 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.979 Now I know that you fear God 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:57.680 because you have not withheld 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:58.800 from me your son, 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:00.419 your only son. 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:03.180 Abraham looked up 00:04:03.180 --> 00:04:04.140 and there in the thicket 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:06.300 he saw a ram caught by its horns. 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.840 He went over and took the ram 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:10.040 and sacrificed it 00:04:10.040 --> 00:04:11.040 as a burnt offering 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:12.900 instead of his son. 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:15.980 So Abraham called that place 00:04:15.980 --> 00:04:17.220 the Lord will provide. 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:20.280 And to this day it is said, 00:04:21.060 --> 00:04:22.500 on the mountain of the Lord 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:24.199 it will be provided. 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.159 The angel of the Lord 00:04:27.159 --> 00:04:28.379 called to Abraham 00:04:28.379 --> 00:04:29.979 from heaven a second time 00:04:29.979 --> 00:04:31.139 and said, 00:04:31.339 --> 00:04:33.300 I swear by myself, 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:34.240 declares the Lord, 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.139 that because you have done this 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:38.560 and have not withheld your son, 00:04:38.659 --> 00:04:39.560 your only son, 00:04:40.099 --> 00:04:41.560 I will surely bless you 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:42.719 and make your descendants 00:04:42.719 --> 00:04:45.060 as numerous as the stars in the sky 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:47.339 and as the sand on the seashore. 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:49.579 Your descendants will take possession 00:04:49.579 --> 00:04:51.060 of the cities of their enemies. 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:53.339 And through your offspring 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:55.759 all nations on earth 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:56.519 will be blessed 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.939 because you have obeyed me. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.060 Then Abraham returned to the servants 00:05:04.060 --> 00:05:06.120 and they set off together 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.100 for Beersheba. 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:10.899 And Abraham stayed in Beersheba. 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:23.919 Let's pray. 00:05:31.419 --> 00:05:33.139 Father, we can read 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:35.620 familiar stories 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:36.839 or perhaps 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.620 a new story. 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:42.419 But we pray 00:05:42.419 --> 00:05:44.120 that by your Spirit 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.779 we would not only 00:05:46.779 --> 00:05:47.779 understand it 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:48.719 with our minds 00:05:48.719 --> 00:05:51.959 but we pray 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:52.879 that its truth 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:53.879 and its message 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.919 would change our hearts 00:05:56.919 --> 00:06:00.219 and it would lead 00:06:00.219 --> 00:06:01.519 to a strengthening 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:02.579 of our faith 00:06:02.579 --> 00:06:06.379 whereby we walk 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:07.399 by faith 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:09.919 trusting you 00:06:09.919 --> 00:06:11.539 every step of the way 00:06:11.539 --> 00:06:13.479 until 00:06:13.479 --> 00:06:16.039 we are at home 00:06:16.039 --> 00:06:16.719 in glory 00:06:16.719 --> 00:06:17.899 with you. 00:06:19.299 --> 00:06:20.560 So help us now 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:21.120 we pray 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.419 in Jesus' name. 00:06:23.419 --> 00:06:23.879 Amen. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.339 Have you ever wondered 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:31.000 what God is doing 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:32.339 with your life? 00:06:32.339 --> 00:06:35.139 everything can be going 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:36.079 just fine 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:37.479 when all of a sudden 00:06:37.479 --> 00:06:39.079 you find yourself 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:40.619 in a crisis of faith. 00:06:42.299 --> 00:06:43.619 Perhaps it's a visit 00:06:43.619 --> 00:06:44.379 to a doctor 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:45.199 that reveals 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:46.959 well, something 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.219 you didn't want to hear. 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:51.259 Maybe it's a changed 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:51.919 circumstance 00:06:51.919 --> 00:06:52.739 that leads 00:06:52.739 --> 00:06:54.159 to financial pressure. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:58.319 Struggles with life 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:00.180 that ends 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:01.000 in a season 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:01.779 of depression. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:05.120 Maybe it's just 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:06.180 something you wouldn't 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:07.180 share with anybody 00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:07.579 else 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:09.319 and only you know. 00:07:11.719 --> 00:07:13.560 How can God 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.519 let these things 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:16.680 happen to me? 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.360 Why is he doing it? 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:24.240 Well, Abraham's life 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:25.939 was sailing along 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:27.060 quite smoothly 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:28.660 when all of a sudden 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:30.079 he was in a crisis 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:31.540 of faith. 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:33.920 But it isn't 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:34.959 without purpose. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:37.180 Through it all 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:39.220 God is teaching him 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:41.300 and he is teaching us 00:07:41.300 --> 00:07:44.600 that in all things 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:47.040 God provides 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.040 all that we need 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--> 00:08:28.939 Here's the first one. 00:08:30.719 --> 00:08:31.519 The test 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:32.419 faith 00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:33.720 experiences. 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:34.419 The test 00:08:34.419 --> 00:08:35.000 that faith 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:35.840 experiences. 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:37.379 We can be sure 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:38.500 that as we walk 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:39.519 the Christian life 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.980 we are going to 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:42.200 face some very 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.960 testing times. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:45.259 In fact 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:45.920 they will come 00:08:45.920 --> 00:08:46.600 suddenly 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.480 and surprisingly. 00:08:49.060 --> 00:08:50.060 Look at verse 1. 00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:52.080 Sometime later 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.019 God 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:54.259 tested 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:55.280 Abraham. 00:08:56.300 --> 00:08:57.200 Now testing 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:58.720 is not the same 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.759 as tempting. 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:01.400 God isn't trying 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:02.100 to trip 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:03.360 Abraham up. 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:04.440 God is 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:05.420 building 00:09:05.420 --> 00:09:06.620 Abraham up. 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:07.019 You see 00:09:07.019 --> 00:09:08.120 these times 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:08.840 of testing 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:09.700 that we face 00:09:09.700 --> 00:09:10.200 are not 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.440 random events 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:12.220 that we somehow 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:12.940 must battle 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:13.700 through alone. 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:14.620 They are 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:15.520 ordained 00:09:15.520 --> 00:09:16.720 by God 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.020 for our good. 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:20.040 God isn't 00:09:20.040 --> 00:09:20.860 in the business 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:21.800 of letting 00:09:21.800 --> 00:09:22.820 accidents 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:23.520 happen. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:24.280 There are no 00:09:24.280 --> 00:09:24.960 accidents 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:25.920 with God. 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:27.860 Look what it says. 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:29.040 God 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:30.540 tested 00:09:30.540 --> 00:09:31.460 Abraham. 00:09:33.780 --> 00:09:34.540 Walking 00:09:34.540 --> 00:09:35.300 through the 00:09:35.300 --> 00:09:36.000 gym doors 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.000 I was confronted 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.600 with a 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:38.800 large sign 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:39.400 that said 00:09:39.400 --> 00:09:40.640 no pain 00:09:40.640 --> 00:09:42.380 no gain. 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:43.940 maybe you've 00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:44.500 seen one of 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.060 them before. 00:09:45.180 --> 00:09:45.640 Apparently 00:09:45.640 --> 00:09:46.200 when you 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:46.920 exercise 00:09:46.920 --> 00:09:47.960 the 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:48.500 micro 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.180 fibres 00:09:49.180 --> 00:09:49.620 in your 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:50.100 muscles 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.360 begin to 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:51.980 stretch 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:53.060 and tear 00:09:53.060 --> 00:09:53.880 and they 00:09:53.880 --> 00:09:54.380 rip. 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:56.540 But after 00:09:56.540 --> 00:09:57.280 the exercise 00:09:57.280 --> 00:09:58.260 during a time 00:09:58.260 --> 00:09:58.880 of healing 00:09:58.880 --> 00:10:00.280 they recover 00:10:00.280 --> 00:10:01.180 and as they 00:10:01.180 --> 00:10:01.680 recover 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:02.740 the muscles 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:03.300 actually 00:10:03.300 --> 00:10:04.360 build up 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:04.700 and they 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:05.560 get stronger. 00:10:06.020 --> 00:10:06.400 You see 00:10:06.400 --> 00:10:07.280 without the 00:10:07.280 --> 00:10:07.800 testing 00:10:07.800 --> 00:10:08.540 without the 00:10:08.540 --> 00:10:09.040 pressure 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:09.860 on your 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:10.320 muscle 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:11.180 there is 00:10:11.180 --> 00:10:11.480 no 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:12.320 strengthening 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:13.320 of your 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:13.740 muscle. 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:14.620 Well that's 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.180 what's going 00:10:15.180 --> 00:10:15.760 on here 00:10:15.760 --> 00:10:16.140 in this 00:10:16.140 --> 00:10:16.500 account 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:16.900 that we're 00:10:16.900 --> 00:10:17.360 reading 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:18.360 in Genesis 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:19.020 22. 00:10:19.660 --> 00:10:20.260 God is 00:10:20.260 --> 00:10:21.320 testing 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:22.220 Abraham 00:10:22.220 --> 00:10:23.200 for the 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:23.740 purpose 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.980 of building 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.520 and 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:26.420 strengthening 00:10:26.420 --> 00:10:27.520 Abraham. 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:30.120 So what is 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:30.540 it that 00:10:30.540 --> 00:10:31.320 Abraham's 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:31.760 test 00:10:31.760 --> 00:10:32.940 is all 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:33.280 about? 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.959 well it 00:10:35.959 --> 00:10:37.079 all involves 00:10:37.079 --> 00:10:37.419 or it 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.199 all revolves 00:10:38.199 --> 00:10:39.259 around his 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:40.019 son. 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:41.439 Look at 00:10:41.439 --> 00:10:42.179 verse 2. 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.679 God said 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:46.240 take your 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:46.799 son 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.659 your only 00:10:48.659 --> 00:10:49.360 son whom 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:49.980 you love 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:50.519 Isaac 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.199 and go to 00:10:52.199 --> 00:10:52.740 the region 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.500 of Moriah 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:55.120 sacrifice 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:55.819 him there 00:10:55.819 --> 00:10:56.399 as a burnt 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:57.039 offering on 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:57.480 the mountain 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.079 that I will 00:10:58.079 --> 00:10:58.699 show you. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.120 Now that 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:01.620 must have 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:02.360 crushed 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.519 Abraham 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:06.019 my son 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.720 my only 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:09.539 son 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:11.460 my son 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:11.899 that I 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:12.539 love 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:14.240 Isaac 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:16.820 why would 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:17.419 God 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.440 command 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:19.360 such a 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:19.700 thing? 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.740 Well when 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.480 we consider 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:25.399 who Isaac 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.240 is we can 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:27.240 begin to 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:27.920 see things 00:11:27.920 --> 00:11:28.259 a little 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:29.060 more clearly. 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:30.340 Isaac is 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:31.240 not just 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:32.019 Abraham 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:32.720 son. 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:33.939 Remember 00:11:33.939 --> 00:11:34.480 what we've 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:34.899 been looking 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:35.159 at. 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:35.879 He is 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.620 the son 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.439 of the 00:11:37.439 --> 00:11:38.039 promise. 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:39.519 God 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.159 had promised 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.779 to make 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:41.500 Abraham 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.620 into a 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:43.059 nation 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.980 that would 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:44.480 become 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:45.319 God's 00:11:45.319 --> 00:11:45.919 very own 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:46.399 people 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:47.100 and he 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:47.579 promised 00:11:47.579 --> 00:11:48.259 that through 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:48.960 that people 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:49.519 would come 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:50.019 a son 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:50.699 who would 00:11:50.699 --> 00:11:51.860 bring salvation 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.779 to the 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:53.179 world. 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:55.579 So if 00:11:55.579 --> 00:11:56.439 Abraham is 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:57.179 to sacrifice 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:58.100 his son 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:58.620 Isaac 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:59.759 that means 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.639 the promises 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:01.379 that God 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.039 has made 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:03.060 have gone. 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.139 They're 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.639 dead. 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:05.500 No more 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:06.080 blessings. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.659 So what's 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.419 going on? 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:10.440 Why would 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.580 God tell 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:12.919 Abraham to 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:13.840 do such a 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:14.060 thing? 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:15.580 Everything 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:16.419 from chapter 00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:17.759 12 all the 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.220 way up to 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:19.039 now that 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:20.179 30 years 00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:20.659 have taken 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.580 place have 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.039 all been 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:22.519 about the 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:22.879 promise. 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:23.659 They've been 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:24.360 waiting for 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.019 years and 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.820 years Abraham 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:26.480 and Sarah 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.260 to have 00:12:27.260 --> 00:12:28.140 a son and 00:12:28.140 --> 00:12:29.020 eventually the 00:12:29.020 --> 00:12:29.860 son, the 00:12:29.860 --> 00:12:30.340 promises 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:31.360 arrived and 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:31.960 now God 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.600 comes along 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.020 and says 00:12:33.020 --> 00:12:33.900 I'm going 00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:34.440 to take 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.000 your son. 00:12:38.020 --> 00:12:38.660 It's 00:12:38.660 --> 00:12:39.240 puzzling. 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:40.640 It's 00:12:40.640 --> 00:12:41.480 perplexing. 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.960 Why would 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.140 God bring 00:12:45.140 --> 00:12:45.700 such 00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:46.580 testing? 00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:49.720 Well I 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.200 think the 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:51.000 big question 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.020 in all of 00:12:53.020 --> 00:12:54.980 this is 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:55.440 God is 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:57.220 saying do 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:57.840 you trust 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:58.159 me? 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.500 Will you 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.279 have faith 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:02.039 in me? 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:06.000 You see 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.440 we go 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:06.720 through 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:07.800 testing times 00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.279 don't we 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:08.840 each one 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.340 of us? 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:10.840 And that 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.300 doesn't mean 00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:11.899 to say God 00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:12.320 is going to 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:12.800 come along 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:13.340 and say to 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:14.399 us sacrifice 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.320 your child. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.399 No scripture 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.680 tells us that 00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:18.620 God is against 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:20.060 all human 00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:20.860 sacrifice. 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:22.600 In fact 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.720 we'll see in 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.340 a little while 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:24.840 that God 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:25.460 actually has 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:26.340 no intention 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.780 of killing 00:13:27.780 --> 00:13:28.879 Abraham's 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.160 son. 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:31.240 But yet 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:31.700 here the 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:32.240 principle 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:32.980 remains 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:34.220 will you 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:35.240 trust me 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.300 in testing 00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:37.120 times? 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.879 Even though 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.920 you feel like 00:13:39.920 --> 00:13:40.720 your life is 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.660 falling apart 00:13:41.660 --> 00:13:42.519 will you 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.259 follow me? 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.720 Even though 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.320 you can't 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.000 see beyond 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.580 tomorrow 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.500 will you 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.540 have faith 00:13:49.540 --> 00:13:50.019 in me? 00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:52.500 do we 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.639 trust God 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.059 when we 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.419 don't 00:13:54.419 --> 00:13:55.139 understand 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.939 what's 00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:56.600 going on 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.220 or why 00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:57.480 it's 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:57.860 happening 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.579 and why 00:13:58.579 --> 00:13:58.799 I'm 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.220 feeling 00:13:59.220 --> 00:13:59.600 the way 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:00.079 I am? 00:14:02.579 --> 00:14:03.240 You see 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:04.279 times of 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:04.879 testing 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:06.480 will come 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.579 and sometimes 00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:09.759 these times 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.600 will not 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.220 make any 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:11.860 sense to 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.079 us 00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:12.740 whatsoever. 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:17.180 But in 00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:17.919 our testing 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.519 will we 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:19.980 say 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:21.820 God is 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:22.240 all I 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.600 need 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.820 He is 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.259 enough 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:27.200 He is 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:27.860 sufficient 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:30.360 Will you 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.019 trust Him 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:32.240 in your 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.779 time of 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:33.180 testing? 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:36.019 So first 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.860 the test 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.100 that faith 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:40.019 experiences 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:43.480 Second 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.220 the 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.960 confidence 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.960 that faith 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.920 brings 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:51.340 the confidence 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.040 that faith 00:14:52.040 --> 00:14:52.600 brings 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:54.300 Now it's 00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:55.159 tempting for us 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:55.759 as we read 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.399 this story 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.200 to imagine 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:58.659 what Abraham 00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.300 must have 00:14:59.300 --> 00:14:59.940 been thinking 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:01.620 when God 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.139 said go 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.000 sacrifice your 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.240 son 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.660 what would 00:15:04.660 --> 00:15:05.000 he have 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.500 thought? 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.500 Did he 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:07.860 have a 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.500 conversation 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.240 with Sarah 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.000 about it? 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.360 Well it 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.899 seems the 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.639 author doesn't 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.200 want us to 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:14.639 go there 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.519 because the 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.220 focus is 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.639 not on 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.679 what Abraham 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.460 was thinking 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.259 or any 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.000 conversations 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.720 he may or 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.139 may not 00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.600 have had 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.360 but on 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.419 how Abraham 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:24.720 responds. 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:26.779 God said 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.700 sacrifice 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.460 your son 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.259 and 00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.279 verse 3 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.580 early the 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:32.399 next morning 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.419 Abraham 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.220 got up 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:35.519 loaded his 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:35.899 donkey 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.279 he took 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:37.659 with him 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.080 two of 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.660 his servants 00:15:38.660 --> 00:15:39.040 and his 00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:39.720 son Isaac 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.720 and when 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:40.960 he had 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.480 cut enough 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:41.940 wood for 00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.340 the burnt 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.740 offering 00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.560 he set 00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:43.980 out for 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.460 the place 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:44.900 God had 00:15:44.900 --> 00:15:45.320 told him 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:45.680 about. 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.200 There it 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:47.580 is 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:49.040 go sacrifice 00:15:49.040 --> 00:15:49.500 your son 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.340 there's no 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.820 fuss 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:53.020 it seems 00:15:53.020 --> 00:15:53.580 all quite 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.040 simple 00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:55.759 Abraham 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.460 goes about 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:56.840 the day 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.400 and prepares 00:15:57.400 --> 00:15:58.080 everything that 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:58.660 needs to be 00:15:58.660 --> 00:15:58.920 done 00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:00.200 God 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.879 speaks 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.660 Abraham 00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:04.420 obeys 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:07.000 obedience 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.379 you see that's 00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.120 what faith 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.279 is 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.000 faith 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.179 is spelt 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:13.679 obedience 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.000 it's 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.799 listening to 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.240 God 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.240 who sees 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.979 all things 00:16:18.979 --> 00:16:19.779 who knows 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.459 all things 00:16:20.459 --> 00:16:21.099 who is 00:16:21.099 --> 00:16:22.059 sovereign over 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:22.759 everything 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.979 and doing 00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:25.039 what he 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.539 says 00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:27.199 of course 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.579 there are 00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:28.480 times we 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.159 would like a 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.899 little bit more 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.659 information 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:31.480 in our 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:31.819 life 00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.519 if only 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.179 God would 00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:33.899 show me 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.620 what is 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.139 going to 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.480 happen 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.120 into the 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.500 future 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.339 if only 00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:37.759 I could 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.139 get a 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.419 better 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.879 picture 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.600 and know 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.439 what it's 00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:40.799 going to 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.219 be like 00:16:41.219 --> 00:16:41.519 well 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.719 then yes 00:16:42.719 --> 00:16:43.579 I'll 00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.139 step out 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.779 in faith 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:47.419 no 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.860 faith 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.659 is expressed 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.120 in the 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.860 little tiny 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.419 steps 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.139 of daily 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.039 obedience 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:54.559 we might 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.000 not know 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.419 everything 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:55.980 that God 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.500 is doing 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.500 but God 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.220 has 00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:59.139 given us 00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.879 his word 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.559 and so 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.320 we humbly 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.480 obey it 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.279 you see 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.779 faith 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.420 is not 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.059 a feeling 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.880 it's not 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.599 something about 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.480 well if it 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.339 feels good 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.700 to me 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.039 if it 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.920 seems right 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.380 for me 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.119 then I'll 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.519 do it 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--> 00:26:55.740 read in 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.460 verse 13 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.779 isn't 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.039 it 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.099 Abraham 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.860 looked up 00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.220 and there 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.480 in the 00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.779 thicket 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.160 he saw 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.599 a ram 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.920 caught 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.360 by its 00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.720 horns 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.700 he went 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.000 over 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.440 and took 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.940 the ram 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.099 and 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.960 sacrificed 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.620 it as 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.099 a burnt 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.620 offering 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.539 instead 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.279 of 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.160 his 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.519 son 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.319 just 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.559 as 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.920 Abraham 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.539 believed 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.200 God 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.400 would 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.819 provide 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.039 the 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.380 lamb 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.480 now 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.700 don't 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:17.960 worry 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.320 about 00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.720 rams 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:18.940 and 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.400 lambs 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.740 don't 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:19.920 get 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.240 caught 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.440 up 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.740 about 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.180 wondering 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.740 well 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.900 he 00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.080 said 00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.240 a 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.460 lamb 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.720 now 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:22.940 it's 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.080 a 00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.320 ram 00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:24.060 no 00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.360 the 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.800 point 00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.340 is 00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.560 God 00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.540 provided 00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:29.380 it's 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.580 not 00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:29.920 about 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.700 Abraham's 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.480 demonstration 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.800 of 00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.080 faith 00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.680 but 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.200 God's 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.680 provision 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.620 in 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:34.820 our 00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.340 need 00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.420 this 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.600 is 00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.760 the 00:27:36.760 --> 00:27:37.060 kind 00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.260 of 00:27:37.260 --> 00:27:37.560 God 00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.760 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00:27:51.039 this 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.519 story 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.759 is 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.079 much 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.399 more 00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.599 than 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.859 just 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.079 a 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.439 ram 00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:54.119 for 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.639 Abraham 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:56.339 this 00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.519 is 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.699 a 00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.139 story 00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.460 that 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.899 teaches 00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.279 us 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.579 that 00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.980 we 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.599 are 00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.839 in 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.259 need 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.939 of 00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.119 a 00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.659 substitute 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:16.040 Christmas 00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:28.620 パ 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:34.119 that people like you and I are also in need of a substitute 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:37.759 and God is going to provide that for us. 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:43.199 You see, if we are to know God's blessings of salvation, 00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:48.919 then we've got to live a faithful and obedient life. 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:53.979 The problem is, so often we are unfaithful. 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:56.899 We are disobedient. 00:28:57.780 --> 00:29:02.360 We don't deserve the promises of blessing that God has. 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:05.380 In fact, we deserve to die. 00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:09.840 We deserve to be cut off from God forever. 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:16.400 But God in his faithful love provides a substitute for us. 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:21.160 You see, the account of Abraham and Isaac point us, don't they, 00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:24.519 forward to another father and his son 00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:27.240 who go together to another mountain. 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:33.139 As Abraham lifted up the knife to slay his son, 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:37.599 Abraham hears that voice from heaven that says, 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.700 Stop! 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:43.400 Don't lay a hand on the boy. 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:48.440 Look, I've provided a substitute to take its place. 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:52.480 Yet as Jesus hangs on the cross, 00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:55.240 the Father's judgment falls, 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:58.359 and there is no voice from heaven saying, 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.420 Stop! 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.960 There's another substitute. 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.740 Why? 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:06.359 Because Jesus Christ is our substitute. 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.940 He is the one who stands in for us. 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.019 He is the one who is slain for us. 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:14.440 Jesus is the one who takes the judgment we deserve. 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:16.620 He dies our death 00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:19.639 so that you and I might live. 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:25.039 On the mount of crucifixion, 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:29.219 God the Father sends his son, 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:32.139 his one and only son, 00:30:32.979 --> 00:30:35.059 the son whom he loves, 00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.039 Jesus, 00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:39.079 to die in our place 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:42.219 so that we might be able to receive 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.980 the blessing of salvation 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.740 and the redemption of our lives. 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:50.740 You see, in our times of testing, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.640 we so often fail and fall. 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:57.220 But God in his goodness 00:30:57.220 --> 00:31:02.460 has provided the perfect substitute that we need. 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:06.160 In a moment, we're going to remember back 00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.740 to the death of Jesus for us. 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:12.359 And as we take and share in communion together, 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:14.500 we look back, don't we, 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:16.819 to the mount of crucifixion 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.579 and we remember there 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.900 that on the mountain, 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:23.440 the Lord provided for us. 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:28.859 It's not a celebration of our great faith, 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:33.680 but the provision of God's great substitute. 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:40.640 So the provision that faith receives. 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:44.360 And then to wrap up, 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:50.080 the blessings that faith guarantees. 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.900 God may have provided 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:57.779 a substitute for Isaac, 00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.539 but that's not the end of the account. 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.120 God isn't done yet. 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.779 He has more to give. 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:06.459 There are more blessings to come. 00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.379 God confirms 00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:13.139 and guarantees his promise, doesn't he? 00:32:13.739 --> 00:32:15.099 Look at verse 17. 00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:18.399 Speaking to Abraham, 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:20.079 I will surely bless you 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.819 and make your descendants 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:24.239 as numerous as the stars in the sky 00:32:24.239 --> 00:32:26.519 and as the sand on the seashore. 00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.819 God is promising 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.739 that a nation will come from him, 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:31.319 a nation that will become 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:33.640 God's special people. 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.319 And they will take possession 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.019 of the cities of their enemies. 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.579 They will live in the promised land 00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.900 where there will be peace and rest. 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.740 Verse 18, 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.539 And through your offspring, 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:49.000 all nations on earth 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.980 will be blessed. 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.799 That through that family line 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.779 would come the ultimate son 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:56.120 who would bring salvation 00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.359 and redemption. 00:32:58.879 --> 00:33:01.219 Just as God had said to Abraham 00:33:01.219 --> 00:33:02.699 when he first called him, 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.859 so God remains faithful 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.719 to his promise. 00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:07.419 The blessings flow 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:09.059 like a mighty river, 00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:12.519 a fountain washing over. 00:33:14.739 --> 00:33:17.000 But why did the blessings come? 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:20.459 Well, look at the end of verse 16. 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:25.480 Because you have done this 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:29.059 and have not withheld your son, 00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:30.100 your only son, 00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:32.799 I will surely bless you. 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.759 In other words, 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.720 end of verse 18, 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:41.380 the blessings come because 00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:44.360 you have obeyed me. 00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:48.380 Faith obeys. 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:51.640 Faith takes God as his word 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.820 and it does what God says. 00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.520 You see, 00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.120 obedience does matter. 00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.700 Grace leads to obedience. 00:34:01.040 --> 00:34:01.840 The evidence, 00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:03.680 the sign that we have received 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.520 God's grace 00:34:04.520 --> 00:34:06.720 is an obedient life. 00:34:07.780 --> 00:34:10.160 It is through obedient faith 00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:11.740 that we experience 00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:13.119 the blessings of God. 00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:16.160 Now as we reflect 00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:17.160 on these blessings, 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.879 it reminds us 00:34:18.879 --> 00:34:20.420 that God continues 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.460 to bless his people. 00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:25.619 That God graciously 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.119 provides us 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.579 with all things. 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.179 You see, 00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.000 like Abraham, 00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:33.139 as we walk by faith, 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.480 we can be sure 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:36.359 that God is for us. 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.440 He's never going 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.279 to let us down. 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:40.099 He will bless us 00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:41.779 not just with salvation, 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:43.379 but he will bless us 00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:44.639 with all that we need 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.920 for all things 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.920 in our life. 00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:50.079 The Apostle Paul 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.420 reminds us of that. 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.940 Remember this verse 00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.440 in Romans 8, 32, 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.800 speaking of God, 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.460 He who did not 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.980 spare his own Son, 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.940 but gave him up 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.639 for us all, 00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:06.559 how will he not also 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.340 along with him 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:10.559 graciously give us 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.559 all things? 00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.980 He will graciously 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.699 give us 00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:18.099 all things. 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:20.320 If God did not 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.699 withhold his Son, 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.400 his only Son, 00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.799 whom he loves, 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.799 Jesus, 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.739 then he is not 00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.799 going to withhold 00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:30.299 anything that is 00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.360 right and best 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.019 for you. 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.059 God in his love 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.579 provided the greatest 00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.559 gift possible, 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.440 a substitute for us, 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.500 so that we could 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.559 have life with him 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.139 and he will continue 00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.099 to bless us 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.519 and to provide us 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.460 with all that we need 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.760 as we follow him. 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.280 So as we go through 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.659 our testing times, 00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.940 God calls us 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.579 to walk 00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:01.400 in obedient faith. 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:04.500 we may walk 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.740 through dark times. 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:08.180 We may walk 00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:09.639 through fearful times. 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.480 We can be confused 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.300 and challenged 00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.740 and wonder 00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.780 what God is doing. 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:17.480 We can be perplexed 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.300 and stretched. 00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.320 Yet through it all, 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.200 God has promised 00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.880 to provide 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:26.519 all that we need. 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.180 The blessing 00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:29.660 will continue 00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.920 to flow. 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.039 In all things, 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.340 God will provide 00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:38.300 all that we need 00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:40.440 so that our faith 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.059 is strengthened. 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.240 Will you trust him? 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.539 He's good 00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.500 and he's kind. 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.460 Let's pray. 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.539 Amen. 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.619 Amen. 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.639 Amen. 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.680 Amen. 00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:54.700 Amen. 00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:54.760 Amen. 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:54.780 Amen. 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:54.860 Amen. 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.260 Amen. 00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.340 Amen. 00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.360 Amen. 00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.420 Amen. 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.460 Amen. 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:07.639 Lord God, 00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.440 we confess 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.500 that we are 00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.380 so small 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:14.160 we do not 00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.920 see the bigger 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.420 picture 00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:17.059 of all that 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.700 you are doing. 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.619 But yet 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.519 you have shown 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.980 us 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.599 great love. 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.820 You have been 00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.559 faithful 00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:28.219 in providing 00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:29.480 Jesus Christ 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:31.639 our sacrifice. 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.279 You have 00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.079 continued to 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.820 bless us 00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.559 in ways 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.139 that we never 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:39.019 thought possible. 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.400 Help us 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.980 to walk 00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.739 by faith. 00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.139 In Jesus' 00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.639 name. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.980 Amen. 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.119 Amen. 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.179 Amen. 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.219 Amen. 00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:50.219 Amen. 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.259 Amen. 00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.279 Amen. 00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.320 Amen. 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.179 Amen. 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.219 Amen. 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.279 Amen. 00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.320 Amen. 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.340 Amen. 00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.380 Amen. 00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.420 Amen. 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.440 Amen. 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.460 Amen. 00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.480 Amen. 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.519 Amen. 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.579 Amen. 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:56.539 Amen.