WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.419 If you have your Bibles this morning, I want you to turn to Genesis chapter 22. 00:00:10.419 --> 00:00:11.820 Genesis chapter 22. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:18.559 I want us to climb again up Mount Moriah to look at Abraham and Isaac. 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:21.240 I preached on this three weeks ago. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:22.920 I don't expect you to remember that. 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:29.960 But it is such a poignant passage that I believe we need to look at it one more time. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.620 I say that because there are similarities here to the cross of Christ that to me seem amazing. 00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:41.820 And I want you to see it. 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.920 I don't want you to miss the sacrificial similarities. 00:00:49.019 --> 00:00:55.420 It's in Genesis chapter 22 beginning in verse 1 and it says this. 00:00:55.420 --> 00:01:00.719 After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham. 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:03.820 And he said, here am I. 00:01:04.540 --> 00:01:09.659 He said, take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:15.140 and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:21.299 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:23.019 and his son Isaac. 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:28.420 And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to a place of which God had told him. 00:01:29.259 --> 00:01:35.319 On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:42.079 Then Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey. 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:46.979 I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you. 00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:52.820 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his son. 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:58.180 And he took in his hand the fire and the knife, so they went, both of them together. 00:01:59.320 --> 00:02:03.300 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, my father, he said, here am I, my son. 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:10.180 He said, behold the fire and the wood, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering? 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:16.280 Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb. 00:02:16.979 --> 00:02:19.199 For a burnt offering, my son. 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:22.679 So they went, both of them, together. 00:02:23.979 --> 00:02:30.799 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order 00:02:30.799 --> 00:02:34.299 and bound Isaac, his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:41.679 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took his knife to slaughter his son. 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:47.080 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.000 And he said, here am I. 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:59.319 He said, do not lay your hand on your boy or do anything to him, for I now know that you fear God, 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:02.980 seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:10.419 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. 00:03:11.739 --> 00:03:15.579 And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:20.219 So Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide. 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:27.699 As it is said to this day, on the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided. 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:29.799 Let's pray together. 00:03:31.399 --> 00:03:47.199 Lord Jesus, thank you for the cross of Christ, the sacrifice that Christ made for us that is foreshadowed in this passage today. 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:55.859 Help us to see the correlation, not only of the Christ event and the Abraham and Isaac event, 00:03:56.439 --> 00:04:05.879 but also the relationship to our life, of what it means to acknowledge the sacrificial death of Christ 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:09.239 and then live our lives as living sacrifices. 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:14.780 Give us understanding today as can only come through your Holy Spirit. 00:04:14.780 --> 00:04:18.399 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:29.639 There's no doubt that this event, Mount Moriah, points to the most pivotal event in all of history. 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:34.819 And the most pivotal event in all of history happened on Mount Calvary. 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.800 Jesus died on the cross and rose again. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:43.860 That is what history rotates around. 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:52.659 And if you look at the Old Testament, there is often scripture that is a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Christ. 00:04:53.159 --> 00:04:55.719 It foretells what is to come. 00:04:56.779 --> 00:05:04.439 In reality, the Old Testament sets the stage by showing us the need of Christ. 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:09.899 Everything that's happened since the cross looks back to the cross. 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:13.540 In other words, our hope is found in the cross. 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:20.519 And in a very real sense, those that came before the cross were helpless, 00:05:21.060 --> 00:05:27.079 if not for the coming of the event of the cross of Christ. 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:32.019 Even though their knowledge of Christ was limited at best. 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:40.519 And that is filled with such a foreshadowing that we see in the Old Testament again and again. 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:45.099 First of the year, I plan to preach on Genesis 1 through 11. 00:05:45.219 --> 00:05:50.560 The creation of the world and where the war really started that we're facing today in our world. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:57.399 And even there, with the first sin and the covering of that sin, you see the cross. 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.160 You see it again and again. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.120 And so today I want to show you seven similarities. 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:04.920 I know it's scary. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.420 Just chill out, all right? 00:06:07.579 --> 00:06:16.180 Seven similarities of this event and the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross. 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:20.840 Now having little sleep, if I fade out on four, forgive me, okay? 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:24.759 First is the pain of the sacrifice. 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:37.079 When Abraham was told in verse 2 to sacrifice his son, his only son, 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:43.199 it was the ultimate demand. 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:52.759 For as long as Abraham had had the call of God upon his life, 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:54.660 and that was throughout his adult years, 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:58.699 he looked to the promise of the birth of his son. 00:06:58.780 --> 00:07:00.980 Not only did he want a child, 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:06.519 but his future legacy hung on this boy. 00:07:08.220 --> 00:07:13.579 The promised covenant that God made with Abraham would be only fulfilled through his line. 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:18.800 Yet here God says all of that, sacrifice it. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:20.060 Sacrifice him. 00:07:20.379 --> 00:07:22.359 It was the ultimate ask. 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:31.060 But God did not ask anything of Abraham that he would not do himself 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:40.120 because the price of holiness requires that sin must be paid for permanently. 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:48.079 Before the cross of Christ, bulls and goats of yesteryear sacrificed in orchestrated fashion, 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:54.060 served as just a stopgap to an eternal sin problem. 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:58.439 Every sacrifice that was made in a tabernacle or a temple 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:04.439 were only a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the sinless one to come. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:09.259 The reality is the offering of Isaac is similar to the cross of Christ 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:13.660 concerning the pain involved of the sacrifice. 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:20.160 But not only that, but there's also a similarity to me in the struggle of the journey. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.420 I don't want you to read this casually. 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.439 Abraham and Isaac wound their way up to the mountain 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.939 to the place that God ordained for them to go. 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:35.940 And it was upon that spot where that sacrifice was offered 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:39.100 that the temple would be built in the future. 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:44.360 It was upon that spot that the sacrifices on the Day of Atonement 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:48.000 and the Holy of Holies, the sacrifices that would be made 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.480 would be on that spot. 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:55.559 It was at that spot God picked out and led him. 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:58.159 It was a prophetic spot. 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:02.099 And it was a three-day journey. 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:10.599 Three days of knowing that he was to offer his son. 00:09:12.599 --> 00:09:17.159 Three days, I believe, of wondering how it all played out. 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:21.339 Like the man said to Jesus, 00:09:21.479 --> 00:09:23.239 I believe, help thou my unbelief. 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.940 I believe that must have been the prayer of Abraham 00:09:25.940 --> 00:09:27.680 as he wound up that mountain. 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:29.080 Three days of dread. 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:30.659 Three days of struggle. 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:32.279 Three days of heartache. 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:34.060 Three days of surrender. 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.480 Giving up his way for God's way. 00:09:37.980 --> 00:09:39.620 And it reminds me of another struggle. 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:44.159 Because in Luke chapter 9, verse 51, 00:09:44.539 --> 00:09:46.159 Jesus, it says, 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.980 set his face toward Jerusalem. 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:56.120 Now, roughly six months after that verse, 00:09:56.980 --> 00:10:00.139 he would climb Calvary's hill. 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:05.700 But that pivotal verse in Luke 00:10:05.700 --> 00:10:10.420 shows us that everything after that point 00:10:10.420 --> 00:10:13.420 was aimed at the cross of Christ 00:10:13.420 --> 00:10:14.460 and what he would do on the cross. 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:17.940 His earlier ministry was gathering disciples. 00:10:19.060 --> 00:10:21.800 His earlier ministry was teaching those disciples 00:10:21.800 --> 00:10:23.540 the truths of God's kingdom. 00:10:25.280 --> 00:10:28.220 His earlier days was showing them how to minister. 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:32.340 He was displaying for them the power of the Holy Spirit 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:35.500 and training them to found the church. 00:10:35.900 --> 00:10:38.300 And after three years of that kind of ministry, 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:42.740 it all becomes directly related to the cross. 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:46.459 And when his last week began, 00:10:46.579 --> 00:10:48.439 he barred a beast of burden, 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.479 made a triumphal entry, 00:10:50.719 --> 00:10:52.279 and began his journey 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.159 to struggle up Calvary's hill. 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.759 And on the night he was betrayed, 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.279 and before he would be crucified, 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:06.539 he suffered in prayer. 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:09.679 As I told you at Easter time, 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:12.500 I think you can only understand 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:13.740 the weight of the cross 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:16.759 if you understand the journey that got him there. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:19.080 And in the same way, 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.840 what kind of walk was that 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.360 with Abraham and his boy? 00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:32.059 The struggle of the journey. 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:34.460 Third similarity. 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.439 The loneliness of the surrender. 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:42.860 When Abraham and Isaac reached the foot of Mount Moriah, 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:46.139 Abraham spoke to those that traveled with him. 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:48.059 Verse 5 tells us what happened. 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:50.439 And it says in verse 5, 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:55.039 Then Abraham said to his young men, 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:58.199 Stay here with the donkey. 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.220 I and the boy will go over there 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:04.460 and worship and come back to you. 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:06.799 Now that's a poignant statement. 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:08.000 There's a lot there. 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.480 But some of it is 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.360 that that final journey 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.539 would have to be traveled alone. 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:21.620 Just he and his precious son. 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:24.480 And when I saw that, 00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:26.480 I could not help but think about 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:28.420 when Jesus had taken 00:12:28.420 --> 00:12:30.100 Peter, James, and John 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:33.379 with him up the Mount of Transfiguration 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:37.220 in that amazing event 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:41.600 where the glory and the light of heaven 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:42.740 shone upon him, 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:45.740 moved in a mighty way, 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.919 and he was up there 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.279 with only Peter, James, and John. 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.799 It was the same three, 00:12:50.939 --> 00:12:52.000 Peter, James, and John, 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.259 that he took further 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:55.659 into the Garden of Gethsemane 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.580 to pray with him. 00:12:56.580 --> 00:13:01.720 However, in the final hours 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.400 of his prayer, 00:13:03.540 --> 00:13:06.200 he went a little further 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.120 alone 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:12.980 to lay out his heaviest burdens 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:14.639 before the Father. 00:13:16.420 --> 00:13:18.400 I believe this journey 00:13:18.400 --> 00:13:20.160 of Abraham and Isaac, 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:23.220 this last leg of the journey, 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:27.540 foreshadows that of Christ 00:13:27.540 --> 00:13:28.759 in the Garden. 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.580 It was the loneliness 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:31.120 of the surrender. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.220 Fourth thing is 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:33.960 the foresight of the Father. 00:13:36.660 --> 00:13:38.279 Abraham was instructed 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.360 to go to Moriah. 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:45.139 Moriah is a Hebrew word, 00:13:45.920 --> 00:13:47.300 and the meaning of the word 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:51.800 Moriah is foreseen by Yahweh. 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:58.600 God saw all of this 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:02.300 before Abraham was even born. 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.139 He knew that he would say 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.660 to Abraham, 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:09.680 go to the land of Moriah. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.720 He also knew much more. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.240 He knew before he placed 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.160 Adam and Eve in the garden 00:14:20.160 --> 00:14:21.660 that they would sin. 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:24.120 And that after him, 00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:25.299 we would all be born 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.259 into sin. 00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:28.919 He knew it 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.459 before it happened. 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:35.219 I wear an Apple watch today, 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.059 but 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:39.039 to not so many years ago, 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.079 some of y'all 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.819 will blow your mind, 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:41.419 you youngins, 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:43.059 we've not always had 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.679 Apple watches. 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.799 We've not always had 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.860 smart watches. 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:50.899 unless you count the way 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:52.419 the Swiss make a watch, 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.980 which is pretty fabulous. 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.200 And this watch does a lot of stuff, 00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:59.340 but let's forget this watch. 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.539 A traditional watch's job 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:06.139 is to tell time. 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:10.360 It can do other things. 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:12.560 It can possibly tell you 00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.539 what day it is 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:14.559 and those type things. 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.519 But his job 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.179 is to 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:18.159 tell time. 00:15:19.219 --> 00:15:20.379 It's primary purpose. 00:15:22.839 --> 00:15:24.159 And in the same way, 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.799 we can do a lot of things, 00:15:25.959 --> 00:15:26.099 but 00:15:26.099 --> 00:15:27.779 I want you to know 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:29.299 that our primary purpose 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.959 in life, 00:15:30.099 --> 00:15:31.120 we were made 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.120 to glorify God. 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.919 That's what we were made for. 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.740 It's our primary purpose. 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:38.459 We can do a lot of other things 00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:38.959 in life, 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.759 but our primary purpose 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.259 will always be 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.519 to glorify God. 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.259 That's what we're made for. 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:47.259 Now, 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.080 a watch 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.860 can fail 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.040 to perform. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.960 Sometimes it runs fast. 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.620 Sometimes it runs slow. 00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:58.639 Sometimes it even stops. 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:02.700 And when a traditional watch 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.620 stops, 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:05.100 its face 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.759 tells a lie. 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.240 It's not the right time. 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:13.480 It does not live up 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.240 to its making. 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:18.480 But the watchmaker 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.540 knew that was going to happen. 00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:24.060 And so he built 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:25.480 a provision in there. 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:29.040 One of two ways. 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.200 The early watches 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:32.200 are those who 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.580 would need to be 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.480 wound again. 00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:36.680 They could wind 00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.759 that watch 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.660 up again. 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.379 reset it 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.759 and go on. 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.139 Newer watches 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.120 added batteries 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.180 and so it goes 00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:48.420 until the battery dies 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.900 and then you 00:16:48.900 --> 00:16:50.540 replace the battery 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.280 if you can ever 00:16:51.280 --> 00:16:52.460 get the back off of it. 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:00.500 There's a provision 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.259 built in 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.379 for a 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.639 malfunctioning 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.400 watch. 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:08.280 I thank God 00:17:08.280 --> 00:17:10.519 that he's built 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.160 a provision 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.600 for 00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:13.720 humanity. 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.920 For a humanity 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.620 that fails 00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.220 to live up 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.540 to our primary purpose 00:17:19.540 --> 00:17:20.740 because God 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.380 has built 00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.440 into his plan 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:22.980 a plan 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:24.100 of redemption 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:26.019 before the fall 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.400 of man. 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.440 Actually before the 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.980 foundation 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.140 of the world. 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.340 Revelation 318 00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:30.880 tells us 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.560 God 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:32.940 knew a provision 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.700 would need 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.520 to be made 00:17:34.520 --> 00:17:35.800 and that provision 00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:36.420 was made 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.280 through Christ 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:38.200 on Calvary. 00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:40.280 But the 00:17:40.280 --> 00:17:40.680 father 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.840 knew it would 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.380 be needed 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:44.280 before the 00:17:44.280 --> 00:17:45.460 fall ever came 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.200 in the garden. 00:17:46.760 --> 00:17:47.860 Before the first 00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.800 sin was ever 00:17:48.800 --> 00:17:49.580 committed. 00:17:51.260 --> 00:17:52.100 There's a 00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.860 commonality 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.620 of Abraham 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.419 and Christ 00:17:54.419 --> 00:17:55.839 in the 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.719 foresight 00:17:56.719 --> 00:17:57.500 of the 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.939 father. 00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.659 Even the 00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.659 very mountain 00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:01.579 that Abraham 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.479 was sent to 00:18:02.479 --> 00:18:03.559 was named 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:05.219 after the 00:18:05.219 --> 00:18:05.839 foresight 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.439 of God. 00:18:08.739 --> 00:18:09.019 I'll tell you 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.679 another commonality 00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:10.219 and that is 00:18:10.219 --> 00:18:12.079 the dread 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.759 of the 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.319 place. 00:18:15.979 --> 00:18:16.659 I picked 00:18:16.659 --> 00:18:17.099 up on this 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:17.379 parallel 00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:17.819 and I just 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.099 can't get 00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.679 over it. 00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.819 Because once 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.659 God told 00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:24.379 Abraham to 00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:24.960 go the 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.700 dread of 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.220 the place 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.679 was before 00:18:26.679 --> 00:18:26.839 him. 00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.480 He cut 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.119 the wood 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.839 or he was 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.359 100 years 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.500 old. 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:29.799 I hope 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.480 somebody cut 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.839 his wood 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.220 for him. 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.899 But anyway 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.359 he cut 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:32.960 the wood 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.259 he prepared 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.759 for the 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.159 trip and 00:18:35.159 --> 00:18:35.559 he set 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:35.980 out for 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.659 the place. 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.839 That's in 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.319 verse 3. 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:39.599 In verse 4 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.200 it says on 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.000 day 3 he 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.500 lifted up 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.919 his eyes 00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.639 and he saw 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.139 the place 00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.659 from afar. 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.200 Don't you 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.539 feel the 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.079 dread in 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.339 that? 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.579 I mean 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.000 you've been 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.799 anticipating 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.740 and wondering 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.279 how God 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.599 was going 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:54.879 to work 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.259 all this 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.720 out and 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.299 exactly what 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:56.579 was going 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:56.980 to happen 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.759 and you're 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.720 winding around 00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.519 making your 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.379 way and you 00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.319 catch sight. 00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:03.779 That's the 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.339 spot. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.220 That's the 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.179 dreaded spot. 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.579 It was ever 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.279 before him. 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.519 Verse 9 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.059 says when 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.119 they came 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.279 to the 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.839 place. 00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.679 The 00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.259 place. 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.979 I'm 00:19:24.979 --> 00:19:25.179 thinking 00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:25.699 oh God 00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:26.679 I believe 00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:28.619 I know 00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:28.859 you're 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.219 leading 00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:31.479 I know 00:19:31.479 --> 00:19:31.899 you can 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.619 provide 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:32.919 but 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:35.419 this is 00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:35.619 the 00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.319 place. 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.639 The 00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.039 dread of 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.459 the place 00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:40.959 that never 00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.439 seemed to 00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:41.799 leave. 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.059 And what 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.459 caught me 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.940 about that 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.519 was it 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.400 reminded me 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.900 of Luke 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:48.039 chapter 23 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.279 verse 33 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:51.579 and it 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.340 says and 00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:52.880 when they 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.539 came to 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.279 the place 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.860 that's called 00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.519 the skull 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:01.900 there they 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.640 crucified him 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:02.860 and the 00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.340 criminals 00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.819 one on his 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.460 right and 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.880 one on his 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.240 left. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.360 The dread 00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:09.079 of the place 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:10.079 was common. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:13.319 there's 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.500 another 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.019 commonality 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.240 I want 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.419 to tell 00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:14.679 you about 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:14.980 and that's 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.139 the 00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:15.439 willingness 00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:15.919 of the 00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.279 innocent. 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.339 There's a 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.759 mysterious 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.419 part in 00:20:19.419 --> 00:20:19.960 this story 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.399 that I 00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.059 don't believe 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.439 when we 00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:21.799 get to 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.259 heaven we'll 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.699 ask the 00:20:22.699 --> 00:20:23.259 questions that 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.619 we say 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.220 we'll ask. 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.220 Okay? 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.519 People say 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.919 boy when I 00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.139 get to 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.460 heaven I'm 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.519 gonna 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:27.960 no you're 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.220 not. 00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.379 No you're 00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:29.599 not. 00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.000 If you 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.659 get there 00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.319 okay. 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.759 That's a 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.099 whole other 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.500 matter I'll 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:34.799 deal with 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.159 before we 00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:35.539 leave but 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:37.319 you're gonna 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.240 be so caught 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.839 up in the 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.339 glory of 00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.799 God in 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.359 the presence 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.259 of Christ 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.740 in the 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.459 reunion of 00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:45.259 the saints 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.720 in as 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.459 scripture calls 00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:47.740 it the 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.599 marriage supper 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.299 of the land 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.019 that sounds 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.819 like a feast 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.339 to me. 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.959 You'll be so 00:20:52.959 --> 00:20:53.679 caught up in 00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:54.500 that that 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.299 your questions 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.919 will be 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.639 gone. 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.500 But I 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.199 wonder now 00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:05.059 I won't 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.439 then I 00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:05.740 guess 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:07.799 but I 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.259 wonder now 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.699 about that 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.220 trip up 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.120 there for 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.559 Isaac and 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.019 Abraham. 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.500 I mean how 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.860 did that all 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.340 go down? 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.400 You know I 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:17.220 mean and 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.740 how did it 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.340 work out when 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:19.000 they got to 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.559 the place of 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.259 the sacrifice? 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.220 Isaac was a 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.100 young strapping 00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.980 man and while 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.480 Abraham was 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.120 old and I 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.500 mean if you're 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.120 a hundred today 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.799 I don't mean to 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.819 be you know 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.860 that's considered 00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.740 old by most of 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.200 us you know. 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.740 was there any 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.759 dialogue there 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.640 besides him 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.259 asking about 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.880 that sacrifice? 00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.660 I mean we 00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.200 know on the 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.819 way up Isaac 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.480 asked where the 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.640 sacrifice was and 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.460 we know that 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.180 Abraham answered 00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.779 that God would 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.539 provide but when 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.140 they got there 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.019 scripture tells us 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.759 that Abraham 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.880 laid the wood 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.740 in order and 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.980 laid his bound 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.200 son on the 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:56.319 wood and then 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.460 Abraham raised 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.519 the knife. 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.700 Isaac had to 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:05.420 be willing to 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.180 serve his 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:09.319 father when 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.100 just the two 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.880 of them are in 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.720 that spot. 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.700 Whatever may 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:18.900 come he had to 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.720 trust the father. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.220 That reminds me 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.920 of Christ. 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.880 In the garden 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.799 of Gethsemane 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:32.860 may this cup 00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.860 pass from me 00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.600 yet not my 00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.539 will but yours. 00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.279 And on the 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.880 cross when he 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.440 cried out my 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.480 God my God 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.460 why have you 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.519 forsaken me? 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.900 Christ felt 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.700 forsaken. 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.579 But was he? 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.960 That's the 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.640 beginning of a 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.900 psalm that he 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:55.259 quotes that speaks 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.920 not only of the 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.640 prophecy of the 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.160 cross but it 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.759 also speaks of 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.400 the delivery of 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.880 the Lord. 00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:00.740 And Christ 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.220 knew that 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.660 psalm. 00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.880 Isaac had to 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.380 go willingly. 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.019 Christ went 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.180 willingly. 00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:13.140 It was the 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:16.080 willingness of 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.560 the innocent. 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.840 One more 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.440 similarity and 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.900 I'll close. 00:23:22.540 --> 00:23:25.540 The provision of 00:23:25.540 --> 00:23:26.259 the sacrifice. 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.820 Abraham 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:29.180 as the knife 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.900 was raised in 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.460 agony over 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.940 his son the 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.420 angel of the 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.100 Lord spoke 00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:33.100 saying in 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.640 verse 12 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:35.380 he said do 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.120 not lay your 00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:38.180 hand on the 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.779 boy or do 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.400 anything to 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.640 him. 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.940 For now I 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.540 know that you 00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:43.120 fear God 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.700 seeing that you 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.019 have not 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.540 withheld your 00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:45.019 son your only 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.660 son from me. 00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:46.980 And Abraham 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.560 lifted up his 00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.960 eyes and 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.200 looked and 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.000 behold behind 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.700 him was a 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.940 ram caught in 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.440 a thicket by 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.700 his horns. 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.380 Abraham went 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:56.220 and took the 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.980 ram and 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.580 offered it up 00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.039 as a burnt 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.700 offering instead 00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.240 of his son. 00:23:59.640 --> 00:23:59.940 So Abraham 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.620 called the name 00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.100 of that place 00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.940 the Lord 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.420 will provide. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.640 And it is 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.100 said to this 00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.720 day on the 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.700 mount of the 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.840 Lord it shall 00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.900 be provided. 00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.200 This is the 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.059 most obvious 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.360 similarity to 00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.279 that of Christ 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.759 because God 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.640 watched his son 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.539 be led like a 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.160 lamb to the 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.160 slaughter laid 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.900 upon the wooden 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.400 cross bound by 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.340 the spikes in 00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.240 his hands and 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.240 feet and it 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.640 is as if God 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.880 himself lifted 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.700 the knife of 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.900 sacrifice and 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.500 brought it down 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.400 on his own son 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.120 as Christ hung 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.060 on the cross and 00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.240 died for our 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.560 sins. 00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.440 That is the 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.720 work of the 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.280 cross. 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.940 The sacrifice to 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:40.019 replace all 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:42.280 previous sacrifices. 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.420 Hebrews chapter 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:45.440 10 verse 11 and 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.980 12 speaks of this 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.019 and explains it to 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.019 us when it says 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.920 and every priest 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.940 stands daily at his 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.220 service. 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.220 offering repeatedly 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.440 the same sacrifices 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.799 which can never 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.799 take away sin but 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:57.660 Christ had offered 00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.779 for all time a 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.039 single sacrifice for 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.319 sins. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.480 He sat down at the 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.120 right hand of the 00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.420 father. 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:05.339 God has provided 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.220 the sacrifice. 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.279 He did for 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.720 Abraham. 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.519 He did for us. 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.000 And the 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.039 similarities of 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.940 these two stories 00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.339 amaze me when you 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.500 look at the agony of 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.559 giving up your son. 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.480 When you look at the 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.319 struggle of the 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.640 journey. 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.600 When you look at the 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.880 loneliness involved in 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.000 that. 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:25.500 The prophetic foresight 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.120 of the event. 00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:27.620 The dread that came 00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.080 with it. 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.060 And the willingness of 00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:30.780 the one to be 00:25:30.780 --> 00:25:31.220 sacrificed. 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.440 And once again God 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.520 provides. 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.660 I want you to hear me 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.000 today. 00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:40.660 He always provides. 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.660 He provides. 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.660 He provides. 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.660 He provides. 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.660 He provides. 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.660 He provides. 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.660 He provides. 00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.660 He provides. 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.740 He provides. 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.380 Now. 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.700 What are you going 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.340 through today? 00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.340 What are you struggling 00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.759 with? 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:05.420 God will provide. 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.000 He's good for it. 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.579 He always does. 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.240 What does he ask for in 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.680 return? 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.519 He asks for the 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.700 surrender of our lives. 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:23.259 Romans 10 9 says if you 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.440 confess with your mouth 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:26.420 that Jesus is Lord and 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.440 believe in your heart that 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.460 God raised him from the 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.700 dead. 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.400 You will be saved. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.320 And the sacrifice of our 00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:36.960 lives for him is what he 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.539 asked for. 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.480 And friend don't 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.080 misunderstand me. 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:41.100 He don't want us to die 00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.700 for him. 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:44.320 He wants us to live for 00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.620 him. 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.500 Romans chapter 12 verse 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:49.120 1 and 2 says this and I 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.360 appeal to you therefore 00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:52.519 brothers by the mercies of 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.920 God to present your bodies 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.880 as living sacrifice holy 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.320 and acceptable to God which 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.480 is your spiritual worship. 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.619 Oh listen friend. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.179 You need to memorize this 00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.839 verse today. 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:06.119 In the world in which we 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.299 live you need to know it. 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.720 Bring your Bibles with you. 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.819 Underline it. 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.299 Mark it. 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.939 Put a post-it there. 00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.839 Live by it. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:20.720 Do not be conformed to this 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.039 world. 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.500 But be transformed by the 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.779 renewal of your mind. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.819 That by testing you may 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:30.220 discern what the will of 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.639 God. 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:32.019 What is the will of God. 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.179 What is good and 00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:35.240 acceptable and perfect. 00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:39.879 God just wants you to live 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.500 for him. 00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.599 That's what he wanted for 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.480 Abraham and Isaac. 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.539 That's the opportunity that 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.079 he gives us provided through 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.679 Christ. 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:50.779 Christ. 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.799 And that opportunity is 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.900 provided through the 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:57.960 sacrifice of Christ to all 00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.600 who come to Christ. 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.900 Some of you might need to 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.620 hear that this morning. 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.200 But I'll promise you one 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.480 thing. 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:12.320 There's a world right outside 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:15.759 those doors that desperately 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.680 needs to hear it. 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:21.440 With every head bowed and 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:24.019 every eye closed, if there's 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.100 never been a time in your 00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.539 life when you have surrendered 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.900 your life to the Lord Jesus, 00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:30.539 ask him to forgive you of your 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.860 sins, to come into your life 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.920 and to change you. 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.019 Empower you with the Holy 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.539 Spirit of God and enable you 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.920 to live a life that glorifies 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.279 him. 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.560 To live a life that pleases 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.039 him. 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:45.039 If you've never made such a 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.119 commitment as that, I want you 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.259 to know we'll stand in just a 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.359 moment and we'll sing, but more 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.819 important than any song we sing 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:52.480 is that you make the proper 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.659 decision for the Lord as he 00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.139 leads you. 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:58.879 You come and say, Pastor, I want 00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.740 to be saved. 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.139 I want to know the Lord Jesus 00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.680 personally. 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.759 You come and we'll lead you in 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.559 that process. 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.319 Maybe you've done that privately, 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.559 but you've never told anybody 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.279 about it. 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.779 It's time to tell folks. 00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.759 Jesus said, if you're ashamed of 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.799 me before others, I'll be ashamed 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.559 of you before my Father. 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.519 He wants us to boldly live for 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.899 him. 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.119 To honor him by letting others 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.319 know what Christ has done in our 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.819 life, by living that out and by 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.460 showing that through the first 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.799 step of obedience of baptism. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:41.039 And man, what a cool opportunity 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.220 we have coming up in just a little 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:45.059 less than a month for you to 00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:47.980 publicly display your faith in 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.839 Christ through baptism. 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.480 You might be here this morning. 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.839 God may be drawing you to First 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.539 Baptist Church. 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.960 You know this is the place that God 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.920 would have you to serve. 00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.819 He's led you in that way. 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.500 You come. 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:03.000 We'll happily guide you in that 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.379 process. 00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:06.340 And there's a lot of others here 00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:09.720 today who look at your life and 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.060 when you look at your life, you say, 00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.500 I'm not living sacrificially for the 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.740 Lord. 00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:15.000 My life's not marked as a living 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.160 sacrifice for God. 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.760 I'm doing what I want to do instead 00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:19.840 of what he wants me to do. 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.760 I'm displeasing him. 00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:22.060 I'm not living for his glory. 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:24.480 And I need to set that straight. 00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.720 Right here in the middle of the hot 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.060 summer. 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.980 What a great time to get it right. 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.899 Quit living lacklusterly for the 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.279 Lord. 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.500 Enough with casual Christianity. 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.240 The Holy Spirit of God fill us up. 00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:46.059 Wear us out and build us back up. 00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.740 That's what it's about. 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.559 You just do what God tells you. 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.259 Just trust him. 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.019 I don't ever want you to do more than 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.059 what God would have you to do. 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.740 I pray you'll never be satisfied with 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.079 less. 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.259 Lord Jesus, I love you. 00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.839 And I thank you that week after week 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:10.039 you allow me to stand and proclaim 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.879 the salvation of the Lord. 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.139 With a full confidence that you will 00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.579 provide. 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:26.319 God, help us to respond in obedience, 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.039 God, I pray. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:30.599 In Jesus' name, amen.