11Some time later God tested Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”    “Abraham!”    

“Here I am,” he replied. “Here I am,” he replied. 22Then God said, “Take your son, Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”mountains I will tell you about.”

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33Early the next morning Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the offering, he set out for the place God had told him place God had told him about. about. 44On the third day On the third day Abraham looked up and saw Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. the place in the distance.

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55He said to his servants, He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and there. We will worship and then we will come back to then we will come back to you.” you.” 66Abraham took the wood for Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the and he himself carried the fire and the knife. fire and the knife.

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As the two of them went on As the two of them went on together, together, 77Isaac spoke up Isaac spoke up and said to his father and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” Abraham, “Father?”

 “Yes, my son?”  “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”  burnt offering?”   Genesis 22 : 1-Genesis 22 : 1-

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88Abraham answered, “God Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them son.” And the two of them went on together. went on together. 99When they reached the When they reached the place God had told him place God had told him about, Abraham built an about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the altar there and arranged the wood on it. wood on it. Genesis 22 : 1-Genesis 22 : 1-

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He bound his son Isaac and He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. of the wood. 1010Then he Then he reached out his hand and reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his took the knife to slay his son. son. 1111But the angel of the But the angel of the LORD called out to him from LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied. “Here I am,” he replied.

  

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1212“Do not lay a hand on the “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because that you fear God, because you have not withheld from you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” me your son, your only son.”

1313Abraham looked up and Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. ram caught by its horns. Genesis 22 : 1-Genesis 22 : 1-

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He went over and took the He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his burnt offering instead of his son. son. 1414So Abraham called So Abraham called that place The Lthat place The LORDORD Will Will Provide. And to this day it is Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of said, “On the mountain of the Lthe LORDORD it will be provided.” it will be provided.”

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1515The angel of the LThe angel of the LORDORD called to Abraham from called to Abraham from heaven a second time heaven a second time 1616and and said, “I swear by myself, said, “I swear by myself, declares the Ldeclares the LORDORD, that , that because you have done this because you have done this and have not withheld your and have not withheld your son, your only son, son, your only son,

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1717I will surely bless you and I will surely bless you and make your descendants as make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the will take possession of the cities of their enemies,cities of their enemies,   

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1818and through your offspring alland through your offspring allnations on earth will be nations on earth will be

blessedblessedbecause you have obeyed because you have obeyed

me.” me.” 1919Then Abraham returned to hisThen Abraham returned to hisservants, and they set off servants, and they set off

togethertogetherfor Beersheba. And Abrahamfor Beersheba. And Abrahamstayed in Beersheba. stayed in Beersheba.

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the journey to Mount the journey to Mount MoriahMoriah

““Do not lay a hand on the boy” Do not lay a hand on the boy” he said. “Do not do anything to he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your withheld from me your son, your only son.”only son.”

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By faith Abraham, when God By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” offspring will be reckoned.” Abraham reasoned that God Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.receive Isaac back from death.

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Abraham’s journey of faithAbraham’s journey of faith

“Being transformed into a life that abandons self-sovereignty and embraces God-sovereignty……that letting go of a cramped self-will opened up to an expansive God-willed life. Faith.”

Eugene PetersonEugene Peterson

““Then he said, “ Here I am, I have Then he said, “ Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Christ once for all.

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Do you know your place in the Do you know your place in the covenant?covenant?Are you holding something Are you holding something back?back?Is your faith being tested?Is your faith being tested?