| “Conquering
the Test of Faith””Everyone knows what it means to be tested. But
in Genesis 22, we have a test unlike any other test we have taken. What
lessons can we draw from this example of faith?””1. We will be
.””Genesis 22:1: After these things God tested
Abraham.””Psalm 26:2-3: …test my heart and my mind.””Matthew
4:18-22; Ephesians 4:1-3; Philippians 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:7″”1
Peter 4:12-13; James 1:2-3,12″”2. We should God’s
commandments.””Genesis 22:2-4: Take your son… offer him there as a
burnt offering.””Job 1:21: The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken
away. Matthew 5:38-40, 43-44″”3. We cannot understand the of God.””Genesis
22:5-10: Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound
Isaac his””son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then
Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his
son.””1 Corinthians 2:10-11; Matthew 6:25-34″”4. God
will
.””Genesis 22:11-14: Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked,
and behold, behind him was a ram,””caught in a thicket by his
horns.””Philippians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; John 3:16-17;
Hebrews 10:19-22″”5. When we obey God, He will fulfill His
.””Genesis 22:15-18: I will surely bless you, and I will
surely multiply your offspring as the stars of””heaven and as the
sand that is on the seashore.””James 1:12; Revelation
21:9-21″”James 2:23: “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to
him as righteousness”—and he was called a””friend of
God.” |
