Sunday Morning - May 3, 1998
Text: Genesis 22:7 "And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
TYPE OF ISRAEL REJECTING CHRIST.
Genesis 21:9 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking."
PRIEST, SCRIBES, AND ELDERS
Matthew 27:41 "Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,"
REJECTION OF ISRAEL
Genesis 21:10 "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."
Matthew 21:42-43 "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43. Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
ABRAHAM TESTED
Genesis 22:1 "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am."
NOT TEMPTED TO EVIL
James 1:13-15 "Let no man say when he is tempted [with evil], I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man [to do evil]: 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust..."
HEZEKIAH TESTED
2 Chronicles 32:31 "of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, ..., God left him, to try him, ..."
ENDURE TESTING
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried (approved), he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
VALUE OF TESTED FAITH
1 Peter 1:6-7 "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"
HIS PLANNED TESTS
Psalms 19:9-10 "The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments (a planned test) of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold..."
THE TEST
Genesis 22:2 "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."
YOU CAN TRUST THE PROMISES
Hebrews 11:17 "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son."
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
1 John 4:9 "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."
John 8:56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
FAST OBEDIENCE
Genesis 22:3 "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him."
THE FIRST TO RISE EARLY
Genesis 20:8 "Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid."
ABRAHAM LEARNED
Genesis 21:14 "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba."
THIRD DAY
Genesis 22:4 "Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off."
John 8:56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
Luke 9:22 "Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day."
John 2:1 "And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:"
THEY WENT TOGETHER
Genesis 22:5, 6 "And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together." Repeated verse 8.
THIS IS PSALMS 22
Psalms 22:1 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"
Psalms 22:16-18 "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."
Psalms 22:19 "But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me."
Psalms 22:24 "For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard."
WHERE IS THE LAMB?
Genesis 22:7, 8 "And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8. Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
THE LAMB OF GOD
John 1:29 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
THE LAMB SLAIN
Genesis 22:9-12 "And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11. And the angel of the LORD...12. said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God.."
ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY WORKS
James 2:21-23 "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22. Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
SUBSTITUTE
Genesis 22:13 "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son."
ABRAHAM SAW HIS DAY
Genesis 22:14-17 "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15. And the angel of the LORD ... 16. said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"
John 8:56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
ISAAC STAYED ON THE MOUNTAIN
Genesis 22:18,19 "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba."