God Will Provide
Brian Fletcher
Genesis 22
Recap last week: Last week Andrew preached on Genesis 17, a very important chapter in our understanding of the everlasting Covenant that God made with His people and that He would secure and make sure that the Covenant stayed intact. God gave Abraham the sign of the covenant which was circumcision, a bloody rite representing the removal of filth (our sin) and bringing us into the community of faith. Of course, now that Christ has come and shed his blood to remove our sin, the new sign of the covenant is baptism. Blood no longer has to be shed, and now the sign of baptism represents the washing away of our sin and the new birth we have in Christ as well as entrance into the covenant community.
Chapter 17 told us that God would give Abraham and Sarah a son from their own flesh that would carry on the promise of the covenant. This morning we will read about who that son is and how it appeared that he might not live long enough to continue the lineage of Abraham and Sarah. Let's take a look...
Read Genesis 21:1-7; 22:1-19
Introduction:
As far as cozy bedtime stories go, this one is probably more likely to produce some pretty bad nightmares rather than sweet dreams.
As I was researching for this I came across an article written by Jon Bloom, who works at Desiring God. And he asks this question:
''How might Isaac have explained to his young sons, Jacob and Esau, why God had commanded his father, Abraham, to offer him as a burnt offering?
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''Father, tell Esau to stop shooting at me!'' Isaac knelt down between his eight-year-old twins who were supposed to be sleeping. Esau had been firing imaginary arrows in the dark at Jacob, who could hear Esau's ''pheoo'' with every shot.
''You have a shield, Jacob. It's called ignoring him. Use it.
Esau,'' Isaac said.
''Yes, Father.''
Isaac couldn't help letting a chuckle slip, ''Stop shooting your brother.''
There was a giggle in the darkness. ''Yes, Fa ...
Brian Fletcher
Genesis 22
Recap last week: Last week Andrew preached on Genesis 17, a very important chapter in our understanding of the everlasting Covenant that God made with His people and that He would secure and make sure that the Covenant stayed intact. God gave Abraham the sign of the covenant which was circumcision, a bloody rite representing the removal of filth (our sin) and bringing us into the community of faith. Of course, now that Christ has come and shed his blood to remove our sin, the new sign of the covenant is baptism. Blood no longer has to be shed, and now the sign of baptism represents the washing away of our sin and the new birth we have in Christ as well as entrance into the covenant community.
Chapter 17 told us that God would give Abraham and Sarah a son from their own flesh that would carry on the promise of the covenant. This morning we will read about who that son is and how it appeared that he might not live long enough to continue the lineage of Abraham and Sarah. Let's take a look...
Read Genesis 21:1-7; 22:1-19
Introduction:
As far as cozy bedtime stories go, this one is probably more likely to produce some pretty bad nightmares rather than sweet dreams.
As I was researching for this I came across an article written by Jon Bloom, who works at Desiring God. And he asks this question:
''How might Isaac have explained to his young sons, Jacob and Esau, why God had commanded his father, Abraham, to offer him as a burnt offering?
***
''Father, tell Esau to stop shooting at me!'' Isaac knelt down between his eight-year-old twins who were supposed to be sleeping. Esau had been firing imaginary arrows in the dark at Jacob, who could hear Esau's ''pheoo'' with every shot.
''You have a shield, Jacob. It's called ignoring him. Use it.
Esau,'' Isaac said.
''Yes, Father.''
Isaac couldn't help letting a chuckle slip, ''Stop shooting your brother.''
There was a giggle in the darkness. ''Yes, Fa ...
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