Genesis 22:1-14
1. GOD TESTS US FOR A PURPOSE, v. 1
Temptation has as it’s goal exposing your weakness or leading you into wrong action.
The goal of testing is to prove the quality of something.
2. GOD UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE IS ASKING, v. 2
3. HE ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HE IS DOING
Genesis 13:14- “The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you se I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”
Genesis 15:5- “And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, So shall your offspring be.”
Exodus 11:2- “Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every women of her neighbor for silver and gold jewelry.”
Isaiah 7:3- “And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.”
4. OBEDIENCE IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, v. 3-5
5. GOD TELLS A BIG STORY, v. 6-8
6. GOD IS STILL TELLING HIS STORY, v. 9-14
1. GOD TESTS US FOR A PURPOSE, v. 1
Temptation has as it’s goal exposing your weakness or leading you into wrong action.
The goal of testing is to prove the quality of something.
2. GOD UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE IS ASKING, v. 2
3. HE ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HE IS DOING
Genesis 13:14- “The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you se I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”
Genesis 15:5- “And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, So shall your offspring be.”
Exodus 11:2- “Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every women of her neighbor for silver and gold jewelry.”
Isaiah 7:3- “And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.”
4. OBEDIENCE IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, v. 3-5
5. GOD TELLS A BIG STORY, v. 6-8
6. GOD IS STILL TELLING HIS STORY, v. 9-14