The Lord Will Provide

Genesis 22:1-19 English Standard Version

Genesis 22:1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Background

Genesis 15:2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 21:2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 22:1 After these things God testedAbraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Observation

1. The Test of Treasure (Genesis 22:2).

a. Genesis 22:2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

2. The Test of Timing (Part One) (Genesis 22:3).

a. Genesis 22:3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose

3. The Test of Trust (Genesis 22:4-12).

a. Genesis 22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

b. Genesis 22:5 Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”

c. Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.

d. Genesis 22:7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

e. Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

f. Genesis 22:9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, 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.

g. Genesis 22:10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

h. Genesis 22:11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

i. Genesis 22:12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

i. Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,

ii. Hebrews 11:18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

iii. Hebrews 11:19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

4. The Test of Timing (Part Two) (Genesis 22:13-14).

a. Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

b. Genesis 22:14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lordit shall be provided.”

5. The Test that Brings the Best (Genesis 22:15-19).

a. Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven

b. Genesis 22:16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

c. Genesis 22:17 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. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

d. Genesis 22:18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

e. Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

i. Genesis 15:18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

ii. Isaac foreshadows Jesus

Application

1. Are there things I lovemore than Jesus?

2. Are there things in which I’m delaying obeying God?

3. Are there things for which I’m not trusting God?

4. Can God trust mewith blessing?

Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?