The Lord will Provide (2)

The Lord will Provide

Genesis 22:8 KJV 1900

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

A Faith that Trusts

What is faith? It means trusting God and believing He will lovingly keep His promises made to His creatin. This lesson takes trusting in God to a breaking point.

Land of Moriah (verse 2). God instructed Abraham to take Isaac to this land, and I will tell you which mountain to take him too.

• Note: Moriah comes from a Hebrew word that means to teach or to understand. From Beersheba to the Mount of Moriah was a three-day journey. Apparently, God sent Abraham here so that he could understand better and so that God could continue to teach him.

• Application: A Faith that cannot be tested is a Faith that cannot be trusted.

Hebrews 11:17 ESV

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,

Q. Why should Abraham trust God?

1. Sarah, his wife was barren. God opened her womb

2. God has the character of being a promise keeper. He says He will never leave nor forsake you.

a. A scholar by the name of Dr. Everett R. Storms conducted an extensive bible study and calculated a total of 8,810 promises throughout the entire bible. Of these, approximately 7,487 are promises from God to humanity.

3. Abraham at his old age.

a. Romans 4:19-21 “He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.”

An Obedience that surrenders

Genesis 22:9–10 KJV 1900

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. And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

1. I want you to notice that even after Isaac questions his father Abraham in verse 7. Isaac responds to his father by still following Abraham to the mountain.

2. Also notice Abraham demonstrates his obedience by following order. God's character is one of order. He created the world and mankind by establishing order. Paul says that "God is not a God of disorder but of peace."

• 1 Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,”

1. Built the Altar

2. Laid the wood in order

3. Bound Isaac (no reference to Isaac resisting). Look, Isaac was younger and stronger than Abraham and could have easily overpowered his father. Jesus had the power to come down from the cross, but it was His love for you and I that kept Him on the cross.

4. Laid Isaac on the altar

• Application: Even when God elevates you, He still has work for you to do.

V. 10, How to deal with a difficult decision?

1. Trust in God

2. Follow order willingly, and not out of routine

3. Be willing to separate yourself from what you love.

• Abraham loved Isaac but his love and obedience for God outweighs the sacrifice

Matthew 10:37 ESV

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

A God who provides

Genesis 22:11–14 KJV 1900

And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 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. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

• Abraham responded to the voice because the voice was familiar.

a. The Angel of Lord appeared to Moses in a burning bush Exodus 3:2 “And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.”

b. When Saul was on the Damascus Road Acts 9:4 “And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?””

c. When you spend time listening to the voice of God, your muscle memory grows stronger, and you build up resistance to hear any other voice beside His voice.

God is talking here in verse 12.

Romans 8:32 ESV

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?

Psalm 116:12 ESV

What shall I render to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

Matthew 10:37 ESV

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Interpretation: How we respond to God is the answer to being tested by God. Our response to the will of God is a clear reflection of whether we fear God or not..

v.13: When you trust God, He will provide. Let's look back at Genesis 22:8

Genesis 22:8 ESV

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

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Jehovah-jireh - "The Lord will see to it” The Lord will provide. The verb "provide" in translation means "to see". Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. When you are looking for answers to how God will provide, you have to remember to look towards the hills from whence comes your help. All of my help comes from the Lord.

John 8:56 ESV

Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”

This is evidence that Jesus was on Mount Moriah that day.

• He placed some thickets on that mountain that caused a ram to get stuck.

• Note: This event happened on a mountain. Mountains are rocky and very little to no soil. Rams are built to climb rocky terrain, but it is strange that this professional mountain climber got stuck in some thickets that don't even grow on mountains.

Application: you cannot look at your situation from the human perspective. When you do, you become blind and cannot not see what God can and will provide for you.

From Mount Moriah to Mount Calvary

Illustration — Two Mountains, One Story

Imagine standing on a high mountain and looking far into the distance.

From where you stand, you can see one mountain clearly, but behind it there is another mountain farther away. At first, the two mountains look like they are right next to each other. But as you travel closer, you realize they are separated by many miles… even many years.

In the Bible, there are moments when God lets us stand on one mountain

so we can see another one far in the distance.

In Genesis 22, Abraham stood on Mount Moriah.

He did not fully understand what God was doing, but he trusted Him.

God asked him to offer his son — the son he loved — the son of promise.

Abraham walked up that mountain carrying faith.

Isaac walked up that mountain carrying the wood.

But what Abraham could not fully see…

was another mountain in the distance.

Nearly two thousand years later, another Father would walk toward another hill.

Another Son would carry wood on His back.

Another sacrifice would be prepared.

That hill was called Calvary.

On Mount Moriah, God stopped the sacrifice.

On Mount Calvary, God did not.

On Mount Moriah, a ram was provided.

On Mount Calvary, the Lamb was provided.

Today we are going to walk from one mountain to the other…

from Mount Moriah to Mount Calvary,

and see how God was telling the story of Easter long before the cross was ever built.

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

What just happened?

In Chapter 21, Isaac was born, Hagar and Ishmael were forced to leave, and Abimelech and Abraham made a covenant between each other.

Note: the purpose of Abimelech and Abraham's covenant is that Abraham was a strong military presence, and he was wealthy. Abimelech strategically wanted to align with Abraham for future blessings for his people.

Point: Sometimes you must align your purpose and position with the people of God.

Why does God test?

1. Test exposes truths of things that may be hidden. 16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. Luke 8:16-17

2. Test build character and commitment

3. Also, God test our love for Him. God's love is not for people who are programmed to love Him but for people who willingly love Him.

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.”

1. Just like in Genesis 12:1, when the Lord instructed Abram to leave his country/family (comfort zone, what He knew) to go to a destination that was unknown to Him. Here the Lord is asking Abraham to offer the blessed seed as a burnt offering

Genesis 17:18-21 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

19 God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”

Burnt Offering - literally means to go up in smoke with smoke ascending to God as a soothing aroma to the Lord. It is the complete destruction of the animal to signify the renewing of relationship between God and sinful humanity.

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 AND went to the place of WHICH God had told him.

1. Abraham didn’t waste time being obedient to the command of the Lord.

2. Isaiah 26:3-4 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 !!Trust!! in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

3. Disobedience to God’s Word comes from a sinful heart—a heart that will not trust God. Obedience comes from a heart that trusts God. If God’s people obey Him, they find the blessings He yearns to give. If they disobey, believers receive judgment and necessary discipline. - Gary Hardin11 Gary Hardin, “Obedience,” in Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ed. Chad Brand (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2015), 1177.

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

1. It was a three-day journey.

2. In Jewish tradition the third day is seen as a day of transformation and insight. Therefore, Abraham journey has allowed him time to think about what is going on, and by him not stopping that means that He had a made-up mind that He was going to be obedient to the command of God to sacrifice his only son whom He loved.

Note: this would be a foreshadow of Christ’s resurrection and redemptive work. Connecting the OT to the NT.

3. Notice that Abraham is not walking with his head down. Even though, the news to sacrifice the blessed seed is the type of news that would cause a person to hold their head down, but Abraham lifted his eyes (He looked Up). Look to the hills from whence your help comes.

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.””

1. Hebrews 11:17 records this action as an illustration of faith from Abraham-that God would raise Isaac from the dead.

2. Worship means to bow down. To reverence God

3. Note that they had to go yonder. Verse 4 says he lifted his eyes and verse 2 says a mountain.

4. Note: elevation in life comes when you worship and leave others with the asses (donkey)

5. Sometimes the people that come with you must stay with the ass while you go and worship.

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.”

1. Like Christ, you too will have to bear your own cross.

2. Isaac is strong enough to carry the wood.

3. Abraham, we know, is over 100 years of age.

4. Notice that Abraham is being obedient to God, and Isaac is being obedient to his father, Abraham.

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?””

1. Isaac, Type of Christ: In this series of messages, we have been especially occupied with the various types, shadows, and figures of the Lord Jesus in the Book of Genesis. As we move along the types and shadows become clearer, and when we come to the story of Isaac, we have such a clear picture of the coming Son of Promise that one scarcely knows where to begin. Isaac, the son of Abraham, is a clear and unmistakable picture of the Lord Jesus Christ in His miraculous conception and virgin birth, in His willing obedience to the Father, in His sacrifice upon the altar, and in His Resurrection. We shall take them up in their order. The Apostle Paul says in Galatians that the Gospel was preached before unto Abraham, and we shall have no difficulty finding the Gospel in the story of the birth, the death, and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, as pictured in Isaac.11 M. R. DeHaan, Portraits of Christ in Genesis (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1995), 114.

1. There were laws against child sacrifice

2. Lev. 18:21 You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 11 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2025), Le 18:21.

3. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 11 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2025), 1 Sa 15:22.

5. Abraham believed that being obedient to God is more beneficial than the sacrifice of his only son.

6. This is a foreshadow of God’s redemptive act through Jesus Christ.

7. The only major difference is that Isaac is spared, and Christ was Sacrificed

Genesis 22 8 to 14, n.d.

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