Living the Covenant

Obey God’s Commandments

Covenant doesn’t mean making one agreement and then going on autopilot. God wants our faith engaged constantly by being in covenant with him.

Isaac represented the fruit of God’s promises. Killing him would mean an end to the great nation Abraham is promised.

Obey God’s commands

God wants us to trust him with our pleasure

But Abraham obeys without question.

Trust God’s provision

Abraham trusts that God will provide the sacrifice.

Believe that God has a plan

This episode wasn’t an arbitrary test.

Solomon’s temple was built at Jehovah-Jireh on Mount Moriah.

This provided the basis for the sacrificial system.