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The Test of Abraham | Genesis 22:1-19
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https://rockpointechurch.org/sermon-library/The Milk and Meat of Scripture:
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- Milk represents the basic, foundational truths of the faith, suitable for new believers.
- Meat represents more complex, deeper doctrines require spiritual maturity and discernment.
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- Milk represents the basic, foundational truths of the faith, suitable for new believers.
- Meat represents more complex, deeper doctrines require spiritual maturity and discernment.
The account of Abraham commanded by God - Sacrifice Isaac:
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- The Milk: We are to obey God not matter what and give even our most precious things to God.
- The Meat: Is the only application that God wants us to take away from this is completely blind, unquestioning obedience even if it’s an unfathomable sin. Or Is there more going on here?
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- The Milk: We are to obey God not matter what and give even our most precious things to God.
- The Meat: Is the only application that God wants us to take away from this is completely blind, unquestioning obedience even if it’s an unfathomable sin. Or Is there more going on here?
The Promise: Genesis 12:1-3
The Narrative Arc: Abraham's growing relationship with God and how is he coming to discern God’s character.
The Lessons to be Learned: God must teach Abraham that He is different, unique, unlike any other - holy.
The Pattern that Emerges: God is faithful, Abraham is fearful; God makes promises, Abraham makes a mess. And yet—God never gives up on him.
Genesis 18 is a teaching/testing moment and is connected to the test of Isaac in Genesis 22,
The Lessons to be Learned: God must teach Abraham that He is different, unique, unlike any other - holy.
The Pattern that Emerges: God is faithful, Abraham is fearful; God makes promises, Abraham makes a mess. And yet—God never gives up on him.
Genesis 18 is a teaching/testing moment and is connected to the test of Isaac in Genesis 22,
Why did Abraham stop at 10?
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The fact that Abraham stops at ten suggests that he hasn't fully plumbed the depths of divine mercy - he has not yet learned what God wanted to teach him.
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The fact that Abraham stops at ten suggests that he hasn't fully plumbed the depths of divine mercy - he has not yet learned what God wanted to teach him.
In a final, climactic episode in the Abraham story, God gives Abraham another opportunity to learn and grow in the relationship. But God ups the ante this time; God raises the stakes. It’s not his nephew Lot who will be destroyed. It is Abraham’s own son. And it’s not God who will do it; Abraham must do it by his own hand. If anything would force Abraham to speak out, to appeal to the mercy of God, this would be it.
Is a this broken scattered family the result of faithful obedience?
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No need to reject the traditional understanding but this offers a complementary lens - part of the test was whether Abraham would intercede on behalf of Isaac and appeal to God’s mercy.
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No need to reject the traditional understanding but this offers a complementary lens - part of the test was whether Abraham would intercede on behalf of Isaac and appeal to God’s mercy.
Through all of this it appears as if God is looking for an excuse to save!
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1. God is looking for an excuse to save you. (Matthew 7:7-8)
2. God is looking for an excuse to save one more (2 Peter 3:9)
Have you grown silent like Abraham or are you begging, pleading, praying, beseeching God to be merciful, to save one more!
3. God is looking for an excuse to save you from self-righteous rule following. (Matthew 23:23)
You may do all the right things but are you becoming the right person?
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1. God is looking for an excuse to save you. (Matthew 7:7-8)
2. God is looking for an excuse to save one more (2 Peter 3:9)
Have you grown silent like Abraham or are you begging, pleading, praying, beseeching God to be merciful, to save one more!
3. God is looking for an excuse to save you from self-righteous rule following. (Matthew 23:23)
You may do all the right things but are you becoming the right person?
Don’t just be obedient to come to church, come to church and also but beg and plead for our sons and daughters in this church – God is looking for an excuse to save them. He’s looking for you to “Say Yes” and go serve and pray and teach them His ways - are you looking for an excuse to say no, to stay silent, to sacrifice them on the altar of our comfort and convenience – may it never be. Son of Man came to see and save the lost.