05-05: Book of Hebrews :: Abraham and Isaac

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Thank you for joining us for worship today! In this sermon, Pastor Bob looks at the rest of Abraham's example in Hebrews 11 where God tests his faith by asking Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac.

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Hebrews 11:13-19

[13] All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. [14] People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. [15] If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. [16] Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

[17] By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, [18] even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” [19] Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

Notes:

Information from Sunday’s slides

• Faith that…

  • Reasons.

  • Makes a decision.

  • Commits.

• Hebrews 11:13-16

• Abraham was convinced of God’s goodness.

  • Hebrews 11:17-19

• Abraham was convinced of God’s plan.

• Abraham was convinced of God’s power.

  • Hebrews 11:17-19