Genesis 22:1-17
In this
story of Abraham and Isaac we could see that Abraham's faith was tested. Did Abraham
love Isaac more then he loved the Lord?
And it came to pass after these
things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,
Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah;
and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will
tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac
his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto
the place of which God had told him. 4 Then
on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad
will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his
son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his
father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he
said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will
provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together.
9And
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. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand,
and took the knife to slay his son.
The Sacrifice Averted
11 And
the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 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. 13 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. 14 And Abraham called the name of that
place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD
it shall be seen.
15 And
the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That
in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
The Greatest Commandment
Deuteronomy 5:7 Thou shalt have
none other gods before me.
Matthew 22: 36
Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus said
unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the
first and great commandment. 39And the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On
these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
If we lost
focus on the plans of God, like reading your word, praying, doing whatever the Lord
has assigned your job skill to be etc, we displease the Lord, ether you
will find yourself outside looking, in that what you had before, or God will
try you with fire of trials to bring you to your knees to pray yourself to
reverence him.
No trials
are pleasing to anyone, but if it keeps you closer to the Lord Jesus Christ its
better in the faith then falling short of the glory of God, and going to hell.
I Peter 1:17
That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might
be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
God cannot be tempted with evil
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
The Evil comes from the hand of
Satan.
Job 1:11-12 But
put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to
thy face. 12
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy
power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the LORD.
Job 2:5-7 But put forth thine hand
now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And
the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his
life.7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with
sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Covetousness
Strong
desire to have that which belongs to another. It is considered to be a very
grievous offense in Scripture. The tenth commandment forbids coveting anything
that belongs to a neighbor, including his house, his wife, his servants, his ox
or donkey, or anything that belongs to him ( Exod 20:17 ). Jesus listed
covetousness or greed along with many of the sins from within, including
adultery, theft, and murder, which make a person unclean ( Mr 7:22 ). Paul
reminded the Ephesians that greed or covetousness is equated with immorality
and impurity, so that these must be put away (Eph 5:3 ). A covetous or greedy
person is an idolator (Eph 5:5 ) and covetousness is idolatry ( Col 3:5 ).
James warns that people kill and covet because they cannot have what they want
( Eph 4:2 ).
Pastor Rolando Ramos
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