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Genesis 22-23
Lesson 13
 What comes to mind when the
name Abraham is mentioned?
Hebrews 11
 What are the first two words in verses
4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11?
 Who?
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4 Abel
5 Enoch
7 Noah
8 and 9 Abraham
11 Sarah
Faith and Obedience
 James 2:17 Even so faith, if it has
no works, is dead in itself.
 18 Yes, a man will say, "You have
faith, and I have works." Show me
your faith without works, and I by
my works will show you my faith.
 James 1:23 For if anyone is a
hearer of the word and not a doer…
 Goes away and forgets the man he
is
Faith and Obedience
 James 2:17 Even so faith, if it has
no works, is dead in itself.
 18 Yes, a man will say, "You have
faith, and I have works." Show me
your faith without works, and I by
my works will show you my faith.
 Jas 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer
of the word and not a doer…
God Tested Abraham
 Take now your son 22:2
 Your only son Isaac
 Whom you love
 Go to the land of Moriah
 Offer him there as a burnt offering
Abraham Obeys God
 Abraham rose early in the morning
 Saddled his donkey 22:3
 Took two of his young men with him
 Isaac his son
 Wood for the burnt offering
 They traveled for three days—then
saw the place afar off v4
Gen 12:6
Later was
Moriah Jerusalem
Going To Worship
 Left the servants with the donkey
 The lad and I will go yonder and
worship v5
 “and we will come back to you”
Going To Worship
 How could Abraham consistently
with truth say this, when he knew
he was going to make his son a
burnt-offering? The writer in Heb.:
By faith Abraham, when he was
tried, offered up Isaac-accounting
that God was able to raise him up
even from the dead, from whence
also he received him in a figure,
Hebrews 11:17,19
Going To Worship
 He knew that previous to the birth
of Isaac both he and his wife were
dead for all practical purposes of
procreation; that his birth was a
kind of life from the dead; that
the promise of God was most
positive, In Isaac shall thy seed be
called, Genesis 21:12; that this
promise could not fail; that it was
his duty to obey the command of
his Maker
Going To Worship
 it was as easy for God to restore him
to life after he had been a burntoffering, as it was for him to give
him life in the beginning. Therefore
he went fully purposed to offer his
son, and yet confidently expecting to
have him restored to life again. We
will go yonder and worship-perform a
solemn act of devotion which God
requires, and come again to you.
A Major Question
 Ge 22:7 But Isaac spoke to
Abraham his father and said, "My
father!" And he said, "Here I am,
my son." Then he said, "Look, the
fire and the wood, but where is
the lamb for a burnt offering?”
 “God will provide”
Complete Obedience
 Built an altar v9
 Placed the wood in order
 Bound Isaac his son
 Laid him on the altar, upon the
wood
 Stretched out his hand and took
the knife to slay his son v10
 Obedience?
 Faith?
"Abraham, Abraham!"
 The Angel of the Lord intervenes v11
 Do not lay your hand on the lad, or
do anything to him
 Now I know that you fear God v12
 You have not withheld your son, your
only son, from Me
 A ram is provided for the offering v13
 Hebrews 6:13-20
to lie
impossible for God
 Heb 6:13 For when God made a
promise to Abraham, because He
could swear by no one greater, He
swore by Himself,
 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will
bless you, and multiplying I will
multiply you."
 15 And so, after he had patiently
endured, he obtained the promise.
 16 For men indeed swear by the
greater, and an oath for
confirmation is for them an end of
all dispute.
 17 Thus God, determining to show
more abundantly to the heirs of
promise the immutability of His
counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
 18 that by two immutable things, in
which it is impossible for God to lie, we
might have strong consolation, who
have fled for refuge to lay hold of the
hope set before us.
 19 This hope we have as an anchor of
the soul, both sure and steadfast, and
which enters the Presence behind the
veil,
 20 where the forerunner has entered
for us, even Jesus, having become High
Priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek.
God Gave His only Son
 John 3:16 "For God so loved the
world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
Promises Repeated
 Nation – I will multiply your
descendants as the stars of the
heaven and as the sand which is on
the seashore Gen 22:17
 Land – your descendants shall
possess the gate of their enemies
 Seed – in your seed all the nations
of the earth shall be blessed v18
Reason for the Promises
 Because you have obeyed My
voice
 Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify
the Gentiles by faith, preached the
gospel to Abraham beforehand,
saying, “In you all the nations shall
be blessed.”
Reason for the Promises
 Because you have obeyed My
voice
 Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham
and his Seed were the promises
made. He does not say, "And to
seeds," as of many, but as of one,
"And to your Seed," who is Christ.
Sarah Dies
 Age 127 Gen 23:1
 Abraham seeks a burial place for
Sarah
 Abraham’s reputation—
 Genesis 23:6 "Hear us, my lord: You
are a mighty prince among us; bury
your dead in the choicest of our burial
places. None of us will withhold from
you his burial place, that you may bury
your dead."
Gen 12:6
Moriah
Cave of
Machpelah
Sarah’s burial
place & later
Abraham
A Burial Place
 Abraham buys the cave of Machpelah
 Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the
cave of the field of Machpelah, before
Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of
Canaan v19
 So the field and the cave that is in it
were deeded to Abraham by the sons
of Heth as property for a burial place
 Jacob would be buried there later also
Obedience
 1 Samuel 15
 V20 And Saul said to Samuel, "But
I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD”, and gone on the mission on
which the LORD sent me, and
brought back Agag king of Amalek;
I have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites. But the people…
Obedience
Then 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
heed than the fat of rams. For
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry. Because you have rejected
the word of the LORD, He also has
rejected you from being king."
 1 Samuel 15:22
Obedience
 Nothing is so pleasing to God as
obedience, no, not sacrifice and
offering, and the fat of rams. See
here what we should seek and aim at
in all the exercises of religion, even
acceptance with God, that he may
delight in what we do. If God be well
pleased with us and our services, we
are happy, we have gained our point;
but otherwise to what purpose is it?
Obedience
 We might ask today:
 Does the Lord have delight in us just
coming here in so-called-worship
 It is better to obey than just come
and sit and not obey our LORD
 Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and
now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and
in truth: for the Father seeketh such
to worship him.
Obedience
 1 Samuel 15:24 Then Saul said to
Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have
transgressed the commandment of
the LORD and your words, because
I feared the people and obeyed
their voice.
 He should have obeyed God
rather than man!
All Israel Sinned
 Mal 3:7 ¶ Yet from the days of your fathers
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them. Return to Me, and
I will return to you," Says the LORD of
hosts. "But you said, 'In what way shall we
return?'
 8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have
robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have
we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you
have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
Obedience
 Isaiah 1:11-16 "To what purpose is
the multitude of your sacrifices to
Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had
enough of burnt offerings of rams And
the fat of fed cattle…12 "When you
come to appear before Me…13 Bring
no more futile sacrifices; Incense is
an abomination to Me. 15… Even
though you make many prayers, I will
not hear…16 Cease to do evil
Obedience
 Isaiah 1:11. Now here we are plainly
told that humble, sincere, and
conscientious obedience to the will of
God, is more pleasing and acceptable
to him than all burnt-offerings and
sacrifices. A careful conformity to
moral precepts recommends us to
God more than all ceremonial
observances
Substitute—worship assemblies
Acceptable Worship
 Obedient
 Right actions
 Right manner
 Right attitude
 Heart
 Sing and make melody in your
heart
 Give as purposed in heart
 Let a man examine himself…
Acceptable Worship
 Saul obeyed ‘the people’
 What God wants or what we want?
 Why did I come here now?
Acceptable Worship
 Often in closing prayer…
 ‘our worship service has been
pleasing and acceptable to You’
 When is the time to address
acceptability of our worship?
 Before we begin
 Mon-Sat as we live our daily lives
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Genesis
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Creation
Adam and Eve in the Garden
First Sin
Cain and Abel
Genesis
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Generations of Adam
Wickedness; building of ark
Flood
Waters recede
Genesis
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 Meat for food; rainbow promise;
capital punishment; sin of Noah
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 Generations of Noah
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 Tower of Babel; scattering of the
people
Genesis
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 Promises to Abraham; lie in Egypt
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 Abraham and Lot separate
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 Abraham rescues Lot
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 God’s covenant with Abraham
Genesis
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 Birth of Ishmael
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 Covenant of circumcision
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 Visit from God; promise of Isaac
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 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis
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 Abimelech
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 Birth of Isaac; Hagar sent away
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 Offering of Isaac
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 Sarah dies
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