Blessed are those who can hear these hard words of Jesus and not turn away!

Blessed are those who realize – there’s no place else to go to find eternal life!

Blessed are those who are willing to have their sins and shortcomings removed and to be filled with all the fullness of God!

So who are you going to follow?

If we got out your checkbook and saw where all the money went, where would we conclude eternal life could be found?

If we followed you around for a day and saw how you spent your time, where would we conclude that eternal life could be found?

Let me ask it another way, when you consider your faith in Jesus Christ – do you recognize that even that faith is the gift of God?

Or do we think that trusting in Jesus Christ is a favor we’ve somehow done for the Lord? Is Jesus “Holy” to us?

Do Jesus’s demands upon us scandalize us? Or will we say “Yes Jesus, I really DO need to be filled with your fullness! I’m not anything on my own.”

Part of the Chronological Bible Stories series, preached at a Midweek Meeting service

Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Provides A Substitute
Genesis 22:1-19

“We only understand the completeness of God’s provision in life and salvation when we endure the time of testing and God’s call to sacrifice.”

One might think that Abraham had learned the lesson of trust. But evidently not well enough. It’s just like us to believe we have finally “arrived” spiritually and that we trust God “enough”.

God tests us however to demonstrate His faithfulness and to demonstrate that the lengths to which He asks us to go are nothing compared to the giving of His only begotten Son for the salvation of sinners.

The Problem with Living Sacrifices is…They Usually Crawl off the Altar

Abraham had waited 25 years for God’s miraculous answer and provision of the Child of Promise. Abraham would have other children, but only the unique son, Isaac, who was born through Sarah would be the Son through whom salvation for the world would ultimately come.

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