The God Who Overcomes Obstacles . . .

Age, infertility, drought, rulers, acceptable decisions, lack of theology, time, family conflict, disappointment, hesitancy, laughter

. . . Adds His Own Obstacle for Abraham

• Human sacrifice... Really?
  Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
  Genesis 22:2

• Is Abraham more attached to                                                                                   or to God?
  "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
  Genesis 22:12

• "The Lord, the                                     God" is also "The Lord Will                                    "
  Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
  Genesis 21:33

  So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."
  Genesis 22:14

  By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.
  Hebrews 11:17-19

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• God provided the sacrifice --                                , not Abraham's

  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
  Romans 8:32

Life Lessons from the Life of Abraham

1. God provided                                                               -- Jesus -- for us

2. "God, I                           you no matter what!"

3.                           allows us to live a "normal" life                                                        

4. God is                                     and