SERMON IN A SENTENCE: When your faith is tested, trust the Lord to provide.

SERMON NOTES

Introduction

Context

1. Trust God When He Tests Your Faith [Genesis 22:1-2]
     a. Remember God’s History [Genesis 22:1, cf. Gen. 21]
     b. Recognize God’s Hints [Genesis 22:2, cf. Gen. 12:1]
     c. Realize God Wants Your Heart [Gen. 22:1–2, cf. Jam. 1:13; Lev. 18:21; Deut. 12:31; Isa. 55:9; 1 Pet. 4:12–13; Lk. 14:26]

2. Trust God to Provide in the Present [Genesis 22:3-19]
     a. Faith Obeys God’s Commands [Genesis 22:3–5, cf. Gen. 15:5, Jam. 2:18–22]
     b. Faith Depends Upon God to Provide [Genesis 22:6–8]
     c. Faith Believes God can Raise the Dead [Genesis 22:9–10, cf. Heb. 11:17–19]
     d. Faith Fears God [Genesis 22:11-12, cf. Jhn. 3:16; Rom. 8:32]
     e. Faith Looks to the Substitute God has Provided [Genesis 22:13-14, cf. Rom. 5:8; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Jhn. 4:10]
     f. Faith Believes that God Keeps his Promises [Genesis 22:15-19, cf. Gen. 3:15; Gal. 3:16]

3. Trust God to Provide for the Future [Genesis 22:20-24] a. Father Nahor Had Many Sons?
     b. What’s Past is Prologue

Conclusion