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This Powerpoint accompanies a sermon preached at Plymouth Meeting E. C. Church. To hear the sermon, go to www.pmecc.org and click on the media button.
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“Willing to be a sacrifice”:
ISAAC AND JESUS on MT MORIAH
Abraham and Isaac
Isaac was the son of PROMISE
- He had to wait a long time for Isaac to be born, and all God’s
promises for the MESSIAH hinged on
him being alive.
Abraham LOVED Isaac- now a young
man 25-35
Told to take Isaac up onto Mt Moriah and
offer him as a BURNT sacrifice. Understand: God never intended
Isaac to DIE.
God was TESTING Abraham to see if he
really loved God most. (Gen 22:1) This was not his first test,
but was the TOUGHEST!
Abraham did not object or question or hesitate or whine. He
OBEYED God, because he TRUSTED
God
He took Isaac to Mt. Moriah
He told his servants that they would RETURN. (22:5)
Isaac carried
the WOOD on his back
Abraham carried the fire and the knife
(symbols of sacrifice and judgment)
Isaac asked
where the LAMB was.
Abraham said God Himself would
provide it.
He prepared an altar
He bound Isaac
and laid him on
the altar
Isaac SUBMITTED to his father; he
could have resisted.
Abraham considered his son “as DEAD” for
3 days, but he believed God’s could raise him from the dead if necessary (Heb. 11:19) He passed the test
When Abraham raised the knife (22:10) the
Angel of the Lord STOPPED him and provided a RAM
(22:13) as a substitute- to die and
shed its blood.
The ram was caught in a thicket of
THORNS.
Isaac escaped death.
Abraham called the place Jehovah-Jireh-
(The Lord will provide). God saw his
need and provided the ram.
2000 years later in time,
God the Father sent His only
beloved Son to die for our sins on Mt. Moriah
Jesus was the PROMISED Messiah
He was LOVED by the Father John 10:17-18
He didn’t SPARE his son. Rom. 8:31-32
He climbed Mt. Moriah
He carried TIMBER of the cross on his back
He willingly SUBMITTED to the
Father’s plan: “Thy will be done.”
He laid down his life as a SACRIFICE, the Lamb
of God as our substitute.
He wore a crown of THORNS on his head.
His blood was the perfect
atonement and took away our
sins
He lay in a tomb for THREE days
He rose from the dead on the third day in victory over death.
God has painted a picture of our
Messiah-Savior in the story of the offering of Isaac. It is a prophecy
of the supreme sacrifice which was
given for all mankind.
Messiah Jesus was willing to suffer, bleed and die for you and
me today.
God calls on his followers to be
TOTALLY DEDICATED to Him.
Romans 12:1-2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Don’t be CONFORMED to this world. Be SET
APART- HOLY,
Be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind- changed from
the inside out.
WHY? Because of His
MERCY.Rom. 12:1