Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.
Sermons
Abraham's Answer to His Son's QuestionE. O. Frierson, D. D.Genesis 22:8
God's Provision of a Lamb in ChristGenesis 22:8
A Difficulty RemovedGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham Offering IsaacDe Witt S. Clark.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham Offering IsaacD. Davies.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham Tempted to Offer Up His SonA. Fuller.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Faith Tried and TriumphantW. M. Taylor, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Great TrialHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's SacrificeF. D. Maurice, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's SacrificeHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TemptationS. A. Tipple.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TemptationThe Congregational PulpitGenesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Temptation and ObedienceC. Bradley, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialCanon Rowsell.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialC. Ness.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialA. McAuslane, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's TrialF. W. Robertson, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's Trial, Obedience, and RewardJ. C. Gray.Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham's VictoryHomilistGenesis 22:1-18
An Educational CommandKurtz.Genesis 22:1-18
Faith Tested and CrownedA. Maclaren, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Faith's TrialD. F. Jarman, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Human Sacrifices Among the HeathenJ. O. Dykes, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Lessons from the Trial of AbrahamJ. W. Atkinson.Genesis 22:1-18
Mature FaithSpurgeon, Charles HaddonGenesis 22:1-18
Perfect FaithF. Hastings.Genesis 22:1-18
Sacrificial ObedienceThe Congregational PulpitGenesis 22:1-18
Temptation a TestNewman Hall, LL. B.Genesis 22:1-18
Temptation a TrialGenesis 22:1-18
The Appointed Sacrifice; Or, Abraham's FaithW. S. Smith, B. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Claims of Divinity and Humanity ReconciledH. T. Edwards, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
The Crucial TestJ. Parker, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of IsaacSpurgeon, Charles HaddonGenesis 22:1-18
The Greatest Trial of AllF. B. Meyer, B. A.Genesis 22:1-18
The Offering of IsaacJ. Parker, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The OrdealThe Evangelical PreacherGenesis 22:1-18
The Temptation of AbrahamAnon.Genesis 22:1-18
The Trial of AbrahamJ. Kennedy, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
The Trial of AbrahamSketches of SermonsGenesis 22:1-18
The Trial of Abraham's FaithT. H. Leale.Genesis 22:1-18
The Tried of Abraham's FaithW. H. Davison.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of AbrahamN. Emmons, D. D.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of Abraham's FaithE. S. Atwood.Genesis 22:1-18
Trial of Abraham's FaithD. C. Hughes, M. A.Genesis 22:1-18
Trials Reveal God to UsDr. Talmage.Genesis 22:1-18














Abraham a sojourner in that land, afterwards the troubler of Israel; for his sake as discipline, for their sakes as opportunity.

1. God's care for those beyond the covenant. A Beersheba in a heathen land.

2. The things of this world made a channel of higher blessings. The covenant arising out of bodily wants a civil agreement. The oath a testimony to God where reverently made.

3. He is not far from every one of us. The neighborhood of Beersheba, the revelation of Jehovah, the little company of believers.

4. The blessing made manifest. The days spent in Philistia left behind them some enlightenment.

5. Adaptation of Divine truth to those to whom it is sent. Abraham's name of God, Jehovah El Olam; the two revelations, the God of nature and the God of grace. The name of the Lord itself an invitation to believe and live. Paul at Athens adapted himself in preaching to the people's knowledge while leading them to faith. - R.

God will provide Himself a lamb.
This incident shows us in what lies the value of that sacrifice, and with what feelings we should regard it.

I. THE SACRIFICE WHICH GOD APPROVES MUST RE OF HIS OWN APPOINTING.

II. THE SACRIFICE WHICH GOD HAS PROVIDED IS SUPREMELY WORTHY OF ACCEPTANCE, AND GRACIOUSLY SUITED TO OUR CONDITION.

1. It has reconciled us to God.

2. It has procured the forgiveness of sins.

3. It opens the way to endless bliss.

III. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SACRIFICE GOD HAS PROVIDED IS THE TURNING POINT OF A MAN'S SPIRITUAL HISTORY.

1. It includes all the rest — repentance, faith, love, obedience.

2. It gives efficiency to all the rest.

3. It is the true test of spiritual character.

I. THERE IS THE IDEA OF SUBSTITUTION. This is the pivotal fact in the scheme of redemption.

II. THIS WAS AN ACT OF DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY,

III. THE FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IN THE RELIGION OF NATURE. It affords no lamb to complete the sacrifice.

IV. THE IMMINENCE OF ISAAC'S PERIL SUGGESTS THE DANGER IN WHICH UNGODLY SINNERS CONSTANTLY LIVE.

V. MUCH MIGHT BE SAID OF ISAAC'S FAITH IN THIS TRANSACTION — his weakness, his submission to parental authority, &c.

VI. HERE IS THE FIRE GOD'S UNAPPEASED JUSTICE; AND HERE IS THE WOOD: YOUR UNHOLY MEAT AND LIFE; BUT WHERE IS THE LAMB? God demands worship. A sacrifice He will have; but, with those two factors, justice and sin, no acceptable offering can be made. Bring the Lamb of God to the altar of worship, or expect yourself to be immolated on that altar, a victim of His offended justice and His broken law!

(E. O. Frierson, D. D.)

People
Abraham, Aram, Bethuel, Buz, Chesed, Gaham, Hazo, Huz, Isaac, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Maacah, Maachah, Milcah, Nahor, Pildash, Rebekah, Reumah, Tebah, Thahash
Places
Beersheba, Mount Moriah
Topics
Burned, Burnt, Burnt-offering, Lamb, Offering, Provide, Sheep, Walked
Outline
1. Abraham is tested with the command to offer Isaac.
3. He gives proof of his faith and obedience.
11. The angel prevents him.
13. Isaac is exchanged for a ram.
14. The place is called Jehovah-jireh.
15. Abraham is again blessed.
20. The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.

Dictionary of Bible Themes
Genesis 22:8

     1205   God, titles of
     1330   God, the provider
     2315   Christ, as Lamb
     5564   suffering, of Christ

Genesis 22:1-10

     8021   faith, nature of

Genesis 22:1-12

     5714   men

Genesis 22:1-18

     5473   proof, through testing
     5686   fathers, examples

Genesis 22:1-19

     5076   Abraham, life of

Genesis 22:2-8

     7322   burnt offering

Genesis 22:3-13

     4552   wood

Genesis 22:6-12

     5738   sons

Genesis 22:7-8

     5029   knowledge, of God

Library
Faith Tested and Crowned
'And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And He said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

If, Therefore, Even they who are United in Marriage Only for the Purpose Of...
22. If, therefore, even they who are united in marriage only for the purpose of begetting, for which purpose marriage was instituted, are not compared with the Fathers, seeking their very sons in a way far other than do these; forasmuch as Abraham, being bidden to slay his son, fearless and devoted, spared not his only son, whom from out of great despair he had received [1997] save that he laid down his hand, when He forbade him, at Whose command he had lifted it up; it remains that we consider,
St. Augustine—On the Good of Marriage

The Promise to the Patriarchs.
A great epoch is, in Genesis, ushered in with the history of the time of the Patriarchs. Luther says: "This is the third period in which Holy Scripture begins the history of the Church with a new family." In a befitting manner, the representation is opened in Gen. xii. 1-3 by an account of the first revelation of God, given to Abraham at Haran, in which the way is opened up for all that follows, and in which the dispensations of God are brought before us in a rapid survey. Abraham is to forsake
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Genealogy of Jesus According to Matthew.
^A Matt. I. 1-17. ^a 1 The book of the generation [or genealogy] of Jesus Christ, the son of David [the Messiah was promised to David--II. Sam. vii. 16; John vii. 42], the son of Abraham. [Messiah was also promised to Abraham--Gen. xxii. 18; Gal. iii. 16.] 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren [mentioned here because they were the heads of the tribes for whom especially Matthew wrote his Gospel]; 3 and Judah begat Perez and Zerah [these two were twins]
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Jehovah. The "I Am. "
WHEN Moses in the desert beheld the burning bush God answered his question by the revelation of His name as the "I Am." "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. iii:14). He who spake thus out of the bush to Moses was the same who in the fullness of time appeared upon the earth in the form of man. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. If we turn to the fourth Gospel in which the Holy
Arno Gaebelein—The Lord of Glory

The Fulfilled Prophecies of the Bible Bespeak the Omniscience of Its Author
In Isaiah 41:21-23 we have what is probably the most remarkable challenge to be found in the Bible. "Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen; let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods." This Scripture has both a negative
Arthur W. Pink—The Divine Inspiration of the Bible

Difficulties and Objections
"Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not My way equal? are not your ways unequal?" (Ezek. 18:25). A convenient point has been reached when we may now examine, more definitely, some of the difficulties encountered and the objections which might be advanced against what we have written in previous pages. The author deemed it better to reserve these for a separate consideration rather than deal with them as he went along, requiring as that would have done the
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

Covenanting Performed in Former Ages with Approbation from Above.
That the Lord gave special token of his approbation of the exercise of Covenanting, it belongs to this place to show. His approval of the duty was seen when he unfolded the promises of the Everlasting Covenant to his people, while they endeavoured to perform it; and his approval thereof is continually seen in his fulfilment to them of these promises. The special manifestations of his regard, made to them while attending to the service before him, belonged to one or other, or both, of those exhibitions
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
The Medes and Cimmerians: Lydia--The conquest of Egypt, of Arabia, and of Elam. As we have already seen, Sennacherib reigned for eight years after his triumph; eight years of tranquillity at home, and of peace with all his neighbours abroad. If we examine the contemporary monuments or the documents of a later period, and attempt to glean from them some details concerning the close of his career, we find that there is a complete absence of any record of national movement on the part of either Elam,
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8

Conflict.
"Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against themselves, that ye
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews

The Gospel of the Kingdom.
"This is He whom Seers in old time Chanted of with one accord; Whom the voices of the Prophets Promised in their faithful word." We have seen that, in the providence of God, John the Baptist was sent to proclaim to the world that "The Kingdom of Heaven" was at hand, and to point out the King. And as soon as the Herald had raised the expectation of men by the proclamation of the coming Kingdom, our Lord began His public ministry, the great object of which was the founding of His Kingdom for the salvation
Edward Burbidge—The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?

The Faith of Abraham.
"By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God. By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews

The Secret of Its Greatness
[Illustration: (drop cap G) The Great Pyramid] God always chooses the right kind of people to do His work. Not only so, He always gives to those whom He chooses just the sort of life which will best prepare them for the work He will one day call them to do. That is why God put it into the heart of Pharaoh's daughter to bring up Moses as her own son in the Egyptian palace. The most important part of Moses' training was that his heart should be right with God, and therefore he was allowed to remain
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making

Motives to Holy Mourning
Let me exhort Christians to holy mourning. I now persuade to such a mourning as will prepare the soul for blessedness. Oh that our hearts were spiritual limbecs, distilling the water of holy tears! Christ's doves weep. They that escape shall be like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity' (Ezekiel 7:16). There are several divine motives to holy mourning: 1 Tears cannot be put to a better use. If you weep for outward losses, you lose your tears. It is like a shower
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12

Of Love to God
I proceed to the second general branch of the text. The persons interested in this privilege. They are lovers of God. "All things work together for good, to them that love God." Despisers and haters of God have no lot or part in this privilege. It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. Because love is the very heart and spirit of religion, I shall the more fully treat upon this; and for the further discussion of it, let us notice these five things concerning love to God. 1. The
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial

Genesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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