Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for March 3, 2024
God Will Provide…
Genesis 22:1-24
1. View the Crisis from God’s Perspective 1-2
• “…After these things…”
• character of the test and conditions preceding it
• specific command
2. Observe Abraham’s Compliance 3-5
• immediate, intimate and intensive
3. Observe Abraham’s Confidence 6-10
• astounding
• accounting: Heb. 11:17-19
• expressing: v.8- “…God will provide for Himself…”
• a built altar and a bound Isaac
4. Consider the LORD’S Response (11-24)
• “…for now I know…”
• don’t miss the repetition
• The LORD “will see…”
• affirmation of promises
• provision of a substitute and a wife
5. So What?
• Because the LORD provides, comply with His commands.
• “At the heart of God’s program of blessing is sacrifice, and although that may seem the way of failure, in God’s marvelous dealings it is the way of victory.” (A. Ross)
• Make the connection to the cross (Rom. 8:32).
• “No strength of our own and no goodness we claim; yet, since we have known of the Savior’s great name, in this our strong tower for safety we hide: the Lord is our power, ‘The Lord will provide.’” (J. Newton, “The Lord Will Provide”)
