1. ABRAHAM’S VICTORY CHAPTER 22

3. Biblical Heroes Moses exiled murderer turned stuttering shepherd Ruth poor young widow from the wrong side of town David forgotten runt who tended sheep

4. God loves to hit a homerun with a crooked stick

5. Abraham Idolater called to the Promised Land (ch11,12) Ran away in fear (ch12) Grew in faith (ch13-15) Backslid in doubt (ch16,20) Blessed with a miraculous boy (ch21)

6. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing Testing SHOWS our faith

7. 1 Peter 1:6–7 …you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith— more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

9. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing Testing SHOWS our faith Testing GROWS our faith

10. James 1:2–4 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

11. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing follows a spiritual high completely unexpected

12. Genesis 4:4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering

13. Genesis 17:19 …“Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.”

14. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing follows a spiritual high completely unexpected unimaginably painful

15. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing 2.Greatness requires extraordinary obedience Immediate Unhesitating

16. Hebrews 11:17-19 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead…

17. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing 2.Greatness requires extraordinary obedience 3.Great obedience is built on great faith 4.Great faith results in great reward God delivered Isaac (22:10-13)

18. Q:How could a loving God tell a father to kill his own son? A:Isaac’s life was never in danger Only one father in the Bible ever had to sacrifice his own son: God

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

20. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

21. Lessons in Greatness 1.Greatness is revealed by testing 2.Greatness requires extraordinary obedience 3.Great obedience is built on great faith 4.Great faith results in great reward God delivered Isaac (22:10-13) God rewarded Abe with an oath (22:15-18)

22. God can hit a homerun with a crooked stick …if we will trust and obey

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