1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Let us pray, And he said, take now thy son, 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: thine only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: into the land of Mariah, and offer him there as 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: a burnt offering upon one of the mountains, which I 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: will tell thee Genesis twenty two too. Dear Lord, to day, 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: I choose the ultimate sign of worship. I choose to 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: render my life to the workings of your hand. Like 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: Abraham and Isaac, I choose to live in total obedience 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: to the plans you have for me, even when I 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: don't understand your methods, even though it may look like 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: I could lose everything, I will trust your character, knowing 12 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: that no eye can see as far as you can see. 13 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, give me the understanding to know that once 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: you give a prompt us, you never go back on 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: your word. With this truth, I choose to understand that 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: in order from my life and dreams to go forward, 17 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: they must first go upward. I now know that the 18 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: secret to my provision is being able to give my 19 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: dreams back to you, because only in your hands will 20 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: they flourish, multiply and be given life. Thank you for 21 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: providing the sacrifice needed for me to hold on to 22 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: my promise. Thank you for giving me the ultimate gift 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: in your son, Jesus, and thank you for always providing 24 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: a way when it seems as though there is none. 25 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: You are a miracle working God in Jesus name. Amen. 26 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God. 27 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: Continue hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible 28 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: in a Year, brought to you by Bible in a 29 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: Year dot com. 30 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 2: God Testing Abraham. Before this story, we heard the unfolding 31 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: of God's great promises. Abraham and Sarah finally bore a son, 32 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: and his name was Isaac. Now we learn of Abraham's 33 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 2: true devotion to God. Will he, after waiting decades to 34 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: have a child, choose his relationship with God over his son? 35 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: Inspired by the Book of Genesis. 36 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack grayab with today's episode of the 37 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. Today's reading is about a test, 38 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: the most difficult test a parent can imagine. In fact, 39 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 3: just think about how you would feel if if you 40 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: finally received something you'd worked hard and waited for so 41 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: long to receive, and then in an instant you're told 42 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: to give this thing that God had promised back, How devastating, 43 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 3: how confused you would be. That's exactly where we find 44 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: Abraham today. Isaac had finally arrived, and all seems well 45 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 3: in the world. But now some years later, God commands 46 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 3: Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. If he wanted 47 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: to test Abraham's faithfulness and trust, there could be no 48 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 3: better or a more painful way to do that than 49 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: what he is telling him to do. Now, as you listen, 50 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: pay attention to how Abraham responds. Are we going to 51 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: see the fearful Abraham who lied about Sarah being his sister? 52 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: Or will we see the faithful Abraham who refused to 53 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 3: align himself with the king of Sodom but instead honored 54 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 3: God with an offering and thanksgiving for delivering him in battle. 55 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: What could have POSSI believe in going through his mind 56 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 3: as he climbed a mountain that mountain with Isaac? And 57 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: what must Isaac have been feeling, probably now a teenager 58 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: realizing the meaning of the events that are about to 59 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: happen to him. Notice how Abraham is confident that God 60 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 3: would provide even though he has no idea. How this 61 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 3: passage is such a clear foreshadowing of what will come 62 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 3: later in scripture, as God the Father gives his own 63 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 3: son to be sacrificed for our sins. So as you 64 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 3: listen today, pay attention to the promise that is yet 65 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: to come, the promise that Jesus would die on the 66 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 3: cross for our sins. Let's listen now to today's passage. 67 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: At last, Abraham held his son in his arms. Sarah 68 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: and Abraham, after decades of falling on their knees begging 69 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 2: for a child, had finally seen their prayers answered. Isaac 70 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: was growing into a young man with the love and 71 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: affection of his parents. Abraham savored every moment he had 72 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 2: with Isaac, for he knew his days were numbered. Already, 73 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: being so advanced in years, Abraham and Sarah experienced the 74 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 2: joys of raising their child together and the highs and 75 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: lows of parenthood. Abraham held closely to God's promises, remembering 76 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: that God had promised to make a great nation out 77 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: of Isaac and his descendants. Hope glistened in Abraham's eyes 78 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 2: as he gazed upon his son, his miracle, his namesake. 79 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: One day God came to Abraham. Yet this time he 80 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: did not come with a promise, nor did he come 81 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 2: with a warning. Instead, he came with a command, a 82 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: command that would test Abraham's faith to its very core, 83 00:05:54,480 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 2: a command that would break him completely. Abraham, God called 84 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: out here, I am, replied Abraham. God, with no warning, explanation, 85 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: or promise, spoke plainly, take your son, your only son, Isaac, 86 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: whom you love, up into the mountains of Mariah, and 87 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: offer him there as a burnt sacrifice. Abraham was faced 88 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: with a command so devastating and seemingly cruel that it 89 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: could quite possibly be the end of him. Yet God 90 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: had shown Abraham his compassion, his power, and his faithfulness before. 91 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: God had promised Abraham that from Isaac would come a 92 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: great nation of people. If this was God's command, there 93 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: must have been something greater at work. So Abraham rose 94 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took Isaac 95 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 2: along with two of his men. Abraham began chopping wood, 96 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: the axe methodically and swiftly, cutting the kindling that would 97 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 2: burn his son at the altar. How painful it was 98 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: to prepare the altar at which your son would be murdered. 99 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 2: Sweat fell from his brow and tears from his eyes. 100 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: Abraham arose eyes towards heaven and took Isaac to the 101 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: base of the mountain. Abraham turned towards his men and said, 102 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: stay here with the donkey, my son, and I shall 103 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 2: climb the mountain to meet with the Lord and worship. 104 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 2: Abraham and Isaac climbed to the face of the mountain. Isaac, 105 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 2: still unaware of what his father was asked to do, 106 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: helped carry the wood up to the altar. Abraham prepared 107 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: a fire and laid the wood on the altar beside 108 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 2: his son. Seeing the turmoil deep in his father's eyes, 109 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: Isaac spoke, my father, he exclaimed, here I am my son. 110 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: Abraham replied, looking down at the wood, refusing to meet 111 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: his son's gaze. We have the fire and the wood, 112 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 2: but whereth the lamb for the burnt offering. Abraham could 113 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: hardly bear the words coming from his mouth. Oh, my son, 114 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: God will provide himself a lamb. I am sure of it. 115 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: Anguish filled Abraham's heart and mind. He took ropes in 116 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: his hands and bound them to his son, tears streaming 117 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: down his face, he laid Isaac down at the altar. Abraham, 118 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: God's chosen hero, stood over his son, the supposed father 119 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 2: of nations poised to slay his only child, raised the 120 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: blade high in the air, with his eyes looking toward heaven, 121 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: and faith welling up within his heart that God would 122 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 2: make this right. Somehow, Abraham prepared the descent of his 123 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: knife towards Isaac. In that instant, the heavens opened up violently, 124 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: booming from the skies. A voice of deliverance bellowed across 125 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 2: the mountain tops Abraham, Abraham, the voice cried, Trembling on 126 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: the floor, with tears blurring his vision. Abraham managed a response. 127 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 2: Here I am, he whimpered, Do not strike your child. 128 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: God said, your faith in Me will be spoken of 129 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: for all eternity, for not even your own son would 130 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 2: keep you from worshiping me. Abraham finally lifted his eyes, 131 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 2: and there in the thicket beside him was a ram 132 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: caught by his horns. There he and Isaac sacrificed the 133 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: lamb to God on the altar, and they named the 134 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: mountain the Lord will provide, for God is the one 135 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 2: who would provide the ultimate sacrifice. A second time, God spoke, 136 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 2: since you did not withhold your son from me, I 137 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 2: will make his name great. As the stars are adorned 138 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 2: in the sky and the grains of sand scattered up 139 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 2: across the shore. So I will expand your offspring. Greatness 140 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 2: shall follow you. After that, Abraham and Isaac left the mountain. 141 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: God would not require Abraham to sacrifice his own son. 142 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: God most of all, knows the love one has for 143 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: his children, For God himself is love. And because of 144 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: this love, God would one day send his own son 145 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 2: to be sacrificed for all for the garden of Eden, 146 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: the ark of Noah, and the son of Abraham. We're 147 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: all pointing towards a greater and more glorious promise, one 148 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: that would truly bless all nations and generations to come. 149 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 3: Isaac is finally born. He is with his parents. He 150 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 3: is growing in strength and stature. Abraham and Sarah, as 151 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 3: they watch their son play, must have been filled with 152 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 3: dreams for their child's future. How he would grow strong 153 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 3: and wise, working alongside his father, fulfilling the promise of God. 154 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 3: How he would meet a woman one day and they 155 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 3: would become one, producing grandchildren from Abraham and Sarah. The 156 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 3: great nation, God's chosen people was coming to be, and 157 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: it was growing up right before their eyes. As Isaac 158 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 3: became a man. God had come through in a big way, 159 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 3: and now the world was brighter for it. So imagine, 160 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 3: just imagine the suffering, the pain, the agony that stabbed 161 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 3: Abraham's heart as he heard God tell him that a 162 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 3: sacrifice was required. And not the sacrifice of a bull 163 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 3: or a ram, not the first harvest of wheat or 164 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 3: a dove. No, it was so much bigger than that, 165 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 3: a devastating command. God wanted Isaac back, and he wanted 166 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: the full heart of Abraham, and he wasn't just going 167 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 3: to take him. Abraham would be the one to take 168 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 3: the life of his son and give him back to God. 169 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 3: God as a parent, I wonder how Abraham was even 170 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 3: able to function after hearing God tell him to take 171 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 3: the life of his son, his only son, and offer 172 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 3: him as a sacrifice on a mountain. But Abraham, to 173 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 3: his credit, did not question God or even try to 174 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 3: bargain with him. He very simply, painfully, courageously obeyed without hesitation. 175 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: When God calls us to do something, how often do 176 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: we do this? Do you respond in obedience without hesitating 177 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 3: or rationalizing your way out of things, or do you, 178 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 3: like Abraham, draw from your experience of trusting God. God's 179 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: overwhelming faithfulness and love, and step forward and obey God, 180 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 3: knowing that God will provide according to his will and 181 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: for your ultimate good. This is what Abraham does. He 182 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 3: knows God must have a reason beyond his understanding, a 183 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 3: reason for his own play and to be fulfilled. He 184 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 3: just can't fathom what it is like job he recognized 185 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: the truth God gives and God takes away. Blessed be 186 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 3: the name of the Lord. I can only imagine the 187 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: pain of each question. Isaac may have asked, where are 188 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 3: we going, Dad? What are we going to do there? 189 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 3: And then came the most painful question of all. In 190 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 3: Genesis twenty two seven, Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, 191 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 3: and said, my father, And he said, here am my son. 192 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 3: And he said, behold the fire and the wood. But 193 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 3: where is the lamb for the burnt offering? How is 194 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 3: it possible for Abraham to answer the question of his 195 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: son he loves so much. His answer shows immense faithfulness 196 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: in God verse eight, Abraham said, God will provide for 197 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 3: himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son. So 198 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 3: the two of them walked on together. Abraham doesn't know 199 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 3: how as possible, but he trusts that God will provide, 200 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: and he remains obedient to the point of tying Isaac 201 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 3: up and raising the knife to kill him, just as 202 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 3: God had commanded. But this would not be the day 203 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 3: when a father would sacrifice his son. God stays, stops 204 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,119 Speaker 3: the hand of Abraham in the last moment, and provides 205 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 3: a sacrifice a ram. There will be blood shed that day, 206 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 3: but not on his only son, Isaac, because of Abraham's 207 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 3: great faithfulness, because he held nothing back from God, he 208 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 3: and Isaac would be blessed in ways that we can 209 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 3: never fathom. They descended down the mountain, knowing God has 210 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 3: a special plan for them, and again reassured him. God 211 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 3: reassured them of his incredible love for his children, for 212 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 3: his family. I imagine Jesus looking down on these events 213 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 3: by his father's side, knowing that when it was his turn, 214 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: there would be no last minute cancelation, no reprieve from 215 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: the soldier's swept, the nails in his flesh, the death 216 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 3: that he would die. God would indeed sacrifice his only 217 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 3: son to bring others to himself, to give them eternal life. 218 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 3: But the sacrifice is not Isaac. The sacrifice is Jesus, 219 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 3: the one perfect sacrifice who would die once and for 220 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: all for those who would trust in him and believe 221 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 3: in his salvation. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for today's 222 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 3: story and how we see your mercy and love and grace. 223 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: Thank you that you spared Isaac from death, but you 224 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 3: chose not to spare your only son, Jesus, as he 225 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 3: went to the cross and was put to death because 226 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: of our sins, so that we could be saved. Thank 227 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 3: you for how the story reminds us of the sacrifice 228 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 3: and the love that you share with each one of 229 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 3: us in Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you for listening to 230 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 3: today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm pastor Jack Graham 231 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 3: from Dallas, Texas. 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