Family Life Church-Hermitage, PA
Abraham, Part 3-July 16, 2023
Abraham, Part 3-July 16, 2023

Family Life Church-Hermitage, PA by Family Life Church

S32 · E3
Jul 17, 2023
30:15
Episode notes
Abraham Recap:
  • Called to leave his family and trust God at age 75
  • God gives him a promise of descendants and land
  • Takes matters into his own hands at age 85
  • Ishmael is born at age 86
  • God renews his promise at age 99
  • Isaac is born at age 100
  • dismisses Ishmael because that wasn’t god’s plan
  • God tells him to sacrifice his remaining son
Why does God test people? This is an important question and a difficult theology… The bigger question is whether the testing is for God or if it is for us. The OT writers make it sound like God is finding out just how faithful Abraham is by testing him. Since God already knows how we will respond to things and the measure of our faith, it would seem  ... 
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