God’s Provisions through

ObedienceGenesis 22:14 NIV

So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

• Genesis 22:14 KJV

• And Abraham called the

name of that place

Jehovahjireh: as it is

said to this day, In the

mount of the LORD it

shall be seen.

It is God’s will for us to be

blessed• John 10:10 I have come that they may

have life, and have it to the full.

• 3 John 1:2 KJV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou

mayest prosper and be in health, even as

thy soul prospereth.

• Blessing - a favor or gift bestowed by

God, thereby bringing happiness.

-the invoking of God's favor

upon a person

• Provision - the providing or supplying

of something, especially of

food or other necessities.

1. OBEY

• Genesis 22:2-3 NIV

• Then God said, "Take your son, your only son,

whom you love--Isaac--and go to the region of

Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on

a mountain I will show you." Early the next

morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey.

He took with him two of his servants and his son

Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the

burnt offering, he set out for the place God had

told him about.

• The book of Deuteronomy is

mostly about the laws God

gave us to obey.

• This obedience results in

blessing

2. Have Faith in God

• Genesis 22:8 NIV

• Abraham answered, "God himself

will provide the lamb for the burnt

offering, my son." And the two of

them went on together.

Not all Blessings are good for you

• Mark 8:36 NIV

• What good is it for someone to gain the

whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

• Proverbs 11:28

• Those who trust in their riches will fall,

but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

Blessings that belong to a drug

dealer

• Hebrews 11 New International

Version (NIV)

• 11 Now faith is confidence in

what we hope for and

assurance about what we do

not see.

3. Abraham’s Descendants will

be Blessed

• Genesis 22: 18NIV

• 18 and through your offspring[a] all

nations on earth will be

blessed,[b] because you have obeyed

me.”

Christians are the new Israel

• Romans 2:28-29

• "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,

nor is circumcision that which is outward in

the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one

inwardly; and circumcision is that which is

of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter;

and his praise is not from men, but from

God. "

BEATITUDES OF JESUS

Matthew 5:3-10Blessed are

• the poor in spirit,

• who mourn

• the meek

• who hunger and thirst for righteousness

• the merciful

• pure of heart

• Peacemakers

• persecuted for the sake of righteousness

4. Pursuing God

• Genesis 22:1 NIV

• Some time later God tested

Abraham. He said to him,

"Abraham!" "Here I am," he

replied.

• John 17:3 ESV

• And this is eternal life, that they

know you the only true God, and

Jesus Christ whom you have

sent.

Conclusion

• The Greatest Blessing is Jesus

• Knowing God and having Jesus

• Having your sins forgiven

• Being saved

• Provisions from God

• Secured eternal life