Thank you. Now let's open our Bibles to
Hebrews 11. Hebrews, the 11th chapter. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the
Lord would enable us to enter into this, if the Lord would
keep back distracting thoughts? This is the story of all stories.
Now, Abraham, we've already looked at Abraham in Hebrews 11, The Lord gives this further account
of the faith of Abraham. This chapter, as you know, is
by faith Abel, by faith Enoch. And the Lord gives another separate
account of Abraham here as an example of faith. And as
many of you already know, most of you, this is the greatest
story. one of, if not the greatest story
in God's Word. And it's one of the clearest,
most glorious types and pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ and
Him crucified. This is the gospel as clear as
any story in Scripture. Let's read verses 17 through
19 of Hebrews 11. By faith Abraham, when he was
tried, offered up Isaac. And he that had received the
promises, that is Abraham, offered up his only begotten son, of
whom it was said that in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Abraham
accounting that God was able to raise him up, Isaac up, even
from the dead, from whence from the dead, from whence also he
received him in a figure, in a figure. By faith, Abraham,
when he was tried, offered up his son, Isaac, his only begotten
well-beloved son, and he believed, he trusted that God was able
to raise him from the dead, and he received him as in a figure. That is, the word figure means
as a type, as a parable, as a picture of something far greater. That's why it happened. That's
what it's all about. This is a picture, it's a figure
of something greater. Let's go back there. Genesis
22, the book of Genesis chapter 22. Now, this is a true story. It's an actual story. of a man
named Abraham who had but one son named Isaac. And it's the story of an extraordinary
God-given faith for a man to take his only son up and kill
him. But this is a greater story.
It's a story of a greater than Abraham, a greater than Isaac,
a story of a greater than he. Let's look at it. Genesis 22,
verse 1, And it came to pass, after these things, that God
did tempt, or that is, the word is try, Abraham. And God said unto Abraham, Abraham,
and he said, Behold, here I am. It says, after these things,
After these things, much had taken place up to this point.
Abraham is now an old man. He's a hundred and twenty some
years old. He's already lived a long life. He's already been through countless
troubles and trials, difficult, difficult troubles and trials. He left his home fifty years
prior to that. He left his home and his family.
upon the Word of God, he left everyone to journey where he didn't know. He didn't
know where he was going, but God said, leave. And he went through perils and
difficulties, as you know there would be, traveling through the
wilderness. He had some family with him,
Lot, his nephew. and his wife and so forth. And
while through these years he had many struggles and strife
with his nephew, they came to a place where they thought it
was the promised land. And Abraham, being a gracious
man that he was, told his nephew Lot, you pick what You pick whatever
land you want and I'll take the rest. Well, Lott chose the well-watered
plains of Sodom. The fertile valleys and all that. Abraham was left with the scrubby
mountains and hillside. That was tough. He traveled all
those years to reach the promised land. What did he end up with? Hillside land. Well, that wasn't
a promised land, Brother Henry. That really wasn't the promised
land that God was promising Abraham. Neither is this world what He
promises us. You can have the well-watered
plains of Sodom, but what do you get with it? Alright, so Abraham went through
that. He wandered in the wilderness
and the mountains. He went childless, which is a
trial. He went childless. Seventy-five
to a hundred years old, Without children, without an
heir, he and his wife wanted children, but couldn't have them.
It was a difficult trial. Finally, they had a son by their
own means. You know that story. Ishmael
was born illegitimately, and he loved that son. Abraham loved
that son. Even though he was an illegitimate
child, Abraham loved that boy, as we would, too. And then God
up and told him one day to get rid of that boy. Kick him out. He was about an 18 year old boy. God said, kick him out of the
house. Wow, that's tough. That's the only boy he had, Stephen.
Kick him out. Oh, that's hard, isn't it? Why
would God do such a thing? Well, you know why? You know
why, don't you? Some of you. Well, that was a
difficult trial. Then he had a son born. A son
he was waiting on. A son of promise. A son of his
old age. Isaac. Isaac. Finally, after all these years
of difficulty and trials, finally. Now, the boy is about 18, 20
years old himself. And he rests. Abraham is going to rest and
watch his son grow up and have grandchildren and old age and
peace and comfort and no problems after these things said. The hardest one of all. Old age. Toughest one of all. Take your son and kill him. After all these years. You know,
it's certain that every one of us, every believer, is going
to go through difficulties. You must, through much tribulation,
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You have here no continuing city,
and God makes sure that we don't enjoy it too much so that this
is all we find our happiness and comfort in. So God sends
trial after trial, difficulty. And do you know, in a figure,
in reality, in figure and reality, every one of us in the end, in
our old age, will be tried and will be forced to give up everything that we hold dearest. Yes, we will. Yes, we will. We have to give it up. One way
or another, we're going to find out from God. You're not staying
here. You're not going to hang on to
this. This is not the promised land. And these joys and things
that you love here, you can't keep on. This is not your joy. Your joy is in me. Abraham, I'm
your portion. This is temporal. The son that
you joy in, you should. You should love him. You love
him dearly. I gave him to you. I gave him to you to love and
to enjoy, but you can't keep him forever. Unless he's one of mine. Well, and so there's this great
sense in which all of us will be tried in the same way, one
way or another. And then the Lord, so the Lord
told Abraham, take that son, take your son, verse 2, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, get thee into the land of Moriah
and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains,
which I will tell thee of. And that was it. That's all he
told him. Take your son to Mount Moriah,
there's several mountains there, and one of the mountains, the
place I'll tell you of, offer him up for a burnt offering.
Kill him, burn his body as an offering to me." And that's all
he said. And he didn't speak for some
time after that. No more. Brother John, he did
not explain that to him, did he? He didn't tell him why. He didn't tell him why. God giveth
not on account of his matters, the book of Job said, to any
man. He does not. He doesn't have to. He didn't explain it. Now, Abraham's
a believer. Abraham's a believer. That means
he believes God's God. Cannot, shall not the judge of
the earth do right? Yeah. With Sodom and with my
son. Right? Yeah. God shall do right. Abraham believed
God. Abraham's a believer. He trusts
God. He not only believes God has that sovereign right to be
God, but he trusted him. I don't understand. Abraham did
not understand this. He did not understand this. He's
a human being like you and I. But he knows God knows what he's
doing. God is too wise to err. God is
too good to do evil. God is too loving to be unkind. God is too merciful to make it
too tough that I can't bear it. He knew. He believed God. That's
what it means to believe God. He trusted God. When you trust
someone, you trust them. You trust them. And Scripture
says he staggered not at the promise of God through
unbelief. Now, this would stagger you,
wouldn't it? I mean literally, cause you to faint and stagger
at the prospect of this happening. But it's staggered not. Staggered
not. Scripture says, against hope. This would leave you hopeless.
My boy. Only boy. What am I going to
do without my boy? Against hope. Believed in hope. I love that verse. That's Romans
4, 18. Against hope. Believed in hope. I don't understand. I don't understand
how any good is going to come out of this, Abraham. I don't
understand, but I believe it will. I don't understand why God said
this, yet He told me to do this. It seems contrary to His will.
I don't understand, but I believe it. I don't understand, but I believe. He's going to see. He's going
to see. He's going to see. All right. Without a doubt, Abraham was
troubled. Huh? He was troubled. But like Romans,
or like 1st and 2nd Corinthians 4 says, he was not distressed.
He was troubled, but not distressed. He was perplexed. But not in
despair. He didn't know why, but he knew
who. Their parent. On the third day,
and here's how I know he believed. On the third day, Abraham rose
up early in the morning. Didn't hesitate, didn't linger.
He rose up early. He got up early. He believed
God. He rose up early in the morning,
saddled his ass, took two of his young men with him and Isaac,
his son, claimed the wood. That means he split the wood
for the burnt offering. He rose up and went unto the
place of which God had told him. And then on the third day, Abraham
lifted up his eyes and he saw the place. afar off. As I said, without a doubt, Abraham
was troubled, not distressed, perplexed, but not in despair. And God didn't speak to him for
three days. Can you imagine? I'm quite sure he had some sleepless
nights. Aren't you? You have. Sleepless nights. But God, he
believed God. He believed God. On the third
day, three days journey, much time to reflect, meditate. And
this was good, though. He had much time to reflect on
God's promise before. How is Abraham going to do this?
How could a father do this? How? It's impossible, isn't it? It's impossible to give up your
own child. How can you do it? David, it says, when he came
back to that town of Ziklag and the enemy had taken all his wives
and children, everything he owned, burned up the city, everything
he owned, had taken everybody captive, and everybody cried,
they wept. Oh, it was indescribable grief. What David did. said David, encouraged himself
in the Lord his God. Abraham, three days, it's tough,
it's trial, it's difficult, he's struggling with his own unbelief,
but how is he going to do this? How is he going to do this? Plunge
that knife into his throat. He encouraged himself, he comforted
himself, and it's God's everlasting covenant. And God's firm will
and purpose and word and promises, God promised him, he said, in
Isaac shall thy seed be called. In Isaac. God said, I'll give you a son
of your own loins and him out of him thy seed shall be called. And it'll be like the stars in
the sky for a number and the sands of the seashore for a number.
Out of Isaac. And he got Isaac just like God
said he would. Growing up now, God says, kill
him. I don't understand it, but God said. And he cannot lie. Somehow or
another, Abraham thought, I'm going to have to kill him. But
God, somehow, never been done before. But is anything too hard
for God? With man it's impossible, but
not with God. I'm going to put the knife in
my son's chest, but God's going to raise him from the dead. Can
you believe that? Are you getting the picture here
of why this happened? And Abraham did it. In his mind's
eye, he killed that boy many times over in a three-day journey. Impossible with man. But he believed God. He believed
God was able. How? I don't know if He's God.
To raise him from the dead. Never before, but God's going
to do it. I'm going to see a miracle. I'm
going to see glory as it's never been seen before. I'm going to
see the power of God has never been displayed to a human being
before. He's going to rise from the dead. and also received my Son from
the dead." What a picture! Do you see the
picture here? Christ was called the Lamb slain
before the foundation of the world. Abraham spent three days
killing his son. God spent thousands of years. God loved His Son, Jesus Christ. My only begotten, well-beloved
Son, He called. Did He love Him? Was it enjoyable
to afflict his son? Was it enjoyable to have his
son tortured? Was it enjoyable to hear his
son cry out, My God, why have you forsaken me? Was it enjoyable
to kill him, to shed his blood, to have his body mutilated? Was
that enjoyable to God? God thought about it and purposed
it for thousands upon thousands of years. He's called the Lamb
slain before the foundation of the world. Father and Son in a covenant
before the world began, promised to send the seed of
whom through whom all the seed would be blessed, and they'd
be as the stars of the sky for a number of the sands of the
seashore. Though God's going to kill him, He's going to raise
him from the dead. Seeing afar off the strip we
read it there in Isaiah, God will see his seed. Seize his seed, the pleasure
of the Lord, and prosper in his name for long his day. All right, verse 5, look at it.
On the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes. Verse 5, Abraham
said unto his young men. There were some young men with
him, helping with the things, the tents and all the supplies. And Abraham said unto his young
men, Abide ye here. Now they came to the mountain
that God showed him. He didn't know where he was going
exactly, but God showed him. God led him. Neither do we know
what's facing us tomorrow, where we're going. We know who's leading
us. We don't know what this is all
about per se, every little thing that happens, but we know who
brings it about. And we need to see it far off,
like Abraham. Abraham said to this young man,
"'Abide ye here.'" Look at this, verse 5. "'Stay here with the
ass. I and the lad will go yonder,'
pointing up to the mountain." He came to the place God pointed
to. This is where you're supposed to come to, Abraham. And Abraham's
pointing up the mountain. "'I and the lad will go yonder and worship.' and come again to you. I and the lad will go yonder
to worship, and he doesn't know how in his mind,
his heart, he doesn't, but he believes we'll come again, I
and the lad, come again. I am the Lamb, the Father and
the Son." This was between Father and Son. Now, before Calvary, before our
Lord went to Calvary's cross, there were twelve men in an upper
room. Twelve apostles along with the
Lord. Shortly thereafter, the next
day, Christ took three men. three choice men into the garden
with Peter, James, and John. Christ and three men. At Calvary, at the time of Christ's
crucifixion, all gone. Just the Father and Son. Father and Son. What's happening? Listen to me now. Abraham, listen
to me now. The world doesn't know this.
Religion's not all about this. I know what to say, but I'm telling
you, this is going to be revealing to you. Religion says worship.
Religion talks worship. Religion thinks they worship.
Here's worship. Here's what Abraham said. I and
the lad are going to go up on that mountain. To what? To worship. Abraham knew. This is all about
worship. Abraham knew the killing of his
son, the calling of Abraham from idolatry, the leading of Abraham,
everything in his life, all the trials, all the tribulations,
all the troubles, the birth of his son, the killing of his son. It was all about worship. This
is all about worship. Abraham knew that. Everything. The whole purpose of God for
Abraham was that Abraham might worship God as God. Worship. Abraham knew that for
the glory of God. When we talk about worship, I'm
talking about the glory of God in His will, in His wisdom, in
His purpose, in His power. Everything, trials even, is for
the glory of God, that you are someday going to glorify God.
No matter how difficult, no matter how tough, no matter how humanly
impossible to endure, he's going to rebel against them that he
wouldn't have before, unless it happened that way. Everything. And Abraham knew that the worship
of God is all centered around blood. A blood sacrifice. There's no worship of God without
the shedding of blood. There's no worship of God without
a sacrifice. There's no worship of God, I
don't care how wild it is, how sincere it is, how much enthusiasm it is, how
beautiful it appears. It's not worship without Christ
crucified. You can't worship God without. Jesus Christ and Him crucified
being the center, the sum, the substance, the reason, the purpose
for it all. The purpose for every song. The
purpose for everything said. The purpose for meeting together.
He said, look and behold, a sign on a cross. That's what it's
all about. That's why God created this planet. And no matter how religion looks,
if it's not crucified, it's not worship. God won't accept it. Abraham knew that. We're going
up there to do one thing. Worship. Worship. Look at verse 6. So Abraham took
the wood of the burnt offering. and laid it upon Isaac, his son. And he took the fire in his hand,
fire which he was going to set to that wood. See, the son bore
the instrument that would consume his body. And Abraham, the father,
was going to take the fire which would completely consume him. And a knife, says he took a knife,
fire in his hand and a knife, and they went, both of them,
together. They were both in this. The Father
and the Son only. Nobody else with them. This is
between the Father and the Son. Nobody got in on this. And salvation, people, is between
God the Father and God the Son. As I said, twelve in the upper
room, three in the garden, It was two at Calvary. The Father
and the Son. This thing of the accomplishment
of our salvation. This thing of the redemption
of our soul. This thing of the atonement, the salvation, the
redemption of God's peoples between the Father and the Son. Nobody
else was there. Nobody was with them. It was
accomplished by God the Father and God the Son. And applied
later by God the Spirit. Man wasn't in on it. And it says, he laid on Isaac
the wood. The Scripture says, God hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all. You know, it really jumped
out at me, Brother Stan. The very first verse in chapter
53, Isaiah, qualifies who it's talking to. Who hath believed. Who's Isaiah 53 talking about
when it says the Lord hath laid on him The iniquity of us all. Surely he did bear our sin. Our who? First one, who hath
believed the report. To whom is the arm of the Lord
revealed? That's who God made the iniquity
of all. See that? That's whose chastisement
of peace was laid on him. His people. His people. God laid on Christ the iniquity
of His people, and Christ literally bore His own cross, the wood, which His body was hung. But
God Almighty, it says, pleased the Lord to bruise Him. Do you
remember reading that with us in Isaiah 53? It pleased the
Lord to bruise Him. Peter at Pentecost stood up and
preached, you with wicked hands have taken and crucified the
Lord of glory. Men took him, bound him, drove
the nails in his hands, pierced his side with a sword.
No, no, no. Yes, but he did what God determined
before to be done. It pleased the Lord. by His love to us, bound by the
law. The nails were driven by God
Himself. The spear, the sword of God's
justice was plunged in His side by God Himself. The knife was
in the Father's hand. Understand that? The fire was
in the Father's hand. Our God, who is a consuming fire,
when Christ hung on that cross, He said, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? The hell's fire. of God fell
on Jesus Christ, forsaken by the Father. God's sword of
justice. Look at this. I love this. I
love this. If you've never seen this before, this is wonderful. Isaac. They're walking up the mountain
together. And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father. Verse 7.
asked his father something. He said, My father. Son says,
Father. Says, My father. And Abraham
said, Here am I, my son. And Isaac. Now, he's about 20 years old
or so here. He's not a boy. He's a young
man. A strong young man. Abraham's 120 years old. Do you think that Abraham could
have bound his son if he wanted to? Oh no, he's stronger than
the old man right now. His son willingly went through
this. It's a willing son. But the son, they're walking
up the mountain, and the son says, my father, and Abraham
said, here am I, my son. He said, behold the fire. Abraham's
holding a torch. This is how they carried fire
back then, either in a bowl of coals or on a stick, you know,
soaked in something to burn. And Abraham has a knife, and
Isaac's carrying the wood on his back. And Isaac says, Behold
the fire. Here's the fire and the wood.
I've got the wood. Where's the lamb? Father, here's the fire, here's
the wood, where's the lamb? We can't worship without a lamb.
Well, the whole thing's about a lamb. The fire is to burn the
lamb's body. The wood, it's all about a lamb. That's
what you taught me. Father, where's the lamb? Oh, my people. This is the question of all questions,
you know it? The question of all questions. Now, Isaac knew and was taught,
because he was taught, and he knew and he believed that without
the shedding of blood there's no remission of sin. Isaac was
taught this from a child. It's the blood that maketh atonement
for the soul. Isaac was taught A lamb, bring
a lamb without spot, without blemish, firstling of the flock,
firstborn. Watch him. God taught that to
Abel, remember, Abel? He taught it to Isaac. All of
his children are taught that. Without a lamb, there's no worship,
no sacrifice, no salvation. God won't hear you. God won't
deal with you without blood. And Isaac said, here's the fire,
here's the wood. But there's one thing we must have, and people,
this is the question of all questions. This needs to be asked from every
pulpit in America, doesn't it? In the midst of all this wood,
hay and stubble called religion, in the midst of all the wildfire
that's called Holy Spirit fire, fire, in the midst of all these
edifices religious buildings and so forth, monuments and everything.
The wood. We've got the wood. We've got
the fire. The question of all questions, where's the lamb?
Where's the lamb in the midst of all this? Where's the lamb? Well, Abraham. Oh, this verse,
Abraham said, Abraham answered. Verse 8, Abraham said, My son,
My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. So they went both of them together.
My son, and I'll never forget it, neither will anyone ever
forget it who heard it there in person, and everyone has heard
it by rote since then. Old Brother Scott Rich is the
one I first heard preach this, and he preached it this way.
My son, God's will. We're here by the will of God,
son. Everything's by the will of God,
son. God worketh all things unto the
counsel of His will, son. God's will will be done. God will provide, son. God will provide. He always has,
always will. He called us out of darkness
into His marvelous light. He called us, didn't have to.
He chose us, didn't have to, but He did. Here we are several
years later in the hands of God. God will provide, son. He always has. He always will. We don't seem to have what we
need right now, do we, son? God will provide what we need. God will provide. That's what
the name means, Jehovah-Jireh. My son, God will provide Himself. God's command, God's will, God's
purpose is all for Himself. God's will is all through Himself,
for Himself, to Himself. Christ, listen to me, this is
important, Jesus Christ was not offered
for man or to man. There's a worldwide denomination
called Methodism that uses this as their slogan, Offer Them Christ. Cute little slogan, they've got
a little cross with a little banner around it, a little flaming
banner around it. And their slogan is, offer them
Christ, telling people, offer everybody Christ. He never was
offered for anybody or to anybody. Never. Jesus Christ offered himself
once. Where? What's the scripture say
in Hebrews 11? Offered himself once to God. He offered up himself to God. That sacrifice which Jesus Christ
accomplished was for God. In order that God might be just
and justify us. In order that God might be holy.
In condemning sin in His Son. In punishing sin in His Son.
He must, He will by no means clear the guilty. So Christ was
made guilty. And God didn't clear the guilty.
He killed Him. It was for God to be God. It
was for God to be holy. For God to be just. for God to
punish sin. You see that? It was for God.
God would provide Himself a lamb. God needed the lamb. God must
have the lamb to let us go. God spared not His only Son.
God purposed and willed to spare us. But we're guilty. He can't
just let us go free. He's holy. He must punish sin. That's the God of the Bible.
He must. Can't let people guilty go. He wouldn't be God. He wouldn't
be just. Justice will be served. God remained
God in killing his son. It was for himself. God will
provide himself a lamb. Do you understand that? That's
the heart of the truth. My son, God will provide himself
a lamb. My son, God will provide himself
a lamb. He's the lamb. God Himself is
the Lamb. Scripture says, when He had by
Himself purged our sin, God was manifest in the flesh. God became
a man. Call His name Immanuel, which
means God with us. Who was that that was crucified
on the cross? God Himself. God himself died,
feed the church of God which he purchased with his own blood,
Scripture says. God will provide himself a lamb. God himself became the lamb.
Look at this. God will provide himself a lamb
for a burnt offering. A burnt offering, the object
of his own wrath. Christ bore the hell which his
people deserved. And I've got to So they came
to the place. They came to the place which
God had told him of. And so will we. So will we. All of his people will come to
the place. That's what it's all about. You'll come to where worship,
where you're going to worship indeed. You're going to be brought
to a place of absolute, total, complete worship when you're
brought to the foot of Calvary's trail. Abraham had worshipped God before
John. After today, he's going to worship God as never before,
isn't he? He brought to the place where
God had told him of, and Abraham built an altar there, laid the
wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, son willingly, permitted
himself to be bound, and laid him on the altar upon the wood,
and Abraham stretched forth his and took the knife to slay his
son. This actually happened. It actually
happened. Inconceivable. I mean, it really
is inconceivable. How? Gonna do it. Gonna do it. But God, but God, rich in mercy. The angel of the Lord, verse
11, and the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven
and said, Abraham, Abraham, just in the nick of time, just
in the nick of time. We sing the song, just when I
need him most, just in the nick of time. Here am I, Abraham said, and
God said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
anything unto him. For now I know that thou, what? Fearest God. Fearest God. See, and thou hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. Thine only son. My, my. But wait, there's got to be blood
that came to worship. There's got to be a sacrifice.
Where's the lamb? Where's the lamb? It says, Abraham lifted up his
eyes. Lifted up his eyes and looked,
and behold, behold, behind him a ram, a male sheep, caught in
a thicket by his horns. A male sheep in a bush, in a
bush of thorns, secured by his head. Abraham
went, it says, saw that ram behind him. He went and took the ram. Now, he took the ram How do you smoke? There's his son. In order for
his son to go free, you've got to have a substitute.
And there's a lamb. There's a ram. It says Abraham
took the ram. How did he take it? Kelly, how
do you reckon? There's his son. If his son's going to live, this
ram's going to have to die. How did he take it? He laid a hold on it. Hold tight. He waited a while. Remember how
he ran to entertain you? He ran. Oh, there it is. Son,
look. Your salvation. My salvation. I couldn't get through this if
I didn't have this ram. Neither one of us could make
it without this. This is it. It's all our hope.
It's all our future. It's our life. It's a life, son! It's a life
of a dead son, and it's a life of a father who lives without
him. You hear me? He laid hold on him, took that
ram, and it says, I can't even see it, it says he, Abraham went,
took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the
stead of, as a substitute His son. His son. And Abraham called the name of
that place Jehovah-Jireh. As it is said to this day, in
the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. That is, the Lord shall
see to it. The Lord hath seen to it. And
you're going to see it. The Lord hath provided. Jehovah-Jireh. He killed that
ram instead of Isaac, his son. And the only thing that's going
to save your child is a ram. The only thing that's going to
save you is a ram. Somebody in your stead. The only
thing. Jehovah-Jireh. And don't you
know, how do you think they fell? And Abraham took that knife. He's not a bloody man, not a
bloodthirsty man, an unfeeling, uncaring man, but he bound that
ram and plunged a knife into that innocent creature and shed
that blood and set the fire up and he and his son stood back
and watched that. What do you think is going through
their mind? Substitution. Salvation. God's mercy. Abraham's looking
at that ram burned, the body burned on that altar. He's thinking, that's my son,
but for the mercy of God. That's my son, but for the grace
of God. That's me. I would have been consumed by
this, but for the grace of God. But God had provided a substitute. And Isaac's saying the same thing.
That's what I was supposed to, he took my place, that rascal.
And all the way down that mountain, they're singing, huh? They're
singing the mercy of God, singing of substitution. And surely this
is what our Lord was referring to when the Lord said, Abraham,
Abraham rejoiced to see my day. Abraham rejoiced to see the Christ
to substitute the lamb slain for sinners. Abraham rejoiced
to see my day. He saw it, and he was glad. Oh, yeah. He was glad. He saw
Christ crucified. My, my. We need to see him, too. All right. Let's sing a closing
hymn. What number? One hundred twenty
seven. One twenty seven. When a star rose, what a name
for the child of God who came. To Him sinners would we cling. Hallelujah! What a Savior! Sharing shame and scoffing through,
In my place I'll live peacefully, Still my garden with him.