Abraham Gave All To Issac

Q: What does the Bible say about God's promise to Abraham's son Isaac?

The Bible shows that God appointed Isaac as the sole heir of Abraham's estate, symbolizing the fulfillment of His promises. In Genesis 25, we see that Abraham gave all he had to Isaac, marking him as the rightful heir. This act underscores God's covenant promises, as Isaac was not just a biological son but the son of promise, chosen according to God's sovereign will. Abraham's actions illustrate how God gives everything to His Son, Jesus Christ, emphasizing that all things exist for Him and His people. The inheritance of Isaac signifies the deeper theological truth of God's redemptive plan unfolding through His elect.

Q: How do we know that Jesus is God's only begotten Son?

Jesus is affirmed as the only begotten Son through His unique divine conception and role as the heir of all things. The term 'only begotten Son' mirrors Isaac's unique status as the sole heir Abraham's son. Scripture emphasizes that Jesus is begotten of the Father, born of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit, making Him distinct from all others. John 3:16 elucidates this truth, highlighting the unrepeatable nature of Christ’s divine sonship. This uniqueness establishes Jesus not only as the Son of God but as the Messiah, the fulfillment of God's promise, underscoring the depth of His relationship with God the Father and His authority over all creation.

Q: Why is the concept of being joint heirs with Christ important for Christians?

Being joint heirs with Christ signifies our shared inheritance of God's blessings and promises. The concept of being joint heirs with Christ is vital to understanding our identity in God's family. Romans 8:17 articulates that if we are children of God, we are also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. This means that Christians inherit not just material blessings, but also spiritual riches, eternal life, and God's unconditional love. As Isaac received all of Abraham's possessions, we receive all that belongs to Christ because of our union with Him through faith. This profound truth reassures believers of their security and significance in God's redemptive plan.

Q: What role does God's mercy play in the lives of believers?

God's mercy is the foundation for all His gifts, given freely to believers in Christ. God's mercy is a central theme in the believer's life, as it is through His mercy that we receive grace and salvation. The sermon illustrates that while God gives gifts to many—including those who do not acknowledge Him—His merciful love particularly abounds towards His elect. This unmerited favor is critical for understanding God's relationship with us: He is not just a sovereign creator but a loving Father who actively dispenses grace. This mercy encourages believers to approach Him with confidence, knowing they can seek Him for all their needs without fear of rejection. His mercy transcends our failures, assuring us of His commitment to our well-being and growth in holiness.

Q: What does being 'the son of promise' mean for Christians today?

'The son of promise' denotes those chosen by God to inherit His blessings through faith in Christ. Being labeled as 'the son of promise' signifies an individual who is part of God's covenant promises fulfilled through Jesus Christ. Just as Isaac represents the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham, believers today are also seen as children of promise, chosen to receive all the blessings associated with faith in Christ. This concept underscores the Reformed view of election, where God sovereignly chooses His people not based on their merit but solely through His grace. It assures believers of their identity and security in God's plan, reminding them that they are beloved and privileged to be in a relationship with Him. Consequently, Christians are encouraged to live as children of promise, embodying the faith and obedience that characterize the heir of God.

All right, you can sing this
out now, come on. I'll never forget hearing that
song the first time when I was a boy, just about Oh, I might have been eight or
nine years old, and there was a great singer, a man named Clint
Mills, who came to one of the Bible
conferences, and oh, he sang that at the top of his lungs. Hallelujah. And I, boy, it made such an impression
on me. That song has stuck with me ever
since. the song of the prodigal, what
that is, beating on the husks around me. All right, Genesis
25. And once again, the title of this
message will give the whole story away. if I tell it to you. I'm not trying to hide the story
from you, so I want to tell it to you. I want to make it clear. I'm not trying to hide anything. The title of this message is,
Abraham Gave All Unto Isaac. That explains it. Like chapter
23, about how that, I forgot what
it said. Oh, full price for a full, full
possession. That answers it all, doesn't
it? Well, Abraham gave all, verse
5 is the text, Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. And this is another picture of
Christ, a beautiful picture of Christ, a picture of how God
does all things. all things because of Christ,
in and through Christ, and for the sake of his children, and
how that this whole world exists to serve his Son and also for
the saving purpose, God's saving purpose in his elect. I looked and looked and studied
Dr. Gill and others, and he lost
me. He didn't know either who these
people were or what significance they had. I'm sure they did.
God wouldn't have put them there. He wouldn't have put them there
if they were not without significance. Or that is, if they were without
significance. But we don't want to be bogged
down and miss the message But here's one thing we need to note
about all these sons. Did you notice how many sons
that this Keturah, the second wife of Abraham, had? A bunch
of them. These were children of Abraham,
in a sense. But there's only one true son,
wasn't there? There's only one begotten, well-beloved
son who became the heir of all things. And he was a son according
to God's power and according to God's promise. And I'm already
ahead of myself. That's one of my other points.
But it says verse 5, Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. All
that he had. Well, what did he have? Look
back at chapter 24, verse 35. We saw this Sunday morning. What
did Abraham have? Well, Abraham was rich. Verse 35, Abraham, the Lord had
blessed my master greatly, Abraham's servant said. He's great. He
had given him flocks and herds and silver and gold and men servants
and maid servants and camels and asses. And Sarah, my master's
wife, bear a son to my master when he was She was old, and
unto him hath he given all that he had." Abraham was very rich,
and all he had went to Isaac, every bit of it. All he had. Therefore, Isaac was exceedingly
rich, being the sole heir to Abraham's estate. Exceedingly
rich. Now, maybe in reference to these
sons, I don't know. God created all men. God created all, and all men
and women are his by ownership because he is the creator. And
there is a sense in which they are all his offspring. That is
what Paul said in his message, was it Mars Hill, where he said
we are all his offspring. Don't think that God is like
unto these idols of silver and gold, but in him we live and
move and have our being. God is not like these other things,
and we are all his offspring in a sense. In that sense, God
has many sons, yet he has one only begotten well-beloved son,
one only begotten well-beloved son, and that's the Lord Jesus
Christ, the only one that actually came from the seed of God. The Holy Spirit overshadowed
that virgin and gave that miraculous birth to the Son of God, the
seed of God. That's the mystery of it. Grace
is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh,
the begotten, only begotten well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, whom he hath
made heir of all things." All things he hath given into his
Son's hand, and we are joint heirs with him. But God hath
given Christ all that he hath, like Abraham, giving all he had
unto Isaac. Abraham was rich. What about our God? God made
all, owns So Christ is exceedingly rich. And the scripture says,
or the song says, the unsearchable riches. Oh, the unsearchable
riches of Christ. What does God have that he gave
to Christ? What is God rich in that he gave
to his Son? Power. God is rich in power,
isn't he? All power. And Christ said, all
authority is given unto me. in heaven and earth. Life. Christ
has the power of life. He said, As the Father quickeneth
whom he will, even so the Son quickeneth or maketh alive whom
he will, more than a man in him. Death. He hath the power of death. The scripture says he has the
keys of hell and death at his side. God has all mercy, love,
grace, pardon, all these riches in his hands to bestow and he's
given them all to Christ to dole out as he pleases. Joseph, Christ
is Joseph who's in charge of those storehouses of God's mercy,
God's love, God's grace. He doles them out to whom he
will. We've got to go see him if we
want. He gives liberally. You need a little grace? You
go to the one who's in charge of it. Who's that? the son. You can't bypass the son and
go to the father. You've got to go to the son. He's in charge
of them. He's got it all. You want a little
grace? He's got a lot. He'll give us more grace. Why
did Abraham give all to Isaac? I've already said that he's the
only rightful son. By law, God said a man shall
leave his father and mother and cling unto his wives. wife. One wife. By law. So Isaac was the rightful
son by law. He fulfilled the law in that
sense. He was a rightful son. He was a son of promise. Abraham gave all to his son Isaac
because he was God's gift. God's grace to Abraham. And he was the son of promise.
He was the son of promise. The promise C. And because, and
I like this, God, Abraham gave everything to Isaac because he
was obedient to his father. Wasn't it? When he went up Mount
Moriah as a young man of anywhere from 15 to 25 years old. He did that willingly and obediently. He did not have to go. But he
went. Willingly and obedient. He was
obedient even unto death. The son. So what I'm saying is,
he was a worthy son, wasn't he? He was worthy for Abraham to
give all that he had to his son. See the picture? All is given
to our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, because he's the
only begotten Son. He's the woman's seed. He's God's
Son. He's the Son of promise. He's
the promised Messiah. He's the eternal Son. He's the
obedient Son. He's obedient even unto death,
the scripture says, so God hath given him a name above every
name. Why did God give all to his Son,
Jesus Christ? Because he's worthy. Because
he's worthy. And he knows how to handle it.
And as I said, this is also a picture of the believer. This story is
a picture of the believer, how the believer is God's son and
daughter. God's son. Daughters are sons. Join heirs with Christ. Join
heirs. We're heirs with Christ of everything
that God has. Everyone that is in Christ is
given all by God. Everything by God. Romans 8.32
says, He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up
for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us
all things? All things. If he gave his Son,
everything else is nothing. Right? So we have all in Christ. We are joint heirs. And like
Brother Bell said, we don't just get a piece of the pie, we get
the whole pie. This is a time when you can have
your cake and eat it, too. Right? It never exhausted. Never
exhausted. Joined heirs of all that he had,
not just part of it. And that's a mystery. Verse 6.
But it says, unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham
had, or these servant women, maidens, which Abraham had, under
the sons of these women, Abraham gave gifts. He gave gifts unto
them. Now, you could rightly call these
sons bastards, couldn't you? Bastard children, couldn't you? It says that Abraham gave gifts
unto them. I thought this was a picture,
perhaps, of all the unbelieving people of this world. reprobates,
bastard children of their father the devil, but not children of
the Most High God. Unbelievers, reprobates. God
gives gifts unto them, doesn't He? Doesn't He? God is merciful. God is gracious, is He not? God causes the rain to fall on
the unjust as well as He does the just. That man that never
gives thanks to God for his food, God grows a corn. That man that
never acknowledges God at all, he girds him, though he hasn't
known him. Right? He gives gifts unto him,
but, but, look at verse 6 again, that Abraham sent them away from
Isaac, his son, while he yet lived. Sent them away. Reprobate children, children
of wrath, have no part or lot in the matter of salvation. And
these sons were not to have any part in the inheritance and the
blessings of Isaac, and neither will unbelievers, though God
blesses them in this life and maybe more so in his own spiritual
children. That's not the true message,
is it? And reprobate children in this
matter of salvation have no part or lot in this matter, and someday
they will be separated from Christ, who is life. while he yet lived,
Christ who is life itself. They will be separated. And the
reason they live, I quoted it a while ago, in him they live
and move and have their being. The God in whose hands their
breath is, the Christ who sustains their very life, they have not
glorified. And one day he's going to remove
them from his presence. That's what hell is. Hell is. absence of their being out of
the presence of God Almighty. And God will say, cast them into
the lake of fire, which is the second death. Verses seven through
nine. Seven through nine. These are
the days of the years of Abraham's life, which he lived a hundred,
three score and fifteen years. Here's an interesting note. I'm
about to miss it. Abraham had sons by this Keturah. after he was an old man. Now, it said Abraham was old about
40 years before this. About 70 years. It said he was old a long time
ago. He's old. When Isaac was born, he was old. And he didn't think he could
have pleasure or have a child. Well, one of the writers said
this, at the advent or the birth of Isaac, Abraham was, as it
were, regenerated. He was regenerated. His youth was
renewed like the eagles. And he had a bunch of children.
Think about it. That can be the only reason. It's the spiritual
type there, isn't it? Once a person knows Christ, it
doesn't matter how old they are. They're young. They're new. They've found youth. Their youth is renewed like the
eagle. Well, he had several more children after Isaac. And 175
years he lived, verse 8, and Abraham gave up the ghost and
died in a good old age. An old man full of years was
gathered to his people. A good old age. An old man full
of years. And Hebrews 11 says he died in
faith. He died in spite of his sins,
in spite of his failures, in spite of it all, he died trusting
in Christ, believing in his God. I want that to be said about
me, don't you, John? And his sons, verse 9, his sons,
Isaac and Ishmael, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in
the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar, Hittite, which is before
Mamre. Remember that? cave that Abraham
purchased to bury his wife in. He himself was buried in that
cave. It says his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. He hadn't heard of Ishmael since
he cast him away. Well, here he shows up for Abraham's
funeral. Kind of reminded me, kind of made me think of all
the pretenders of religion today who pretend to worship the Father.
were cast away, surely Ishmael gave pretended devotion to his
father Abraham. They said, I bet you he despised
the old man. Don't you? Cast him out. Sure he did. Isaac
loved his daddy. He truly loved his father. And
of the two, Isaac was the one that gave heartfelt heart-felt homage to his father. And many pretended worshipers
today. True worshipers worship in spirit, from the heart, and
in truth. True sons do homage from the
heart. They worship God in spirit, rejoice in Christ, put no confidence
in the flesh. Ishmael made a show, a show of
love and respect to his daddy. He hadn't heard of him to this
point. Verse 10, the field which Abraham
purchased for the sons of Heth, there was Abraham buried, and
Sarah his wife. Abraham went the way of his wife. We saw how that's a picture of
Christ who tasted death for us and went into the grave for us. Verse 11 now. interesting verse. And it's not
there byâ€”this is an afterthought. It came to pass, after the death
of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. God blessed his
son Isaac. And as we said, Isaac is a type
of Christ, the blessed son, the son of promise, the seed, the
promised seed. Now look at this. where Isaac
dwelt. Isaac dwelt, his residence was,
by the well of Lahorah. Isaac dwelt by this well. Arthur Peake calls him the son
of the well. Quite often when you hear about
Isaac, you hear about him being around this well. And we saw
before Look back at chapter 16. This
is where the Lord brought Hagar
to, remember? This well, where we first hear
mention of this well. Chapter 16, verse 14. And it's where the Lord brought
her to and made promises to her. Verse 14 says, The well was called
Beerlehor. Behold, it's between Kadesh and
Bered. If you have a marginal reference,
you see what it says, what that name means? The well of him that
liveth and seeth not. The well of the living woman.
That's what Beerlehor means. the well of the living one. Well,
look over at chapter 24 now. Chapter 24. And right before, it's interesting
that right after Isaac went up into that mountain and, as it
were, was sacrificed and raised from the dead and And then shortly
thereafter, a bride was furnished for him. And look at where we
hear mention of again of Isaac, when we see Isaac again after
chapter 22. Look where it comes from. Chapter
24, verse 62. This is the mention of Isaac
right after we hear him up in the And that's the Mount of Sacrifice. And Isaac came from the way of
the whale, Lehorah. That's where he dwelt, hanging
around that whale. The whale. Isaac came from the
whale. He dwelt by the whale. Look over
at chapter 26. Chapter 26. Do you see the picture
here? And Beer Lahore means the well
of him that liveth and seeth me. It also means the well of
living water. The well of living water. And
that's where Isaac was. And Isaac was associated with
that. And he always hung around it. He's always hanging around
a well. Does anybody get it? I saw one smile. I know one son. An only son. hung around a whale. And he was the whale of living
water. Sat on the whale, he was the
water. Now look at chapter 26, chapter 26, and verse 17, Isaac,
verse 18. Isaac digged again the wells
of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father.
Isaac's the one that He was in charge. He was a whale
man. Rick, that's a good name for
that boy. Whales run in the Williams family.
Isaac was the son of the whale. He was always around a whale,
a whale of water. And he digged the whales, hung
around the whales. And look down at verse 19, and
Isaac's servants, they digged in the valley and found there
a whale, and here it is, of springing water. living water. Wherever
Isaac went, there was a well to be found. He provided a well
of water for the people. So the Lord blessed the son of
Abraham, his only son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt. His dwelling
place was by the well of water, and he provided that living water
for the people. And that's it. Twenty-five minutes. I told you last Sunday, didn't
I? You ought to be still refreshed. All right, stand with me and
I'll dismiss. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you've given
us a little touch of water from this Word, the water of your
Word, dipped your finger. We don't have the capacity to
taking a very big drink, it leaks out. We're leaky vessels.
And, Lord, you just touch your finger and give us a little touch
of water on our parched tongues, and we can taste it. And we've
tasted, seeing that the Lord is gracious. And this little
taste we get keeps us coming back for more. It satisfies us
until the next time we come to drink from this well, this well
spring. of him that liveth and seeth
us." Thank you, Lord, for the Son of the Most High, your Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ, who thou hast made the heir of all things,
given all into his hands. We are in his hands, and we are
so thankful because we are in good hands. We come to him, and we believe
him and trust him for all that we are and all that we have,
all our future, our very souls. him, and we're confident that
he will keep us. Lord, we pray that you bring
us back this Lord's Day, bring us back to worship and drink
again. In Christ's name we pray, amen. The

Abraham Gave All To Issac

What does the Bible say about God's promise to Abraham's son Isaac?

How do we know that Jesus is God's only begotten Son?

Why is the concept of being joint heirs with Christ important for Christians?

What role does God's mercy play in the lives of believers?

What does being 'the son of promise' mean for Christians today?

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Abraham Gave All To Issac

What does the Bible say about God's promise to Abraham's son Isaac?

How do we know that Jesus is God's only begotten Son?

Why is the concept of being joint heirs with Christ important for Christians?

What role does God's mercy play in the lives of believers?

What does being 'the son of promise' mean for Christians today?

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