I Am - wk2

"I Am The Offering" - Genesis 22:1-14

This Christmas season we are focusing on Jesus - the One who was promised by God. Last week we saw that God promised Abraham an “offspring,” and that offspring is Jesus. This morning we will see that Jesus is the offering ... the sacrifice ... for our sin. In today’s world, the love of God has been sanitized and sentimentalized. We have swallowed the idea that for love to be love it must feel nice. But as we will see this morning, the story of Abraham and Isaac shows us that love doesn’t always feel nice. In fact, it can be demanding and tough at times. God tested Abraham by demanding the sacrifice of his only son, Isaac. What happens when love doesn’t feel nice anymore? The story of Abraham and Isaac teaches us that whatever God’s love demands, it also provides.