And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”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.And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
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… thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide, as it is said to the day, on the mount of the Lord it shall be provided. And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, by myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore, and your offspring shall possess the gates of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned to his young men and they arose and went together to Beersheba. the first truth that this chapter of scripture illustrates and the first truth that the heidelberg catechism brings us to this evening is that death pays for your sin it's an old truth it is an essential truth to remember as god's people that there is a massive chasm between the god of the universe and us his creatures by nature Abraham and his family understand this. …
… instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide. As it is said to this day, in the mount of the Lord it shall be provided. This all happened, interestingly, somewhere around 19 to 1800 BC. And it happened on Mount Moriah. Where later in time, when BC was turning to AD, that on that mountain, on that mountain, Jesus died. on the same mountain. Jehovah Jireh did it again. And on the mountain of the Lord, God will provide. I didn't provide, and you didn't provide, but God did. grace is at the end of Genesis chapter 50 making a way for Jesus to be born Joseph as you know is one of the sons of Jacob and Jacob Abraham Isaac and Jacob there comes the line Abraham Isaac up on the mountain with him and Jacob Jacob has all these sons the brothers are are hateful towards Joseph they throw him in a pit sell him into slavery his life is miserable for a long period of time but eventually God miraculously raises him up out of a dungeon in a prison and makes him the second most powerful man in Egypt and gives him the foresight and the wisdom to store up the plenty because a famine is coming to the land. And when the famine comes, Joseph's family, his brothers and his dad, they're all back in Cana. They have to come down to Egypt to get food because Egypt's the only place where there is food. And in Joseph's family is the …
… Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place, The Lord will provide. As it is said to this day, on the mount of the Lord it shall be provided. Please pray with me. Eternal God, I pray that by the power of your spirit, these words about an event long ago and far away might slip the bonds of paper. and anointed by your power, we too might say tonight when you call us by name, here I am. I pray you'd free us from the distractions of this day and by your spirit enable us to focus on this word. In Jesus' name, amen. Here I am. Guidepost Magazine is a popular Christian devotional magazine. A while back, Guidepost asked its thousands of readers, has God ever spoken to you? Ann Logan of St. Louis was one of hundreds who responded. She said, yes, I was in bed, wracked by pain in my back. …