week of 11/14

Unit 3 Session 3

A PROMISE TESTED

GENESIS 21-22  ;  Hebrews 11:17-19

God calls on His people to place a deep faith in Him, a

faith that believes God can do the impossible.

For years, Abram lived believing God's promise that he would have

many descendants - that he would become a great nation and through

his offspring all the peoples of the earth would be blessed. God's

promise carried him through trials and troubles, though at times

Abram unwisely tried to help the process along. God even changed

Abram's name as a sign of this promise, and Abram became Abraham.

Through many long years, Abraham's faith in God did not waver. And

then one day, Abraham's faith became sight.

Points to consider:

✞   God provides the son of promise.
     * How should this Biblical account affect our hope

        in God's promises?

✞   God demands the sacrifice of the son of promise.

     * What are some truths about God's tests that we

        should know?

     * How have you seen faith in God lead to extra-

        ordinary acts of obedience?

✞   God provides a substitute for the son of promise.

     * How should we respond to the grace of God in

        providing His Son as a sacrifice in our place for

        our sins?