I once heard about a guy whose apartment was flooded from a broken

pipe in the upstairs apartment.

He wants to go to a plumber but he couldn’t—his car had a flat tire. He
changed it and went inside again to phone a friend but got an electric
shock from the phone. That startled him and he unintentionally ripped the
phone off the wall.

During that time, the water damage had jammed the door to his
apartment, so a neighbor had to kick down the apartment door.

While all this was going on, somebody stole the guy’s car—but it was
almost out of gas. He found the car a few blocks away and had to push it
to a gas station to fill up the tank.

After slipping on the wet carpet and badly injuring his tailbone,
Life is full of
problems, pressures,
and stresses
Maaring hindi naman ganito
kasaklap ang ating naranasan
ngayong araw pero may mga
panahon sa ting buhay na ang
mga problema ay nagsasabay-
sabay
Si Abraham ay marami din mga
problemang kinaharap
THE TRIALS
OF ABRAHAM
THE TEST OF
OBEDIENCE
We will study how
obedience looks like

Anu ba ang itsura ng

Pagsunod
Obedience to God is not always
easy, especially if we are facing
many trials and the sacrifice is
great

But God requires that even when

it does not make sense,
obedience is still required!
 GENESIS 22
1Pagkalipas ng ilang panahon, sinubok ng
Diyos si Abraham. Tinawag siya ng Diyos,
“Abraham!” “Narito po ako,” tugon naman
niya. 2 Sinabi sa kanya, “Isama mo ang
kaisa-isa at pinakamamahal mong anak na
si Isaac, at magpunta kayo sa lupain ng
Moria. Umakyat kayo sa bundok na ituturo
ko sa iyo, at ihandog mo siya sa akin.”
MBBT
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 GENESIS 22
3Kinabukasan, maagang bumangon si
Abraham at nagsibak ng kahoy na
gagamiting panggatong sa handog na
susunugin. Inihanda niya ang asno, at
umalis kasama si Isaac at ang dalawang
aliping lalaki papunta sa lugar na sinabi
ng Diyos sa kanya MBBT

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 GENESIS 22
1 Some time later God tested Abraham.
He said to him, “Abraham!”, “Here I
am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take
your son, your only son, whom you
love—Isaac—and go to the region of
Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt
offering on a mountain I will show
you.” NIV
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 GENESIS 22
3Early the next morning Abraham
got up and loaded his donkey. He
took with him two of his servants
and his son Isaac. When he had cut
enough wood for the burnt offering,
he set out for the place God had told
him about NIV

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GOD TESTED
ABRAHAM
Sometime later God tested Abraham
God takes us through tests to try our faith
and discern its composition. Is it genuine or
false? Is it weak or strong?

Believers go through tests to build and

strengthen their faith.

Therefore, tests are the lot of God’s

children because they must be prepared for
the things God desires them to accomplish
 What is the
Description of
Obedience
Obedience is
 It Is

ACTION
 GENESIS 22
3Early the next morning Abraham
got up and loaded his donkey. He
took with him two of his servants
and his son Isaac. When he had cut
enough wood for the burnt offering,
he set out for the place God had told
him about NIV

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I underlined the actions Abraham
did to show his obedience to God

Just in one verse there are 4

action words Abraham does

In simple terms it means hearing

the word of God and acting on it
 Action is the
HALLMARK OF OBEDIENCE
Our action shows that we are willing to
obey God’s command

Our action shows we truly love God

 Do we act on
God’s command?
They count the cost of discipleship, and
then gladly pay it.

But we never can prove; The delights of

His love, Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, And the joy He
bestows, Are for them who will trust and
obey.
(Trust and Obey, John Henry Sammis)
Why Would God Do Such an
Extreme Test? Strong faith is
often exercised with strong
trials
Merriam-Webster defines
obedience as “the act of
obeying”
When you think about obedience, is
“joy” a word that immediately
comes to mind? Probably not.

But the Bible tells us to obey God

joyfully. And as it turns out, there
are lots of great reasons for being
joyful as we obey God
 It Is

CONVICTION
 CONVICTION
means a strong
Persuasion
CONVICTION ito
yun paniniwala
mo na kalooban
ng Dios
 GENESIS 22
5 Kaya't sinabi ni Abraham sa kanyang
mga alipin, “Bantayan ninyo rito ang
asno at kami na lamang ng bata ang
aakyat sa bundok. Sasamba kami sa
dako roon, at babalikan namin kayo.”
6 Ipinapasan ni Abraham kay Isaac

ang kahoy na panggatong. Dala

naman niya ang apoy at patalim, at
magkasama silang lumakad.
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 GENESIS 22
7Tinawag ni Isaac ang pansin ng
ama, ”Ama” “Ano iyon, anak?” tugon
ni Abraham. “Mayroon na tayong
apoy at panggatong, ngunit nasaan
ang tupang ihahandog?” tanong ni
Isaac. 8 Sumagot si Abraham, “Anak,
ang Diyos ang magbibigay niyon.”
Kaya't nagpatuloy sila sa paglakad
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 Ang conviction ni
Abraham na ang Dios ay
gagawa ng himala
bagamat iaalay niya si
Isaac ay kaya siya ay
sumunod
Obedience has the conviction
that despite it is very illogical,
contradictory or non-sense, we
still obey God

Isaac is the fulfillment of the

promise but now God wants
him dead!
Obedience to God is not
always easy, especially if the
command seems irrational and
illogical

Isaac is the fulfillment of the

promise but now God wants
him dead!
Only when obedience doesn’t make
sense do we begin to learn to obey

Obedience means trusting the

inexplicable commands of God no
matter how strongly our hearts
speak contrary or our cultures
disagree or our feelings rebel or our
desires overwhelm
Minsan ang tingin
natin sa utos ng
Dios ay wala sa
katwiran o wala sa
hulog
 It Is

CONSECRATION
 GENESIS 22

2 Then God said, “Take your

son, your only son, whom you
love—Isaac—and go to the
region of Moriah. Sacrifice him
there as a burnt offering on a
mountain I will show you.” NIV
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 GENESIS 22
9When they reached the place God
had told him about, Abraham built
an altar there and arranged the
wood on it. He bound his son Isaac
and laid him on the altar, on top of
the wood. 10 Then he reached out his
hand and took the knife to slay his
son
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Consecration
means surrender
SACRIFICING
HIS ONLY SON
 BURNT
OFFERING
God requires Burnt Offering Leviticus 1

There are many offerings: sin offering, meal

offering, peace offering

In the burnt sacrifice the whole animal was

placed on the altar, nothing was held back.

The priest is to burn all of it on the altar including

the inward parts of the sacrifice

Daily burnt offerings

This story causes us to ask a lot of
troubling questions.

What kind of God would ask for this?

Is God commanding child sacrifice?

Isn’t this request in conflict with

everything else God seems to value?
BURNT OFFERING

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Burnt Offering, Abraham has
to kill his son

Was God recommending

human sacrifice? Of course
not, God is testing Abraham
Our obedience to God can qualify us, and
those connected with us, to receive great
blessings. I encourage you, my brother
and sister, to settle in your heart that you
will obey God no matter what, trusting
that what He has for you is greater than
what you are asked to sacrifice – even if
sometimes it doesn’t make sense.
Obedience is hard
because it requires what
we love or what is very
important to us
 Description of Isaac

Only son-Hebrew is only

Begotten son

Whom you loved

Obedience means giving up

Consecration means to yield

ownership, to relinquish control over
what we consider ours: our
property, our time, our "rights."
When we surrender to God, we are
simply acknowledging that what we
"own" actually belongs to Him
Are we ready to consecrate
or surrender what God
wants us to give?

If you are not ready to

consecrate, then you are
not ready to obey
 It Is the

FOUNDATION
OF BLESSING
 GENESIS 22
11 But the angel of the LORD called out
to him from heaven, “Abraham!
Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he

said. “Do not do anything to him. Now

I know that you fear God, because
you have not withheld from me your
son, your only son.”
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 GENESIS 22

15The angel of the LORD called to

Abraham from heaven a second
time 16 and said, “I swear by
myself, declares the LORD, that
because you have done this and
have not withheld your son, your
only son,
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 GENESIS 22
17I will surely bless you and make your
descendants as numerous as the stars
in the sky and as the sand on the
seashore. Your descendants will take
possession of the cities of their
enemies, 18 and through your offspring
all nations on earth will be blessed,
because you have obeyed me.”
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 Deuteronomy 28

1“Kung susundin lamang ninyo si

Yahweh na inyong Diyos at tutuparin
ang kanyang mga utos, gagawin niya
kayong pinakadakila sa lahat ng mga
bansa sa balat ng lupa. 2 Mapapasa-inyo
ang lahat ng mga pagpapalang ito kung
susundin ninyo ang Diyos ninyong si
Yahweh

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 Deuteronomy 28

3 “Pagpapalain niya kayo sa inyong

mga bayan at sa inyong mga bukid.
4 “Pagpapalain niya kayo ng

maraming anak, masaganang ani

sa inyong lupain, at maraming
alagang hayop. 6 “Pagpapalain niya
kayo sa lahat ng inyong gagawin
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 Deuteronomy 28

3 “Pagpapalain niya kayo sa inyong

mga bayan at sa inyong mga bukid.
4 “Pagpapalain niya kayo ng

maraming anak, masaganang ani

sa inyong lupain, at maraming
alagang hayop. 6 “Pagpapalain niya
kayo sa lahat ng inyong gagawin
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 Deuteronomy 28

15“Subalit kung hindi kayo makikinig

kay Yahweh na inyong Diyos at hindi
susunod sa kanyang mga utos at mga
tuntuning ibinibigay ko sa inyo
ngayon, mangyayari sa inyo ang mga
sumpang ito: 16 “Susumpain niya
kayo, ang inyong mga lunsod at ang
inyong mga bukid
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The Comparison of Isaac and the Lord
Jesus:

Both Isaac and Jesus are “beloved

sons” Genesis 22.1 and Matthew 3.17

Both have been long-awaited

Both are born miraculously

The Comparison of Isaac and the
Lord Jesus:

Both sons carry the wood that is

to be the instrument of their
deaths on their backs Genesis
22.6; John 19.7
 The Comparison of Isaac and
the Lord Jesus:

In both cases, the father leads

the son, and the son follows
obediently toward his own
death
The Comparison of Isaac and the
Lord Jesus:

God provides the sacrifice, the

ram for Abraham and Christ
the lamb of God
The Comparison of Isaac and
the Lord Jesus:

Both sons were innocent but

went willingly to be
sacrificed
Test: Abraham prepared to
sacrifice his son Isaac.

Application: In what ways

has my life demonstrated
that I will not allow anything
to come between me and God
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 THE TEST OF OBEDIENCE
Genesis 22
10 Nang sasaksakin na niya ang bata, 11 tinawag

siya ng anghel ni Yahweh at mula sa langit ay

sinabi, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Narito po ako,”
sagot ni Abraham. 12 Sinabi ng anghel, “Huwag
mong patayin ang bata. Huwag mo siyang
saktan! Natitiyak ko ngayong handa kang
sumunod sa Diyos, sapagkat hindi mo
ipinagkait sa kanya ang kaisa-isa mong anak.”
 THE TEST OF OBEDIENCE
Genesis 22
13 Paglingon niya'y may nakita siyang isang

lalaking tupa na ang mga sungay ay napasabit

sa mga sanga ng kahoy. Ito ang kinuha ni
Abraham at inihandog sa halip na ang kanyang
anak. 14 Kaya't ang lugar na iyon ay tinawag ni
Abraham na, “Si Yahweh ang Nagkakaloob.”
At magpahanggang ngayon, sinasabi ng mga
tao, “Sa bundok ni Yahweh ay may nakalaan.”
 God’s Provision to
Abram is the Reward
for his Obedience
Jane’s eyes beamed as she pulled her father by the hand
when she saw the pink teddy bear. “Daddy, that’s the one
I want,” she said as she pointed. “That one right there.
Daddy, please knock down the bottles and win it for me.
Please, Daddy, please!” “I will try, Jane.” “I know you can
do it, Daddy. You can do anything.”
Ten dollars later, Jane squealed with delight as all the
bottles fell, and her father presented her with the soft pink
teddy bear. Smiling and twirling with her new treasure,
Jane was elated.
“Jane, may I have your teddy bear?”
Staring at her bear tears filled her eyes as she slowly
handed it to him. Jane’s father pulled a bigger bear from
under his jacket. She jumped and screamed with joy as she
hugged the bear
Sometime later God tested Abraham
God takes us through tests to try our faith and
discern its composition. Is it genuine or false?
Is it weak or strong? Furthermore, since God
has great plans for each of his children, tests
are preparation for greater works, just as tests
in school. Believers go through tests to build
and strengthen their faith. Without believing in
God, nothing is possible. Therefore, tests are
the lot of God’s children because they must be
prepared for the things God desires them to
accomplish
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The Bible has many difficult
passages for modern readers, but
few are more challenging than the
moment when God asks Abraham to
sacrifice his son Isaac in Genesis 22

Trinity-biblical but hard to

understand
God tests us to see if we trust and fear Him. What He asks
us to sacrifice does not compare to His rewards if we obey.
When Abraham willingly bound Isaac and raised the knife
to kill him, the angel confirmed his fear of God (Genesis
22:12). This one act of obedience fulfilled the promise of
Abraham becoming the father of many nations through
Isaac. Like Abraham, one act of our obedience can produce
a significant reward that outweighs what we are asked to
sacrifice.
What has God instructed you to give up since giving your
life to Jesus? Are you willing to let go to receive the higher
reward? For Abraham, his obedience had an eternal
blessing on his family (Genesis 22:17) and ours. God
declares to Abraham:
What the Bible says about joyful
obedience

Psalm 100:2 says, Obey [God] gladly TLB

Psalm 119:16 NCV I enjoy obeying your

demands

Psalm 119:47 GNT I find pleasure in

obeying your commands