THE FATHER’S SACRIFICE
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THE FATHER’S SACRIFICE
THE FATHER’S SACRIFICE
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Main Idea: The father gives his son for the sacrifice of our salvation.
Main Idea: The father gives his son for the sacrifice of our salvation.
Key Question: Have you received the sacrifice?
Key Question: Have you received the sacrifice?
1. The father sacrificed willingly.
1. The father sacrificed willingly.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering 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.”
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
2. The father sacrificed generously.
2. The father sacrificed generously.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
“only begotten” does not speak of His Sonship beginning at the time of His birth. Rather Jesus is the Son eternally, past and future. It does speak to Jesus being the sole representative of the Person of God the Father. “Begotten” speaks to the relationship of the Son and Father.
“only begotten” does not speak of His Sonship beginning at the time of His birth. Rather Jesus is the Son eternally, past and future. It does speak to Jesus being the sole representative of the Person of God the Father. “Begotten” speaks to the relationship of the Son and Father.
“It is a word picture which portrays the relationship of the Father to the Son in terms of a Middle Easter patriarchal family. Isaac, termed Abraham’s only begotten son, though Abraham had a prior son and would later have sons. Isaac sustain a unique relationship to Abraham as the son of promise. The same picture, portrayed in parable emphasizes the unique authority of Jesus as sent by the father, and our responsibility to receive the truth declared by Him.” New Treasury
“It is a word picture which portrays the relationship of the Father to the Son in terms of a Middle Easter patriarchal family. Isaac, termed Abraham’s only begotten son, though Abraham had a prior son and would later have sons. Isaac sustain a unique relationship to Abraham as the son of promise. The same picture, portrayed in parable emphasizes the unique authority of Jesus as sent by the father, and our responsibility to receive the truth declared by Him.” New Treasury
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”