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Published: July 20, 2011, 2:40 a.m.

\n\n\nTitle of message: \xa0Audacious Faith \n\n\n\n\n

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(Genesis 22:2) \u201cThen God said, \u201cTake your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.\u201d

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(John 3:16) \u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\u201d

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(Genesis 22:3-6) \u201cEarly the next morning Abraham got up and saddled 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. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, \u201cStay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.\u201d

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Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,\u201d

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(Genesis 22:7-8) Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, \u201cFather?\u201d \u201cYes, my son?\u201d Abraham replied. \u201cThe fire and wood are here,\u201d Isaac said, \u201cbut where is the lamb for the burnt offering?\u201d Abraham answered, \u201cGod himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.\u201d And the two of them went on together.\u201d

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(Genesis 22:9-11) \u201cWhen 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. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, \u201cAbraham! Abraham!\u201d \u201cHere I am,\u201d he replied.\u201d

\n(Genesis 22:12-14) \u201cDo not lay a hand on the boy,\u201d he said. \u201cDo not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.\u201d Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, \u201cOn the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.\u201d \n

(Genesis 22:15-18) \u201cThe angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, \u201cI swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I 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, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.\u201d

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(2 Peter 2:21) (MSG) \u201cIf they've escaped from the slum of sin by experiencing our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ, and then slid back into that same old life again, they're worse than if they had never left. Better not to have started out on the straight road to God than to start out and then turn back, repudiating the experience and the holy command. They prove the point of the proverbs, "A dog goes back to its own vomit" and "A scrubbed-up pig heads for the mud."\u201d

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How do I know if I\u2019m trusting God in the valley?

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(Genesis 22:14) \u201cDo not lay a hand on the boy,\u201d he said. \u201cDo not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.\u201d

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\nAre you withholding from God something that you love more than Him?\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n