The Core Values of a Healthy Church - Part 2 (Genesis 22:1-8) Love God (Worship)

1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

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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.”

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 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered,
“God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.