Henry Williams

Here's last weekend’s sermon in 10 Tweets in our “The Story Begins (The Gospel Project)" series.

1/ The only way you can have some assurance that your faith is real or not real is when you go through trials in your life.

2/ If your fail the test because your faith is weak, it shows where you need to grow stronger. God doesn’t abandon you. He wants to grow you.

3/ Abraham is living a nightmare, but he still has hope.

4/ God provides a substitute sacrifice. The theme of substitution is at the heart of Christianity.

5/ This story is here because it foreshadows a day when God would take his Son, his only Son, the One whom he loves, & place him on an altar.

6/ And this time, when the Son is about to be sacrificed, nobody will say, “Stop!”

7/ God calls us to trust in his provision in the test.

8/ You know you are being tested when obedience to God appears to pull you right out of the path of God’s blessing.

9/ We need to be tested to see whether we are chasing after God’s blessings or chasing after the God of the blessings.

10/ “Abraham reasoned.” To pass the test you have to think about who God is, what God is like, and what God can do.

Here's last weekend’s sermon in 10 Tweets in our “The Story Begins (The Gospel Project)" series.

1/ Sally Lloyd-Jones: God tells us to glorify him. “Glorify” means “to make a big deal of.”

2/ Lloyd-Jones: God didn’t create us so he could get joy—he already had it.He created us so he could share it.

3/ The most amazing thing is that the God of the universe, our Creator, glorifies us by SHARING his glory with us.

4/ We are experts at inventing ways to build up our own prestige and bring honor to ourselves. We build our own kingdoms and seek the spotlight

5/ How often do you find yourself living without reference to God or mindful of him?

6/ Genesis 11: “Let us make a name for ourselves”

7/ Instead of giving God glory, they sought their own by huddling together to build their own kingdom, in refusal of God’s command.

8/ God sees our misdirected quest for glory. In his mercy, God spoils our quest.

9/ Sometimes we succeed wildly in building our reputation or our money or our careers. But then we experience the disappointment.

10/ We’re not peddling religion; we’re promoting Jesus and joy.

You can watch this sermon here.

10 Tweets on “The Covenant-Making God Tests Abraham” (Genesis 22:1-14)