JESUS SAW HIMSELF IN GENESIS About provision To Know: ³Abraham 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.ı And to this day it is said, On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.ı² (Gen. 22:13,14) Jesus was crucified on the same mountain where God provided a ram to substitute for Isaac. When Abraham called the place, ³The Lord will provide,² the will of God was revealed. The church of Jesus Christ is commissioned to reveal the will of God. The church is to be a sign to the world that God is willing and able to provide. During the year before being called to Byfield Parish, my wife and I were shown by events that God provides. In the spring of 1968 we gave our savings to a family left homeless by a night fire. Somehow that we cannot explain to this day, the money was back in our savings account by mid-year. That Christmas, we bought Christmas gifts for children whose parents were struggling financially. The church where I did part of my training invited us forward in the evening on Christmas Sunday to receive a gift. The money given to us was exactly the amount we spent on the gifts. It is not without significance that financial provision was the first issue I faced at Byfield. The lord had prepared me to answer the concern that the church would fail to meet its budget by promising that if we would do what God called us to do that he would provide. Just as God provided a ram in the place of Isaac, so Jesus, the lamb of God, is Godıs provision for sin and therefore the heart and soul of the gospel message. 012210$-012210 <{{{{{{>< Other posts:
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