Aim: To be courageously faithful to God, even with our dearest loved ones.
Abraham's unique qualifications: he is the father of our faith, and he was pleasing to God.
Exegesis: Spiritual principles for child-rearing: offer your children to God (vv. 9-10); show your children your faith (vv. 11-12); bring your children to the cross (vv. 13-14); bequeath gospel to your children (vv. 15-19).
Further application: The requirements for godly parenting: we must have real faith and we must be serious about our profession.
Key verse: v. 9 ''Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built and altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.