1. Abraham offered Isaac (17-19)

Abraham believed God's word of promise, 'It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.' So when God tested him, telling him to offer Isaac as a burnt sacrifice, he prepared at once to do so. He was ready to obey because he believed that God would keep his word. He believed that Almighty God had power to raise the dead.

2. Isaac, Jacob and Joseph (20-22)

Isaac, Jacob and Joseph all had a sense of God's history. They looked at the future with the eyes of faith. They believed that God is the same forever, and that he keeps his promises. So Isaac and Jacob could bless their sons, and Joseph could be sure that God would bring his people out of Egypt and back to the promised land. Their ultimate hope, however, was not in the earthly kingdom, but in the kingdom of heaven.

Application: Lord, teach me Abraham's obedient, resurrection faith and teach me a sense of history.
One Word: Believe and obey Almighty God