We live in a very mobile world.

Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere.

Throughout Scripture, God often taught people the greatest lessons along the journey.

Today, we continue with Scott Pauli, our study through the great journeys along the journey. Today, we continue with Scott Pauli,

our study through the great journeys of the Bible.

Our prayer is that you will rediscover the adventure of walking with God.

If I were to ask you today, who is the great man of faith in the Old Testament, almost without

exception, everyone would agree, that's Abraham.

He is the father of the faithful.

And I believe that's true.

But did it ever dawn on you that if Abraham had not brought Isaac his son along, helped him to develop faith in God, that we would have no Israel.

That it was not enough for Abraham simply to believe God and make the journey of faith,

but he had to bring Isaac along as well.

We've come in our study of Scripture to Genesis chapter number 22,

to a chapter that is a very sober,

serious chapter because as rejoicing as Abraham and Sarah are that God has given him a son,

God has now said to Abraham, now take him up to a mountain and sacrifice him.

You'll remember in Genesis chapter 22 in verse number five, the Bible says,

and Abraham said into his young men, abide you here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder

and worship and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon

Isaac, his son, and he took the fire in his hand and a knife, and listened to this phrase, and they went both of the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac, his son. And he took the fire in his hand and a knife

and listened to this phrase, and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake into Abraham,

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