Adam North - March 22, 2026
Faith is followed by action
Genesis 22 Everything Abraham was promised was contingent upon the son he did not have. When finally and miraculously he has a son, Abraham is told to sacrifice his son. And Abraham has just done everything to secure a safe future for Isaac! A ‘whole burnt offering’ meant no part of the sacrifice was left over to show that God meant more to you than the things of this world. We know that God condemned the pagan practice of child sacrifice (Leviticus 20:2-5, 2 Kings 21:6, Jeremiah 32:35). He wants Abraham to have an opportunity to see that God can do anything. The New Testament tells us that ‘by faith Abraham … considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead’ (Hebrews 11:17-19). Thankfully, God intervened and Abraham sacrificed a ram instead. One day, on the exact same mountain range, Jesus would be sacrificed. God’s only begotten Son would become the Lamb of God, proving God’s faithfulness to us. For more about Christ Central Church Portsmouth visit: https://christcentral.church Or via socials: www.facebook.com/christcentral.ch www.instagram.com/christcentralchurchportsmouth To connect with us email: hello@christcentral.church or give us your details at https://www.christcentral.church
From Series: "Genesis - God's people in God's plan"
The Bible has clear instructions in parts, but most of it is story. Stories of people messing up. Stories of people discovering God’s grace. Stories we can learn wisdom from. The middle bit of Genesis tells the story of three generations who discover what it means to be God’s people in God’s plan for his world. And they don’t always get it right. Their stories include: marriage problems, death and grief, parenting struggles, choosing a spouse, sexual immorality, deception, reproductive ethics, unjust employers, relationships that distort God’s design, the strength of friendship, birth, infertility, abuse, betrayal, forgiveness, aging, value of life from womb to tomb, loneliness, racism, politics, war, buying land, wealth management, and learning wisdom from all the ambiguity of ordinary life trying to trust God in a fallen world. We face many issues in life where we have to ask: What does it mean to be God’s people in this? What’s God’s plan for it?
