DON'T VALUE YOUR CHILDREN MORE THAN GOD

Proclamation:

“Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah.  Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.’”  Genesis 22:2 (NIV)

Explanation:

These are the words of God which were written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  After The Lord God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham moved on from Canaan southward towards Egypt.  Again Abraham referred to his wife Sarah as his sister. (Genesis 20:2)  While they were in a foreign land, Sarah became pregnant and bore a son, Isaac, to Abraham when he was one hundred years old. (Genesis 21:1-5)   Sarah did not want Abraham’s other son, Ishmael, to share in his inheritance with her son, Isaac, so she told him to “get rid of that slave woman,” Hagar, and her son. (Genesis 21:8-10)  Sarah’s request distressed him, but after talking to The Lord, he did what Sarah wanted. (Genesis 21:11-14)  Some time later, when Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham. (Genesis 22:1-2)  He passed the test and The Lord God promised to bless him. (Genesis 22:9-18)

Application:

Unfortunately, today too many parents value and love their children more than their mates and more than they value and love The Lord God.  Our children can take us to brunch on Sunday morning but we can’t take them to church on Sunday morning.  The Lord God said that He was a jealous God and no one should make anyone or anything a god above Him. (Exodus 20:3-5 and Deuteronomy 5:7-9)  We are to love The Lord God with all our heart, soul, and strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, and Luke 10:27)  Nothing is to come before God in our lives.  We are to make God first, and everything else fall into place after Him. (Matthew 6:33)