Enduring Christianity
Discussing the joys AND challenges of sincerely following Jesus. Salvation in Jesus is a gift, but Jesus warns us of the temptations that can lure us away. Jesus said "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my word endures forever." and "Only those who endure until the end will be saved." If your goal is ONLY to get to heaven then maybe despite your good intentions you're heading in the wrong direction? Maybe the direction is faithfully FOLLOWING Jesus and the result is Him? No, this is not a works based podcast! No, this is not an, "I go to Heaven because I earned it." This is a conversation about loving Jesus because he deserves my all.
Enduring Christianity
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Throughout Abrahm's life he had been tried and endured because of his true faith in God. Yet still after all the testing of his faith, "Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am." (Genesis 22:1). God said to Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” (Genesis 22:2)
On the surface, to most this may seem mean of God to require such a thing of Abraham to prove his devotion to God, but this is the very thing God would do, where one day Jesus would die on a cross as an act of devotion of His love for us.
Abraham's relationship with God was at such a confident depth that he knew the nature of God is not mean, but loving. And in this relational knowledge he obeyed, believing in God. "Abraham, concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead." (Hebrews 11:19)
While most have heard the story of Abraham's faith to sacrifice his son Issac, few have been taught the magnitude of meaning and significance to this story. We truly hope you dive in alongside us, as we discuss the high significance of what there is to learn from this story of true faith, belief and worship.
