“It’s a Boy”

BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 22:16–18
​STORY “It’s a Boy”
GOSPEL CONNECTION
​The story of Abraham’s (almost) sacrifice of his son, Isaac, is an amazing story.
An even more amazing story is the story of God the Father’s (actual) sacrifice of his son, Jesus. Isaac’s life was spared because God provided a ram (a male lamb) to be sacrificed in his place. But for Jesus, there would be no ram. Jesus was the sacrifice. Jesus was the Lamb. Just as God provided a ram so that Isaac wouldn’t die, God provided Jesus so that we don’t have to die. The promised child of Eve— the Snake Crusher—was the Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world and rescued us from death! Our Savior would die for a people who didn’t seem to love God or trust him at all. Through Jesus’s death on a cross, we can receive forgiveness for our sins.​