AKA- Jehovah Jireh

Tonight we continue our midweek series AKA - The Names Of God. Pastor Brad teaches us about Jehovah Jireh God The Provider.

Pastors Notes:

AKA - Jehovah Jireh

TEXT
Genesis 22:7-18 NKJV

But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”

And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the [a]lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, [b]The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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INTRODUCTION

Good evening, everybody!

I’m so glad you’ve joined with us this evening. I hope you’re ready to jump back into looking at the various names of God in the Bible.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve looked at Elohim and discussed the doctrine of the Trinity, and also Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. Tonight, I want to look at another one of the redemptive names of God, as we look at “Jehovah Jireh”, the Lord my provider.

ILLUSTRATION

There have been many songs written and many sermons preached about “Jehovah Jireh”.

Most of them are about finances, blessings, etc. While all of those things can fall under this, this is not the main thought behind this name.

You see, the root word “Jireh” means “to see”. When compounded together, it means “to provide”.

This gives us way more insight into our text and why this is something to shout about.

BACKGROUND

We learn about God’s name Jehovah-Jireh in the biblical story of Abraham offering up his son Isaac on the altar of sacrifice. Abraham, knowing that what he saw in the spiritual realm affected his own actions in the physical realm, he recognized the power of sight in calling the place of sacrifice Jehovah Jireh. Somewhere in the combination of those two names, there is a relationship between God “seeing” and God “providing.”


 APPLICATION

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1. The Problematic

   - It seemed unthinkable.
   - He was the promised child.

2. The Prophetic

   - We have to view this as a type of Christ
   - His description (Your only son)
   - He was to be sacrificed
   - He was to be offered on Mt. Moriah (Calvary) - Carried the wood he was to be bound on

   - Isaac freely submitted himself (He wasn’t a child and abraham was

old.)

-He was released back to life after three days (He was dead in Abraham’s mind for three days)

3. The Practical

- The coin in the mouth of a fish. - Matthew 17:27

- Helen Roseaver, the medical missionary from Ireland who received a package.

CONCLUSION

So He is Jehovah Jireh because He see’s it before we need it.
That’s exactly why Jesus is the lamb slain “from the foundations of the earth.”