“And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.”
Genesis 22:5 KJV
“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the young men. “Isaac and I will go up and worship; then we will return to you.” This is the first instance of worship in the Bible. Abraham freely offered his beloved son to God and called it worship. True worship always involves a sacrifice. The first reference of the New Testament to worship is found with men bowing down before a Child and offering sacrificial gifts to Jesus - gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Biblical concept of worship includes freely bowing down before God bringing our gifts (sacrifices of praise) to honour and adore Him. Abraham is the father of faith because he knew that God, if He had to, would resurrect Isaac so that both Isaac and his father would return to where they left the servants. This gift of faith has come to all those who are in Christ and have the blessing of being the seed of Abraham through Christ. Amen!
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