<TITLE>03. Par 15-18</TITLE>L-15 And we must remember that nothing can be done without faith, and it first has to be confessed. For He is the--He is the Author of faith; we know that, and that nothing can be done without faith. And without faith it's impossible to please God.
And now, He is the High Priest of our confession. Now, the--the King James here in the Book of Hebrews puts it a "profession." To "profess" and "confess" is the same thing, profess and confess. "Confess" means "to say the same thing": "By His stripes I am healed," (See?), "Now, by His Life I am saved."
And now, then first we've got to confess it; and He sets as a Mediator, and the only Mediator between God and man, and He sets there to make intercessions upon what we confess that He has done. What a--what a sound, solid thing that is.

L-17 And now I want to read another Scripture, found over in the Book of--of Genesis the 22nd chapter, and let's begin reading here about the 7th verse.
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for the burnt-offering?
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for the burnt-offering: so they went both of them together.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him up on the--on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou--that thou fearest God, and seest thou... withhold not thy only son from me.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes... and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by the horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him upon... up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.
And Abraham called the name of the place, Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen..

L-18 What I want to take the subject there, if it would be called a subject, "Jehovah-Jireh," the word means "the Lord will provide for Himself a sacrifice." If He doesn't have one, He can provide one. I'm so grateful for that. Now, this great subject... And now reading there, that "Abraham staggered not at the promise through unbelief; but was strong, giving praise to God."...
Now, Abraham was the one that God made the covenant and promise to; and Abraham, not him only, but his seed after him, "Abraham and his seed." And now remember this now. If we are dead in Christ, we are Abraham's seed if we are borned again. Now, let's be real careful about this now as we study this lesson. And now, if you'll listen closely, I'm sure the Holy Spirit will reveal to you. You'll catch the hope, and then it will light this city and everything around you, if we just take our time and catch the idea, what the Holy Spirit's trying to get to us. Now, Abraham, called, that was give the promise to Abraham and his seed...


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