Here's the Isaac assembly about how a tricky bloke got changed by meeting with Godfor the better

1. Isaac
“Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said,
and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.
Sarah became pregnant
and bore a son to Abraham in his old age,
at the very time God had promised him.
Abraham gave the name Isaac
to the son Sarah bore him.”
Genesis 21:1-3

2. Genesis – first book of the Bible
Four great events Four great men
• Creation • Abraham
• Fall • Isaac
• Flood • Jacob
• Spread of Nations • Joseph (We don’t
really know
much about
him!)

3. This is the family history of Isaac …
• Abraham had a son named Isaac.
• When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, who came
from Northwest Mesopotamia.
• Isaac's wife could not have children, so Isaac prayed to the LORD
for her.
• The LORD heard Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant.
• While she was pregnant, the babies struggled inside her. She
asked, "Why is this happening to me?" Then she went to get an
answer from the LORD.

4. This is the family history of Isaac …
• The LORD said to her,
– "Two nations are in your body,
– and two groups of people will be taken from you.
– One group will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger."
• When the time came, Rebekah gave birth to twins.
• The first baby was born red. Since his skin was like a hairy robe, he was named
Esau (meaning ‘robe’).
• When the second baby was born, he was holding on to Esau's heel, so that
baby was named Jacob.
• Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
• When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He loved to be out in
the fields.
• But Jacob was a quiet man and stayed among the tents.

5. Isaac … nothing special?
• No heroic, daring acts
• Bit of a fibber (e.g. in Gerar about his wife)
• Had favourites (Esau not God’s favourite, but
Isaac’s)
• Sons not well-disciplined or well-raised …
behaved badly
• In his father’s shadow?

6. Isaac … one thing special
• God had saved his life
• God had provided a lamb for the burnt
offering
• ‘Substitute’

7. Isaac … one thing special
• God had saved his life
• God had provided a lamb for the burnt
offering
• ‘Substitute’

8. Isaac … one thing special
• God had saved his life
• God had provided a lamb for the burnt
offering
• ‘Substitute’

9. Substitute!
“Christ died for sins
once for all,
the righteous for
the unrighteous,
to bring you to God.”