Gracious Benefits of Good Works

For what purpose is God "testing" Abraham? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Genesis 22:1–19 prepares us for the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these nineteen verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God tests the faith that He has given us in order to show the fruit of it, in order to generously reward us for works His grace has given, and to use us and our works in His ongoing work.