For many of us, the picture of God we grew up with feels confusing. Loving one moment. Angry the next.

But what if the God we imagined isn’t actually the God Jesus revealed?

In this message, The Gods We Invent, we explore one of the most powerful stories in the Bible, the story of Abraham and Isaac, and how it points forward to the cross.

For centuries people believed the gods demanded sacrifice. Blood. Payment. Appeasement. But what if the cross reveals something completely different? What if the cross is not humanity offering a sacrifice to God, but God offering Himself to humanity?\

In this message we discover: • Why Genesis 22 is more than a test • How the story of Abraham and Isaac foreshadows Jesus • Why the cross reframes everything we thought we knew about God • The difference between a God who demands sacrifice and a God who gives Himself The cross does not reveal an angry God demanding payment.

It reveals a loving God giving Himself for the world. If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus.

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