God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Could you do it if it was your kid???

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This one, is a heartbreaking one for me, because, this, took everything to thee extreme. Being Obedient is one thing, but sacrificing your loved one??? is a test. He would only give these tests to those who are worthy, and meant for greater things in the future plans of His Plans. So, my question is, could you follow through of what God has asked you to do, even if it meant, to lose a loved one??? Let me hear your thoughts and opinions on this one.

Thank you and God Bless
 

If you're struggling with this passage, i think you're not fully grounded in why this was done, or maybe not remembering who Abraham was.

We should really avoid hypotheticals. I believe people often fall into superstitious what ifs ;and hysterics after that point .


God would Never ask anyone of us to do that .Why? because it is not part of His plans . God has outlined what He expects from Christians.

Consider these verses, about family :

1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel ( unbeliever ) .

Abraham eventually brought forth the tribes of Israel, and Judah and Levi, which Christ would be birthed from .

God sacrificing His only begotten son, was done for our benefit.

Abraham showed faith, in that he would not withhold his own .He knew God could easily bring Issac to life..

This also brought about Gods covenant with Abraham through which all the nations of the earth would be blessed.

Try to see the bigger picture here and the spiritual implications to what took place. At the end of the day, God did not allow Abraham to carry through with the killing .



 
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Abraham knew several things....

a. The promised blessing would come through Isaac
b. Because of "a" he knew that God would have to raise Isaac from the dead.

We are not Abraham and thank God we do not have to bear his cross.....I would die in a flat second for my son!
 
I'll add Consider Christ's actions and teachings . Remember the times God preserved Life in the Old Testament . What was done with Abraham, was specifically concerning his seed line, and the promised Messiah..
 

Abraham did not view it as killing Isacc, he viewed it thorugh the promise was to come through Isacc and that city that's builder is God.

Hebrews 11:8-10, 17-19
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God......17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.”

Abraham believe God and how He promised to keep the covenant in Genesis 15:7-21

“And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”8But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”10 And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.11 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.


12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.13Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”


17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
 
Romans: Abraham was counted righteous by God, because he believed God. Genesis 12 & 15.
saved, in the beginning of his days.

James: Abraham was counted righteous by men, because he wrought obedient works. Genesis 22
sanctified, in the end of his days.




in the sight of God, he was already righteous
 
Abraham knew several things....

a. The promised blessing would come through Isaac
b. Because of "a" he knew that God would have to raise Isaac from the dead.

We are not Abraham and thank God we do not have to bear his cross.....I would die in a flat second for my son!

amen brother, and the same

if he wasn't already believing God, would he have obeyed? he knew that God had prepared a way, because he believed -
the LORD will provide a lamb whatever form that should take
:)





seconds are oblate spheroids, not flat, btw. but that's not really important ;)
 
This one, is a heartbreaking one for me, because, this, took everything to thee extreme. Being Obedient is one thing, but sacrificing your loved one??? is a test. He would only give these tests to those who are worthy, and meant for greater things in the future plans of His Plans. So, my question is, could you follow through of what God has asked you to do, even if it meant, to lose a loved one??? Let me hear your thoughts and opinions on this one.

Thank you and God Bless

Abraham had God's promise that Isaac would walk down the mountain with him. With that kind of assurance perhaps I could obey. Even Isaac was ready to cooperate; probably because of the same promise.

When Isaac asked ,'where is the lamb?', Abraham responded 'God will provide Himself, a Lamb.'

Abraham truly believed that God would honor His promise..
 
This one, is a heartbreaking one for me, because, this, took everything to thee extreme. Being Obedient is one thing, but sacrificing your loved one??? is a test. He would only give these tests to those who are worthy, and meant for greater things in the future plans of His Plans. So, my question is, could you follow through of what God has asked you to do, even if it meant, to lose a loved one??? Let me hear your thoughts and opinions on this one.

Thank you and God Bless

Could you imagine sacrificing your on beloved child, the thought of having to do that is much more than most of us can bear. BUT He did it... God did it for us.

Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned.
3 You have enlarged the nation
and increased their joy;
they rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
when dividing the plunder.
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,
you have shattered
the yoke that burdens them,
the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor.
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,
will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,


The Messiah was a gift from God. Man had no claim on him, and God voluntarily gave his Son to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world.
 
This one, is a heartbreaking one for me, because, this, took everything to thee extreme. Being Obedient is one thing, but sacrificing your loved one??? is a test. He would only give these tests to those who are worthy, and meant for greater things in the future plans of His Plans. So, my question is, could you follow through of what God has asked you to do, even if it meant, to lose a loved one??? Let me hear your thoughts and opinions on this one.

Thank you and God Bless

While I am taking notes since there might be a test at the end of this thread, I always find it interesting that those who believe a talking serpent deceived Eve into eating from a tree can't believe that a serpent could write a book.

I know that it is pretty convincing argument that a serpent couldn't write a book because they got no hands, which is undeniable because they don't have any arms. But did God teach you how to read?
;)


11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Gen 22:11-12
 
Since we often fail to "put on our sandals" when we read the Bible, we miss the fact that this was not a strange thing to Abraham. Our God is not the only god Abraham was VERY familiar with. In fact, his father was a craftsman who made idols of the pagan gods he and all the people he was associated with worshiped. Child sacrifice was, as we understand it, a fairly common practice to those people.
 
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I think the closest we come to offering up our children to God are the times when we pray for His purpose to be done in their lives. NO MATTER WHAT. And mean it. To accept that things might even look worse for this to happen.

I have had to do this. This type of prayer is not easy (especially when you have to live with the "worse"). And the only way you can peacefully surrender your children is to know that God's actions on their behalf always comes from His mercy and kindness. And with love.
 
Thank you all for your comments. We are not Abraham, that is a fact. But the thread is about, Could you do it if it was your kid? I know how the story ends, but God does choose people in this generation, in a similar, yet different scenario. Nothing extreme like giving up your child tho. For those that He knows that can handle it, He will charge this task too. But know that God, God Himself went all the way with this task. His only Son, Jesus. We are humans, and can never fully understand the Heavenly Father with His plans. We must trust in Him, regardless of the difficult path ahead, and must keep focus with what God has asked us to do.

God Bless you my brothers and sisters. Thank you again for your comments. Have a great day
 
Can't help but notice that on your Threads, you ask questions, fishing for answers, yet you do not offer to answer yourself?

This one, and the one about Mission From God? What about you?