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This scripture is important ----to our understanding ---Scripture
Proverbs 4:7 (AMP)
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“The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].
The scriptures answers the question about why Abraham gave up Isaac ------
First of all God made a Promise to Abraham ----The Promise included a Son called Isaac -----that Promise came true ----so Abraham has all the Faith that he needed ------God says in verse ---Gen 17 v19-- But God answered:
No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
God already knew Abraham would obey Him and Abraham already knew and had the Faith that God does not break His Promises so he had no fear in obeying God's Command ----- 7 I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.
Genesis 17Contemporary English Version (CEV)
God’s Promise to Abraham ----READ ALL HERE ---https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17&version=CEV
17 Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, “I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?” So he started laughing.18 Then he asked God, “Why not let Ishmael[b]inherit what you have promised me?”
19 But God answered:
No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
Genesis 22 NKJV
The Sacrifice of Isaac
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad[a]and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
unsafe says --------We will come back to you ---says it all ----Abraham was confirming his Faith in his obedience to take action on God's command and that he would return with his son in tact to the men that came with him ---
unsafe says ---------The scriptures below ----tell you the answer ---- ]19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Hebrews 11:17-19(NKJV)
The Faith of the Patriarchs
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,18 of whom it was said,“In Isaac your seed shall be called,”[a]19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
James 2:21-22 (NKJV)
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
unsafe says ----------Faith requires right action ------God gave the Command for Abraham to sacrifice his son -----and Abraham confirmed his full trust in God's Promise by acting out the command ---- His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
He was confirming his full trust in God to keep His promise by actively doing what God commanded -----God does not go back on His promises --and God does not give and then take away what he has given ----Satan is the robber ---the liar and the thief not God ------
Abraham knew and Trusted all along that Isaac would return with him ----he had no doubt ----no fear ----Full trust in God drives out all fear and doubt ----
Bible says cast not away your confidence for it has great rewards ----
New Living Translation-----Hebrews 10:35-------So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
Study Bible -----http://biblehub.com/hebrews/10-35.htm
A Call to Persevere
…34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.35So do not throw away your confidence ;it holds a great reward.36You need to persevere, so that after you have done God’s will, you will receive what He has promised.
God puts tests before His Children up to us to trust fully what God has Promised by putting our faith into the right action to get the right results ----Abraham did just that ------
Proverbs 4:7 (AMP)
7
“The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].
The scriptures answers the question about why Abraham gave up Isaac ------
First of all God made a Promise to Abraham ----The Promise included a Son called Isaac -----that Promise came true ----so Abraham has all the Faith that he needed ------God says in verse ---Gen 17 v19-- But God answered:
No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
God already knew Abraham would obey Him and Abraham already knew and had the Faith that God does not break His Promises so he had no fear in obeying God's Command ----- 7 I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.
Genesis 17Contemporary English Version (CEV)
God’s Promise to Abraham ----READ ALL HERE ---https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+17&version=CEV
17 Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, “I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?” So he started laughing.18 Then he asked God, “Why not let Ishmael[b]inherit what you have promised me?”
19 But God answered:
No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
Genesis 22 NKJV
The Sacrifice of Isaac
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad[a]and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
unsafe says --------We will come back to you ---says it all ----Abraham was confirming his Faith in his obedience to take action on God's command and that he would return with his son in tact to the men that came with him ---
unsafe says ---------The scriptures below ----tell you the answer ---- ]19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Hebrews 11:17-19(NKJV)
The Faith of the Patriarchs
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,18 of whom it was said,“In Isaac your seed shall be called,”[a]19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
James 2:21-22 (NKJV)
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
unsafe says ----------Faith requires right action ------God gave the Command for Abraham to sacrifice his son -----and Abraham confirmed his full trust in God's Promise by acting out the command ---- His name will be Isaac,[c]and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
He was confirming his full trust in God to keep His promise by actively doing what God commanded -----God does not go back on His promises --and God does not give and then take away what he has given ----Satan is the robber ---the liar and the thief not God ------
Abraham knew and Trusted all along that Isaac would return with him ----he had no doubt ----no fear ----Full trust in God drives out all fear and doubt ----
Bible says cast not away your confidence for it has great rewards ----
New Living Translation-----Hebrews 10:35-------So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
Study Bible -----http://biblehub.com/hebrews/10-35.htm
A Call to Persevere
…34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.35So do not throw away your confidence ;it holds a great reward.36You need to persevere, so that after you have done God’s will, you will receive what He has promised.
God puts tests before His Children up to us to trust fully what God has Promised by putting our faith into the right action to get the right results ----Abraham did just that ------
