“2- And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom
thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3- And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.” (Genesis
22:2- 3 KJV)
God’s
Command- "Take thy son…” not thy bullocks and thy lambs or other
animals that was available at the time…
Go
and Offer- God told Abraham on the specific of his offering, and the
instructions was to “Go and Offer”. “thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest,”
Notice
the 2 important words: “only” and “lovest”. The hardest part for someone to
give up is when the family is involved. It’s not easy to give up your only son, and the one you love the most. But God gave us His one
and only Son. The Bible says; “For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.” (John 3:16 KJV)
God
the Father sacrificed His Son on the cross for the remission of our sins.
Abraham’s sacrifice was a picture of what God will do to us through the death
of His Son. It is a noble act and Biblical when we sacrifice for our family and
for the Lord’s sake.
Apostle
Paul wrote; “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32 KJV)
