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<DIV>On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:46:14 -0800 (PST) <A
href="mailto:Christiansource-request@ofb.biz">Christiansource-request@ofb.biz</A>
writes:<BR>> From: Josiah Ritchie <<A
href="mailto:jritchie@bible.edu">jritchie@bible.edu</A>><BR>> Subject: Re:
[CS-FSLUG] Genesis 22:10<BR>> To: cs-fslug <<A
href="mailto:Christiansource@ofb.biz">Christiansource@ofb.biz</A>><BR>>
<BR>> On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 14:47 -0500, David M. wrote:<BR>> > On
Monday 03 January 2005 02:40 pm, Jukka wrote:<BR>> > > I think God put
there Abraham into a test (eg. would he obey God <BR>> even<BR>> > >
when it means giving up most important things in his life) .<BR>> >
<BR>> > This is what I thought, but I wasn't sure. I didn't recall reading
<BR>> anything <BR>> > leading up to this plot, and it stuck out at me
because of that. <BR>> It was like <BR>> > a suprise to me that Abraham
was about to slay his son.<BR>> <BR>> There is also an element of faith.
God promised things that required<BR>> having a son. Would God destroy the
vessel of the promise that they <BR>> had<BR>> already waited so long
for?<BR>> <BR>> JSR/<BR>> <BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Heb 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
Isaac: and he that had </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],
<BR>Heb 11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
<BR>Heb 11:19 Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the
dead; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>from whence also he received him in a figure.
<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I see Abraham mumbling to himself, "Offer up Issac? Kill
him? I have a moral</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>issue with that, but God is the one calling the shots, so I
had better obey Him.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>But if kill Isaac, how is God going to fulfill His promise to
me? Well, I guess</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>He plans on bringing Isaac back from the dead or
something. Wow! What </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>a God! Way COOL!"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>OK, so I may be reading a little between the lines.
8-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>wade</DIV></FONT>
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