was it love? faith? submission? fear?
2007-04-25 09:54:48 · 17 answers · asked by i_lov_mission 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An act of faith and submission to God. Abraham knew from faith and obedience that God could easily raise up his son if he had actually killed him.
2007-04-25 10:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question.
It was mostly faith though.
Read Hebrews 11:8 - he acted on faith that if he did sacrifice his son, God had the ability to resurrect him since it was promised to him that the seed of the Messiah would come through his offspring.
But no doubt Abraham (and Isaac) had love for God to be willing to go throuth with such a sacrifice. Fear of God is a wholesome fear, reverential, or in awe of him. So I'd say he had all four of those.
2007-04-25 17:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Submission. Faith.
God wanted to know if Abraham was willing to perform the very act he would later perform with Jesus. Abraham passed the test and became the father of the lineage of God's son.
2007-04-25 17:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by Truth7 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Submission and faith . Abraham did what god told him to do and Abraham had faith that God will raise him up again from the dead.
2007-04-25 17:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abraham didn't have to sacrifice Isaac in the end, because God took a Ram, God was testing Abraham to see his faith, as God wants to see if we have faith, When we show we have faith, we believe and ask Jesus into our lives, Abraham was showing God that he completely put his faith and trust into him, we have the Bible now to know what God wants of us, and God will never ask anything like that again, because Jesus was the final sacrifice for our sins.
2007-04-25 17:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by bryton1001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all of them... but i would interchange "fear" with reverence. the reality is God would not ask Isaac from Abraham. He also, being an all-knowing God, knows that Abraham has a sincere heart; He just wants Abraham to set an example for us to see what obedience and submission means.
2007-04-25 16:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by its_not_rocket_surgery 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Love, Faith, and Submission to God.
2007-04-25 17:00:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He did it because he love GOD and he show his faith and submission to GOD by sacrificing his son. I do not think that he did it out of fear to GOD.
2007-04-25 17:10:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sun Valley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love and Faith and Submission. Abraham named the mount Jehova-jireh the lord will provide. As he said it is the place the lord will provide himself a lamb. This is prophesy.
2007-04-25 17:02:43 · answer #9 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say you knew someone. That someone was a person of strong faith. That person claimed that God spoke to him. Fine, you think, he believes God speaks to him. One day, you find him, with his son tied to a homemade altar, the altar surrounded by wood ready for burning, knife in hand, and he tells you that God told him to sacrifice his son. What would you think? Would you, for ONE instant, believe that God ACTUALLY told him to sacrifice his son? (Even if he does recant later and say it was "just a test.") No, you wouldn't. You would not doubt for one second that the man was mentally ill--probably schizophrenic. Now if we wouldn't believe a man that we actually KNOW, also knowing that it is a strongly religious man, then why on Earth would anyone believe that some man who lived over 2000 years who made the same claim was any less insane?
2007-04-25 17:12:25 · answer #10 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋