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"Take now your son . . . and offer him . . . as a
burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you" - Genesis 22:2
A person’s character determines how he interprets God’s will (see Psalm 18:25-26
). Abraham interpreted God’s command to mean that he had to kill his son, and he
could only leave this traditional belief behind through the pain of a tremendous
ordeal. God could purify his faith in no other way. If we obey what God says
according to our sincere belief, God will break us from those traditional
beliefs that misrepresent Him. There are many such beliefs which must be
removed-for example, that God removes a child because his mother loves him too
much. That is the devil’s lie and a travesty on the true nature of God! If the
devil can hinder us from taking the supreme climb and getting rid of our wrong
traditional beliefs about God, he will do so. But if we will stay true to God,
God will take us through an ordeal that will serve to bring us into a better
knowledge of Himself.
The great lesson to be learned from Abraham’s faith in God is that he was
prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter what
contrary belief of his might be violated by his obedience. Abraham was not
devoted to his own convictions or else he would have slain Isaac and said that
the voice of the angel was actually the voice of the devil. That is the attitude
of a fanatic. If you will remain true to God, God will lead you directly through
every barrier and right into the inner chamber of the knowledge of Himself. But
you must always be willing to come to the point of giving up your own
convictions and traditional beliefs. Don’t ask God to test you. Never declare as
Peter did that you are willing to do anything, even “to go . . . both to prison
and to death” ( Luke 22:33 ). Abraham did not make any such statement— he simply
remained true to God, and God purified his faith.
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