Abraham's Test

Ge 22:2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

* God's Tests Often Involve What's Dear To Us: "...Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love..."
--- a precious son 

* God's Tests Often Involve What's Difficult For Us: "...go to the land of Moriah..."
--- a precarious stretch (A journey of three days. Travels in Bible times were difficult and dangerous.) 

* God's Tests Often Involve What's Distressing To Us: "...offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
--- a painful sacrifice 



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