Lessons from Abe
There are two lessons that I have gained from this passage. The first in 17:1 is that God commands that we walk before Him and be blamless. This shows that a true follower of Christ is always walking in His way and continues in that no matter what the difficulty. Next it tells us to be "blameless" yes we are commanded to not sin, I am so tired of hearing the excue "we r human". Christ says that we are to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect (Matt 5:48) thus concluding that not only are we not to sin, but in Christ we have the power to resist temptation and run from sin.
The second lession is that the Lord provideds. In 22:12-14 Abraham is getting ready to sacrifice Isaac and right as he was getting ready to kill his son, the Lord commands him to stop, because the Lord saw that Abraham was willing to obey he provided the sacrifice. Now this is a great story, but it shows us that sometimes we have to go all the way to the end of our rope, and just when we are about to slip off, the Lord provides for our need. The Lord is never late, rarely early, but is ALWAYS on time.
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