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亚伯拉罕的信心之旅包含一些痛苦和曲折的经历，今天的故事总会令大部分父母感到耿耿于怀。在这里，神要试验亚伯拉罕，祂吩付亚伯拉罕把他的儿子献上作为祭物——而亚伯拉罕几乎完全照做了！

这个要求看来实在不可理喻——神竟然吩咐亚伯拉罕把他自己的儿子献上为祭。以撒毕竟是神所应许的后裔——神是藉着他应许赐福给万国万民的。亚伯拉罕或许觉得这个命令不合情理；以撒可是神所赐的礼物啊！现在亚伯拉罕似乎要把这份礼物交还给神了。亚伯拉罕能否舍弃他的儿子——这个对他来说比生命还要宝贵的儿子呢？既然这样，神藉以撒赐福给万国的应许又如何成就呢？

对亚伯拉罕的信心而言，这件事肯定是一个极具挑战和极难忍受的试验。然而，不论如何，亚伯拉罕对神有足够的信心，他相信会有解决方案的；他甚至告诉以撒：“我儿，神必自己预备作燔祭的羊羔。”当亚伯拉罕动手准备杀他的儿子献祭时，果然神制止了他。

我们的信心有时也会受到试验的。无论试验多么具挑战性，我们是否会服从神的吩咐，信靠神必定持守祂的应许呢？神的独生子耶稣已为我们舍弃生命了，藉着祂我们可以相信，在神凡事总会有完满的结果。

Abraham's journey of faith involved some painful twists and turns. This episode can tend to leave a knot in nearly every parent's stomach. Here God tests Abraham by telling him to offer up his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice—and Abraham very nearly goes through with it!

The request seems unthinkable—asking Abraham to offer up his own son. After all, this was the son of promise—the one through whom God promised to bless the nations of the world. This command likely made no sense at all to Abraham. Isaac was God's great gift. But now it seemed that this gift was to be given back, surrendered up to God. Could Abraham let go of his son—the one thing that meant more to him than life itself? And what about God's promise to bless the nations through him?

This surely was a challenging, excruciating test of Abraham's faith. But somehow Abraham had learned to trust God enough to provide a solution. He even told Isaac, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And as Abraham was about to slay his son, God told him to stop.

At times our faith may be tested too. Will we trust God to keep his promises, however challenging it may be to obey? Through Jesus, God's only Son, who laid down his life for our sake, we can trust God with the outcome.