Originally posted by stop_sign
ok well when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son he was testing Abrahams faith...as Christians we sometimes have to do things that dont turn out the best for us but its what God wants us to do and now back to what happened Abraham did what God told him to therefore God knew Abraham was faithful to him and as we know his son was not sacrificed for God provided a ram...and because of Abrahams obedience he was blessed.and i dont get your arguement of good and bad it doesnt make sense.
God told Abraham that murder is wrong. Perhaps telling Abraham to kill his only son could have been a test to see if he would disobey God.
Perhaps it was not the voice of God that told Abraham to kill his only son, but the voice of the Devil.
Perhaps it was not the voice of God that told Abraham to kill his only son, but the voice his own madness.
Perhaps God wanted Abraham to kill his only son because He is a wicked and evil god.
The point is that Abraham did not know whether the voice he heard was the voice of God, the Devil, or his own madness. He chose to believe it was the voice of God.
Believing the voice he heard to be the voice of God, Abraham did not know whether God was testing him to see if he would obey the command to kill his only son, or testing him to see if he would obey the command not to murder, and not kill his only son. He chose to believe that it was a test to obey the command to murder his son.
Fear and Trembling, indeed.