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It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family.
When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, "What will you give me if I release you?" "The half of my wealth," was his reply.
"And if I release your children?" "Everything I possess."
"And if I release your wife?" "Your Majesty, I will give myself."
Cyrus was so moved by his devotion that he freed them all.
What a sacrifice
Jesus loves sacrifice
Sacrifice OPPOSITE Selfishness
selfishness
experience of world today
Thomas C. Reeves:
Christianity in modern America is, in large part, innocuous.
It tends to be easy, upbeat, convenient, and compatible.
It does not require self-sacrifice, discipline, humility, an otherworldly outlook, a zeal for souls, [nor] a fear as well as love of God.”
As I think about sacrifice
I think about Jesus
Also:
One story
great sacrifice
other than Jesus
Abraham
He had already:
left Ur (70 yrs old)
lied twice about Sarah
Sodom and Gomorrah
Eliazar (75)
Ishmael (85-6)
finally Isaac (100)
Imagine
all those years of wait
all the hardship
finally the son
Now,
God says
kill him!?!
If I were Abraham
I would immediately question...
Is this God?
10 commandments
thou shalt not kill
God said
Your seed
like stars and sand
God said,
this is promised son
How could he die?
Prayed like never prayed before
Abraham was tempted to believe that he might be under a delusion.
In his doubt and anguish he bowed upon the earth, and prayed, as he had never prayed before, for some confirmation of the command if he must perform this terrible duty.
He remembered the angels sent to reveal to him God’s purpose to destroy Sodom, and who bore to him the promise of this same son Isaac, and he went to the place where he had several times met the heavenly messengers, hoping to meet them again, and receive some further direction; but none came to his relief.
Darkness seemed to shut him in; but the command of God was sounding in his ears, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest.”
He agonizes in prayer
like never before
He looked for excuses
reason why not
Yet, he knew
the voice of God.
Morning was approaching
back in tent
Sees Isaac
parent watches child at night
Sees Sarah
should he wake her?
how to explain...
She would say...
3 day journey
days of fear
night of prayer
Satan’s confusion
Finally,
Submission...
This son had been unexpectedly given; and had not He who bestowed the precious gift a right to recall His own?
On the 3rd day
Notice his words
Faith:
“and come again to you”
He was convinced,
God was speaking.
He was convinced
Isaac child of promise.
He concluded:
Finally,
he had to reveal plan
to Isaac.
What fear
what pain
what to say???
What faith...
They get there.
Abraham must explain.
trembling voice
Isaac could have escaped
willing submission
shared father’s faith
He tenderly seeks to lighten the father’s grief, and encourages his nerveless hands to bind the cords that confine him to the altar.
Father and son
say good-bye.
God waits
very last moment
to stop him
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