Friday | 11 September 2026
Sarah and Abraham were strengthened, in the same way that Christ, the Son of Man, was strengthened in faith to become our sin offering in the garden of Gethsemane. Luk 22:43. Evidently, they received the faith of the Son. We also must receive this faith by hearing and receiving Christ’s word as it is proclaimed to us by His messengers. Rom 10:17. By faith, we can believe to join His offering for us. His offering is our journey of salvation, with its suffering and overcoming capacity, that He accomplished for us as He worked out our salvation for us. When we receive His faith, we are able to walk on this pathway and work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Php 2:12.
After Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah ‘according to the Spirit’, God tested Abraham. Gal 4:29. Gen 22:1. This was the Lord’s initiative to prove in Abraham the faith of the Son of God that had become his faith when he received a new name. Notably, the Lord did not come to Abraham saying, ‘Do not fear’; He simply addressed Abraham according to his new name. He said, ‘Abraham!’ Abraham responded, saying, ‘Here I am’. Gen 22:1.
Abraham’s response, ‘Here I am’, was his faith confession which belonged to his name, ‘Abram-Yah’. He was saying to the Lord, ‘I am in You and You are in me, and I live by Your faith’. This was the faith that the Lord was endeavouring to prove in Abraham so that Abraham and his household would inherit everything that the Lord had already promised to him.
God said to Abraham, ‘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.’ Gen 22:2. The mountain which God showed Abraham in the land of Moriah was a three-day, three-night journey from where they were residing. This mountain later became known as Mount Calvary. It was the place where Jesus was crucified.
Further Study:
Hebrews 2
References:
Luk 22:43
Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.
Rom 10:17
So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Php 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Gal 4:29
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
Gen 22:1-2
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ 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.’