Why Abraham was tempted by God

Temptation: It is to create difficulties, to find out how good people are, the purpose is to destroy, to stumble;

Trial: to create difficulties, in order to train people, the purpose is to shape. And God knows what the level of man is, and God's purpose is not to destroy and stumble, so God does not tempt people, but the devil tempts people.

And Abraham always believed in God and obeyed God, so God constantly set higher requirements for him, and when he fulfilled the requirements, he gave him precious promises and great blessings.

God was not a temptation, but a trial of Abraham. God didn't test Abraham to trick him and cause him to stumble; Rather, it was to strengthen his obedience to God and build his character. Just as the sand is purified by fire, God tempers us through difficult circumstances.

When we are being tested, do not complain against God, perhaps He wants to strengthen our character.

Abraham was tried by God and won, and Abraham obeyed God unreservedly, so he received many blessings from God: (1) God gave his descendants the power to overcome their enemies; (2) God promises His descendants to bless the whole world. When the world knows the faith of Him and His descendants, lives will be changed.

We often think that blessings are for our own enjoyment, but God has blessed us to share them with others.

It's not a temptation, it's a trial! Because God refines the heart!

According to the Bible, God called Abram (later renamed Abraham) to establish a special nation, the nation of Israel, and to bring blessings and deliverance to the world through this nation. In Genesis 12, God called Abram, commanded him to leave his homeland, and led him to the land of Canaan. God promised Abram that he would become a great nation and that his descendants would be a multitude nation.

God promised Abram: "The Lord said to Abram, 'Depart from your land, your people, and your father's house, and go into the land I will show you.'"

Genesis 12:1) Abraham obeyed God's instructions and left his Chaldean homeland, where he continued to experience many trials and miracles. Later, Abraham became the patriarch of a nation with many descendants, and that nation was Israel.

And God's plan of salvation is fulfilled through the history of the people of Israel. Overall, Abram was called by God for the purpose of creating a special nation that would be a blessing to the world and bring salvation through them. Abraham and his descendants played a very important role in the Bible as God's chosen people, chosen to fulfill God's plan.

In the case of Abel, the Bible speaks of him by faith; In the case of Cain, the Bible mentions him because of works. Cain, despite his bad behavior, dared to offer sacrifice, so his sacrifice was not acceptable to God. We often think of "belief" and "unbelief" as relative terms, but the Bible seems to have a deeper meaning in it

Belief and undesirable behavior are the opposites. Faith is the response of the saints to God, while no good works are the rebellion of those sinners against God. In this way, it is not the words "belief and unbelief" that are the opposite of "faith and obedience" and "sin because of resistance to God" that is the real opposite.

God was pleased with Abel, but God was not pleased with Cain, why? Because Abel's faith was the basis of his sacrifice, and Abel's faith was the motive for his sacrifice, God accepted Abel's sacrifice. And Cain's bad behavior was the reason why his sacrifice was not acceptable.

Thus, it is not because one belief is acceptable to God, and one because of unbelief that God is displeased. From the outside, both of them were understandable, Abel was a shepherd, and he offered one sheep to God, and he also offered the fat in the sheep to God. Cain was a farmer, and he offered to God what was the fruit of the field.

What difference does it make if they don't do what he can, do what he ought to do, do what he does in his profession, do the best he can, and give it to God? Evangelicals explain that God accepted blood sacrifices because of the blood in Abel's sacrifice, which was a sign that the blood of Jesus could cleanse people from sin. Cain's sacrifice had no blood in it, so it was not evangelical.

Cain had no blood, so God was not pleased with his sacrifice. So, is this notion right? Is this an explanation possible?

The Bible doesn't say so. Because the Bible has two things about God's acceptance of Abel and Cain, and two important things for us to see. The book of Genesis says that God favored Abel and his sacrifice but not Cain and his sacrifice, so what is this first point?

It is that Abel's life was pleasing to God, so his sacrifice was acceptable to God, not because there was blood in his sacrifice and God accepted his sacrifice, the Bible does not say. The Bible says that God was interested in Abel and his sacrifice, but God was not interested in Cain and his sacrifice. So it's important that this individual life is acceptable to God because of his sacrifice.

In particular, those who serve the Lord need to grasp these principles.

It was Cain who killed Abel. Abel's sacrifice was acceptable to God because it was in accordance with God's will, but Cain's sacrifice was not of God's will and did not understand God's will, so it was not acceptable to God.

【Gen4:3】And it came to pass one day, that Cain took the fruit of the field as an offering to the Lord; 【Gen4:4】Abel also offered the firstborn of his flock and the fat of the sheep. A careful reading of these verses reveals why Jehovah has taken a fancy to Abel and his offering.

It is said that when Abraham was 75 years old, he heard the voice of Jehovah, the supreme god of the Hebrews, who commanded Abraham to go to another place and establish his own nation, saying: "I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and your name will be great, and you will bless others." ”

First, it was God's call that chose Abraham. Second, Abraham believed in God and obeyed God.

Therefore, God will be with Abraham.

Look at what the Bible says:

The Lord said to Abram, "Depart from your country, your people, and your father's house, and go to the land I will show you." I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and I will bless others, and I will bless him who blesses you, and I will curse him who curses you, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

And Abram went as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old when he came out of Haran (Gen. 12:1-4).

God is loving, He has mercy on Whom He wants, and He does it to Whomever He wants. Abram and his father came out of the land of Haram, which was an idolatrous place and a place of abomination of God. Abram's family was bound to be ostracized and despised by their brothers in that land.

Lot's father was gone, and Abram was old and childless, so it was inevitable that he would be ridiculed. They were still close to God in such a situation, so God had mercy on their family, and on Lot. Praise the Lord!

The place the Lord promised him in the Old Testament is present-day Israel.

Gen12:1 And the Lord said unto Abram, Depart from thy land, thy kindred, and thy father's house, and go into the land which I will show thee.

12:2 And I will call you back.

Answer: Great Nation, I will bless you, make your name great, and you will bless others 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all the goods they had stored up in Haran, and the people they had gained, and they came to the land of Canaan, and 12:7 And the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your descendants Canaan is roughly the size of present-day Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, plus the coastal parts of Lebanon and Syria that are close to it.

It was the beginning of justification by faith.