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Originally Posted by Annoni
Mmhmm, yes, He does ask us. Life of sin with Hell after, of a life of sin, with salvation and redemption and a life of Heaven.
And if God so asked, I would. Do you actually know the story of Abraham? He didn't actually end up killing his son, it was more a test of faith to see if Abraham trusted in God's higher understanding. I would trust God. I have faith in Him.
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God's way of asking is like a person pointing a gun at your head and saying, "You have every right to disobey me, because you have free will. Although, if you do, I'll shoot you..."
Yes, I know the whole story. God
asked him to blatantly lie to his son (as when Isaac told Abraham that they'd forgotten the sacrifice, and Abraham replied, God will provide us one...), then kill him in God's name. Then the angel came down and said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
That whole encounter, if it actually happened, had to be traumatizing. Think of Isaac's reaction to this whole thing... His dad was going to kill him... Come on... And the fact that Abraham would actually go through with it is a test of his sanity... I don't have empathy, and even I know that's not right...