Hebrews 11:17
Abraham trusted God when he was tested and offered Isaac to God. Abraham, who had accepted God's promises, was still ready to offer to God his only son,
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18even though he'd been told, “It's through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.”
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Genesis 22:16“I swear by myself, says the Lord, that because you have done this and didn't refuse to give me your son, your only son,
2 Chronicles 32:31But when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon came to him to ask about the miraculous sign that had happened in the country, God left him to test him, so he could know Hezekiah's true thinking.
Job 2:3“Have you noticed my servant Job?” asked the Lord. “There's no one like him on earth, a man of integrity who does what is right, who respects God and avoids evil. And he has kept his integrity, even though you wanted me to harm him for no reason.”
Daniel 11:35Some of the wise will be killed, so that they may be refined and purified and cleansed until the time of the end, for the predicted time is still to come.
Malachi 3:2Who can survive the day when he comes? Who can stand before him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing furnace that refines metal, or like the strong alkali that cleanses stains.
2 Corinthians 8:12If the willingness is there, it's fine to give what you have, not what you don't have!
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →