"They answered and said to Him, 'Abraham is our father.' Jesus said to them, 'If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.'" John 8.39
The children of Abraham do the works of Abraham. Those who make excuses to avoid Abraham's example of sacrificial obedience have nothing to do with him.
In other words, Jesus is saying that anyone who does not imitate Abraham is not his child in faith.
Hi Dona: ) Thank you for sharing this blog post! If we want to become the children of Abraham we must be like Abraham. Abraham sacrificed Isaac even though it's very hard for Him to do this, but because He is obedient to God He obey what God is asking for Him. It's just the same with us also, in this campaign let's give to God what His asking for us and present it to Him as our Isaac.
ReplyDeleteDear Mrs Ester. Thanks for the strong message,the Hollyspirit is reaveling this important message for us to change and make things right!because if we call ourselves th e children of Abraham we to manifest Abraham actions in us by obeying the voice of God and do what pleases Him not what pleases us.Abraham listened to the voice of God and was ready to Sacrifice his beloved son because he believed so if we believ as our father Abraham did ,we will listen and believ when we making our sacrifice. Samantha Dube
ReplyDeleteGood morning Dear Ester,
ReplyDeleteyes!, Jesus said 'judge by the fruit' our faith is acted out, if we follow the Lord, we belong to Him, if we follow the serpant we belong to him, we will act out whom we love.
Have a lovely week ahead Dear Ester,
big love HelenX
Good evening Mrs. Ester,
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, we must sacrifice in order to be children of Abraham. In everything Abraham did, he put God first. We must deny ourselves daily in order to be in spirit that in itself requires sacrifice.
When we want to call God's attention, we must be obedient and surrender our all without the slightest doubt.
I remember a Pastor's example in a service; he said 'if you have a big glass of water and there was a tiny fly in it. Would you still brink it?' That's how faith works; if you have doubt then the sacrifice will not work. So we must obey Gods direction and have unshakable faith.
Thank you Mrs. Ester
Again this why I'm sacrificing for my spiritual life for without Gods Holy Spirit, how can I say I'm truly his child, if I am not doing like what Abraham did in sacrificing my own Isaac I won't be obeying what God is asking me to do.
ReplyDeleteThank you do much Mrs Esther
Cherry x
Mrs Ester,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this strong message and reality check, children of Abraham are alwyas ready and willing, they never say no and they go where ever their God sends them. They sacrifice their dreams for the dreams that God wants for them no questions asked and this is so very important to remember when we are presenting our Isaac, Obeying God is the only way.
Thank you
Mrs Ester
Love Cyrena xx
Dear Mrs Ester
ReplyDeleteIf I want to be called the child of Abraham ,I must do want He did ,He obeyed ,He sacrifices,and trusted God with all of His life so for me to be called His Child I must do the same no matter how hard it may be.
Lindiwe Khanyile
Park Station (Rsa)