Obedience Over Feelings
True or False: Abraham hesitated before obeying God’s command to sacrifice Isaac.
Answer: False – He obeyed early the next morning.
📖 Genesis 22:3 (NIV): “Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey...”
🔹 “Here I am.”
👉 Answer: Abraham
📖 Genesis 22:1, 7, 11 (NIV): “Here I am,” he replied.
🔹 Who was being tested in Genesis 22?
👉 Answer: Abraham
📖 Genesis 22:1 (NIV): “Some time later God tested Abraham.”
🔹 Where did Abraham take Isaac?
👉 Answer: Mount Moriah
📖 Genesis 22:2 (NIV): “...go to the region of Moriah.”
🔹 Who called out to Abraham before he sacrificed Isaac?
👉 Answer: The angel of the Lord
📖 Genesis 22:11 (NIV): “But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, ‘Abraham! Abraham!’”
What did Abraham do early in the morning after God told him to sacrifice Isaac?
👉 Answer: He got up, saddled his donkey, took Isaac and two servants, and chopped wood.
📖 Genesis 22:3 (NIV): “He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out...”
🔹 “Take your son, your only son, whom you love... and sacrifice him.”
👉 Answer: God
📖 Genesis 22:2 (NIV): “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there...”
🔹 What did God ask Abraham to sacrifice?
👉 Answer: His son Isaac
📖 Genesis 22:2 (NIV): “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac... Sacrifice him there.”
🔹 How many servants did Abraham take?
👉 Answer: Two
📖 Genesis 22:3 (NIV): “He took with him two of his servants...”
🔹 How many times did the angel call Abraham’s name?
👉 Answer: Twice
📖 Genesis 22:11 (NIV): “Abraham! Abraham!”
What shows Abraham trusted God emotionally, not just physically, during the sacrifice?
👉 Answer: He told his servants “We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
📖 Genesis 22:5 (NIV): “We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
🔹 “The fire and wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
👉 Answer: Isaac
📖 Genesis 22:7 (NIV): “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
🔹 How long was the journey to the mountain?
👉 Answer: Three days
📖 Genesis 22:4 (NIV): “On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.”
🔹 What did Abraham name the place after God provided the ram?
👉 Answer: “The Lord Will Provide” (Jehovah Jireh)
📖 Genesis 22:14 (NIV): “So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide.”
🔹 What did the angel say to stop the sacrifice?
👉 Answer: “Do not lay a hand on the boy.”
📖 Genesis 22:12 (NIV): “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him.”
Why is Abraham’s obedience so meaningful, even though God stopped him?
👉 Answer: Because he was willing to give up what he loved most for God.
📖 Genesis 22:12 (NIV): “You have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
🔹 “Do not lay a hand on the boy.”
👉 Answer: The angel of the Lord
📖 Genesis 22:12 (NIV): “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him.”
🔹 How does Abraham show faith before the sacrifice?
👉 Answer: He said “we will come back” even though God told him to sacrifice Isaac.
📖 Genesis 22:5 (NIV): “We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
🔹 What direction did Abraham travel?
👉 Answer: Not specified exactly, but it was to Moriah — seen from a distance on day three.
📖 Genesis 22:4 (NIV): “On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.”
🔹 Why did the angel stop Abraham?
👉 Answer: Because Abraham feared God and didn’t withhold his son.
📖 Genesis 22:12 (NIV): “Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
What does Abraham’s silent obedience teach us about faith when emotions are high?
👉 Answer: That real faith acts even when feelings don’t line up — obedience comes first.
📖 Implied in Genesis 22: Abraham said nothing, but acted in full obedience.
🔹 “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
👉 Answer: Abraham
📖 Genesis 22:8 (NIV): “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.”
🔹 What was God’s final response to Abraham’s faith?
👉 Answer: He stopped the sacrifice, provided a ram, and blessed Abraham.
📖 Genesis 22:17 (NIV): “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars...”
🔹 What is the significance of Mount Moriah later in the Bible?
👉 Answer: It becomes the site of the temple and possibly near where Jesus was crucified.
📖 2 Chronicles 3:1 (NIV): “Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah...”
🔹 What did the angel do after the test was passed?
👉 Answer: Reaffirmed God’s promise to bless Abraham.
📖 Genesis 22:17 (NIV): “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky...”