He Was Sacrificed for Me
I'm thankful I don't worship a god that promotes human sacrifice. Y'all there is so much that goes on around the world to which we are clueless.
The story of Abraham and Isaac is one that makes me so uncomfortable. She Reads Truth ministry posted a lesson yesterday that gave historical background to child sacrifices in the cultures of that day and helps us grasp our need for a sacrifice. Animal sacrifices were a ritual Abraham was accustomed to. Still, I do not think I could have bound my child and lifted that knife. shereadstruth.com
From She Reads Truth:
"For both these reasons, we find Abraham shuddering with a knife raised over that which is most precious to Him. And we find ourselves standing right beside him, surveying the hopelessness of our station. We are dead in our trespasses, we live under a curse, and we have no hope of satisfying the chasm of debt that we owe. Indeed, the consequences of our sin is death. (Romans 6:23)
"We need a God who can raise the dead (Matthew 10:8). We need a God who has the power to undo the curse (Romans 8:2). And our God has promised and proven that He can and will do both. Our God does not demand child sacrifice- He abhors it! After all, He knits together our children and treasures them because they are His very own. We don't need a false god with a lust for flesh and a desire for pain. Rather, we worship the one true God, who preserves, protests, loves, and cherishes us and our children. Hallelujah!"
As we look ahead to Holy Week, may we ask ourselves if we are living sacrificially for the Lord who sacrificed His all for us.
"Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful. No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone might be willing to die for a truly good person. But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful." Romans 5:6-8 CEV
