GOSPEL LIGHT #775

Ge 22:2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

 You know, what was only a test for Abraham was a painful reality in God’s experience in His entire existence as the God of the universe.

If ever we should put God to the test to find out if He really loves us, saying: “God, if You really love us, take now Your son, Your only son, whom You love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer Him there as a burnt offering for me there.”

You know, God will do it. In fact, He did it. It was really a burnt offering. Calvary was all hell unleashed in three hours on God’s son. It’s not an identical punishment but it was an equivalent punishment with that of the lake of fire. It was really a “burnt offering” in a sense.

Are you willing to take God’s Son as a burnt sacrifice for all your sins? Are you willing to put your entire confidence in what He did on the cross for your salvation? 

GOSPEL LIGHT #774

Heb 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

Notice, Abel was not commended as righteous because of his exemplary life. His commendation had nothing to do with his character, achievements or personal merit. It was not his better self, but his better sacrifice—and his faith in it—for which he was commended. The question is not "Do you have a better self?" Oh no, rather, it is "Do you have a better sacrifice?" Abel's "better sacrifice" actually pointed to the ultimate sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on Calvary's cross. Christ's sacrifice is the only "better sacrifice" there is. The question is, do you have His sacrifice as yours? Are you putting your confidence in it?