Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago
God told Abraham to sacrifice his Son Isaac in Genesis 22. Imagine that. Even though this was a test and an angel stopped him at the end, how can God be good for asking something so difficult. You'd think that Abraham and Isaac would both be left traumatized! So how can we understand this story as Christians?
This series on bible difficulties is also a book that I wrote with Josh McDowell! Check out: Why Did God Do That?: Discovering the Goodness of God in the Hard Passages of Scripture. To learn more and go deeper with this book, check out josh.org/wdgdt
This is the seventh video in a series of Bible Difficulties. If you want to see this whole 10-video series, then visit this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pm0zT2yZhaILuaPHmRYpKD6
Para ver la traducción al español de este vídeo, haz clic aquí: docs.google.com/document/d/1367xbACipuNer4b69ZOIlVaFYyR3q6th/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=113436200040440366734&rtpof=true&sd=true
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WHY do I believe the Christian faith is true? Check out a few of these related videos...
–Why I believe in a Creator God: youtu.be/7yikYQ0N8gQ
–Why Jesus? Evidence for the Resurrection: youtu.be/rZSeuuFGcWE
–Reliability of the Gospels (A Series) youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63PnHLfTz17wYqKa3TXq8G-uk
–Does Faith Contradict Reason: youtu.be/tKDUSlG32B4
0:00 The hardest command
0:59 One small clue in Hebrew
1:24 Getting some context
3:06 The kind of test God is giving changes everything
4:00 Evidence for my interpretation
5:37 What about Isaac? Childhood trauma?
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God told Abraham to sacrifice his Son Isaac in Genesis 22. Imagine that. Even though this was a test and an angel stopped him at the end, how can God be good for asking something so difficult. You'd think that Abraham and Isaac would both be left traumatized! So how can we understand this story as Christians?
This series on bible difficulties is also a book that I wrote with Josh McDowell! Check out: Why Did God Do That?: Discovering the Goodness of God in the Hard Passages of Scripture. To learn more and go deeper with this book, check out josh.org/wdgdt
This is the seventh video in a series of Bible Difficulties. If you want to see this whole 10-video series, then visit this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pm0zT2yZhaILuaPHmRYpKD6
Para ver la traducción al español de este vídeo, haz clic aquí: docs.google.com/document/d/1367xbACipuNer4b69ZOIlVaFYyR3q6th/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=113436200040440366734&rtpof=true&sd=true
If you like what you saw, please support this channel by subscribing and dropping a comment. I'd love to hear from you! 🙂
WHY do I believe the Christian faith is true? Check out a few of these related videos...
–Why I believe in a Creator God: youtu.be/7yikYQ0N8gQ
–Why Jesus? Evidence for the Resurrection: youtu.be/rZSeuuFGcWE
–Reliability of the Gospels (A Series) youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63PnHLfTz17wYqKa3TXq8G-uk
–Does Faith Contradict Reason: youtu.be/tKDUSlG32B4
0:00 The hardest command
0:59 One small clue in Hebrew
1:24 Getting some context
3:06 The kind of test God is giving changes everything
4:00 Evidence for my interpretation
5:37 What about Isaac? Childhood trauma?
#apologetics #bibledifficulties #bible_difficulties #godisgood #isgodgood #genesis22 #genesis #sacrificeofisaac #testofabraham #test_of_abraham
Matthew Tingblad is a speaker and author with Josh McDowell Ministry. To learn more, visit josh.org/matthew
FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
Facebook: facebook.com/matthewtingblad
Twitter: twitter.com/MatthewTingblad
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