Read Genesis 22:1-18.
[Q] Look closer at verse 2. What is emphaized about Abraham’s relationship with Isaac? Why?
[Q] Abraham waited twenty-five years for God’s promise of a son to be fulfilled. How would you have expected Abraham to respond to God’s instruction in verse 2? Why do you think Abrahma does not object?
[Q] What does this reveal about Abraham’s understanding about his part in God’s epic?
Read Hebrews 11:17-19.
[Q] What was Abraham’s expectation of God? (see also verses 5, 8 and 10)
[Q] How was this event in Abraham’s life a “test”?
In Epic: The Story God is Telling, Eldredge writes, “Just as we have lost our wonder at the wrold around us, we have forgotten what a treasure the human heart is. All of the happiness we have ever known and all of the happiness we hope to find is unreachable without a heart. You could not live or love or laugh or cry had God not given you a heart. And with that heart comes something that just staggers me. God gives us the freedom to reject him. He gives to each of us a will of our own.”
What do you think is God’s intent by giving you the ability to choose?
How does this shape your understanding of the Epic?
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