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1、TheStoryofAbrahamandGod2009020243單楊帆IamAbraham,actually,myoriginalnamewasAbram,andthenewnamewasendowedbytheLORD.AsIbelieveinGodsincerelyanddoeverythingjustashecommandedme,IambenefitedalotfromthealmightyGod.WhenIwasyoung,IlivedinHaranwithmyfamily.OnedaytheLORDcommandedmetomovetothelandofCa
2、naanwiththeconditionthathewouldblessmeanddescendentseverlastingly.SoIdidsettlethereasGodcommanded,andIbuiltanaltartotheLORDtoshowmyappreciation.IhadneverleftCanaanuntiltherewasaseverefamineintheland,soIwentdowntoEgypt.InordertoobtainagoodtreatfromEgyptian,IpretendedtocallmywifeSaraiasmysi
3、sterassheissobeautifulawoman.Asexpected,theEgyptiansbelievedmylieandtreatedmewellforhersake.However,mylieprovokedtheLORDandtheLORDinflictedseriousdiseasesinEgyptasawaytopunishme.Asaresult,IandmyfamiliesweredrivenawayfromEgypt.Afterthat,IbegantobelieveinGodwhole-heartedly,andIdecidednottod
4、oanythingwhichwasagainstGod’swillanymore.Havingrealizedmyregret,theLORDcametomeandcomfortedmebysayingthathewasmyshield,andhepromisedtogivemeason,whichwasthebiggestwishofme.WhenIwasninety-nineyearsold,theLORDappearedandsaidtomethathewouldconfirmmycovenantandgreatlyincreasemynumbersprovided
5、thateverymaleamongmydescendantsshallbecircumcised.Ifellfacedownanddidsoasthecovenantrequired.AndtherewasanotherthingthatGoddidafavorforme.WhenmywifeSarahaskedmetogetridofmysonandmaidservant,GodsuggestedmethatIdowhateverSarahtoldmeandpromisedthathewouldblessmysonallhislife.Andwhathappeneda
6、fterwardsjustprovedhispromise,Godsavedmyson’slifewhenhewasnearlythirstingtodeathandmadehimanation.SometimelaterGodgavemeatest,heaskedmetosacrificemysonIsaacasaburntofferingonthetopofmountain.AlthoughIwasunwillingtokillmyson,IstilldiditasGodcommanded,becauseIknewGodisalwaysright.Fortunatel
7、y,anangeloftheGORDstoppedmebeforeIkilledmyson.What’smore,Godwassatisfiedwithmybehaviorduringthetest.Andhepromisedmethathewillsurelyblessmeandmakemydescendantsfruitful.That’sthestorybetweenmeandGod.ThepassageisvividlyreproducedthestoryofAbrahamandGod,anditomitssometh
