二十二章是紧接着二十一章的。在题过亚伯拉罕栽种垂丝柳树并呼求主的名以后，就题到神进来试验他（创二二1）。神不像撒但，绝不试诱人。但祂的确试验我们，就像祂试验亚伯拉罕一样。
将神在恩典中所赐给他的献给神
常常在我们对主有了上好的享受以后，祂不要求我们为祂作甚么，却吩咐我们将祂所赐给我们的献回给祂。当亚伯拉罕享受与神亲密的交通时，神没有嘱咐他要为祂作工。他从神领受了最高的要求，就是将神所赐给他的还给神。从起初，神就没有接受亚伯拉罕所有的。祂不要罗得，弃绝以利以谢，并吩咐亚伯拉罕赶出以实玛利。如今，在以利以谢、罗得和以实玛利都被弃绝以后，亚伯拉罕得着了以撒，就是神所应许的后裔，他安心了。凡与以撒有关的都是出于神，且凭着神。神绝不会再对亚伯拉罕所有的说“不”了。但忽然神进来，似乎说，“我绝不弃绝以撒，他是出于我且从我生的。但是亚伯拉罕，你现在必须把他还给我。” 许多基督徒，从来没有学习一个功课，将神所赐给他们的献回给神。
将他所爱的独生儿子献给神
在二节神对亚伯拉罕说，“你带着你的儿子，就是你独生的儿子，你所爱的以撒，往摩利亚地去，在我所要指示你的山上，把他献为燔祭。”神吩咐亚伯拉罕将他所爱的独生儿子以撒献上。要亚伯拉罕这样作真是为难！倘若我们是他，我们会说，“主，我现在一百二十多岁了，撒拉也快要死了。你怎能要求我将你所赐给我的献回给你？”你若没有这种经历，有一天你会有。我们能作见证，已过好些时候，神要求我们将祂所赐给我们的还给祂。祂所给我们的恩赐、能力、工作和成就，我们必须献回给祂。这是真正的试验。要亚伯拉罕放弃罗得或以利以谢很容易，甚至要他赶出以实玛利也不是那么难，但要他献上他所爱的独生儿子却是非常困难的事。
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Abraham Tested by God to Offer Up Isaac – Gen. 22:1-2
Chapter 22 follows immediately after chapter 21. After mentioning that Abraham planted a tamarisk tree and called on the name of the Lord, it mentions that God came in to test him (Gen. 22:1). God is not like Satan; He never tempts anyone. However, He certainly tests us, just as He tested Abraham.
Offering to God What He Has Given in Grace
Often, after we have had the best enjoyment of the Lord, He does not ask us to do something for Him, but rather commands us to offer back to Him what He has given us. While Abraham was enjoying intimate fellowship with God, God did not charge him to work for Him. He received from God the highest requirement, which was to return to God what God had given him. From the beginning, God did not accept everything Abraham had. He did not want Lot, He rejected Eliezer, and He commanded Abraham to cast out Ishmael. Now, after Eliezer, Lot and Ishmael had all been rejected, Abraham had obtained Isaac, the promised seed, and he was at peace. Everything related to Isaac was out of God and by God. God would never again say “no” to anything Abraham had. But suddenly God came in and seemed to say, “I will never reject Isaac; he is out of Me and born of Me. But Abraham, you must now give him back to Me.” Many Christians have never learned the lesson of offering back to God what He has given them.
Offering the Only Begotten Son Whom He Loved to God
In verse 2 God said to Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” God commanded Abraham to offer up Isaac, the only begotten son whom he loved. For Abraham to do this was truly difficult! If we were in his place, we would say, “Lord, I am now over a hundred and twenty years old, and Sarah is about to die. How can You ask me to offer back to You what You gave me?” If you have not had this kind of experience, one day you will. We can testify that after some time, God requires us to return to Him the things He has given us. The gifts, abilities, work and achievements He has given us must be offered back to Him. This is the real test. It was easy for Abraham to give up Lot or Eliezer, and it was not even that hard to cast out Ishmael, but to offer up the only begotten son whom he loved was an extremely difficult matter.