在创世记二十二章，我们看见亚伯拉罕因信顺从。本章没有题起亚伯拉罕的妻子。这里没有告诉我们，亚伯拉罕和他的妻子谈到献以撒的事，却给我们看见，他迅速勇敢的回应神的命令，清早起来就往神所指示的地方去。
相信叫人复活的神
在旧约里，我们看不到亚伯拉罕为甚么这样迅速勇敢的顺从神。但在新约里，我们看见亚伯拉罕相信叫人复活的神（来十一17-19，雅二21-22）。他有信心，算定神能叫他所要杀死的以撒复活。他已经领受了稳定甚至坚立的应许，就是神要与以撒坚定祂的约（创十七19）。若是亚伯拉罕将以撒献在祭坛上，把他杀了，并且把他当作祭物烧给神，而神不叫他从死人中复活，那么神的话就落空了。亚伯拉罕的信心乃是基于神坚定的应许。亚伯拉罕也许说，“倘若神要以撒，我就把他杀了。神会叫他复活，以应验祂的应许。”
罗马四章十七节论到亚伯拉罕，说他所信的神是那“叫死人复活，又称无为有”的神。在这里我们看见亚伯拉罕为两件事相信神：叫死人复活，并且称无为有。以撒的出生与神称无为有有关，他的归还与神赐生命给死人有关。因为亚伯拉罕有这样的信心，所以他立刻顺从神的命令。希伯来十一章十七至十九节说，亚伯拉罕因着信，被试验的时侯就把以撒献上，“他算定神甚至能叫人从死人中复活；就表样说，他也实在从死人中得回了他的儿子。”
照着神的启示而行
亚伯拉罕因信顺从神，照着神的启示而行（创二二3-4，9-10）。在本章里，亚伯拉罕所作的每件事，完全是出于神。亚伯拉罕没有照着他的观念发起任何事，或作任何事。没有一件事是凭着他的愿望或领会作的。神告诉亚伯拉罕要作甚么，怎样作，并在那里作。亚伯拉罕献以撒的行动，每一面都是照着神的启示和指示。
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Abraham’s Obedience by Faith – Gen. 22:9-10
In Genesis chapter 22, we see Abraham’s obedience by faith. This chapter does not mention Abraham’s wife. We are not told here that Abraham spoke with his wife about the matter of offering Isaac; rather, we see that he responded to God’s command quickly and bravely, rising up early in the morning to go to the place God had indicated.
Believing in the God Who Resurrects the Dead
In the Old Testament, we do not see why Abraham obeyed God so quickly and bravely. But in the New Testament, we see that Abraham believed in the God who resurrects the dead (Heb. 11:17-19; James 2:21-22). He had faith, counting that God was able to raise Isaac, whom he was about to kill, from the dead. He had already received a stable and even established promise, which was that God would establish His covenant with Isaac (Gen. 17:19). If Abraham had offered Isaac on the altar and killed him, burning him as an offering to God, and God did not raise him from the dead, then God’s word would have fallen through. Abraham’s faith was based on God’s established promise. Abraham might have said, “If God wants Isaac, I will kill him. God will raise him up to fulfill His promise”.
Romans 4:17, speaking of Abraham, says that the God in whom he believed is the One who “gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.” Here we see Abraham believing God for two things: giving life to the dead and calling into being things that were not. Isaac’s birth was related to God calling into being things that were not, and his return was related to God giving life to the dead. Because Abraham had such faith, he immediately obeyed God’s command. Heb. 11:17-19 says that by faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, “accounting that God was able to raise men even from the dead, from which also he received him back in a figure.”
Walking According to God’s Revelation
Abraham obeyed God by faith, walking according to God’s revelation (Gen. 22:3-4, 9-10). In this chapter, everything Abraham did was completely out of God. Abraham did not initiate or do anything according to his own concepts. Not one thing was done according to his own desire or understanding. God told Abraham what to do, how to do it and where to do it. Every aspect of Abraham’s action in offering Isaac was according to God’s revelation and instruction.