legitimate son, Isaac, at the command of God. Even at Abraham’s late age, God was sanctifying him. Faith stood as the principle by which he obeyed God. God never meant the Christian life to be complicated, and he never deceives or confuses us. His demands are actually rather straightforward, as the Preacher says at the end of Ecclesiastes: “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment,