Living Sacrifice Video provided by: Crown Entertainment
“If you haven’t found something worth dying for, you haven’t found something worth living for.”
In Old Testament times, literal sacrifices were required for the atonement of sins. But, as the author of the New Testament book of Hebrews explains, “The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship … It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” (Hebrews 10:1, 4)
Now, however, the perfect sacrifice has been made: Jesus “entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” and “by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 9:26, 10:10)
This is the context for offering ourselves as living sacrifices: “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” (Romans 12:1) What does it mean to you to be a “living sacrifice?”
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‘who’, I confess that I was also disturbed by the video initially – at the thought that the gentleman was going to slaughter the goat right before my eyes. Then I thought about the Truth that Jesus was led like a lamb to the slaughter – for my sins – and I need to be not only grateful, but also disturbed by the fact that I still choose to sin and take His sacrifice for granted. Truly, this is a very good video to meditate on all that God has done for us! Thank you for your honesty, ‘who’.
What is it about this video that you find disturbing ‘who’? Is it the thought that he was actually going to sacrifice the goat right in front of us? Or the difference between how the goat and the sheep respond when it comes time to sacrifice?
Brenda, I agree that this really was a very powerful video and a great visual of how we should be willing to lay it all on the altar and be a living sacrifice for Christ.
I found this video disturbing
This is a very powerful video. I love the way the goat and the lamb are used to express our willingness versus our unwillingness to be sacrifices on Christ’s altar. I do not want to jump off the altar, and I thank God that I can come before His throne of grace boldly to confess my sin knowing that He will forgive me of all my sin and cleanse me and receive me to Himself when I come before Him willingly. What a merciful God we have, and so filled with love! Truly, I desire to give Him all of me every single day! And I want Him to examine my heart and show me if I am holding anything back, that I may surrender all to Him. Only in doing so can I find sweet rest.