Quotes about Sacrifice

In that blood, dwelt the soul of the holy Son of God.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness. ( On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers )

ALTAR  (A'LTAR)   n.s.[altare, Lat. It is observed by Junius, that the word altar is received, with christianity, in all the European languages; and that altare is used by one of the Fathers, as appropriated to the Christian worship, in opposition to the aræ of gentilism.]1. The place where offerings to heaven are laid. The goddess

So you see, Tess, this is really the story about God, the brave, and his love for his bride, you. He gave everything he had for you, including that which he loves the most, Jesus. Not because you do anything great, but because he loves you exactly as you are. That's why he will forgive you, and you can trust him with your whole life and be his friend forever. Isn't this a neat story? I heard it last Sunday night." Tess

What the first Christians knew as the "New Testament" was not a book, but the Eucharist. In a cultic setting, at a solemn sacrificial banquet, Jesus made an offering of his "body" and "blood." He used traditional sacrificial language. He spoke of the action as his memorial. He told those who attended to repeat the action they had witnessed: "Do this in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19).

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

The prophet Hosea spoke for God, saying, "I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings" (Hos 6:6).

God instituted sacrifice not for His own sake but for our sake. The sacrificial law is a means to God's glorious end: it disciplines His people, focusing their attention on worship, gratitude, sorrow for sin, the need for purity, and the necessity of renouncing everything in order to cling to God.

If you want to mark your covenant with God, to seal your covenant with God, to renew your covenant with God, you have to eat the Lamb—the paschal lamb Who is our unleavened bread. It begins to sound familiar. "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you" (Jn 6: 54).

they can still think of their daily work as an offering, their desk or anvil or stovetop as an "altar" to God, and they can still offer their work

All of us are called to share God's life, and we must face our ordeal and choose God freely.

So we must continue to ransom the time, to restore all things in Christ.