We Give Ourselves Unreservedly to God

Paul says, now, “I want you to put your body on God’s altar as a living sacrifice.”

So, it’s essentially what you do with your body that’s going to determine your success in life. Now, why does Paul say ‘a living sacrifice’? Because he’s contrasting it with the sacrifices of the Old Testament, where the animal sacrificed was placed on the altar, but it was dead.

He says, “I want you to put yourself just as really on the altar of God, but alive, not dead.”

So, that’s the response that God requires is that we give ourselves unreservedly to God as a sacrifice. We put ourselves on the altar.