Sacrifice: Colson, Corrie Ten Boom, And The Bible

This sacrifice is a significant act regarding the act of giving one’s life to deaths hands for another ’s freedom; displaying the theme that sacrifices portrays love and is acted out due to love. What love? Would you sacrifice your life to save an individual that you do not love or care for? Another example is portrayed by Liesel.

He gave his life for the forgiveness of others´ sins (1 Peter 2:24). Jesus overcame death, and the people who believed and accepted him as the Messiah would be saved from their sins through being anointed (Religions of the World: The Illustrated Guide to Origins, Beliefs, Traditions & Festivals 45). Jesus resurrected Lazarus (Holy Bible: New King James Version, John 11:43). Jesus fed more than five thousand people (Matthew 14:21). Jesus established the Christian church ( Matthew 16:18).

Amy Lowell once said, “A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men”. Sacrifice, and more specifically, human sacrifice, has arguably been around for 50 000 years, during the time early humans migrated from Africa. Many see human sacrifice as loss of life, but sacrifice is just a means of salvation for the receiver and the receiving. Equally, the idea of “sacrifice” is giving up something valuable for a religion or betterment of the world. The idea of “self-sacrifice” has reoccurring steps that the protagonists go through; loss of self-worth due to displacement, then sacrifice due to heroism, and the consequences of the said sacrifice.

There are many examples of people in The Holy Bible either losing their lives or putting their lives on the line for what they believed in. In this case it was for Christianity and their way of life. When Jesus of Nazareth came across the

People will sacrifice their own for others. Everyone makes a sacrifice, whether it be today or a century ago. For instance, The Frank family and the Van Daan family in the Annex during the Holocaust. Mr. Frank, the

However, the mercy, justice and goodness of God provided a way of salvation for the progeny of Adam. Jesus Christ, the Son of God and second member of the Trinity, was sent from the Father to redeem the world and heal the wounds of original sin in all believers. By his obedience and sacrificial death on the cross at Calvary, Christ paid for the sins of all humankind and redeemed the

the benefits of this sacrifice are not confined to those who respond to it with an explicit act of faith” (Nash, 1994, p. 103). Nash breaks down the definitions and uses Scripture to back up his points very well.

Sacrifice is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an act of giving up something especially for the sake of someone else. Throughout history, there are more than a few sacrifices to be recalled. The Christians tell of the sacrifice that Jesus Christ gave for them on the cross. The romantics explain how Romeo and Juliet sacrificed themselves for one another in the name of young, forbidden, love. Harry Potter fanatics say that the best sacrifice of all time is how Harry gives himself to the villain He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named to save his friends, family, and fellow classmates.

Luke 2:11 ‘for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.’ He accepted responsibility and paid the ultimate price for our wrongdoings on earth. Not only death but also spiritual pains. Jesus Christ was chosen to be our Saviour, Christians felt the love by the saviour and Matthew made it evident in the gospel (Mt 1:21) “He shall save His people from their sins.” Jesus was born for the purpose of saving human in his fully human and fully divine temple, and only god in flesh saved men kind. In addition to saving us from our sins, the saviour also offers peace and strength during difficult times in christian followers

Hello, my name is Villette Jones and I am here to give my thoughts, definition, and analysis on Sacrifice. Sacrifice has many different meaning and even more synonyms to go along with it, a few words or phrases that catch my immediate attention when thinking of Sacrifice are ( Cede, Immolate, Endure, and Part With ). However when I asked associates and my peers majority of them thought of Forfeit. When I take time to really think, in my own opinion Sacrifice is Forfeit, Suffering, and Offering. These are very significant second hand words to my original word (Sacrifice), and as you read along I will show you exactly what I mean by it.

In his Book “Pease with God” Billy Graham describes three things in the Cross; a description of the depth of man’s sin, the overwhelming love of God, and the only way to salvation. The depths of the sins of man makes it impossible for man to have a relationship with God. In Theology for Today by Elmer Towns, Dr. Towns says that man cannot comprehend the true meaning of divine holiness and it is this holiness that prevents God from seeing man in his sinful nature. It is because of our sins that it was necessary for Jesus to go to the cross. It was because of the love of God that Jesus chose freely to go to the cross for us. In John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” We clearly see the depth of the Love of God for Man we also see that the only path to salvation is only possible because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

Jesus had to carry his own cross, that probably weighed two times his size, all the way up to wear the crucifixion was going to take place. Already beaten and bloody, they lay him down onto the cross shaped piece of wood and begin by nailing his hands and feet into it and standing the cross up into the air. What a brutal sight it must have been for God to see his only son tortured like this, but the good news is that he knew what his plan was for Jesus and for his people and he knew what was going to happen after all this was over. Jesus died hanging from that cross, washing all of our sin away and paying the ultimate sacrifice. After he died he was wrapped in a white cloth and placed into a tomb with a boulder sealing the door to the outside world. Three days after being placed in there, the people went to check up on the tomb to find that the boulder was pushed aside and the white cloth was folded neatly where Jesus was laying. The son of God, the Messiah, rose again from the dead to fulfill his mission so that we may have everlasting life in God’s kingdom. God’s plan for our life and through Jesus he teaches us that if we follow in God’s word and make him our most prized possession and ask for him to be in our hearts that we may to “escape the penalty that God will execute upon all who have broken His

but also the word that left a lasting impact. The character of Jesus Christ has always portrayed a spirit of compassion and love for those lost in hurt and pain. Jesus Christ instruction was divine and anointed, as believers the instructions are no different.

We all are put to the test by having to make sacrifices like a life or death situation. Although the majority of those choices may be for the greater good, some can hurt others. We are put to the task, and we have several obstacles in our way, and it is our duty to accomplish that task. In Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bells Tolls, the character of Robert Jordan risks his life to fight fascism to do his duty, take care of Maria and to wash away his father suicide.

Christ sacrifice signifies an efficacy to all other sacrifices and his death is essential to the work of salvation. Also, Jesus gave his own life whole heartily, so that we may have a second chance in life. Secondly, the victor is Christ. Christ has won the struggle with the devil and he has triumphed over the temptations of this world. Thus, even though sin, evil and death still abound in our world Christ has been raised from the dead and that is a promise that we will be made alive in Christ. Lastly, the metaphor of the ransom is a theme that is widely spread in the New Testament. One can understand the metaphor used here is actually the Justice of God by paying our ransom to free us from sin and death (a gift).