Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Romans 11:33-12:2
by: John H. Camenga.
The church sign stated: “The trouble with living sacrifices is they keep trying to crawl off the altar.” The Romans must have been intrigued with the concept of a living sacrifice. They did not need to travel to Jerusalem to know about sacrifices. The pagan world was full of cults that practiced animal (and human) sacrifice. They could even point to examples of volunteer sacrifices. The living sacrifice, however, would give up personal control to be placed permanently at God’s disposal. In an age when many groups preach a gospel of the easy conversion and the comfortable pew, we need to regain the demands of the Gospel as well as its benefits.