ONE FAMILY PLAN
Sacrifice
"...Christ our passover is sacrificed for us..." (1 Corinthians 5:7)
"Man, in truth, is himself a sacrifice." (Hinduism, Chandogya Upanishad 3.16.1)
"For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt." (Mark 9.49)
"Jesus told his disciples, 'If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life from my sake will find it.'" (Matthew 16.24-25)
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5)
"In accepting the true Dharma, may I abandon body, life, and property, and uphold the true Dharma." (Buddhism, Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala 3)
"I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12.1)
"With whatever Thou dost provide, am I content; No other door is there for me to knock. Nanak this supplication makes, May my life and body ever to Thee be dedicated!" (Sikhism, Adi Granth, Sri Raga, M.1, p. 25)
"To Thee as a sacrifice Zarathustra offers the very life and being of his self; He dedicates the first fruits of his loving thoughts to Ahura Mazda; He offers the best of his words and deeds and willing obedience to the Divine Law." (Zoroastrianism, Avesta, Yasna 33.14)
"Let us all carry in ourselves the heart of parents and the body of a servant, and let us shed sweat for the sake of earth, tears for the sake of mankind, and blood for the sake of heaven. Let us never forget that we carry on our shoulders the historical cross: the responsibility to remove the grief and heartache of our Parent, the Great Lord of all creation. Let us all move forward to the way of salvation of the world." (Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, 3-30-90)
"It is not only physical bravery that counts. One must have the courage to face life as it is, to go through sorrows, and always sacrifice oneself for the sake of others." [African Traditional Religions. Kipsignis Saying (Kenya)]
"The Master said, 'The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.'"(Confucianism, Analects 15.8)
