Spiritual Sacrifices: What Should We Offer To God?

This remastered teaching discusses why we shouldn’t offer sacrifices outside the Temple. It explains that Messiah’s sacrifice fulfills the Levitical system and why backyard sacrifices are not biblically permitted today.

Amos warned Israel that God despises outward religion divorced from justice. He condemns those who oppress the poor yet offer sacrifices, urging them to ‘let justice roll on like a river’ and righteousness like a never‑failing stream. Amos teaches that true worship requires living according to God’s justice and mercy.

Many believe and teach that because Messiah made the ultimate sacrifice for our sins, that the animal sacrifice no longer applies nor has a place. Some go so far as to say animal sacrifices are actually an affront to Messiah’s work of redemption. Scripture, however, appears to say otherwise.

Here we answer questions about tattoos, cremation, wearing tzitzit, animal sacrifices, what it means to be holy, and more. We address each subject with Scripture and practical insights.