Life on the altar demands sacrifice because an altar is a place of sacrifice. It’s all about denying one’s own life on behalf of others.
Jesus said to everyone, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). In other words, a Christian can never put down his personal cross. Neither can he count on others to help him carry it. The requirement to follow Jesus and enjoy the reward of eternal life is to deny oneself and depend entirely on God. Is it easy? No, it’s not! That’s why few are chosen.
To have one’s life on the altar means to die to the world and to sin. It’s not possible to live a life dedicated to God and to the world at the same time. “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).
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