Read Leviticus 1:1-9…There is much symbolism and meaning behind each step of the process of sacrificing animals in atonement to sin. First, you must offer a male without birth defects as the burnt offering.
Ask about animal sacrifice: Why were animals sacrificed back in the day?
Talk about sin: With sin, we are without God. Being an unholy and sinful, man is unable to surrender himself to the holy God. In order to be holy as God is holy, by the commandment an animal had to be offered to set us free from sin.
Ask about God’s instructions for sacrificing: Why was God so specific on the instructions of sacrificing something for Him?…loyalty. God wants us to follow him, no matter how tough, illogical, crazy, or inconvenient it may seem.