Marked To Be Raised To New Life

As prophesized in Isaiah 53:9, Jesus would be buried in a
man’s tomb.
Joseph “took courage” and asked for Jesus’s body and personally
exercised his faith to ask Pilate.
As believers, we need to take courage and not shrink back in fear
when asked to do something for Jesus.
Three of Jesus’s female disciples came early in the morning to
anoint His body.
They realized they would need help to roll away the stone.
God had raised Jesus and rolled the stone from the slot in the
tomb that held it in place.
Our sin keeps us in the tomb and only God can roll away the
stone.
The resurrection brings hope to those who have passed on as well
as those of us who are alive. The resurrection removed the power
and bondage of sin.
Romans 6 makes it plain: we have died with Jesus, were buried
with Jesus, and have been risen with Jesus.

1. Can you name some things you were bound to before the stone
was rolled away for you?
2. How many times does Paul say the same things in the Romans 6
passage?
3. Do you struggle with persistent guilt? How can the message of
the death, burial, and resurrection help?
4. How many of you would confess you need more courage to do what
Jesus has asked you to do? Discuss.