Marked To Be Raised To New Life
Marked – Week 44
October 9, 2022
Key Scriptures
Key Points
- 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.
Discussion Questions
- Can you name some things you were bound to before the stone was rolled away for you?
- How many times does Paul say the same things in the Romans 6 passage?
- Do you struggle with persistent guilt? How can the message of the death, burial, and resurrection help?
- How many of you would confess you need more courage to do what Jesus has asked you to do? Discuss.