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John 11:38, " Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. " The fact this man was dead is underlined by the stone on top of his grave. With a stone over his grave there was no coming out for him, and there was no one going into his grave. He was dead, he was buried, and he was covered with a stone. But none of these obstacles hindered the...

John 11:31, " The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. " As believers in Jesus we know that death is not the end of the road. We know we will see our loved ones again one day, those who were also Christians. And yet, even though death is not final, we s...

John 11:17, " Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. " Remember that Jesus purposely waited until Lazarus was dead before he went to help them. Do you think God ever waits in your life until everything is hopeless and impossible? I think he does this many times. One purpose in this is to demonstrate his power to raise us up from the dead. Paul said that he...

John 12:17, " The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. " The Lord Jesus called Lazarus out of the grave. At the word of the Lord Jesus death was defeated and life returned to the body of this man Lazarus. Not only raised from the dead but reversed the corruption of four days of death in his body. In a moment. In one...

1 Corinthians 15:55, " O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? " Jesus has defeated death through his own death, burial, and resurrection. Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Those who put their faith in Jesus will not experience this sting of death and will rise up victorious over the grave. Death has been defeated by the Lord Jesus Christ. We do not need to live in fear a...

Luke 9:59-60, " And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (60) Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. " This is a clear statement that from the Lord's perspective those who are outside of his kingdom are "the dead", even though they may be alive physically they are just as dead as those t...

John 19:40, " Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. " They took great care with the physical body of the Lord Jesus Christ. This has always been the Jewish tradition to take great care and reverence for the body of the deceased. In a spiritual fashion, we also need to take great care with the spiritual body of Jesus C...

Colossians 2:12, " Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. " It is through faith in the operation of God that we experience the Lord Jesus and his burial and resurrection. All of this is God's work for us and in us as well. What is our part? Our part is to believe and have faith. Jesus said that th...

1 Corinthians 15:4, " And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: " The scriptures declared the burial arrangements of the Lord Jesus. Everything about the life, ministry, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus was prophesied in the scriptures. The Bible predicted hundreds of years before Christ that he would make his grave with the wicked and with t...

Romans 6:4, " Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. " The believer and Jesus are tied together by God in death, burial, and resurrection. Baptism symbolizes the supernatural work of God in the life of the believer in Jesus. We are buried with Christ into dea...

2 Corinthians 1:9-10, " But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10, Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; " Paul was in a situation that was so deadly he thought he would die. But God intervened for him and brought him out. This taught Paul that he coul...

1 Corinthians 15:51-52, " Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. " Some people on the earth when Jesus returns will be transformed instead of dying a natural death. We will be changed. When Jesu...

1 Corinthians 15:20-22, " But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21, For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22, For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. " Jesus is the first one who received a resurrection body. When Jesus died he had a natural body, a human body. When God raised Jesus fro...

1 Corinthians 15:12-14, " Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13, But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14, And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. " If the Lord Jesus was not raised from the dead then our faith as Christians has no meani...

Romans 10:9, " That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. " This verse clearly teaches us that salvation is by believing with our heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, and also by confessing with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. The Romans road plan for sharing the gospel: Romans 3...

Romans 8:11, " But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. " The same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives within the believer in Jesus. The Holy Spirit who was active in raising Jesus from the dead will also raise up our mortal bodies an...

Romans 7:4, " Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. " As Christians we are dead to the law by the body of Christ. Do not be deceived by people who want to subject you to laws, rules, or ordinances. We have been set free from the law s...

Romans 6:8-10, " Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9, Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10, For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. " Death has no more dominion over the Lord. He died once for our sins, but now he lives forever. He lives unto Go...

Romans 6:4, " Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. " In baptism we are identifying ourselves with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is our testimony to the world that we died in Jesus and have raised together with him to a new...

Romans 4:24-25, " But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25, Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. " The Lord Jesus was raised from the dead. One of the effects of this was that believers in Jesus receive justification. All of our sins and guilt are washed away because Jesus Christ wa...

Romans 1:3-4, " Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4, And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: " The fact that Jesus Christ is the Son of God was proven when God raised him from the dead. It is essential to understand, believe, and receive the truth that J...

Acts 26:8, " Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? " The core of Paul's preaching of the gospel was the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. No matter who he was witnessing to or preaching to he let them know that the most important truth is that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Is this part of our testimony, our witness, our preaching a...

Acts 17:31, " Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. " The Lord has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness. This judgment will be carried out by the one God has ordained. The one who is ordained to judg...

Acts 17:3, " Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. " Paul used the Old Testament to declare and prove to those who heard him that Jesus is the Messiah. He is the Christ that the Old Testament prophesied would come. Do you know scriptures in the Old Testament that point to the Lord Jesus Chr...

Acts 13:33-34, " God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34, And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. " The Lord prophesied in Psalm chapter 2...