Study of John: Burial Continued...

I got a sense yesterday that we need to put more emphasis on burials.

We need to put so much emphasis on burials that we need to talk and do it every day.

But not just any burial but the kind of burial that Jesus went through.

He died and rose again.

31 I assure you, believers, by the pride which I have in you in [your union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily [I face death and die to self].  I Corinthians 15:31 AMP

We must die daily to ourselves and rise again, so that we may live for Christ. 

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 ESV

This means that we need to die to all the things that are not of God and bury/rail them meaning leave them in the tomb like the linen that they wrapped Jesus with.

This means all those worthless things are put away or taken away.

An example of worthless things according to the Bible:

31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence]. Ephesians 4:31 AMP

Another example of worthless things according to the Bible:

19 Now the practices of the [i]sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], 21 envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 AMP

Once we die/ bury we need to according to the Bible is:

And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:24 ESV

So, with all that being said burial was important back then in the Bible and is still important, even more so in our present times we need to put importance on burial today.

But how do we live out the likeness of Christ?

Find out tomorrow....