Buried Nature Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Buried Nature Keywords: “buried” “dead” “inclination” Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: John 19:38-42* 38. After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. 39. Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. 40. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41. Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42. Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Question Besides His stricken and afflicted body (and the myrrh and aloes), what else went with Jesus to His grave?   Practical help Do you know that Jesus paid the penalty for your sins? (If not, click here to see yesterday's study.) Not just the ones in the past. Even the ones you committed today and any you will commit. Jesus took those sin debts to the grave when He paid the death penalty for them. If you trust in Jesus' finished work on the cross you can also trust in something that will change the way you face any temptation to sin. When Jesus died for your sins He didn't just die for your sins — He died for your sinful nature! How is this different? It's a matter of inclination. Before your inclination was to choose sin. Now your inclination is to choose not to sin. Before you didn't always recognize sin. Now you almost always recognize sin. What's the most important aspect of this realization for the porn struggler? Before you felt powerless to escape the snares of pornography. Now, since your sinful nature is dead and buried, you are empowered to turn away from it. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2004 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission." ---