Only the Dead Can Be Buried

4/15/2025

• Matthew 16:24-25: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.’” • Mark 8:34-35: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.” • Luke 9:23-24: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” • Luke 14:27: “And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”

• Romans 6:3-6: “Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.” • Romans 8:13: “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” • Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” • 1 Corinthians 15:31: “I die every day—I mean that, brothers—just as surely as I glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord.” • 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Other Relevant Verses: • John 12:24: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” • 1 Peter 2:24: “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.”

Only the Dead Can Be Buried

You can’t bury the living, it’s against the law

Only the dead can rest beneath the sod

No more ambition, no more demands

No more reaching out with empty hands

A dead man doesn’t bargain, doesn’t make a sound

He’s not pretending, just lying in the ground

No secret deals, no hidden plans

No trading with God for promised lands

I lay it down, not for what I’ll gain

Not for blessing, not for fame

I die to self because You’re worthy, Lord

Not for reward, but for love alone

No expectations, no comparisons left

No more striving, no more self

A dead man’s not waiting for a better deal

He’s given up all, and that’s what’s real

A dead man doesn’t bargain, doesn’t make a sound

He’s not pretending, just lying in the ground

No secret deals, no hidden plans

No trading with God for promised lands

I lay it down, not for what I’ll gain

Not for blessing, not for fame

I die to self because You’re worthy, Lord

Not for reward, but for love alone

You gave it all, You held nothing back

So I surrender, no strings attached

Not for a crown, not for a throne

But because You deserve it, and You alone

I lay it down, not for what I’ll gain

Not for blessing, not for fame

I die to self because You’re worthy, Lord

Not for reward, but for love alone

Only the dead can be buried, only the dead can rest

So I give You my life, and nothing less

No more pretending, no more disguise

I die to self, so You may rise

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