April 16: Psalm 89:19; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 50:34; Amos 5:12; John 3:18; Romans 5:20; Romans 8:35; Romans 8:38–39; Hebrews 7:25; Jude 24; Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 11:29; Philippians 2:5–8; Philippians 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; 1 Peter 2:21 - a podcast by Crossway

“Their Redeemer is strong.”

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins.— “I have granted help to one who is mighty.”—“Lordyour Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”—“Mighty to save.”—Able to keep you from stumbling.—Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”—He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him.

“Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?”—Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?… For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 89:19(Listen)

19   Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,¹and said:
    “I have granted help to one who is mighty;
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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Isaiah 49:26(Listen)

26   I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
  Then all flesh shall know
    that I am the LORD your Savior,
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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Isaiah 50:2(Listen)

2   Why, when I came, was there no man;
    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
  Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
    Or have I no power to deliver?
  Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
    I make the rivers a desert;
  their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

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Isaiah 63:1(Listen)

TheLord’s Day of Vengeance

63   Who is this who comes from Edom,
    in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
  he who is splendid in his apparel,
    marching in the greatness of his strength?
  “It is I, speaking in righteousness,
    mighty to save.”

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Jeremiah 50:34(Listen)

34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Amos 5:12(Listen)

12   For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
  you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
    and turn aside the needy in the gate.

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John 3:18(Listen)

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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Romans 5:20(Listen)

20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

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Romans 8:35(Listen)

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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Romans 8:38–39(Listen)

38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Hebrews 7:25(Listen)

25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost¹those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

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Jude 24(Listen)

Doxology

24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

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“And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not.”

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”—Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

“And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.”—Christ… suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.—I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

Jeremiah 45:5(Listen)

5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the LORD. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

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Matthew 10:38(Listen)

38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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Matthew 11:29(Listen)

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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Philippians 2:5–8(Listen)

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,¹6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,²7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,³being born in the likeness of men.8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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Philippians 4:11(Listen)

11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

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1 Timothy 6:6–8(Listen)

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain,7 for we brought nothing into the world, and¹we cannot take anything out of the world.8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

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1 Peter 2:21(Listen)

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

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