April 20: Matthew 27:51; John 10:7; John 10:9; John 14:6; Romans 5:1–2; Ephesians 2:18–19; Hebrews 9:8; Hebrews 10:19–20; 1 Peter 3:18; Jeremiah 20:9; Matthew 25:25–27; Mark 5:19; Acts 4:18–20; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Corinthians 5:14 - a podcast by Crossway

“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.—For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.—By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing.

“I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.”

“No one comes to the Father except through me.”—For through him we… have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.—Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh… —We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Matthew 27:51(Listen)

51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

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John 10:7(Listen)

7 So Jesus again said to them,“Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

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John 10:9(Listen)

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

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John 14:6(Listen)

6 Jesus said to him,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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Romans 5:1–2(Listen)

Peace with God Through Faith

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we¹have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith²into this grace in which we stand, and we³rejoice⁴in hope of the glory of God.

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Ephesians 2:18–19(Listen)

18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,¹but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

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Hebrews 9:8(Listen)

8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

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Hebrews 10:19–20(Listen)

The Full Assurance of Faith

19 Therefore, brothers,¹since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

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1 Peter 3:18(Listen)

18 For Christ also suffered¹once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

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There is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gos-pel!… What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.—So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them,… “We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”—For the love of Christ controls us.—“I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground….” “You wicked and slothful servant!… You ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.”

“Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you.”

Jeremiah 20:9(Listen)

9   If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
  there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
  and I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.

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Matthew 25:25–27(Listen)

25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

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Mark 5:19(Listen)

19 And he did not permit him but said to him,“Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”

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Acts 4:18–20(Listen)

18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

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1 Corinthians 9:16(Listen)

16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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1 Corinthians 9:18(Listen)

18 What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

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2 Corinthians 5:14(Listen)

14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

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