April 3: Exodus 34:14; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 51:6; Matthew 6:24; 2 Corinthians 6:17–18; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 5:21; Mark 13:32–33; Luke 12:37; Luke 18:8; John 1:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:2–4; Titus 2:13 - a podcast by Crossway

“If you are returning to theLordwith all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to theLordand serve him only.”

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.—“Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”—“You cannot serve God and money.”

“You shall worship no other god, for theLord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”—“Serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for theLordsearches all hearts and understands every plan and thought.”

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.—“Man looks on the outward appearance, but theLordlooks on the heart.”—Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

Exodus 34:14(Listen)

14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

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1 Samuel 7:3(Listen)

Samuel Judges Israel

3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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1 Samuel 16:7(Listen)

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

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1 Chronicles 28:9(Listen)

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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Psalm 51:6(Listen)

6   Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
    and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

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Matthew 6:24(Listen)

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.¹

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2 Corinthians 6:17–18(Listen)

17   Therefore go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
  and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,
18   and I will be a father to you,
    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
  says the Lord Almighty.”

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1 John 3:21(Listen)

21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

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1 John 5:21(Listen)

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

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“When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.—Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith.—Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.”—“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes.”—Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Mark 13:32–33(Listen)

No One Knows That Day or Hour

32 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.33 Be on guard, keep awake.¹For you do not know when the time will come.

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Luke 12:37(Listen)

37 Blessed are those servants¹whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

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Luke 18:8(Listen)

8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

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John 1:11(Listen)

11 He came to his own,¹and his own people²did not receive him.

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1 Timothy 4:1(Listen)

Some Will Depart from the Faith

4 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

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2 Timothy 4:2–4(Listen)

2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound¹teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

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Titus 2:13(Listen)

13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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