December 19: Isaiah 45:19; Romans 8:15; Philippians 4:6–7; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19–22; Hebrews 13:6; John 8:32; John 8:36; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 4:31–5:1; James 1:25 - a podcast by Crossway

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.—For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

“I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’”—Therefore,… 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, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.—So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Isaiah 45:19 (Listen)

19   I did not speak in secret,
    in a land of darkness;
  I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    ‘Seek me in vain.’¹
  I the LORD speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.

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Romans 8:15 (Listen)

15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

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Philippians 4:6–7 (Listen)

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Hebrews 4:16 (Listen)

16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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Hebrews 10:19–22 (Listen)

The Full Assurance of Faith

19 Therefore, brothers,¹ since 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, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Hebrews 13:6 (Listen)

6 So we can confidently say,

  “The Lord is my helper;
    I will not fear;
  what can man do to me?”

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“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.—For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.—Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.—For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

John 8:32 (Listen)

32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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John 8:36 (Listen)

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

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Romans 8:2 (Listen)

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you¹ free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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2 Corinthians 3:17 (Listen)

17 Now the Lord¹ is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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Galatians 2:16 (Listen)

16 yet we know that a person is not justified¹ by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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Galatians 4:31–5:1 (Listen)

31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

Christ Has Set Us Free

5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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James 1:25 (Listen)

25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

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