February 15: Psalm 14:2–3; Proverbs 20:9; Isaiah 64:6; Romans 7:18–19; Romans 8:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Galatians 3:22; 1 John 1:8–9; Psalm 56:3; Psalm 89:8–9; Psalm 93:3–4; Isaiah 43:2; Jeremiah 5:22; Matthew 14:29–31 - a podcast by Crossway

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure”?

TheLordlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.—Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.—We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.—In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.—If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 14:2–3(Listen)

2   The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man,
    to see if there are any who understand,¹
    who seek after God.
3   They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
    there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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Proverbs 20:9(Listen)

9   Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?

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Isaiah 64:6(Listen)

6   We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
  We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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Romans 7:18–19(Listen)

18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

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Romans 8:8(Listen)

8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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2 Corinthians 5:19(Listen)

19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling¹the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

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Galatians 3:22(Listen)

22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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1 John 1:8–9(Listen)

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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The floods lift up their roaring.

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, theLordon high is mighty!—OLordGod of hosts, who is mighty as you are, OLord, with your faithfulness all around you? You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

“Do you not fear me? declares theLord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass.”—“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”

He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”—When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalm 56:3(Listen)

3   When I am afraid,
    I put my trust in you.

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Psalm 89:8–9(Listen)

8   O LORD God of hosts,
    who is mighty as you are, O LORD,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
9   You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you still them.

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Psalm 93:3–4(Listen)

3   The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
4   Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    the LORD on high is mighty!

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Isaiah 43:2(Listen)

2   When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
  when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

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Jeremiah 5:22(Listen)

22   Do you not fear me? declares the LORD.
    Do you not tremble before me?
  I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
    a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
  though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
    though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

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Matthew 14:29–31(Listen)

29 He said,“Come.”So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.30 But when he saw the wind,¹he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him,“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

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