February 21: Leviticus 20:8; Leviticus 20:24; Leviticus 20:26; John 17:17; John 17:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Titus 2:13–14; Hebrews 2:11; Hebrews 13:12; 1 Peter 1:2; Jude 1; Psalm 97:11; Psalm 126:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:37; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:6–7 - a podcast by Crossway

“I am theLordwho sanctifies you.”

“I am theLordyour God, who have separated you from the peoples…. You shall be holy to me, for I theLordam holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.”

Beloved in God the Father.—“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”— Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.—Our… Savior Jesus Christ… gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.—For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.—“And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.”—In the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood.

Leviticus 20:8(Listen)

8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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Leviticus 20:24(Listen)

24 But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

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Leviticus 20:26(Listen)

26 You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

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John 17:17(Listen)

17 Sanctify them¹in the truth; your word is truth.

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John 17:19(Listen)

19 And for their sake I consecrate myself,¹that they also may be sanctified²in truth.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23(Listen)

23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Titus 2:13–14(Listen)

13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

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Hebrews 2:11(Listen)

11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.¹That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,²

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Hebrews 13:12(Listen)

12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

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1 Peter 1:2(Listen)

2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:

May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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Jude 1(Listen)

Greeting

1 Jude, a servant¹of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for²Jesus Christ:

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Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

And what you sow is not the body that is to be.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 97:11(Listen)

11   Light is sown¹for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.

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Psalm 126:5–6(Listen)

5   Those who sow in tears
    shall reap with shouts of joy!
6   He who goes out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
  shall come home with shouts of joy,
    bringing his sheaves with him.

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1 Corinthians 15:37(Listen)

37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

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1 Peter 1:3(Listen)

Born Again to a Living Hope

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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1 Peter 1:6–7(Listen)

6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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