January 19: Matthew 20:26–28; Luke 17:10; Acts 20:19; Romans 12:3; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Galatians 6:3; Genesis 9:20–21; Genesis 12:11; Genesis 12:13; Genesis 27:21; Genesis 27:24; Joshua 9:14–15; 1 Kings 15:5; Psalm 106:32–33; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 36:32; Romans 3:24; Hebrews 11:39 - a podcast by Crossway

“Serving the Lord with all humility.”

“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.—For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.—“So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

For our boast is this:… that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.—But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

Matthew 20:26–28 (Listen)

26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,¹ 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,² 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Luke 17:10 (Listen)

10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants;¹ we have only done what was our duty.’”

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Acts 20:19 (Listen)

19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

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Romans 12:3 (Listen)

Gifts of Grace

3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

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2 Corinthians 1:12 (Listen)

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity¹ and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

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2 Corinthians 4:7 (Listen)

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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Galatians 6:3 (Listen)

3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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We have turned every one to his own way.

Noah… planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk.—[Abram] said to Sarai his wife,… “Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you.”—Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”—Moses… spoke rashly with his lips.—So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them.—David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

And all these… [were] commended through their faith.—And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.—And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

“It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways.”

Genesis 9:20–21 (Listen)

20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.¹ 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

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Genesis 12:11 (Listen)

11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,

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Genesis 12:13 (Listen)

13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”

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Genesis 27:21 (Listen)

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

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Genesis 27:24 (Listen)

24 He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

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Joshua 9:14–15 (Listen)

14 So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD. 15 And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

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1 Kings 15:5 (Listen)

5 because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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Psalm 106:32–33 (Listen)

32   They angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33   for they made his spirit bitter,¹
    and he spoke rashly with his lips.

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Isaiah 53:6 (Listen)

6   All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
  and the LORD has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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Ezekiel 36:32 (Listen)

32 It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

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Romans 3:24 (Listen)

24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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Hebrews 11:39 (Listen)

39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

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