January 5: Isaiah 28:12; Jeremiah 9:5; Matthew 11:28; Romans 5:1–2; Romans 7:23–24; Philippians 3:9; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 4:10; Psalm 106:33; Psalm 130:3; Psalm 141:3; Proverbs 12:18–19; Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 15:11; Colossians 3:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; James 3:8; James 3:10; Revelation 14:5 - a podcast by Crossway

For we who have believed enter that rest.

They weary themselves committing iniquity.—But I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”—Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works.—Not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.—“This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose.”

Isaiah 28:12 (Listen)

12     to whom he has said,
  “This is rest;
    give rest to the weary;
  and this is repose”;
    yet they would not hear.

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Jeremiah 9:5 (Listen)

5   Everyone deceives his neighbor,
    and no one speaks the truth;
  they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    they weary themselves committing iniquity.

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Matthew 11:28 (Listen)

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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Romans 5:1–2 (Listen)

Peace with God Through Faith

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we¹ have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith² into this grace in which we stand, and we³ rejoice⁴ in hope of the glory of God.

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Romans 7:23–24 (Listen)

23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

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Philippians 3:9 (Listen)

9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

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Hebrews 4:3 (Listen)

3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

  “As I swore in my wrath,
  ‘They shall not enter my rest,’”

although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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Hebrews 4:10 (Listen)

10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

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Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?—For they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.

“It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

A whisperer separates close friends.—There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.—But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison…. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices.—For this is the will of God, your sanctification.—And in their mouth no lie was found.

Psalm 106:33 (Listen)

33   for they made his spirit bitter,¹
    and he spoke rashly with his lips.

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Psalm 130:3 (Listen)

3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could stand?

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Psalm 141:3 (Listen)

3   Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!

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Proverbs 12:18–19 (Listen)

18   There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
19   Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Proverbs 16:28 (Listen)

28   A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.

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Matthew 15:11 (Listen)

11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

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Colossians 3:8–9 (Listen)

8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self¹ with its practices

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Listen)

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:¹ that you abstain from sexual immorality;

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James 3:8 (Listen)

8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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James 3:10 (Listen)

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,¹ these things ought not to be so.

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Revelation 14:5 (Listen)

5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

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