March 14: Isaiah 45:22; Ephesians 2:13–14; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:15; 1 John 2:1; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 42:6; Psalm 55:22; Isaiah 26:3–4; Matthew 6:25–26; Matthew 28:20; John 14:27; John 20:27; James 5:13 - a podcast by Crossway

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things.

“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”

We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.—But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace.—He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption…. Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.—Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Isaiah 45:22(Listen)

22   “Turn to me and be saved,
    all the ends of the earth!
    For I am God, and there is no other.

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Ephesians 2:13–14(Listen)

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

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1 Timothy 2:5(Listen)

5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man¹Christ Jesus,

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Hebrews 2:14(Listen)

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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Hebrews 7:25(Listen)

25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost¹those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

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Hebrews 9:12(Listen)

12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

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Hebrews 9:15(Listen)

15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.¹

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1 John 2:1(Listen)

Christ Our Advocate

2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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And my God. My soul is cast down within me.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in theLordforever, for theLordGodis an everlasting rock.

Cast your burden on theLord, and he will sustain you.—For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.—Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.

“Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”— “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on…. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”—“Do not disbelieve, but believe.”—“And behold, I am with you always.”

Psalm 22:24(Listen)

24   For he has not despised or abhorred
    the affliction of the afflicted,
  and he has not hidden his face from him,
    but has heard, when he cried to him.

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Psalm 42:6(Listen)

6 and my God.
  My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I remember you
  from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.

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Psalm 55:22(Listen)

22   Cast your burden on the LORD,
    and he will sustain you;
  he will never permit
    the righteous to be moved.

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Isaiah 26:3–4(Listen)

3   You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.
4   Trust in the LORD forever,
    for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

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Matthew 6:25–26(Listen)

Do Not Be Anxious

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

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Matthew 28:20(Listen)

20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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John 14:27(Listen)

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

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John 20:27(Listen)

27 Then he said to Thomas,“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”

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James 5:13(Listen)

The Prayer of Faith

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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