May 10: John 20:29; 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:13–14; Hebrews 10:35; Hebrews 11:1; 1 Peter 1:8–9; Isaiah 6:5–7; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; John 6:20; 1 John 2:1; Revelation 1:17–18 - a podcast by Crossway

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit.—When you… believed in him, [you] were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it.

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”—Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

We walk by faith, not by sight.—Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

John 20:29 (Listen)

29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

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1 Corinthians 2:9–10 (Listen)

9 But, as it is written,

  “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
  what God has prepared for those who love him”—

10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

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1 Corinthians 15:19 (Listen)

19 If in Christ we have hope¹ in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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2 Corinthians 5:7 (Listen)

7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Ephesians 1:13–14 (Listen)

13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee¹ of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,² to the praise of his glory.

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Hebrews 10:35 (Listen)

35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

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Hebrews 11:1 (Listen)

By Faith

11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

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1 Peter 1:8–9 (Listen)

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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“It is I; do not be afraid.”

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”—“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”

“Woe is me! For I am lost;… for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”—I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

If anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Isaiah 6:5–7 (Listen)

5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

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Isaiah 43:25 (Listen)

25   “I, I am he
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.

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Isaiah 44:22 (Listen)

22   I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
  return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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John 6:20 (Listen)

20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”

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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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Revelation 1:17–18 (Listen)

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

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