May 11: 1 Corinthians 15:57; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14; 1 John 3:8; Revelation 12:10–11; Psalm 90:9–10; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Malachi 3:6; Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 15:19; Philippians 3:20–21; Hebrews 13:8; Hebrews 13:14; Revelation 4:8 - a podcast by Crossway

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.—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.—He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.—And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.—But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57 (Listen)

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 6:12 (Listen)

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

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Colossians 2:15 (Listen)

15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities¹ and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.²

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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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1 John 3:8 (Listen)

8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

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Revelation 12:10–11 (Listen)

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers¹ has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

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Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.—For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.—“I the Lord do not change.”—But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.—For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.—“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Psalm 90:9–10 (Listen)

9   For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10   The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
  yet their span¹ is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.

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Ecclesiastes 1:2 (Listen)

2   Vanity¹ of vanities, says the Preacher,
    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

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Malachi 3:6 (Listen)

Robbing God

6 “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

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Romans 8:20 (Listen)

20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

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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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Philippians 3:20–21 (Listen)

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

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Hebrews 13:8 (Listen)

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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Hebrews 13:14 (Listen)

14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

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Revelation 4:8 (Listen)

8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,

  “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
    who was and is and is to come!”

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