November 21: Psalm 23:4; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 56:3–4; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 43:2–3; Micah 7:8; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 106:6–7; Psalm 106:23; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 3:1–2; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 8:12 - a podcast by Crossway

When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”—I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.—When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?—The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 23:4(Listen)

4   Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,¹
    I will fear no evil,
  for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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Psalm 27:1(Listen)

TheLordIs My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27   The LORD is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
  The LORD is the stronghold¹of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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Psalm 56:3–4(Listen)

3   When I am afraid,
    I put my trust in you.
4   In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
    What can flesh do to me?

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Isaiah 42:16(Listen)

16   And I will lead the blind
    in a way that they do not know,
  in paths that they have not known
    I will guide them.
  I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    the rough places into level ground.
  These are the things I do,
    and I do not forsake them.

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Isaiah 43:2–3(Listen)

2   When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
  when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.
3   For I am the LORD your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
  I give Egypt as your ransom,
    Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

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Micah 7:8(Listen)

8   Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
    when I fall, I shall rise;
  when I sit in darkness,
    the LORD will be a light to me.

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One God, and… one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”—An intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.

We and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,… they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love…. Therefore he said he would destroy them—had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

The covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises…. “I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

Deuteronomy 6:4(Listen)

4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.¹

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Psalm 106:6–7(Listen)

6   Both we and our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
7   Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
  they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

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Psalm 106:23(Listen)

23   Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
  stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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Galatians 3:20(Listen)

20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.

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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 3:1–2(Listen)

Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers,¹you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s²house.

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Hebrews 8:6(Listen)

6 But as it is, Christ¹has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

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Hebrews 8:12(Listen)

12   For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    and I will remember their sins no more.”

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