November 6: Exodus 20:23; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 30:32; Psalm 45:7; John 1:16; John 3:34; Acts 10:38; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 4:4; 1 John 2:27; Genesis 5:27; Psalm 39:4; 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Thessalonians 5:3–4; James 1:9–11; James 4:14; 1 John 2:17 - a podcast by Crossway

“Take the finest spices…. And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil.”

“It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.”—One Spirit.—Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Your God… has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.—God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.—God… gives the Spirit without measure.

From his fullness we have all received.—But as his anointing teaches you about everything—and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you—abide in him.—It is God who… has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Exodus 20:23(Listen)

23 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

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Exodus 20:25(Listen)

25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

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Exodus 30:32(Listen)

32 It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

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Psalm 45:7(Listen)

7     you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
  Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

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John 1:16(Listen)

16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.¹

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John 3:34(Listen)

34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

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Acts 10:38(Listen)

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

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1 Corinthians 12:4(Listen)

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

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2 Corinthians 1:21–22(Listen)

21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.¹

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Galatians 5:22–23(Listen)

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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Ephesians 4:4(Listen)

4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

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1 John 2:27(Listen)

27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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The present form of this world is passing away.

Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.—What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.—The world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!”—While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

Genesis 5:27(Listen)

27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

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Psalm 39:4(Listen)

4   “O LORD, make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!

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1 Corinthians 7:31(Listen)

31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

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1 Thessalonians 5:3–4(Listen)

3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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James 1:9–11(Listen)

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass¹he will pass away.11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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James 4:14(Listen)

14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

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1 John 2:17(Listen)

17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

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