October 3: Leviticus 16:22; Psalm 103:12; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 53:11–12; Jeremiah 50:20; Micah 7:18–19; John 1:29; Romans 3:27; Romans 9:16; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ephesians 2:1–3; James 1:18 - a podcast by Crossway

“The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.”

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.—“In those days and in that time,” declares the Lord, “iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none. And sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.”—You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea…. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity?

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.—He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.—“The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Leviticus 16:22 (Listen)

22 The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

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Psalm 103:12 (Listen)

12   as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

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Isaiah 53:6 (Listen)

6   All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
  and the LORD has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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Isaiah 53:11–12 (Listen)

11   Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see¹ and be satisfied;
  by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
    make many to be accounted righteous,
    and he shall bear their iniquities.
12   Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,²
    and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,³
  because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
  yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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Jeremiah 50:20 (Listen)

20 In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

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Micah 7:18–19 (Listen)

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18   Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    for the remnant of his inheritance?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19   He will again have compassion on us;
    he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
  You will cast all our¹ sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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John 1:29 (Listen)

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive?

By the grace of God I am what I am.—Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth.—So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.— Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded.—Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption…. “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.—But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Romans 3:27 (Listen)

27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

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Romans 9:16 (Listen)

16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,¹ but on God, who has mercy.

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1 Corinthians 1:30–31 (Listen)

30 And because of him¹ you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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1 Corinthians 4:7 (Listen)

7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

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1 Corinthians 6:11 (Listen)

11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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1 Corinthians 15:10 (Listen)

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

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Ephesians 2:1–3 (Listen)

By Grace Through Faith

2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body¹ and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.²

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James 1:18 (Listen)

18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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