October 9: Psalm 119:46; Matthew 5:10–12; Luke 12:4–5; Acts 20:24; Romans 8:35; Romans 8:37; Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 40:2; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 16:18; Acts 4:12; Romans 8:35; Romans 8:37–39; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Hebrews 10:22–23; James 1:6 - a podcast by Crossway

“I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

“Do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!”

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.”—“But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course.”—I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame.

Psalm 119:46 (Listen)

46   I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
    and shall not be put to shame,

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Matthew 5:10–12 (Listen)

10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Luke 12:4–5 (Listen)

Have No Fear

4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.¹ Yes, I tell you, fear him!

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Acts 20:24 (Listen)

24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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Romans 8:35 (Listen)

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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Romans 8:37 (Listen)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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Hebrews 13:6 (Listen)

6 So we can confidently say,

  “The Lord is my helper;
    I will not fear;
  what can man do to me?”

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He… set my feet upon a rock.

The Rock was Christ.—Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”… “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”—“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Full assurance of faith…. Hope without wavering.—Faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?… No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 40:2 (Listen)

2   He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
    out of the miry bog,
  and set my feet upon a rock,
    making my steps secure.

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Matthew 16:16 (Listen)

16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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Matthew 16:18 (Listen)

18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock¹ I will build my church, and the gates of hell² shall not prevail against it.

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Acts 4:12 (Listen)

12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men¹ by which we must be saved.”

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Romans 8:35 (Listen)

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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Romans 8:37–39 (Listen)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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1 Corinthians 10:4 (Listen)

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

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Hebrews 10:22–23 (Listen)

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

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James 1:6 (Listen)

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

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