September 16: John 8:34; John 8:36; Romans 6:14–15; Romans 7:4; Romans 8:2; 1 Corinthians 9:21; 1 Corinthians 15:56–57; Galatians 5:1; Mark 11:24; Luke 9:62; John 15:4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 4:14–15; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:6–8 - a podcast by Crossway

Sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!—Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.—Not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ.—The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.—“Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

Stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

John 8:34 (Listen)

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave¹ to sin.

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John 8:36 (Listen)

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

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Romans 6:14–15 (Listen)

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

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Romans 7:4 (Listen)

4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

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Romans 8:2 (Listen)

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you¹ free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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1 Corinthians 9:21 (Listen)

21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.

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1 Corinthians 15:56–57 (Listen)

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Galatians 5:1 (Listen)

Christ Has Set Us Free

5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.—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. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.—“Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.

“Abide in me.”—Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Mark 11:24 (Listen)

24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received¹ it, and it will be yours.

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Luke 9:62 (Listen)

62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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John 15:4 (Listen)

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

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1 Corinthians 15:58 (Listen)

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

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Ephesians 4:14–15 (Listen)

14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

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Hebrews 11:6 (Listen)

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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James 1:6–8 (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. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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