September 27: Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 85:10; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 18:4; Zechariah 13:7; Romans 3:24; Romans 3:26; Romans 6:23; Romans 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; James 2:13; 1 Peter 2:23; Romans 6:8–11; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Hebrews 2:14–15 - a podcast by Crossway

“A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”

Him who judges justly.—We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.—Each of us will give an account of himself to God.—“The soul who sins shall die.”

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd.”—The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.—Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.—Mercy triumphs over judgment.—The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“A righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.”—Just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.—Justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 32:4 (Listen)

4   “The Rock, his work is perfect,
    for all his ways are justice.
  A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
    just and upright is he.

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Psalm 85:10 (Listen)

10   Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.

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Isaiah 45:21 (Listen)

21   Declare and present your case;
    let them take counsel together!
  Who told this long ago?
    Who declared it of old?
  Was it not I, the LORD?
    And there is no other god besides me,
  a righteous God and a Savior;
    there is none besides me.

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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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Ezekiel 18:4 (Listen)

4 Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

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Zechariah 13:7 (Listen)

The Shepherd Struck

7   “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    against the man who stands next to me,”
      declares the LORD of hosts.


  “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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Romans 3:24 (Listen)

24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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Romans 3:26 (Listen)

26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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Romans 6:23 (Listen)

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans 14:12 (Listen)

12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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2 Corinthians 5:10 (Listen)

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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James 2:13 (Listen)

13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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1 Peter 2:23 (Listen)

23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

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“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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

Romans 6:8–11 (Listen)

8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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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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1 Corinthians 15:54 (Listen)

54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

  “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

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1 Corinthians 15:57 (Listen)

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Hebrews 2:14–15 (Listen)

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

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