September 9: 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 17:3; Psalm 51:6; Daniel 5:27; Matthew 16:26; Luke 16:15; Galatians 6:7–8; Philippians 3:7; John 11:25; John 12:24; Romans 6:5; Romans 8:11; Romans 11:16; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Philippians 3:20–21; Colossians 1:18 - a podcast by Crossway

“You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting.”

The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.—“For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”—“The Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”—Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

“What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?”—But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being.—You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing.

1 Samuel 2:3 (Listen)

3   Talk no more so very proudly,
    let not arrogance come from your mouth;
  for the LORD is a God of knowledge,
    and by him actions are weighed.

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1 Samuel 16:7 (Listen)

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

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Psalm 17:3 (Listen)

3   You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,
    you have tested me, and you will find nothing;
    I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

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Psalm 51:6 (Listen)

6   Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
    and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

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Daniel 5:27 (Listen)

27 TEKEL, you have been weighed¹ in the balances and found wanting;

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Matthew 16:26 (Listen)

26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

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Luke 16:15 (Listen)

15 And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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Galatians 6:7–8 (Listen)

7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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Philippians 3:7 (Listen)

7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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Christ the firstfruits.

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”—If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.—But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.—For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.—The Lord Jesus Christ… will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

The firstborn from the dead.—If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”

John 11:25 (Listen)

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.¹ Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

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John 12:24 (Listen)

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

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Romans 6:5 (Listen)

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

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Romans 8:11 (Listen)

11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus¹ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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Romans 11:16 (Listen)

16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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1 Corinthians 15:20 (Listen)

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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1 Corinthians 15:23 (Listen)

23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

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Philippians 3:20–21 (Listen)

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

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Colossians 1:18 (Listen)

18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

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