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March 26 - Mark 12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends, it's Sean. Here it is a Tuesday.
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  It is Holy Tuesday. It is, well, Pearl Tuesday of
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  Holy Week. It doesn't get called anything
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  special. Wednesday sometimes gets called.
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  Could Wednesday like Good Friday?
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  And you might think, why is Good Friday called good?
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  Well, something, it's because it used to be God's Friday and it
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  became Good Friday. Others think it was, you know,
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  the Holy day and and the things of the Lord are good.
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  So therefore it is Good Friday. Other people, I'm gonna let me
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  find the phrase. It was quite something.
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  Here it is. In the Greek liturgy it was
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  known as the Holy and Great Friday which became Good Friday.
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  It's a little more understated. So.
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  But today is not good. Today's today is Holy Tuesday.
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  It is the 26th of March. Hello friend.
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  I hope you're doing well. I hope this holiest of weeks is
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  treating you well as together. We walk toward that hill on
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  Calvary together. We approach that day when the
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  God of the universe humbles himself as assistant Philippians
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  to death, even death on a cross. Why?
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  Because he loves us and he wants to reunite.
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  Asked to him and his father. Wow.
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  So amazing. And so this week we continue to
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  walk with Jesus toward that moment, and today is no
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  exception. Today we will continue that
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  journey. So let's do it, shall we?
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  Let us read together. Mark Chapter 12.
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  Then Jesus began teaching them with stories.
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  A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a
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  pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built her outlook
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  tower. Then he leased the vineyard to
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  tenant farmers and moved to another country.
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  At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his
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  servants to collect his share of the crop, but the farmers
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  grabbed the servant, beat him up and sent him back empty handed.
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  The owner then sent another servant, but they insulted him
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  and beat him over the head. The next servant he sent was
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  killed. Others he sent were either
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  beaten or killed until there was only one left, His son, whom he
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  loved dearly. The owner finally sent him
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  thinking. Surely they will respect my son,
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  But the tenant farmer said to one another, here comes the heir
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  to this estate. Let's kill him and get the
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  estate for ourselves. So they grabbed him and murdered
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  him and threw his body out of the vineyard.
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  What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do?
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  Jesus asked. I'll tell you, he will come and
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  kill those farmers and lease the vineyard to others.
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  Didn't you ever read this in the scriptures?
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  The stone that the builders rejected has now become the
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  cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing and it
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  is wonderful to see. The religious leaders wanted to
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  arrest Jesus because they realised he was telling the
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  story against them. They were the wicked farmers,
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  but they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went
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  away. Later, the leaders sent some
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  Pharisees and supporters of Herod to trap Jesus into saying
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  something for which he could be arrested.
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  Teacher, they said we know how honest you are, You are
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  impartial and don't play favourites.
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  You teach the Way of God, truthfully.
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  Now tell us is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
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  Should we pay them or shouldn't we?
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  Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, why are you
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  trying to trap me? Show me a Roman coin and I'll
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  tell you when they handed it to him?
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  He asked whose picture and title are stamped on it.
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  Caesars, they replied. Well then Jesus said, Give to
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  Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to
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  God. His reply completely amazed
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  them. Then Jesus was approached by
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  some Sadducees religious leaders who say there is no resurrection
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  from the dead. They posed this question,
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  teacher. Moses gave us a law that if a
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  man dies leaving a wife without children, his brothers should
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  marry the widow and have a child Who will carry on the brother's
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  name? Well, suppose there were seven
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  brothers. The oldest one married and then
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  died without children. So the second brother married
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  the widow, but he also died without children.
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  Then the third brother married her.
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  This continued with all seven of them, and still there were no
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  children. Last of all the woman also died.
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  So tell us whose wife will she be in the resurrection?
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  For all seven were married to her, Jesus replied.
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  Your mistake is that you don't know the scriptures and you
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  don't know the power of God. For when the dead rise, they
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  will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
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  In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.
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  But now as to whether the dead will be raised, haven't you ever
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  read about this in the writings of Moses?
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  In the story of the burning Bush, long after Abraham, Isaac,
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  and Jacob had died, God said to Moses, I am the God of Abraham,
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  the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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  So he is the God of the living, not the dead.
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  You have made a serious error. One of the teachers of religious
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  law was standing there listening to the debate.
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  He realised that Jesus had answered well.
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  So he asked of all the commandments, which is the most
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  important, Jesus replied, the most important commandment is
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  this. Listen though Israel, the Lord
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  our God is the one and only Lord, and you must love the Lord
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  your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind,
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  and all your strength. The second is equally important.
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  Love your neighbour as yourself. No other commander is greater
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  than these, the teacher of religious law replied.
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  Well said, teacher. You have spoken the truth by
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  saying that there is only one God and no other.
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  And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and
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  all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my
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  neighbour as myself. This is more important than to
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  offer all the burnt offering and sacrifices required in the law.
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  Realising how much the man understood, Jesus said to him
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  you are not far from the Kingdom of God, and after that no one
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  dared to ask him anymore questions.
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  Later, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple, he asked
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  why did the teachers of religious law claim that the
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  Messiah is the son of David? For David himself, speaking
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  under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said the Lord said
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  to my Lord, Sit in the place of honour at my right hand until I
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  humble your enemies beneath your feet.
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  Since David himself called the Messiah, my Lord, how can the
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  Messiah be his son? The large crowd listened to him
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  with great delight. Jesus also taught beware of
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  these teachers of religious law, for they like to parade around
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  in flowing robes and receive respectful greetings as they
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  walk in the marketplaces, and how they love the seats of
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  honour in the synagogues and the head table at banquets.
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  Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their poverty and
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  then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public.
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  Because of this, they will be more severely punished.
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  Jesus sat down near the collection box in the temple and
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  watched as the crowds dropped in their money.
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  Many rich people put in large amounts.
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  Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
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  Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I tell you the
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  truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are
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  making contributions, for they have given a tiny part of their
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  surplus. But she, poorer she is, has
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  given everything she had to live on.
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  Lord, you just do see to their heart, don't you?
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  When the world sees the showy, flashy things that are done, you
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  see the intention. You see the cost of
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  discipleship. Thank you, Lord, for the way
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  that you see to the truth of the matter, and you will only ask us
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  to do and to give what we are able to.
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  And, Lord, I just pray that as you ask, you would empower us to
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  walk in your footsteps, that you would give us what we need, the
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  courage, we need the boldness. We need the peace.
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  We need the faith. We need to truly follow you,
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  Holy Spirit. Grow in each of us.
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  Shape us to be instruments of service for your Kingdom, Jesus,
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  We love you, and we are so grateful for all that you have
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  done for us, particularly this week as we walk toward the cross
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  and we see that incredible act of love and sacrifice that you
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  do for each one of us so willingly.
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  It's hard to wrap our heads around, but we're so grateful.
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  We love you. We praise you, and it's in the
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  sacrificial and holy name of Jesus that we pray.
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  Ah man.