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January 27 - Luke 20 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's Sean here.
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  It's Tuesday. It's the 27th of January, which
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  means yeah, yesterday was the day that many of us celebrated
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  Australia Day. And I didn't even say that
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  yesterday. Yes, it's it's a day that's kind
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  of confusing because we love living in a country where we
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  have peace and prosperity and stability, but at the same time,
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  choosing that date is just the cause of so much controversy and
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  hurt in some sections of our community.
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  So we are unsure at the Connery household exactly how to
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  approach that day. But we are grateful for what we
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  have in our part of the world. And we are also grateful for a
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  day. But we didn't have to go to
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  work. But oh, it's back to work.
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  I have not been back to work since well before Christmas, so
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  boy, I'm going to have to put on some respectable looking
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  clothing and shave and go to work.
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  Wish me luck. I can do it and we can do it.
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  And before we do that, before we have to worry about any of the
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  different parts of the day, let us come before our God and hear
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  His words as Jesus in Jerusalem. Is sharing more parables, more
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  teaching, more challenging, and more predicting of the future?
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  As we read together Luke chapter 20, one day as Jesus was
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  teaching the people and preaching the good news in the
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  temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and
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  the elders came up to him. They demanded, By what authority
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  are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?
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  Let me ask you a question first, he replied.
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  Did John's authority to baptise come from heaven, or was it
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  merely human? They talked it over among
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  themselves. If we say it was from heaven, he
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  will ask us why we didn't believe John.
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  But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us
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  because they are convinced John was a prophet.
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  So they finally reported that they didn't know, and Jesus
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  responded. Then I won't tell you by what
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  authority I do these things. Now Jesus turned to the people
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  again and told them this story. A man planted a vineyard, leased
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  it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for
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  several years. At the time of the grape
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  harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of
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  the crop. But the farmers attacked the
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  servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty handed.
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  So the owner sent another servant, but they also insulted
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  him, beat him up and sent him away empty handed.
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  A third man was sent and they wounded him and chased him away.
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  What will I do? The owner asked himself.
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  I know I'll send my cherished son, surely they will respect
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  him. But when the tenant farmers saw
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  his son, they said to each other, Here comes the heir to
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  this estate, let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves.
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  So they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him.
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  What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them?
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  Jesus asked. I'll tell you, He will come and
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  kill those farmers and leave the vineyard to others.
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  How terrible that such a thing should ever happen, His
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  listeners protested. Jesus looked at them and said,
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  Then what does this scripture mean?
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  The stone that the builders rejected has now become the
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  cornerstone. Everyone who stumbles over that
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  stone will be broken into pieces and it will crush anyone it
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  falls on. The teachers of religious law
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  and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately
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  because they realised he was telling the story against them.
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  They were the wicked farmers, but they were afraid of the
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  people's reaction. Watching for their opportunity,
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  the teachers sent spies pretending to be honest men.
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  They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported
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  to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.
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  Teacher, they said we know that you speak truth and teach what
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  is right and are not influenced by what others think.
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  You teach the way of God truthfully.
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  Now tell us, is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
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  He saw through their trickery and said, Show me your Roman
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  coin whose picture and title are stamped on it, Caesars, they
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  replied. Well then he said, give to
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  Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to
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  God. So they failed to trap him by
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  what he said in front of the people.
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  Instead, they were amazed by his answer and they remained silent.
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  Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees, religious
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  teachers who say there is no resurrection from the dead.
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  They posed this question. Teacher Moses gave us a law that
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  if a man dies leaving a wife but no children, his brother 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 1 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. Then the third brother married
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  her. This continued with all seven of
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  them who died without children. Finally, 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.
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  Jesus replied. Marriage is for people here on
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  earth. But in the age to come, those
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  worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be
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  given in marriage, and they will never die again.
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  In this respect they will be like angels.
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  They are children of God and children of the resurrection.
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  But now as to whether the dead will be raised.
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  Even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning Bush
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  long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob died.
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  He referred to the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of
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  Isaac, and the God of Jacob. So he is the God of the living,
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  not the dead, for they are all alive to him.
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  Well, said Teacher, remarked some of the teachers of
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  religious law who were standing there, and then no one dared to
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  ask him any more questions. Then Jesus presented them with a
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  question. Why is it, he asked, that the
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  Messiah is said to be the son of David?
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  For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms.
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  The Lord said to my Lord, sit at the place of honour, at my right
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  hand, until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool
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  under your feet. Since David called the Messiah
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  Lord, how can the Messiah be his son?
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  Then with the crowds listening, he turned to his disciples and
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  said, Beware of these teachers of religious law, for they like
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  to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive
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  respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplace.
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  And how they love the seats of honour in the synagogues and the
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  head table at banquets. Yet they shamelessly cheat
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  widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by
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  making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be
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  severely punished. O Lord, you are wise beyond our
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  comprehension. And as we read these stories of
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  you responding to these challenging questions, ah, we
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  think, boy, Jesus was so wise. I wish I had that sort of
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  wisdom. But let us not forget Jesus,
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  that as you walk the earth within you was the wisdom of all
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  time stretching out from the beginning of creation because
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  you were there. Yes, even though you are in
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  human form, you are still the Almighty God of the universe.
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  So we just worship you and we humbly just magnify your
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  glorious name. I may your kindness and
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  prescience and brotherly love to us never confuse us that we
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  would diminish the awesome power and magnificence of you, our
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  Almighty Creator God and our close loving Saviour.
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  We just fall on our faces and we worship you with all that we
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  are. And we pray this in your
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  glorious name, Jesus, Amen.