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January 6 - Luke 8 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday, it's the 6th of
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  January and well friends, today is officially the end of
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  Christmas. You know how people talk about
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  the 12 days of Christmas? Well, this is the last day, this
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  is day #12 this is Epiphany. This is actually the day that
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  people celebrate the arrival of the Magi, the three wise men.
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  No, they didn't rock up on that night, elbowing the shepherds
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  out of the way to get some space beside the Manger.
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  No, they came a little while later.
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  And this is the day that people celebrate that.
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  So whether you are going to reorder your nativity scene or
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  not, no matter what your day holds, it is so great to have
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  your company. Because today is the day that we
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  continue back in time, following Jesus and his disciples, seeing
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  him first hand as he goes about this incredible work of ministry
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  that has changed the face of the earth as we know it has changed
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  humankind. And here we are, 2000 years
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  later, still living with the daily reverberations of the
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  story that we are going to share today.
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  Oh, how amazing, captured for us, preserved so that the Holy
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  Spirit can speak to us. Words of the living God.
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  As we read this together today, our Holy Spirit, come challenge,
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  delight, and inform us as we spend some time with you and in
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  your company with the works and the words of Jesus.
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  All right, friends, let us do it.
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  Let's read together Luke chapter 8.
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  Soon afterward, Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and
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  villages, preaching and announcing the good news about
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  the Kingdom of God. He took his 12 disciples with
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  him, along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits
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  and diseases. Among them were Mary Magdalene,
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  from whom he had cast out seven demons, Joanna, the wife of
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  Chooser, Herod's business manager Susanna, and many others
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  who were contributing from their own resources to support Jesus
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  and his disciples. One day, Jesus told a story in
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  the form of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from
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  many towns to hear him. A farmer went out to plant his
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  seed. As he scattered it across his
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  field, some fell on a footpath where it was stepped on, and the
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  birds ate it. Other seed fell among rocks.
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  It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for a lack
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  of moisture. Other seed fell among thorns
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  that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants.
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  Still other seed fell on fertile soil.
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  This seed grew and produced a crop that was 100 times as much
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  as had been planted. When he had said this, he called
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  out. Anyone with ears to hear should
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  listen and understand. His disciples asked him what
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  this parable meant. He replied, You are permitted to
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  understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God.
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  But I use parables to teach the others so that the scriptures
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  might be fulfilled. When they look, they won't
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  really see. When they hear, they won't
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  really understand. This is the meaning of the
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  parable. The seed is God's word.
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  The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who
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  hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away
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  from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being
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  saved. The seeds on the rocky soil
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  represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy,
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  but since they don't have deep roots, they believe for a while,
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  then they fall away when they face temptation.
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  The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear
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  the message, but all too quickly the messages crowded out by the
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  cares and riches and pleasures of this life, so they never grow
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  into maturity. And the seeds that fell on the
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  good soil represent honest, good hearted people who hear God's
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  word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
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  No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides
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  it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand
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  where it's light can be seen by all who enter the house.
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  For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the
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  open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to
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  light and made known to all. So pay attention to how you
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  hear. To those who listen to my
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  teaching, more understanding will be given, but for those who
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  are not listening, even what they think they understand will
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  be taken away from them. Then Jesus mother and brothers
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  came to see him, but they couldn't get to him because of
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  the crowd. Someone told Jesus, Your mother
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  and your brothers are standing outside and they want to see
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  you. Jesus replied.
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  My mother and my brothers are all those who hear God's word
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  and obey it. One day Jesus said to his
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  disciples, Let's cross to the other side of the lake.
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  So they got into a boat and started out.
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  As they sailed the cross, Jesus settled down for a nap.
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  But soon a fierce storm came down on the lake.
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  The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger.
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  The disciples went and woke him, shouting, Master, Master, we're
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  going to drown. When Jesus woke up, he rebuked
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  the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and
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  all was calm. Then he asked them, Where is
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  your faith? The disciples were terrified and
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  amazed. Who is this man?
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  They asked each other. When he gives a command, even
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  the wind and waves obey him. So they arrived in the region of
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  the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
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  As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by
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  demons came out to meet him. For a long time he had been
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  homeless and naked, living in the tombs outside the town.
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  As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down in front
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  of him. Then he screamed.
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  Why aren't you interfering with me?
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  Jesus, son of the Most High God, please, I beg you, don't torture
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  me. For Jesus had already commanded
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  the evil spirit to come out of him.
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  This spirit had often taken control of the man, even when he
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  was placed under guard and put in chains and shackles.
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  He simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness,
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  completely under the demons power.
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  Jesus demanded. What is your name, Legion?
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  He replied, for he was filled with many demons.
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  The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the
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  bottomless pit. There happened to be a large
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  herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby, and the demons
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  begged him to let them enter into the pigs, so Jesus gave
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  this permission. Then the demons came out of the
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  man and enter the pigs, and the entire herd plunged down the
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  steep hillside into the lake and drowned.
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  When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the
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  surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran.
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  People rushed out to see what had happened.
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  A crowd sued and gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who
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  had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus feet,
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  fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.
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  Then those who had seen what happened told the others how the
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  demon possessed man had been healed, and all the people in
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  the region of the Gerasenes begged Jesus to go away and
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  leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them.
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  So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the
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  other side of the lake. The man who had been freed from
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  the demons begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him home,
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  saying no. Go back to your family and tell
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  them everything God has done for you.
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  So he went all through the town, proclaiming the great things
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  Jesus had done for him. On the other side of the lake,
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  the crowds welcomed Jesus because they had been waiting
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  for him. Then a man named Gyrus, a leader
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  of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus feet, pleading
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  with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was about
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  12 years old, was dying. As Jesus went with him, he was
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  surrounded by crowds. A woman in the crowd had
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  suffered for 12 years with constant bleeding, and she could
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  find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she
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  touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately the bleeding
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  stopped. Who touched me?
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  Jesus asked. Everyone denied it and Peter
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  said, Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.
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  But Jesus said someone deliberately touched me, for I
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  felt healing power go out from me.
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  When the woman realised that she could not stay hidden, she began
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  to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him.
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  The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him
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  and that she had been immediately healed.
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  Daughter, he said to her, Your faith has made you well go in
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  peace. While he was still speaking to
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  her, a messenger arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader
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  of the synagogue. He told him, your daughter is
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  dead, there's no use travelling the teacher now.
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  But when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to Jairus,
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  don't be afraid, just have faith and she will be healed.
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  When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn't let anyone go in
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  with him except Peter, John, James and the little girl's
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  father and mother. The house was filled with people
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  weeping and wailing. But he said, stop the weeping,
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  she isn't dead, she's only asleep.
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  But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had
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  died. Then Jesus took her by the hand
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  and said in a loud voice, My child, get up.
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  And at that moment her life returned and she immediately
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  stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her
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  something to eat. Her parents were overwhelmed,
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  but Jesus insisted that they not tell anyone what had happened.
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  Oh Jesus, there is so much in this chapter, so much of your
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  compassion, so much of your kindness, so much of your clear
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  teaching and Lord, reading through this today, this one
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  part, the end of the parallel of the soul.
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  Lord just stood out for your words to us.
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  Say that that final seed that fell in the good soil is good
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  hearted people who hear Your word, who cling to it and
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  patiently produce a huge harvest.
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  Lord, I pray that You would turn us into those people, that You
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  would transform our hearts so they could truly be good.
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  That You could transform our ears so that they can be bent to
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  hear Your words, and that You transform our spirits to give us
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  patience so that we can continually and patiently work
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  for Your Kingdom to see a huge harvest be brought to bear.
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  Jesus, you are the way, You are the truth, and it is only
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  through you that we find salvation and a way back to the
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  Father. So, Lord, I pray that you
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  continue to do this good work in US, transforming our hearts, our
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  ears, and our spirits to be Your Kingdom people.
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  We love you, Jesus, and we pray all of this in your saving name,
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  Amen.