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April 3 - Luke 19 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It is Monday.
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  It is the 3rd of April mercifully for all of your ears.
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  The first of April fell on a weekend this year alas.
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  What a tragedy no opportunities for shenanigans right here, I
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  hope you got Got up to some tomfoolery enjoying that time
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  with people that you can laugh with because laughter is
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  wonderful. And I'm afraid to say that the
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  week coming up. We are not probably going to
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  have a whole lot of laughter in our readings because this week
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  is Holy Week. And we approach that day of Good
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  Friday that we will go to today. Jesus enters into Jerusalem and
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  the End game begins. And this week we will not be
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  departing on Friday for a Sam but we will be staying with Luke
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  reading. Good Friday reading then.
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  It's hard. It's beautiful.
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  It's epic. It's, Holy Week.
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  Holy Spirit. Come prepare, our hearts, not
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  just now for this reading, but for this week, as we walk
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  towards that hill on Calvary shape us, mold us draw us to
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  your side so that we can be your kingdom people.
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  Alright friends. Let's do it.
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  Let's read together. Luke chapter, 19.
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  Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
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  There was a man there named Zacchaeus.
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  He was the chief tax collector in the region and he had become
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  very rich. He tried to get a look at Jesus,
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  but he was too short to see over the crowd.
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  So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore.
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  Fig tree beside the road for Jesus was going to pass that way
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  when Jesus came by. He looked up at Circus and
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  called him by name Zacchaeus. He said, quick come down.
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  I must be a guest in your home today.
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  Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in
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  great excitement and joy. But the people were displeased,
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  he has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner, they grumbled.
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  Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said I will
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  give half my wealth to the poor Lord and if I have cheated
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  people in their Axes. I will give them back four times
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  as much. Jesus responded salvation has
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  come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be
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  a true son of Abraham for the son of man came to seek and save
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  those who are lost The crowd was listening to everything Jesus
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  said, and because he was nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story
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  to correct the impression that the kingdom of God would begin
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  right away. He said a nobleman was called
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  away to a distant Empire to be crowned King and then return
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  before he left, he called together ten of his servants and
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  divided among them. 10 pounds of silver saying investors for me,
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  while I'm gone. But his people hated him and
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  sent a delegation after him to say, we do not want him to be
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  our King. After he was crowned King, he
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  returned and called in the servants to whom he had given
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  the money. He wanted to find out what their
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  profits were the first servant reported master I invested your
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  money and made 10 times the original amount.
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  Well done. The king exclaimed.
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  You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the
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  little line trusted you. So you will be governor of 10
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  cities as your reward. The next servant reported master
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  I invested your money and made five times the original amount.
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  Well done. The king said you will be
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  Governor over five cities but the third servant brought back
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  only the original amount of money and said, master I hid
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  your money and kept it safe. I was afraid because you are a
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  hard man to deal with taking what isn't yours and harvesting.
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  Crops you didn't plant You Wicked.
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  Servant the king roared, your own words, condemn.
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  You, if you knew that I'm a hard man who takes what isn't mine
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  and harvests crops, I didn't plant, why didn't you deposit my
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  money in the bank? At least, I could have gotten
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  some interest on it. Then turning to the other
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  standing nearby, the king ordered, take the money from
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  this servant and give it to the one who has 10 pounds.
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  But Master, they said, Said he already has 10 pounds.
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  Yes, the king replied. And to those who use, well, what
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  they are given even more will be given, but from those who do
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  nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.
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  And as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to be
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  their King, bring them in and execute them right here in front
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  of me. After telling this story, Jesus
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  went on towards Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples
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  as he came to the towns of bethphage and Bethany on the
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  Mount of Olives. He sent two disciples ahead.
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  Go into that. Village over there.
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  He told him, as you enter it. You will see a young donkey
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  tied, there that no one has ever ridden.
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  I'm tired and bring it here. If anyone asks, why are you
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  untying that colt? Just say the Lord needs it?
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  So they went and found the cult, just as Jesus had said and sure
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  enough as they were untying it the owners, ask them?
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  Why are you untying that colt and the disciples simply
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  replied? The Lord needs it.
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  So they brought the Colt to Jesus and threw their garments
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  over it for him to ride on as he rode along the crowd spread out
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  their garments on the road ahead of him when they reached the
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  place where the roads started down the Mount of Olives.
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  All All of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked
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  along, praising God. For all the wonderful Miracles
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  they had seen blessings on the king, who comes in the name of
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  the Lord peace in heaven and glory in the highest heaven.
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  But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, teacher rebuke
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  your followers for saying, things like that, he replied.
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  If they kept quiet the stones along the road would burst into
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  cheers. but as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city
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  ahead, he began to weep How I wish today that you of all
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  people would understand the way to peace.
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  But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes
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  before long, your enemies will build ramparts against your
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  walls, and encircle you and close in, on you, from every
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  side, they will crush you into the ground and your children
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  with you. Your enemies will not leave a
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  single Stone in place because you I did not recognize it when
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  God visited you. Then Jesus entered the temple
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  and began to drive out the people selling animals for
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  sacrifices. He said to them the scriptures
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  declare, my temple will be a House of Prayer but you have
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  turned it into a den of Thieves. after that he taught daily in
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  the temple, but the leading priests the teachers of
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  religious law, and the other leaders of the people began
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  planning, how to kill him, but they could think of nothing
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  because all the people hung on every word, he said,
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  Jesus. We see such decisiveness in
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  these last days of your life. You had such clarity about what
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  your mission was. You always have such clarity
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  about the best way forward about what needs to happen to bring
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  your kingdom to fruition Jesus. We don't know.
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  Our vision is dull, and our eyes may as well be covered.
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  We just don't know. And even if we do we just don't
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  understand. So Jesus.
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  I pray that you would give us Clarity when your kingdom
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  demands, something of us convict us powerfully.
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  That we would know which way to turn toward you.
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  That we would have the courage to make that turn and that we
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  would have your joy in our hearts as we declare your words
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  or live out your message. This week as we approach that
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  cross. As we move toward Good, Friday
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  and Easter beyond that. Your story saturate every hour
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  of our day. I love you.
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  We are humbled by your sacrifice for us and we pray all of this
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  in your name. My man.