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March 21 - Mark 10 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. You have joined me as we today
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  will do just what the name of this podcast says, a chapter a
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  day Bible reading podcast where friend you and I, we are going
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  to have a real treat. We are going to continue reading
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  the Gospels, these incredible accounts of the life and
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  ministry of our Lord. What an incredible, mind-blowing
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  thing. That God not only came down to
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  our planet in human form so that we could know him, but he got
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  these four people to write down different accounts of that life
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  so that we can see it from different angles for different
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  audiences, for different moments in our journey, so that we can
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  truly understand the multifaceted man who is our God.
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  And today we get to do that. Today we get to walk the
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  streets, sit down and back rooms and hear Jesus speak to his
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  beloved 12 friends as he gets closer to fulfilling his
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  mission. Oht let's do it, friends.
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  Let us hear these words of Jesus and see what he is up to today
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  as we read together. Mark, Chapter 10.
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  Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea
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  and into the area east of the Jordan River.
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  Once again, crowds gathered around him and as usual, he was
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  teaching them. Some Pharisees came and tried to
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  trap him with this question. Should a man be allowed to
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  divorce his wife? Jesus answered them with a
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  question. What did Moses say in the law
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  about divorce? Well, he permitted it, they
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  replied. He said a man can give his wife
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  a written notice of divorce and send her away, but Jesus
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  responded. He wrote this commandment only
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  as a concession to your hard hearts, but God made them male
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  and female from the beginning of creation.
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  This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is
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  joined to his wife and the two are united into one since they
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  are no longer 2 but one. Let no one split apart what God
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  has joined together. Later, when he was alone with
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  his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again.
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  He told them whoever divorces his wife and marries someone
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  else commits adultery against her.
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  And if a woman divorces her husband and marries someone
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  else, she commits adultery. One day some parents brought
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  their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them, but
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  the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
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  When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his
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  disciples. He said to them, Let the
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  children come to me. Don't stop them, for the Kingdom
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  of God belongs to those who are like these children.
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  I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of
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  God like a child, will never enter it.
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  Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on
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  their heads and blessed them. As Jesus was starting out on his
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  way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down,
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  and asked, good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal
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  life? Why do you call me good?
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  Jesus asked. Only God is truly good.
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  But to answer your question, you know the commandments.
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  You must not murder. You must not commit adultery.
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  You must not steal. You must not testify falsely.
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  You must not cheat anyone. Honour your father and mother,
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  teacher, the man replied. I've obeyed all these
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  commandments since I was young. Looking at the man, Jesus felt
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  genuine love for him. There is still one thing you
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  haven't done, he told him. Go and sell all your possessions
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  and give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in
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  heaven. Then come follow me at this.
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  The man's face fell and he went away sad, for he had many
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  possessions. Jesus looked around and said to
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  his disciples, How hard is it for the rich to enter the
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  Kingdom of God. This amazed them.
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  But Jesus said again, Dear children, it is very hard to
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  enter the Kingdom of God. In fact, it is easier for a
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  camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to
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  enter the Kingdom of God. The disciples were astounded.
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  Then who in the world can be saved?
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  They asked. Jesus looked at them intently
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  and said humanly, speaking, it is impossible, but not with God.
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  Everything is possible with God, and Peter began to speak up.
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  We've given up everything to follow you, he said.
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  Yes, Jesus replied. And I assure you that everyone
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  who has given up house, or brothers or sisters, or mother,
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  or father, or children or property, for my sake and for
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  the good news we'll receive now in return, 100 times as many
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  houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property,
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  along with persecution and in the world to come, that person
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  will have eternal life. But many who are the greatest
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  now will be least important then, and those who seem least
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  important now will be the greatest then.
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  They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking
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  ahead of them. The disciples were filled with
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  awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with
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  fear. Taking the 12 disciples aside,
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  Jesus once more began to describe everything that was
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  about to happen to him. Listen, he said.
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  We're going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be
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  betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious
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  law. They will sentence him to die
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  and hand him over to the Romans. They will mock him, spit on him,
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  flog him with a whip and kill him.
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  But after three days he will rise again.
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  Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to
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  him teacher. They said we want you to do us a
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  favour. What is your request?
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  He asked. They replied.
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  When, When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit
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  in places of honour next to you, one on your right and the other
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  on your left. But Jesus said to them, you
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  don't know what you were asking. Are you able to drink from the
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  bitter cup of suffering I'm about to drink?
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  Are you able to be baptised with the baptism of suffering?
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  I must be baptised with OHP. Yes, they replied.
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  We are able, then, Jesus has told them, You will indeed drink
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  from my bitter cup and be baptised with my baptism of
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  suffering. But I have no right to say who
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  will sit on my right or my left. God has prepared those places
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  for the ones he has chosen. When the ten other disciples
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  heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant.
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  So Jesus called them together and said, you know that the
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  rulers in this world lorded over their people, and officials
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  flaunt their authority over those under them.
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  But among you it will be different.
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  Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
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  and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of
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  everyone else. For even the Son of Man came not
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  to be served, but to serve others and to give his life as a
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  ransom for many. Then they reached Jericho, and
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  as Jesus and his disciples left town, a large crowd followed
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  him. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus,
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  son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
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  When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began
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  to shout. Jesus, son of David, have mercy
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  on me. Be quiet.
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  Many of the people yelled at him, but he only shouted louder.
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  Son of David, have mercy on me. When Jesus heard him, he stopped
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  and said tell him to come over here.
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  So they called the blind man. Cheer up, they said.
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  Come on, he's calling you. Bartimaeus threw aside his coat,
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  jumped up, and came to Jesus. What do you want me to do for
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  you? Jesus?
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  Asked my rabbi. The blind man said, I want to
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  see and Jesus said to him, go, for your faith has healed you
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  instantly. The man could see and he
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  followed Jesus down the road Our Lord.
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  There are some hard teachings in this chapter, teachings which
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  can cause well, a lot of consternation and and confusion
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  and doubt and fear. But we hear you say that even
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  though we attempt to do the right thing, it is hard to live
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  this Christian life. But then you tell us that if we
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  try to do these things in our own power, it is impossible.
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  These things are only possible because of you and your grace in
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  our lives and the forgiveness that you hold out to us.
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  Again and again. Thank you that as flawed and
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  broken people walking through this life, even with the best of
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  intentions, to live a life of worship for you.
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  When we get it wrong, we arrive before the cross, where there
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  you are, your arms stretched wide, but forgiveness and an
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  embrace of love and acceptance. Ah, Lord, continue to work on
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  us, to change us, to renew us, to make us more like you.
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  And even though we'll never get close, we just want to be a work
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  in progress, getting closer every day.
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  So we accept your grace and we love you, and we're so grateful,
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  and it's in your precious name that we pray all of these
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  things. Ah man.