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January 26 - Luke 19 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is the 25th of January.
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  It is the Monday, the start of a new week and good on you for
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  inviting me into your day. Great to have your company as we
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  are kicking off the last week in our yearly Bible reading plan.
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  Next year we are starting a whole new year, a whole new
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  plan. I know, I know, it feels a
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  little bit strange doing it in February, but oh boy, on the 1st
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  of January, around Christmas time, who's around to organise a
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  new yearly Bible reading? Anyway, here we are and in the
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  year to come we are going to be reading all sorts of amazing
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  things, going into first John and then Hosea and into the
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  Gospel of Mark heading into Easter.
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  Oh so much good stuff coming our way.
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  But that is all to come because right now we are in the thick of
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  the Gospel of Luke walking around with Jesus.
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  And Jesus is going to be hanging out with Zacchaeus today as we
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  do our reading and then finally arrive and enter into Jerusalem.
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  As of course we know that his ultimate mission is one of self
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  sacrifice for you friends, and for me to save us.
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  So, Holy Spirit, as we go back in time with these words
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  captured so long ago, open the eyes of our hearts to see Jesus
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  more clearly, feel his presence more nearly.
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  All right, friends, let's do it. Let us read together Luke
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  chapter 19. Jesus entered Jericho and made
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  his way through the town. There was a man there named
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  Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector
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  in the region, and he had become very rich.
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  He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over
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  the crowd, so he ran ahead and climbed a Sycamore fig tree
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  beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
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  When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by
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  name. Zacchaeus.
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  He said, quick, come down, I must be a guest in your home
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  today. Zacchaeus quickly climbed down
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  and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy, but
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  the people were displeased. He is gone to be the guest of a
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  notorious Sinner, they grumbled. Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood
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  before the Lord and said, I will give half my wealth to the poor
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  Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will
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  give them back four times as much.
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  Jesus responded. Salvation has come to this home
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  today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of
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  Abraham, for the son of man came to seek and save those who were
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  lost. The crowd was listening to
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  everything Jesus said, and because he was nearing
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  Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that
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  the Kingdom of God would begin right away.
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  He said a noble man was called away to a distant empire to be
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  crowned king and then return. Before he left he called
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  together ten of his servants and divided among them 10 lbs of
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  silver, saying, Invest this for me while I'm gone.
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  But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to
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  say We do not want him to be our king.
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  After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the
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  servants to whom he had given the money.
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  He wanted to find out what their profits were.
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  The first servant reported, Master, I invested your money
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  and made 10 times the original amount.
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  Well done, The king exclaimed. You are a good servant, you have
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  been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be
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  governor of 10 cities as your reward.
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  The next servant reported, Master, I invested your money
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  and made five times the original amount.
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  Well done. The king said.
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  You will be governor over 5 cities.
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  But the third servant brought back only the original amount of
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  money and said, Master, I hid your money and kept it safe.
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  I was afraid because you were a hard man to deal with, taking
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  what isn't yours and harvesting crops you didn't plant, you
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  wicked servant, The king roared. Your own words condemn you.
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  If you knew that I'm a hard man who takes what isn't mine and
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  harvests crops I didn't plant, why didn't you deposit my money
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  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 lbs.
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  But master, they said here ready has 10 lbs.
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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.
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  But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will
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  be taken away. And As for these enemies of mine
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  who didn't want me to be their king, bring them in and execute
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  them right here in front of me. After telling this story, Jesus
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  went on toward Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples
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  as it came to the towns of Beth, Phage, and Bethany on the Mount
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  of Olives, He sent 2 disciples ahead.
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  Go into that village over there, he told them.
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  As you enter it, you'll see a young donkey tied there that no
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  one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
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  If anyone asks why are you untying that colt just say the
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  Lord needs it. So they went and found the colt
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  just as Jesus had said. And sure enough as they were
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  untying it, the owners asked them why are you untying that
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  colt? And the disciples simply replied
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  the Lord needs it. So they brought the colt to
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  Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.
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  As he rode along, the crowd spread out their garments on the
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  road ahead of him. When he reached the place where
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  the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers
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  began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for
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  all the wonderful miracles they had seen.
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  Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord, peace
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  in heaven and glory in 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
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  Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.
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  How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way
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  to peace. But now it is too late and peace
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  is hidden from your eyes. Before long your enemies will
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  build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close
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  in on you from every side. They will crush you into the
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  ground and your children with you.
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  Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place because
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  you did not recognise it when God visited you.
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  Then Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out the
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  people, selling animals for sacrifices.
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  He said to them, the scriptures declare my temple will be a
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  House of prayer and you have turned it into a a den of
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  thieves. After that he taught daily in
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  the temple. But the leading priests, the
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  teachers of religious law and the other leaders of the people
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  began 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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  Oh Lord, there is nothing that escapes your understanding and
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  your knowledge, and as we stand here before You in prayer, we
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  know that You see right to the depths of our heart, to our
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  motivations, to our fears, to our misunderstandings, and you
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  love us anyway. Oh Jesus, thank you for your
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  decadent, wonderful, overarching love.
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  Love that would drive you to walk those streets toward
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  Jerusalem where you knew that your doom awaited you, but still
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  you did it because you love us and you know that we need saving
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  and you're the one to do it. Oh our wonderful Saviour, we do
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  love you and we're so grateful for you and we pray that you
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  stand by our side and that we would know it every step we
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  take. Today we pray this in your
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  saving name, Jesus, Amen.