Luke Series Chapter 19 (EP 73)

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What is the Luke Christmas Challenge?

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What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford Podcast. I'm Bryce, and today we are on day 19 of the 24-Day Luke Christmas Challenge, where every day we're reading a chapter of Luke, so by the time you get to Christmas Eve, you would have read the whole Gospel of Luke. If you're watching it and not listening, and my nose starts bleeding, it's because I just shaved and I cut my nostril. So if we start bleeding, you guys got to let me know so I know to stop it. But the reality of that statement is, is that I won't be able to hear you guys tell me if my nose is bleeding because I'm recording this right now. But before we get into it, guys, January 19th, first ever live podcast show, 6 o'clock at night. Go get your tickets at jesusinthestreet.org slash tickets. I want you guys to come out. It's a way to support our ministry. It helps fund our videos. But it's going to be a powerful night. I'm hoping to do these more in the future. But this might only be the only one we ever do. Don't know.

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But would love for you guys to come out. It's going to be awesome. It's going to be a powerful night. So come on out January 19th at 6 p.m. here in Los Angeles. Get your tickets at jesusinthestreet.org slash tickets. Now, let's jump down into chapter 19. See what we got going on. He entered Jericho and was passing through, and behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus.

What happened to Zacchaeus in Jericho?

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He was a chief tax collector and was rich. Now, it seems to me that Jesus was going out of his way into Jericho just for Zacchaeus. And he's not just any tax collector. He's the chief tax collector. He's the big dog. He would be the most hated tax collector in the entire city. because he's the chief tax collector, and he was seeking to see who Jesus was. But on account of the crowd, he could not because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. Now, Zacchaeus risked embarrassment to climb up in this tree to see Jesus. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said, Zacchaeus, hurry up, come down, for I must stay at your house today.

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Notice how Jesus just isn't in the business of converting him and then keep it on his way. He's interested in building a relationship with Zacchaeus. So he hurried down, came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled. He has gone in to be a guest of a man who is a sinner.

Why did Jesus choose to stay with Zacchaeus?

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So people were frustrated that Jesus, once again, was hanging out with a tax collector who was deemed a sinner and an outcast. And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will restore it fourfold. So now Zacchaeus, through the power and conviction of Jesus Christ, he has repented. And he said, You know what? I'm going to give away half of my goods, and the other half I'm just going to restore everyone I've ever done wrong. And Jesus said to him, today salvation has come into this house because he has recognized the repentant heart of Zacchaeus, since he also is the son of Abraham.

What does Zacchaeus's repentance look like?

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These Jews hated him so much, they probably thought that he wasn't a Jew, but he's like, no, he is a Jew, both by genetics and through Jesus Christ. And then it says, for the son of man came to seek and save the lost. Jesus is saying, look, listen, I came for people like Zacchaeus. I came for sinners. I came for people that are wicked and need to recognize that they need someone greater than themselves. That's who Jesus came for, and that's what he's saying he came for. He came for him. That's the type of person he came for. It's such a powerful moment. Now we're going to read the parable of the ten minas. As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. He said, therefore, a noble man went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minutes. And he said to them, engage in business until I come.