00:00 Introduction and Sunday Greetings

00:44 Favorite Things About Sunday Morning

03:43 Pop Quiz: American History

04:45 Bible Reading: Luke Chapter 19

06:19 Discussion on Zacchaeus

09:34 Parable of the Ten Minas

12:23 The Triumphal Entry

13:59 Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem

15:23 Cleansing of the Temple

16:02 Closing Prayer and Farewell

Find out more about Compass Bible Church.

Learn more about our Bible Reading Plan.

Questions or Comments? Email us podcast@compassntx.org

Hey everybody.

2

Welcome back to another edition

of the Daily Bible Podcast.

3

Hey everyone.

4

Happy Sunday.

5

It is Sunday.

6

It is the Lord's Day, and so hopefully

you are on your way to church.

7

I think a lot of people

listen in the morning Yep.

8

While they're getting ready.

9

Go and get ready to go to church.

10

Or you're already there and you're setting

up right now and you're listening on

11

AirPods because you're, do people do that?

12

I have no idea.

13

I think I have seen a couple of people

do set up with headphones on, so maybe

14

they're listening to this could be.

15

That'd be weird to see you working,

setting up the stage and also listening

16

to you talk about like Luke 19.

17

Well, sometimes like my wife will

be getting ready in the morning.

18

I'll walk in and she's

listening to the podcast and

19

it's my voice and it is weird.

20

It is an odd thing.

21

Yeah.

22

There's something about

hearing your own voice.

23

That's weird.

24

It's different, but Yeah.

25

Yeah.

26

With a job like this, you kinda

get used to it, but that's true.

27

Yeah.

28

That's, that is true.

29

What are your top three favorite

things about Sunday morning?

30

Ooh people is number one.

31

Just seeing our people.

32

I love our church.

33

I've expressed that multiple

times, I think from the pulpit.

34

So yeah, I just, I love our church.

35

I love seeing our people there.

36

That'd be number one.

37

Number two, I think just worship and song.

38

I, I, yeah, really enjoy that.

39

And especially where

I get to sit up front.

40

I don't necessarily get the best

sound quality coming from our

41

speakers because of where they're.

42

And they're aimed, by the way,

if you want the best experience.

43

Well, no, I don't wanna say that

'cause I want you to sit close stage.

44

Yeah, I was gonna say, you're

gonna influence people.

45

Yeah.

46

So don't do that to sit where

you don't want them sitting.

47

But what I do get is I do get

to hear all the voices behind.

48

Yeah.

49

It's a great thing.

50

Forward.

51

Great.

52

And that's really cool.

53

So I'd say that's up there as well.

54

And then just the whole thing.

55

I preached probably a month ago

now, just about, there's something

56

intangible about Sunday morning that is.

57

The pinnacle of the week.

58

Yeah.

59

It's the event mm-hmm.

60

Of God's people coming together

to worship him corporately.

61

And I think there's something

special that happens there.

62

It's different than any other

thing that we do during the

63

week when we gather together.

64

Maybe your work has.

65

A rallying meeting at the beginning

of the week where everybody's together

66

and you're talking about the week and

everything else, or even your family

67

coming to, it's just, it's different.

68

Yeah.

69

And it's a rehearsal for eternity.

70

And so I, those are my three

things that I love you.

71

What about you?

72

Oh, top three.

73

I should, I guess I should have

prepared 'cause I was gonna ask

74

you, you asked the question so.

75

I don't want to just repeat

what you're saying, but man the

76

people really it is a good thing.

77

And I think that's part of what

you're saying in in your third

78

point, which is, there's something

special about God's people, right.

79

Coming together.

80

Yeah.

81

Seeing God's church work,

it's unlike anything else.

82

It's unlike anything else in our world.

83

And there's a myriad of different

ways that it's different, but you

84

can't get people to volunteer to do.

85

What we volunteer to do.

86

Yeah.

87

I mean that in the sense of our

church volunteers to do you can't get

88

people to be that committed to things.

89

E even though sometimes

it seems like it, right?

90

Political things and this

and that, but it's different.

91

The commitment is amazing to watch.

92

The love that is on display

is amazing to watch.

93

That's gotta be one of my favorite things.

94

I mean, I'm or with kids.

95

So that is also a particular

vantage point that I have.

96

That is really excellent.

97

It is great to see kids

learning about Yeah.

98

The Bible.

99

Yeah.

100

Obviously that happens in main

service too, but man, kids learning

101

about the Bible is really something

special and really, really cool.

102

I mean, I think we should be careful as

adults to continue to have the awe and

103

amazement and sometimes even raw confusion

that kids display childlike faith.

104

Yeah, childlike faith and we can kind

of make ourselves immune to that, I'm

105

afraid over time and as we get older.

106

But, it is really cool, and

that's a, that's a poor word

107

to use, but it's amazing.

108

It's amazing.

109

Stunning to see kids learn these truths

and I'm eager to see how God uses them.

110

Yeah, that's two things.

111

I'll just stop there.

112

How about that?

113

Well, you were gonna say

preaching is number one, but I

114

didn't want to, I understand.

115

You're not trying to puff

me up, so That's right.

116

You know, we'll just move on from there.

117

We'll just move on.

118

That's right.

119

No, everything.

120

Yeah.

121

It's sort of a silly question

to even say what are your.

122

Three favorite things you asked,

man, you know, you asked everything

123

is good on the Lord's day.

124

Alright.

125

You've got some quirky knowledge, so I

wouldn't be surprised if you pull this

126

one out, but I've got a pop quiz for you.

127

Nothing to do with church,

nothing to do with this.

128

It has to do with American history.

129

Alright, listen.

130

Okay, so that's in your wheelhouse here.

131

Well, 1889 is the date, the year this

state was admitted to the union as

132

the 39th US State on November 2nd.

133

Oregon?

134

No.

135

I'll give you a hint.

136

Its Sister State was admitted at the

as the 40th state on the same day.

137

It, it can't be the Carolinas.

138

No.

139

'cause that would've happened.

140

No, you're on the right track though.

141

That would've, you're on the right track.

142

It must be the Dakotas.

143

Yes.

144

Yeah.

145

North and South Dakota, 39th and 40th.

146

So happy birthday, north and South Dakota.

147

Yeah.

148

Welcome to America.

149

Happy, happy birthday.

150

Yeah.

151

Are we gonna ever see the 51st State?

152

I don't know, man.

153

I think Puerto Rico deserves it.

154

I mean, we admitted the Dakotas.

155

That's true.

156

Speaking of the Dakotas, they,

they have, they're pretty

157

representation than Puerto Rico.

158

Poor port, poor Puerto Rico.

159

Yeah, but the Dakotas

are pretty beautiful.

160

I've never been to Puerto Rico,

so I can't speak to it, but yeah.

161

Well, let's get into our daily Bible

reading today, one chapter, Luke

162

chapter 19, Luke chapter 19, and

if you are on the shorter side of

163

stature, then this chapter's for you.

164

Because it's all about Zacchaeus.

165

So you're saying this doesn't apply to me.

166

No.

167

Mm, nope.

168

It does not.

169

You would not have had to

cl climb the sycamore tree.

170

'cause we know Zacchaeus,

he was a wee little man.

171

A wee little man.

172

Was he climbed up in a sycamore

tree to see what he could see and

173

Jesus saw him and went to him.

174

Yeah.

175

What is that?

176

The CSB what?

177

Translation?

178

Yes.

179

Yes, I believe so.

180

Yeah, th this is a familiar story.

181

It's interesting.

182

It says, Jesus, as he entered, Jericho was

passing through, and that may cause some

183

questions right there, because when Joshua

and Israel entered the Promised Land and

184

Jericho fell, there was a curse put over

anyone who rebuilt the city of Jericho.

185

And here it is.

186

And here it is.

187

And yet.

188

This is Jericho 2.0.

189

Yeah.

190

It's not on the same grounds

as where the city fell.

191

In fact, if you go to Jericho today, you

will be able, we ate lunch in Jericho when

192

we were there with the church back in.

193

2019.

194

And then we went next door to where

the ancient city of Jericho is, and

195

they're doing archeological work

excavations there, which is pretty cool.

196

But even driving through modern

day Jericho, there's some massive

197

sycamore trees that are there.

198

And of course the guides in Israel,

because this is what they do.

199

They're, they point to one

and they're like, that's the

200

tree that Zakia has climbed.

201

Which is verifiable.

202

Right.

203

Well, an absolute certainty, right?

204

He just talks to the eyewitnesses

and if the trees could talk,

205

certainly the trees are old enough.

206

Yeah.

207

That they could be, but

we don't know for sure.

208

Anyways, Zacchaeus is an unlikely

convert because of his background.

209

He's a tax collector.

210

In fact, he's a chief tax

collector and it says there in the

211

text in verse two, he was rich.

212

Now behind this should also come

to mind, the rich young ruler.

213

Mm-hmm.

214

That should be echoing in our minds.

215

We've just read about that recently.

216

And so we read.

217

Now Zacchaeus is a chief

tax collector and he's rich.

218

And you remember what Jesus said

with great difficulty, will a rich

219

man enter the kingdom of heaven?

220

Mm-hmm.

221

Jesus seeks out Zacchaeus, and I think

he's doing this on purpose, and I

222

think he's doing this to drive home.

223

When he said to the disciples

with Man, it is impossible.

224

Mm-hmm.

225

But with God, all things are possible.

226

So he goes to Zacchaeus, he calls

Zacchaeus outta the tree, he

227

says, Zacchaeus, I'm gonna come

to your house and have dinner.

228

And so Zacchaeus has him to his house.

229

And there's an, there's a moment in

time, and we don't know where it is

230

here, but there's a moment in time where

Zacchaeus leaves off living for himself.

231

Mm-hmm.

232

And convinces himself to following

Christ because of the fruit

233

that he bears in repentance.

234

He says, look, I'm going

to give back what I.

235

Done.

236

I'm going to sell my things.

237

I'm going to those that have defrauded,

I'm going to pay back if I've defrauded

238

anyone I'm gonna restore fourfold.

239

So not even just what I've taken from

them, but four times what I've taken

240

from them, which gives you an idea of

how much wealth this guy had, that he

241

had the disposal to be able to do that.

242

But this is an unlikely convert who

demonstrates true conversion here.

243

Yeah, absolutely.

244

And what an amazing thing too.

245

The.

246

Amount of money that he's likely

giving back here is incredible.

247

Yeah.

248

And I think we need to recognize that

true repentance is certainly the apology.

249

In the sense of saying we're sorry

and recognizing it with our hearts and

250

minds, but then repentance against,

you know, when we ascend against

251

people, does require us to do our best.

252

Will we make full restitution

for things in this life?

253

No.

254

We're dependent on God to

ultimately pay pay for that.

255

What a great example of somebody

who recognizes his wrong and then

256

is willing to make those sacrifices

to attempt as best as he can to

257

right that wrong here in this life.

258

Yeah.

259

And what's interesting is there's

nothing, you're not gonna find a

260

chapter in verse that says, if you've

defrauded somebody, pay them back.

261

Fourfold.

262

Yeah.

263

You're not gonna find this.

264

Jesus doesn't tell him to do this.

265

This is him under the conviction

and weight of the Holy Spirit

266

saying, this is what I should do.

267

This is what's right.

268

And so he goes and does that,

and he acts on his conscience,

269

and I think it's commendable.

270

And so if you're looking for how

do I take this and apply this?

271

What does the fourfold represent?

272

How do I need to do that?

273

I think you're pressing it too far.

274

Yes.

275

I think what we need to see is

there's the radical transformation

276

and then there's a life that

follows the radical transformation.

277

Yeah.

278

And there's sometimes, and many times

there's sins that we commit that

279

there's exactly zero we can do Right.

280

To fix it.

281

Right.

282

Right.

283

Our faith is not based on our

ability to Right these wrongs.

284

It's a heart though that

is eager to do that.

285

Yeah.

286

Right.

287

And that's the antithesis of the.

288

Rich young ruler.

289

Right.

290

Who isn't willing to do that and has

a heart that's steeled against that.

291

Yeah.

292

And this doesn't, his actions,

his repaying the fourfold

293

is not what saves him.

294

Mm-hmm.

295

And it's not what makes him righteous

and it doesn't make him more righteous.

296

What saves Zacchaeus is the same

thing that saves the thief on the

297

cross, and that is the grace of God.

298

It's just Zacchaeus had time, whereas

the thief on the cross had no time left.

299

Zacchaeus does have time and so

he goes out and he bears fruit

300

and keeping him with repentance.

301

And I think it's a

great, great example for.

302

Us as we read, to be reminded

of God's grace in our lives and

303

how we should respond to it.

304

Absolutely.

305

Well, next there is the parable that Jesus

tells here of the 10 minus and the minus.

306

These are our coins.

307

This is money.

308

And there was an expectation,

there was questions.

309

In fact, we're gonna see

this from the disciple.

310

Disciples pre-loss and

post-resurrection of Jesus

311

establishing the kingdom right away.

312

And so Jesus even, I think, uses this

parable to further clue in his readers to

313

say, it's not time yet for the kingdom.

314

Yep.

315

And so he tells a story of the

nobleman who goes away into a far

316

country to receive for himself

a kingdom and then return.

317

And so even there, it's

this idea, the nobleman.

318

Clearly Jesus here is going away to

receive the kingdom and then return.

319

Mm-hmm.

320

With the kingdom.

321

And that's gonna be imply yet future.

322

And so what he does here though, is he

calls his servants and he gives them

323

minus, he gave them 10 minuses and said

to them, engage in business until I come.

324

There's the rest of this

in verses 16 through 19.

325

There's the reminder that there are

gonna be variations of reward because

326

the, those that are entrusted with the

10 minus come forward and one says,

327

Lord your minus has made 10 minus more.

328

And he said to him, well

done, can faithful servant.

329

You've been faithful in little, you're

gonna have authority over 10 cities.

330

And then another one came

forward and said I made five.

331

And he said, you're gonna have

authority over five cities.

332

And then you get the last one

who comes forward and says, I

333

didn't do anything because I knew

you to be a cruel and harsh man.

334

And Jesus responds to him, or the nobleman

responds to him and he says, you should

335

have at least invested my money into

the bank in because you didn't, what

336

you have is gonna be taken from you.

337

So, the idea here is that we've all been

entrusted with the greatest treasure

338

that we could have, which is salvation.

339

And just like with Zacchaeus and

with other people, there's gonna be

340

different reward that we're gonna

earn based on the life that we live.

341

And that's not about salvation,

but it is about the reward

342

that we will have in eternity.

343

And so Jesus is here commending the

one that responded to that and did

344

something with what he was given.

345

I think the only thing that we would

say is this last one because he's

346

a wicked servant is somebody who.

347

Isn't saved.

348

This would be somebody who

doesn't respond to the gospel.

349

The he's, the call is there,

he's given the same call that

350

everybody else has given.

351

Everybody's given the

same amount up front.

352

The call goes out to everyone, but those

that respond in faith and repentance

353

and bear fruit are the ones that are

going to be received into the kingdom.

354

This wicked one is certainly not.

355

Yeah, and that gonna goes back

to what we were talking about

356

a minute ago, which is that our

salvation is not dependent on our.

357

Earthly works that are derived entirely

from our own strength, our own being.

358

You could read this and mistake

this to be workspace, salvation

359

if you weren't careful.

360

Of course it's not because it's

the heart that is behind these

361

different people that produces.

362

Produces the different returns.

363

And so yeah, just be careful as you read

these sort of things, not to take away

364

from it that and we could, because we're

inclined to that in our hearts that our

365

salvation is dependent on our works.

366

Yeah.

367

From here he goes into

the triumphal entry and.

368

Luke has a different agenda.

369

So Matthew is going to go and really

connect this back to Zechariah nine.

370

He's gonna make sure that mm-hmm.

371

That his readers understand the

significance of this From an Old Testament

372

perspective, that's not Luke's goal.

373

Luke isn't writing towards a primarily

Jewish audience, and so he's not concerned

374

to connect this back to Zechariah

nine, but we know it is because we've

375

read Matthew, and that's one of the

things that the four Gospels helps

376

us with, is it gives us a full org.

377

Picture of Christ.

378

And so even as we're reading the

triumphal entry in Luke, Luke's not

379

gonna call our attention to that.

380

But since we've read Matthew, we know,

okay, yeah, there is a significance.

381

This is Messianic what he's doing here.

382

But one of the things that Luke does

note that Matthew doesn't, and the others

383

don't necessarily, is in verse 37, it

says, as he was drawing near already

384

on the way down the Mount of Olives,

the whole multitude of his disciples.

385

Began to rejoice and praise God

with a loud voice for all the

386

mighty works that they have seen.

387

So Luke identifies at least a good

portion of the crowd as his disciples.

388

There's a lot of people that pointed this

and just say, this is just the masses.

389

This is just the fervor of the masses.

390

And certainly there was some of

that, but I think there were some

391

genuine followers of Jesus here that

were thinking, okay, now's the time.

392

This is it.

393

And I think we talked about the disciples.

394

The disciples it says in the text,

it says, didn't understand these

395

things until much later after

these things had taken place.

396

That's not in Luke's account, but

that is in one of the other accounts.

397

And so even the disciples as they're

going into Jerusalem, are probably

398

thinking to themselves, this is it.

399

Mm-hmm.

400

Now's the payoff.

401

Mm-hmm.

402

We've been following this itinerant

teacher for three years and this is it.

403

Finally, we're gonna have him.

404

Take his throne.

405

Yeah.

406

And that's what the crowds think too.

407

And they're in for a big surprise.

408

They're in for quite the surprise.

409

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

410

From here he goes in, it says he drew near

to the city and sees it and weeps over it.

411

And in verse 42, he says, would that

you even, you had known on this day

412

the things that make for peace, but

now they're hidden from your eyes.

413

And so he's alluding to the destruction

that's going to be coming, and

414

I believe this is an illusion.

415

In near term, short term to 80 70, when

Titus Ian is gonna come into Jerusalem,

416

he's going to destroy the city.

417

He's gonna destroy the temple.

418

The stones are gonna be taken and

toppled down one from the other.

419

And then there's also the long term, and

we're gonna talk in a few days here about

420

the signs of the times that are coming.

421

And he's gonna talk there

about a destruction that's

422

gonna happen and fleeing.

423

And when you see the forces gathered

outside the city, that is the long term

424

that is looking to the tribulation period.

425

That's looking to the antichrist

time, that's looking to the battle

426

of Armageddon and so forth and so on.

427

This is him alluding to, in the short

term the destruction of Jerusalem

428

in 70 AD that's going to happen.

429

And yet what's interesting is this

is going to be the nail in the

430

coffin, no pun intended, for Jesus.

431

Yeah.

432

Because this is gonna be the only thing

that the Jews are gonna be able to hang a

433

charge on before is saying that he was de.

434

Destroy the temple, and yet

they misunderstood what he was

435

saying when he said these things.

436

Yeah.

437

It's fascinating too that

Jesus weeps over this.

438

Yeah.

439

Because, there's all sorts of

problems with the Pharisees and

440

the Sadducees and all the things.

441

It's kind of obvious too,

but just don't miss that.

442

It's genuine grief.

443

Over these things and he's gonna

make things right, but notice,

444

notice that don't miss that.

445

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

446

From here we have, again, the

cleansing of the temple, and like

447

I said last time, I believe this is

the second cleansing of the temple.

448

He does this and then in verse 47,

he was teaching daily in the temple

449

and the chief priests and the scribes

and the principal men of the other,

450

of the people seeking to destroy him.

451

But they could not find anything

they could do for all the people who

452

were hanging out his words, which.

453

You just sit there and you go, man,

that the depth of unbelief mm-hmm.

454

Is evident here.

455

Mm-hmm.

456

Because all of the people are captured

by him such that they can't even figure

457

out how are we gonna take this guy out?

458

So I should clarify Jesus at another

time said, destroy this temple,

459

and in three days I'll raise it.

460

That's what they really charge him with.

461

But here he's alluding to the

destruction of the temple, the

462

physical destruction of the temple

which is gonna come much later on.

463

Anyways, let's pray and then

we'll be done with this episode.

464

God, thanks for your word.

465

And for the example that we

see here in it we pray that we

466

would all be like Zacchaeus.

467

That we would all be quick to

repent of our sin and to seek,

468

to make amends, to seek to bear

fruit in keeping with repentance.

469

That's the repentance that we

see in Second Corinthians chapter

470

seven, that Paul commends to us.

471

So we wanna live that way.

472

God help us to have that mentality and

that mindset and to root sin out world.

473

Wherever we find it and to replace

it, Lord, with righteousness.

474

Not that we would be saved or that we

would be acceptable before you, but

475

that we would be Lord, those that are

loving you and hating sin, which is what

476

you've called us to do as those you've

already saved, you've already bought,

477

you've already purchased, you've already

paid the price that we could not pay

478

through the death of Christ for us.

479

And so we thank you for this.

480

In Jesus name, amen.

481

Keep in your Bibles tuned in

again tomorrow for another edition

482

of the Daily Bible Podcast.

483

Bye all.

484

Bye.

485

Bernard: Well, thank you for

listening to another episode of

486

the Daily Bible Podcast, folks!

487

We're honored to have you join us.

488

This is a ministry of Compass

Bible Church in north Texas.

489

You can find out more information

about our Church at compassntx.org.

490

We would love for you to leave a

review, to rate, or to share this

491

podcast on whatever platform you're

listening on, and we hope to see

492

you again tomorrow for another

episode of the Daily Bible Podcast.

493

Ya'll come back now, ya hear?

494

Yeah.

495

I would agree with

everything that you said