The Bryce Crawford Podcast - Luke Series Chapter 19 (EP 167)

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

In this episode, Bryce breaks down Luke 19.

If you're watching or listening to this right now, this means this is your sign to come to the Bryce Crawford Live podcast store in 2026. We're bringing into Australia, New Zealand and America at the front end of 2026. We're coming to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia. We're coming to Auckland, New York City, Pennsylvania, Boston, Alabama, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California. Sacramento, California. And if you're a Mormon and you want to learn about Jesus and not Joseph Smith, we're going to be in Salt Lake City, Utah as well. of them is sold out, but there's some that have low tickets, and we want to make sure you get your

seats. Go to Jesus in the street.org slash tour, get your tickets. Come out to the live podcast show because I believe that God is preparing a word specifically for each city we visit. So go to Jesus and the street.com slash tour. Get your tickets. And we'll see you guys, for 2026 for the live podcast tour. What's going on guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Cover podcast. I'm Bryson today. We're in Luke chapter 19 before we get to. Unfortunately, this year's almost coming to an end. But we need Elf Dylan to come into the room. Elf Dylan, where are you at? Come on. That's what I'm talking about. Thank you so much.

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of you. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas. You, Elf, Dylan. And as always, we're going to be in the Word of God today. And in Luke Chapter 19, and here we go. Talking about Jesus, he entered Jericho and was passing through and behold, there was a man named Zechius. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. Now, he's not just your regular tax collector.

The Jews hated tax collectors. He was the chief. Tax collector. The chief. The head honcho of money thieves. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was. Meaning, out of humiliation, he was willing to publicly humiliate himself to see this Jesus guy that he had heard about. But on account of the crowd, he could not

because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, Zechias, hurry and come down for I'm going to stay at your house today. So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, right? The same thing the Pharisees do, because they were like, he has gone in to be the guest of a man who was a sinner. what does Jesus say? He didn't come to the great physician came not for the healthy but for the sick.

And Zekees 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 restore it fourfold. And Jesus said to him, today, salvation has come to this house since he is also a son of Abraham. For the son of man came to seek and save the loss. What does Achaeus do? Because of the presence of Jesus Christ, he got so much deep conviction

and all the things that he had heard about him, that he renounced and repented from his sin is important. If you claim to follow Jesus and your life doesn't look different before you claim to have met him, until after you've claimed to have met him, I would argue to you that you don't know Jesus because you can't experience God and not be changed. Verse 11. The parable of the 10 minutes. As they heard the things, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near to Jerusalem

and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was so pure immediately. and he said, therefore, he's about to tell a parable that's similar to the parable of the towns. A nobleman went into a far country to receive for him a kingdom and then returning, calling 10 of his servants, he gave them 10 minutes. Now, 10 minutes was all, he gave them each about three months' worth of wages and said to them, engage in business until I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, we do not want this man to reign over us. When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given him. money to be called to him that he might know what they had gained by doing business. Now look, this is important. Does this sound familiar?

A command to all believers is not only take Jesus for yourself, but invite people into the friend group, spread the gospel, be sent forth, preach it to people. Anyone that breathes oxygen is a candidate. And then the people that don't want to live for Jesus are obviously like, we don't want Jesus to rain over us. We see this all in the day's day and angel. I don't want Jesus. I want to live for myself. I don't want to be this. I want to be that. I don't want to live for him. I don't want to live for his statues, his lordship, or nothing. So similar. First came before him saying, Lord, your minna has made ten minutes more. And he said to him, well done, good and faithful servant. Because you have been faithful and very little, you shall have authority over ten cities. And the second

came to him saying, Lord, your mena has made five minutes. And he said to him, and you are to be over five cities. Then another came saying, Lord, here is your minna, which I kept laid in a handkerchief. For I was afraid of you because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow. He said to him, I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank and at my coming, I might have collected it with interest. Use your gifts and talents and your mouth for the glory of God. Share the gospel. Use what God has given you to bring glory to him. Point glory to him. Point people to his feet.

And he said those stood by, take the minute from him and give it to the one who has the ten minutes. and they said to him, Lord, he has ten menace, I tell you that to everyone who has more will be given, but from the one who has not, even the one who has will be taken away. It's interesting. The ones who submit themselves to the lordship of Christ will be blessed

and reap the benefits of what it means to be a believer. That's just a fact. But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rain over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me, aka I'm going to bring judgment on those who won't submit themselves to my lordship. Verse 28,

the triumphal entry. When he had said these things, he went on a head going up to Jerusalem, when he drew near to Beth Fage and Bethany, at the mouth that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples saying, go into the village in front of you. Where on entering, you will find a cult tied on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, why are you untying it? You shall say the Lord has need of it. Now notice, he's going to write in on a donkey, in humility. And did you know that on the back of a donkey, if you look up the picture of like a bird's eye view of a donkey's back, that it has hair of a different color on its back in the shape of a cross. Isn't that interesting? As Jesus is about to enter into the sitting

in humility on a donkey, he is metaphorically sitting on what he's about to bear a cross on the back. You should look it up. Third, so those who were sent, went away and found it just as he had told them, and as they were untying the col, its owner said of them, why are you untying the court? and he said, Lord has need of it. And they brought it to Jesus and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. As he was drawing near already on the way down the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice

for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord, peace and heaven and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said, Teacher, rebuke your disciples, because he's receiving worship. The Pharisees understood that the only one who is worthy of worship is God himself, and Jesus is receiving worship. He's not stopping them from praising it. See, isn't it interesting, a week before Jesus is crucified, mocked, spit on, flogged, beaten to unrecognition, Jesus is praised with people's mouths.

The number one persecution Jesus faced was being misunderstood. And we're about a witness that go down over these next few episodes, next few chapters. And when the Pharisees said, rebuke your disciples, he said, I tell you, even, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out. When you and I are passive and decide to shut our mouth because we're embarrassed, we don't want people to think we're weird. This is not about it. Jesus. Creation gives praise to God. And I don't want the rocks to have to cry out. I want my voice and my actions in my life to be constantly giving worship to God so that I can give the rocks a rest. And you guys can take a break. I want to give glory to God. That's how I want to live my life.

verse 41 and when he drew near to the city he saw it and he wept over it saying would that you even you had known on this day the things that make for peace he's not just talking about his fate that's about to come of him being crucified but but it's for the judgment of the city on the day the things that made for peace but now they are hidden from your eyes for the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and him you on every side and tear you down to the ground and you and your children within you. in you and they will not leave one stone upon another in you because you did not know the time of your visitation. Verse 45 and he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold saying to them, it is written, my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers. And what is going on? You have people who are making a quick buck off a fresh converts who are manipulating the text for the sake of monetary gang and he is righteously upset. The Bible says, be angry and do not sin. Jesus isn't being sinful in his anger. He's being righteous in his anger. He's being righteous in his anger. And he was teaching daily in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes

and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do for all the people were hanging on his words. Jesus is in the temple. He's rebuked people for making a quick buck on him. And he's teaching, and the Pharisees are trying to find a way to get him arrested. And tomorrow, we're going to read the beginning of Jesus slowly, getting plotted on, being arrested and crucified. Guys, I pray that. that Luke chapter 19 was an encouragement to you and we'll see guys tomorrow for Luke chapter 20 hey thank you guys so much for watching the Luke series I pray that this thing is a blessing to you and the ultimate heart is so that you go and read this word daily you don't rely on the podcast

you rely on the word of God and the Holy Spirit thank you guys so much for watching if you like the episodes subscribe follow us on social media and we'll see you guys in the next episode