“A Defining Encounter”
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“The Host becomes the Guest”
INTRODUCTION.
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
6 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.
7 When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
8 Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke wrote his accounts of Jesus’s ministry in consecutive order.
Luke is the only one who wrote about Zaccheus.
Bartimaeus received his sight in Luke 18:35-43. The very next set of verses Luke 19:1-10 we are given the account of Zaccheus. As Jesus passed on through Jericho which is about 15 miles north of Jerusalem headed to His final entry as human.
MESSAGE.
I. Sought by Jesus. 1-4
I. Sought by Jesus. 1-4
Decision One - chief tax-collector
2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
Decision Two - trying to see Jesus.
3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
Decision three - run on a head.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
putting aside cultural norms and running. men did not run.
put aside dignity and climbed a tree.
Only because of Christ.
44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
little stature, we all are Romans 3:23 “23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
II. Seen by Jesus. 5-7
II. Seen by Jesus. 5-7
Seen by Jesus
5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
Called by his Name.
Jesus saw his heart
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
III. Saved by Jesus. 8-10
III. Saved by Jesus. 8-10
Zaccheus was saved by Jesus.
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
Evidence of Salvation
8 Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”
Not works for salvation but because of salvation.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
restoration / restitution - The fruit of his conversion not the condition.
Declaration of Salvation.
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
son of Abraham title for children of God.
9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.
CONCLUSION.
