Redeemed
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English Standard Version Chapter 19
19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
I want you to know this morning in this place there is grace. Failure is not final, You may be living a life that is unfulfilled, it may be unrestored, but listen you don’t have to live a life that is unredeemed. The Lord is a strong tower to the weak, a place of safety for the abused, a a sactuary to the forsaken. You may be unfillfulled, you make be unrestored, but this morning I want you to know the Lord Jesus Christ will not leave you unredeemed.
I am about to share something very vulnerable to you. Stacey and I have been married for 13 years or so and have always wanted to have little ones running around the house. I haven’t told anybody this but it has been a major spot in my heart that is incredibly raw. Because things don’t always turn out the way that you want. And as big as that sore spot is for me personally I know for my wife it is a hundred fold. You know our son is 17 years old and we are feeling the time winding down, with him… I can tell you that at only 35 years of age I feel old. Well its one of those things that you think, well I can’t do anything about it, and I would like to bury it. Well my wife was out shopping the other day, and she just prayed, Lord will you give me one more shot at being a momma. Well 30 minutes later we get a call from my ex wife and she is all serious sounding you know, I am like ok who died or went off the crazy, well it turns out she has a friend that is pregnant and wanted to give the baby to a good family.
So possibly in the next month or two we may have a new born in our home… Listen you may be unfulfilled, you may be unrestored, you don't have to be unreedeemed. And here is the thing with the Lord, He fulfills, and he also restores… once you come to him and do business with the God of Heaven, He gives you life on the inside that becomes a fountain of living water.... So if you are weary from the battle, if you are weary from the wait? hold on baby because you never know; the redeemer might be right around that next bend!!!!!!! The finish line may just be on a corner
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
That is truly the beautiful thing about Christianity , is that anything shattered laid before the lord will not go unreedemed. And then you may have brokenness, there is beauty in that brokenness. The Lord loves to do big things with the most unlikely of people. In fact you have seen 15 examples of that, People finding grace in the unlikely of places.
it may be unrestored, but listen you don’t have to live a life that is unredeemed. That is truly the beautiful thing about Christianity , is that anything shattered laid before the lord will not go unreedemed. And then you may have brokeness, there is beauty in that brokeness. The Lord loves to do big things with the most unlikely of people. In fact you have seen 15 examples of that, People finding grace in the unlikly of places.
I am not going to spend a whole lot of time today on the ressurection! I have some things that God has laid on my heart and I conder the
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
PRAYER!!
Do you know that the entire book is a book on redemption. It has been said that there is a scarlet thread of redemption that runs through the entirety of the Bible. Man has one major problem, sin, Man has one major deadline and that is death, And man has one major enemy, and that is Satan. Satan, sin and death are the three major problem that you and I face, and can I tell you that the only religion on the face of the planet that solves all three is Christianity! Christ has decimated Satan, Christ has demolished sin, and Christ has destroyed death.
There is a Scarlet Thread of Redemption that God weaves throughout every single book in the Bible, from the fall of man in Genesis three and the introduction of death, God promised a redeemer, a son would be given, a Son would die, but that son would rise again, and a Son would make all things new again when He returns. The problem that you and I have is we are still liviong in the final chapters of this fallen world. Just like in any good book, we are at the part of the book towards the end, when crisis are at their max, when it seems like darkness is going to claim the day! But i want you to know you ca n go ahead and skip to the end of the Book… We win! We win because we have a mighty champion, The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. he is the Alpha and the omega, The beginng and the end!
Can I lay a few things on your heart this morning that are Unlikely
The Lord meets with Unlikely People
The Lord meets with Unlikely People
Unlikely People
Unlikely People- The weak are made strong- Gideon
Now let me give you a little bit of the context of this passage. Jesus ministry here on the earth is coming to an end. He is on his way to Jerusalem where he will be tried before a mock court and, beaten to a bloody pulp, and nailed to a hellish cross.... But on his way into Jerusalem he goes through the city of Jericho. And there is a crowd of people there trying to catch a glimpse of the Lord. and it is there that we will pick up the story....
Luke 19:1-10
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
LUKE 19
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Points of Jesus Grace1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Now Jesus meets with unlikely people. And this man named Zacheus was such and unlikely person. I say that because no one liked Zacheus. Luke notes here that not only is Zacheus a tax collector, but He is the chief tax collector. That is hes at the top of the hierarchy.
This man was Hated
And to understand how hated these people were you have to put yourself in the shoes of a Jews back then. They were an incredibly independent people, who knew that they had a unique distinction in the World because the God of the Bible chose them. Its through the Jews that scripture, the law and the Prophets came. Its throughthe Jews that the Saviour came. But during this period of time the Romans ruled the World, The Roman armies were brutal and fierce. They ruled the world with an iron fist, and the fuel tht kept this machine running was taxes from conquered foes that became a part of the Roman Empire. The Jews hated the Romans, and there was only one thing they hated more than the Romans, and that was Jewish tax collectors. They were viewed as traitors, who not only took from their own kind, but they also lined their. and the text here tells us that, He was a chief tax collector and he was rich!
Illustration
To put it into perspective, lets say that the Chinese invaded our contry, and stifled our economy because of heavy taxation. And you began to struggle financially, no longer can you afford the extra things in life, but you only can provide the bare neccasities. But Jim on the corner is living in luxury, and its because Jim has joined the Chinese and agreed to take up taxes, by going house to house.
He was small in stature
And to top it off, all that power and he is a wee little man. He has little man sysndrome. You know that guy that bows up really easy, no taller than five foot and things he can woop every body. Buys the over sized truck.
He was the most unlikely person to recieve grace. But there it was Grace in the most unexpected place. Maybe you came to church this morning just because it is the thing to do. Not really expecting to recieve anything. Heres the thing about recieving, recieving is not passive it is active. NOw the gift, not something that you pay for, but you must be willing to receive it. Notice how Jesus responds
Jesus- knew his name
Notices him in a crowd
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5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”
Jesus Knew His name
A lot of people like to go to big churches because it is easy to just become another face, but I want you Jesus not only knows your face he knows your name. When I was 14 I had up until that point lived in a godless home, and living for me. started getting into things that were destructive like a lot of teens today. And one day, not even looking for Him, He called me by name. Not looking for him at all. Was just wrapped up in the world blinded by my youth, satisfied in my sin and He called me by name. A few months after that He would call my Mother Teri by name just a few months before she would trajically be killed in a car wreck and cross over into eternity.
Jesus entered into His Home
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
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Jesus not only knows your name today, but He wants to enter your home.. He says in Revelation
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Do you hear the knock this morning (KNOCK) Zacheus..... came down from the tree and recieved him joyfully, Thats such a beautiful description of God’s grace, you must recieve it and recieve it joyfully.
If anyone (greek for anyone) hears his voice and opens the door
What kind of tree are you in today. May it is a tree of despair, Hes saying get down, Maybe its a tree of depression and you dont think there is anyway out of it, Hes saying come down!!
7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
Luke 19:7
do you want to make some religious people mad this morning, let me tell you how to do it, get down out of that tree and recieve the Lord joyfully. Notice how they respond “ He has gone to be a guest with that sinner… that sinner,
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:9-10
today I am betting that there are a few people out there that feel like they are always at war, and its because
Zaccheus come down , for I must s
And he is wanting to see Jesus so he climbs a sycamore tree
Jesus- knew his name
Jesus entered his home-
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Pain into power, wounds into widom
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Unlikely Saviour- Didn’t look and act like a Messiah
Jesus loves to meet with unlikely people He is an Unlikely Saviour. What I mean by that, is the peoples expectation of what the Saviour looked like was radically different then what they thought the Mesiah would look like. they thought he was coming to a Throne, instead He went into a tomb. They expected Him to recieve a crown but instead he ecieved a crown of thorns. They expected Him to rule, instead he came to serve. he didn’t look likee or act like they expected Him to look like. They thought he would be coming on the clouds with great poewr. Instead He came riding in on a donkey. they expected Him to enter the Temple and praise the religious leaders, instead he went into the Temple and overturned tables and drove everyone out.
They expected Him to stand before Pontius Pilate the Roman Govenern and defy Him, instead jesus would even defend himself. They didn’t understand Him!
You see He came to serve because thats how tyou become great in the life to come. He came to a cross, to pay for mankinds sin. he went into the Grave because baby he was coming out three days later. He didn’t come to defeat the Romans, he came to defeat the devil. But when he came out of the grave everything change. Death no longer has a hold on me. Satan dare not stand before me, Because when i envoke the name of Jesus Christ, the devil knows. Many people may not know, but the devil knows in that name he is defeated, he is utterly and hopelssly helpless.
And He has commissioned us to Preach an unlikely message
And He has commissioned us to Preach an unlikely message
That is the message of the cross. The message that the Son of God has come and done something for us that we cannot do for ourselves
Unlikely Mode of Redemption- The Cross Foolishness
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18
19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
The Jews wanted a sign and the Greeks wanted knowledge, but the knowelfge of salvation is something so simple that a child can understand it.
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive III. The Cross Is God’s Supreme Word of Justification
There’s no one so good they need not be saved and no one so bad they cannot be saved.
The Greeks deified Wisdom, deified intellectualism
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive A. The Desire of the Foolish
The Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.” Now the Greeks, oh my dear friend, how sophisticated the Greeks were. If you ever go to Athens, of course, you’ll go to the Acropolis and, ah, you’ll see the Parthenon. Friend, that exquisitely beautiful, incredibly magnificent temple that puts our modern architects, many of them, to shame at what they do, that thing was an antiquity in the time of Christ. What a civilization in the Golden Age of Pericles these Greeks had. And, oh, they thought how wonderful to take their minds and be able to unpick all of the divine mysteries. They had deified intellectualism.
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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English Standard Version Chapter 19
English Standard Version Chapter 19
19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 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 restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Just when you thought you were down for the count you never know when the Lord is going to show up and show off in your life.
This man named Zacchaeus, was the last man that anybody thought the Lord would show mercy too. And if Zacchaeus were honest he would ne the last person to think mercy could show up for Him....
This man was hated by his own people. He was a crook and a theif, but one of those legal types of crooks that no one could do anything about
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Jesus- knew his name
Jesus entered his home-
Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone will answer the door I
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.