SF411 - THE SEEKING SAVIOR (Luke 19 1-10)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF411

@TITLE = THE SEEKING SAVIOR

@LEVEL ONE = Luke 19:1‑10

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL TWO = Jesus is on his way to the cross.

@LEVEL FOUR = He knows that He will die within a week.

@LEVEL FOUR = What a person does during the last week of his life will tell you what is important to Him.

@LEVEL FOUR = Jesus goes soul‑winning

@LEVEL TWO = Scriptural Background

@LEVEL THREE = Zacchaeus

@LEVEL FOUR = Wealthy

@LEVEL FOUR = Unclean

@LEVEL FOUR = Hated...

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. JESUS DRAWING ZACCHAEUS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. An Unlikely Candidate (vv.1‑2)

@SCRIPTURE = "chief tax collector"

@SCRIPTURE = "wealthy"

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. An Unexpected Response (vv.3‑4)

@SCRIPTURE = "wanted" = zeteo, dzay‑teh'‑o; to seek (lit. or fig.); spec. (by Heb.) to worship (God), desire, endeavor, enquire (for)

@SCRIPTURE = "ran" = In eastern culture men did not run.  protrecho, prot‑rekh'‑o; to run forward, i.e. outstrip, precede:‑‑outrun, run before. Only place used in NT.

@SCRIPTURE = "climbed" = anabaino, an‑ab‑ah'ee‑no;  to go up (lit. or fig.):‑‑arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. JESUS CONFRONTING ZACCHAEUS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Jesus Saw Zacchaeus (v.5a)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Where he was

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Jesus came to him

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. For what he was

@LEVEL FOUR = A man up a tree

@LEVEL TWO = What will put you up a tree

@LEVEL THREE = Pride

@LEVEL THREE = Position

@LEVEL THREE = Passion

@LEVEL THREE = Possessions

@LEVEL FOUR = Rich Young Ruler

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Jesus Called Zacchaeus (v.5b)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Openly

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Urgently

@SCRIPTURE = "come down immediately" = speudo, spyoo'‑do; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by impl. to await eagerly:‑‑(make, with) haste unto.

@SCRIPTURE = 2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV)  ...I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 3

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Jesus Commanded Zacchaeus (v.5c)

@LEVEL TWO = "I must" = dei, die; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

Seven Musts

@SCRIPTURE = John 3:7 (NIV)  ...'You must be born again.'

@SCRIPTURE = John 3:30 (NIV)  He must become greater; I must become less.

@SCRIPTURE = John 4:24 (NIV)  God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

@SCRIPTURE = John 12:26 (NIV)  Whoever serves me must follow me;

@SCRIPTURE = John 13:34 (NIV)  "A new command I give you: ...you must love one another.

@SCRIPTURE = John 15:4 (NIV)  ... No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

@SCRIPTURE = John 15:27 (NIV)  And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. JESUS CHANGING ZACCHAEUS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Zacchaeus' Conversion (vv.6‑7)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Repentance

@SCRIPTURE = "came down"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Faith

@SCRIPTURE = "welcomed him gladly"

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Obedience

@SCRIPTURE = "at once"

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Zacchaeus' Confession (v.8)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. New Lord

@SCRIPTURE = "look Lord"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. New love

@SCRIPTURE = "here I give my possessions..."

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Jesus' Confirmation (vv.9‑10)

@LEVEL THREE = New home

@SCRIPTURE = "Today salvation..."

@LEVEL THREE = New heritage

@SCRIPTURE = "a son of Abraham

@LEVEL THREE = New hope

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = This is why Jesus came ‑

@LEVEL TWO = What about you?