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2025.03.23
Week 4: Zacchaeus

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s[a] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. (1 John 3:9)

3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
1 Corinthians 6:3

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12

What do you do when you don’t measure up?

2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. (Luke 19:2)

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.(Luke 19:3)

Tax collectors earned a profit by demanding a higher tax from the people than they had prepaid to the Roman government.

This system led to widespread greed and corruption. The tax-collecting profession was saturated with unscrupulous people who overtaxed others to maximize their personal gain.

Rabbinic sources consistently align Jewish tax collectors with robbers.”

4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. (Luke 19:4)

He wanted to know Jesus, but he didn’t measure up.

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.” (Luke 19:5)

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)

10 the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)

What do you do when you don’t measure up?

10 the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)

To seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)

We are great at saying “Jesus loves you right where you are”.

But the thing we fail to mention is that Jesus loves you too much to let you stay there.

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.” (Luke 19:8)

Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” (Luke 19:8)

Κύριε from the word Κύριος

Jesus never left the lost, lost.

Jesus never left the lost, lost.

From one degree of glory to another. 2 Corinthians 3:18

“What is ‘that thing’ God wants to alter in you?”

“What is ‘that thing’ God wants to alter in you?”