The story of Zacchaeus is a story about a changed heart. Jesus encounters Zacchaeus and calls him to him, through this interaction Zacchaeus is immediately changed forever. Encounters with Christ are supposed to be like that... thus, we have to ask ourselves have we been changed?
Are we living differently than we did before we found the love, grace, and glory of Christ? Does this change go beyond our Sunday appearance or is it just a one day a week change?
Things to ponder...
The children helped me with the sermon, so please take a listen! And thank you, Scott Crandall, for helping with the sermon as well! God bless!
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In His Grace,
Roy
Luke 19:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Jesus and Zacchaeus
19 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 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 down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” 9 Then 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 came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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