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Close Encounters: No Longer Rejected (Zacchaeus) (April 23, 2017) | Judah Thomas
40 minutes Posted Oct 25, 2024 at 11:00 am.
-2] Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. [2] There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.
-4] He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
] When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
] The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
-7] Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. [7] But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
] Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
-10] Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
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[Luke
There's not enough _______________ in the world to make up for a lack of ______________________.
[Luke
Zacchaeus was willing to be ___________________ in order to get the attention of Jesus.
[Luke
Zacchaeus knew _______________ Jesus, but Jesus _______________ Zacchaeus.
[John
Sometimes you may feel overlooked or ________________, but Jesus sees you.
[Luke
God doesn't distinguish between different _______________ of sin.
In a matter of moments you can be ____________________ by God's grace.
[Luke
We don't do good things to gain God's _______________, we do them because he already approves of us.
Extravagant _______________ deserves an extravagant _______________.
[Luke
Jesus came for _______________ people.