audio not ready"Jesus and Zaccheus, Seeking and Saving the Lost"
Luke 19:1-10
Pastor Gene Cook, Jr.
01/07/2007
Introduction
1. The Occasion
He entered Jericho and was passing through.
2. Zaccheus' Description
2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. 3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
3. The Divine Appointment
5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
4. The Response
6 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.
7 When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
5. When Salvation Comes to a Man's House
8 Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much."
9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
6. The Purpose of Jesus Summed Up
10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
