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 A Scripture reading this morning is taken from Luke's Gospel, the 19th chapter, and the first

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! 10 verses, the famous story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. If you're following, I think in the Pew Bible, it may

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! be page 878. There are a number of Bibles available, but there's also the reading there on the order of

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 service. Let's hear and read together in God's Word. Luke 19 from verse 1.

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 He, that is Jesus, entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was

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 a chief tax collector and was rich, and he was seeking to see who Jesus was. But on account of

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 the crowd, he could not because he was small of stature. So, he ran on ahead and climbed up into

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 a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place,

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 he looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.

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 So, he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled,

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 he has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,

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 behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything,

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 I restore it fourfold. And Jesus said to him, today salvation has come to this house,

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 since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

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 This is the Word of God, and to His name be the praise and the glory.

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 Well, let me add my welcome to those from David. But before I start, I wonder if you would let me

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 say at least two things. First, Janet, my wife, and I have only been coming to St. Columba's for like

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 the last 10 or 11 months. And that has meant that I've not had the opportunity to introduce myself to

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 most of you. So, and particularly those of you who are visiting, obviously I've never met you.

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 And so I think I know what might be going through most of your minds.

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 Who is this guy? You know, that's a question I regularly ask myself from time to time. The second

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 thing I want to say before we look at this passage from Luke's Gospel, I want to speak, I think it was,

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 what, maybe two or three Sundays ago when Janice and I, and I think it was 14, 15 other people were

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 formally welcomed as members of St. Columba's. I want to say to them, but also to any of you who

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 might be yourself considering becoming members of St. Columba's, I'm pretty confident that there is

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 absolutely no expectation that should you become a member that in two or three Sundays you'll be

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 expected to preach. I mean, I think that's right. Well, let's, we really do need to pray together,

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 so may I lead us please in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father, we pray that your word would be our guide,

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 your Holy Spirit would be our teacher,

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 and you, Lord Jesus,

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 your glory would be our

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 supreme concern. Amen.

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 Well, the

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 story of Zacchaeus,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 it may be a familiar story to most of us. I mean, it is

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 one of the greatest hits in most children's Bibles

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 about a wee little man who has to climb up. I'm feeling very personally associated with that by being,

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 I'd rather be there than here.

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 But for others of us, it might be a completely brand new story and a really weird one

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 at that.

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 But I think for at least two reasons, it will be helpful if we do go back to this

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 story. The first is, I think, pretty obvious.

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 The second less so.

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 Here's the first reason.

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 Do remember that whatever might be familiar

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 can still offer something new to you.

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 And I hope very much that will be the case

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 this morning.

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 Now, the second reason why I want to go to this story, and this is less obvious.

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 The second reason why, whether you are familiar with the story or you're not,

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 it has to do with what would we call it?

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 Either an existential or an experiential kind of discomfort.

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 It's that sense that, can't really put our finger on it, but something's not right with our experience

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 going through life in these contemporary days.

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 Something is out of sync, and we just can't quite figure out what that might be.

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 It's, well, look, let me quote an author whom I think puts his finger precisely on the problem

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 I'm trying to describe.

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 I'll try to read this section very carefully, because it's a very significant quote.

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 Here is

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 Edward Bear

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 coming downstairs now,

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 bump, bump, bump,

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 on the back of his head

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 behind Christopher Robin.

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 It is, as far as he knows,

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 the only way of coming downstairs.

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 But sometimes he feels

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 that there really is another way

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 if only he could stop bumping for a moment

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 and think of it.

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 And then he feels that, well, perhaps there isn't.

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 Anyhow, here he is at the bottom

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 and ready to be introduced to you,

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 Winnie the Pooh.

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 Last Sunday we had reference to Rousseau.

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 This Sunday we have reference to Winnie the Pooh.

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 We are a full service ministry here at St. Columbus.

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 But I wonder if you heard it.

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 He's wondering,

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 there must be a better way

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 if only I could figure it out.

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 And if we can see and hear the story of Zacchaeus,

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 however familiar it might be,

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 or however novel it might be to us,

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 I wonder if there's a way of seeing,

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 another way in life

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 that can bring to an end

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 perhaps the bump, bump, bump

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 of experience in your life.

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 An experience that you may have wondered,

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 will it ever cease?

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 So come with me to the story of Zacchaeus

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 who meets Jesus.

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 And sticking with this idea of

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 seeing and hearing,

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 four things this morning.

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 First, see who is here.

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 In other words,

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 who are the actors in this dramatic story?

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 Secondly, hear what is said.

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 Thirdly, see where this takes place.

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 And fourthly, hear what this all means.

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 Okay?

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 Those four things.

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 So first, see who is here.

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 Who are the actors on stage

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 in this dramatic story?

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 Well, to start, of course,

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 in verse 1 of chapter 19,

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 is Jesus.

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 He is, Luke tells us,

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 passing through.

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 He's passing through

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 this very prominent city of Jericho,

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 and he's going up in elevation

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 about 29 kilometers

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 towards the capital city, Jerusalem.

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 He's following a well-traveled road.

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 And now, the thing to bear in mind,

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 throughout Luke's gospel,

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 there is a narrative trajectory,

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 an arc in which Jesus is always focused

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 on going to Jerusalem.

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 So after our passage in chapter 19,

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 he actually does arrive in Jerusalem.

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 And you might know this

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 as his triumphal entry.

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 Others of you might remember it

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 as being sort of Palm Sunday.

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 But earlier in chapter 18,

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 just before our passage,

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 he had informed his closest followers,

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 his disciples,

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 that for him going to Jerusalem

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 is going to involve his betrayal,

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 his arrest,

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 his suffering,

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 his execution,

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 but on the third day rise again.

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 And his followers did not understand it.

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 But before he gets to Jerusalem,

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 Jesus reaches this city of Jericho.

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 But even before our passage,

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 in the outskirts of the city,

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 Jesus met a blind man,

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 a blind man begging by the side of the road.

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 And of course, you probably know the story.

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 What is amazing to us,

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 and I'm sure it was even more amazing

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 to the people that were there,

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 Jesus miraculously heals

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 this blind man's sight

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 but actually,

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 if you look back with me

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 at chapter 18, verse 38,

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 Luke wants us to see

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 something even more significant.

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 This blind man

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 spiritually sees

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 who Jesus is.

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 Verse 38,

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 Jesus, son of David,

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 has messianic,

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 Davidic kingship descent,

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 all in that tone.

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 Jesus, son of David,

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 have mercy on me.

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 Do you get it?

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 A blind beggar

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 sees

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 who Jesus is

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 in contrast

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 to the rich ruler

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 who physically could see

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 but whose wealth

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 blinded him

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 from seeing

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 and acknowledging Jesus.

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 and that astounds the crowd

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 because their working assumption

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 is it's the rich

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 that have the capital,

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 the leverage

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 to understand.

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 But this rich ruler

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 turns away

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 and that leaves them

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 asking the question

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 in chapter 18,

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 verse 26,

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 look,

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 if the rich don't get it,

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 who then can be saved?

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 And Jesus' answer

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 in verse 27

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 is very important

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 as we come to our story.

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 What is impossible

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 with men

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 is possible

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 with God.

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 So the stage is set.

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 There's Jesus.

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 Now,

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 enter stage right

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 is Zacchaeus,

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 chapter 19,

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 verse 2.

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 And Luke identifies him

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 by name

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 and that probably indicates

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 that either his subsequent readers

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 knew of Zacchaeus,

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 but that's another story,

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 or that he was well-known anyway.

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 And he was certainly

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 well-known

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 for his being notorious.

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 Zacchaeus was not just simply

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 a tax collector,

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 he was a chief tax collector

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 and was wealthy.

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 Now,

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 most of you will understand,

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 please don't think of him

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 as a tax collector

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 being comparable

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 with someone who works

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 for HMRC today,

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 however frustrated

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 you might be

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 filling out your own taxes.

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 Zacchaeus was an Israelite

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 who was working

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 for the occupying power.

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 So it's probably

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 better to see him

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 as a collaborator

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 with Rome.

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 Think of him, then,

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 as one who exercised

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 a manipulative,

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 coercive,

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 and exploitive

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 chokehold

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 on many of those people

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 in the crowd

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 in Jericho.

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 And Zacchaeus

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 was a chief tax collector.

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 In other words,

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 he's skimming off

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 his profits

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 from those who worked

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 for him.

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 He was a very big cheese

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 and he was clearly

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 despised

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 in Jericho.

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 And there's a rich

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 irony here

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 because the name

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 Zacchaeus

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 in Hebrew-Aramaic,

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 Zaki,

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 well,

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 that means,

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 or can mean,

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 innocent

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 or pure.

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 Now,

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 for reasons

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 Luke does not

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 explicitly provide,

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 Zacchaeus

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 wants to see

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 Jesus.

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 I think that phrase

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 is quite important

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 for us to appreciate.

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 He most likely

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 wants to see

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 Jesus

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 out of curiosity.

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 I don't know,

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 he may have heard

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 news about Jesus,

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 perhaps the reports

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 of the healing

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 of the blind man

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 that had been

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 already taking place.

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 So there's the stage,

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 Jesus,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 but there's a third

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 element of actors

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 on the stage.

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 It's there in verse 7.

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 And they play

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 a very significant role,

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 the crowd.

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 Actually,

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 they play a bigger role

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 than we might first

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 anticipate.

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 Do you notice

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 the crowd earlier

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 kept the beggar

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 from Jesus?

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 And the crowd now

00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:29.879
 seems to be

00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.700
 blocking the view.

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 Do you know how it works

00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:31.820
 in a crowd?

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 You know how a crowd

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 stands together

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 and they kind of

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 quietly block

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 someone out.

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 So there could be

00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:40.280
 a double entendre there.

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 He could not see

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 Jesus because of the crowd.

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 And remember,

00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:45.800
 this crowd

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 would very much

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 have included

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 the very people

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 whom Zacchaeus

00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:53.540
 and his boys

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 exploited,

00:13:55.560 --> 00:13:56.020
 extorted,

00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:56.660
 and bribed.

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 Their crowd

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 was definitely

00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:59.820
 not Team Zacchaeus.

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 So that's who's

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 on the stage.

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 But now secondly,

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 hear what is said.

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 Verse 5.

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 When Jesus reaches

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 the spot,

00:14:09.280 --> 00:14:10.100
 the sycamore tree,

00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:11.220
 Zacchaeus had climbed

00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:13.060
 up to see Jesus.

00:14:13.900 --> 00:14:14.740
 Jesus looked up

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 and saw him.

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 And here's the first

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 thing said.

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 Jesus called him

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 by name.

00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.700
 By name.

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 Zacchaeus.

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 Now,

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.580
 did Jesus know

00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.360
 of Zacchaeus

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 by reputation?

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 Had he heard the crowd

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 kind of muttering

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 about this guy?

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 Or was it that

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 he supernaturally

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 just knew

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 who this man was?

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 Luke doesn't tell us.

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 What he does say,

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 what's more significant

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 than how Jesus

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.360
 knew his name,

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 is that he used

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 his name.

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 Because remember,

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 to use a person's name

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 is very special.

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 I mean,

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 I don't mean

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 when Alexa

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 greets you

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 in the morning

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 or when those

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.639
 telephone marketers

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.460
 ring you up

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 as if they are

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 your best mate.

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 No,

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 this is very special.

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 The author,

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 David Brooks,

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 describes using

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 someone's name

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 carefully

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 as being

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 other-centeredness.

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 You're actually

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 taking the focus

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 away from yourself

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 and you're interested

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 in another person.

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 Psychologists

00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:16.220
 tell us that

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 if the name

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 is of another person,

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 you use it well,

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 that can be

00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.680
 making a bridgehead

00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:23.700
 to creating trust.

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 And studies show

00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.860
 that hearing our name

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 used by another

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 affects us

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:31.060
 in a very positive way

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 neurologically.

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 And Jesus calls him

00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:34.200
 by name,

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 and get this,

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 which not only

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.899
 Zacchaeus hears,

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 but the crowd

00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.060
 also hears.

00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:41.879
 Zacchaeus,

00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.800
 hurry up and come down

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 for I must stay

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 at your house today.

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 Now,

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 stop for a moment.

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 There are three things here.

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 First,

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.879
 a whole set

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.200
 of cultural conventions

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 being played out,

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 but in an unusual way.

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 There's a huge reversal.

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.299
 Jesus

00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:02.580
 invites himself.

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:03.720
 Normally,

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.620
 it's the other way around.

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:05.460
 The host

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.580
 invites the guest.

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.019
 So something significant

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.419
 has happened

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:08.980
 just there.

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.120
 Secondly,

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:13.480
 staying at your house

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.700
 is shorthand.

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.019
 It's a cultural shorthand

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:18.340
 for a very important

00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.120
 acceptance,

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.120
 apparently in the

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.940
 ancient Near East,

00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:22.519
 and even to this day,

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.280
 so I'm told,

00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:25.000
 to be welcomed

00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.700
 into another person's home

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:28.300
 for what was called

00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.240
 table fellowship

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.899
 is hugely significant.

00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:32.500
 Because this would have

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.460
 been a public display.

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.240
 It's not a private

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.019
 supper party.

00:16:35.420 --> 00:16:36.639
 This is a public display

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.940
 in which the host

00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.759
 and the guest

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.879
 are publicly

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.580
 acknowledging one another.

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.920
 There is,

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.360
 if you will,

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.780
 a degree of intimacy.

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:47.839
 And then thirdly,

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.559
 Jesus uses

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.860
 an intriguing expression.

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.579
 Do we hear it?

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.519
 I must

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:55.079
 stay at your house

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.480
 today.

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.839
 There is a

00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:58.740
 necessity

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.799
 which is compelling

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.339
 Jesus.

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.740
 And we'll come back

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.879
 to that shortly.

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:03.740
 So,

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.500
 Zacchaeus happily

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.259
 and immediately

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.339
 comes down from the tree

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:08.180
 and receives Jesus,

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.319
 catch the phrase,

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.960
 joyfully.

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.859
 But

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:14.579
 not all

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.420
 are happy.

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.759
 Let's not miss

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.279
 what happens as well

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:18.940
 in verse 7.

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.379
 All the people

00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:21.180
 saw this,

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:22.980
 this social inclusion,

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:25.200
 this public interaction,

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.519
 and they grumbled.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.799
 He has gone

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.399
 to be the guest

00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:29.859
 of a man

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.519
 who is a sinner.

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.059
 Again,

00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.599
 verse 7.

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.779
 And the Greek word

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.839
 that Luke uses

00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.619
 for grumble

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:37.019
 is a very strong verb.

00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.639
 It suggests

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.759
 a very strong

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.180
 and harsh denunciation

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:42.899
 and disapproval.

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.700
 The people,

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.019
 you see,

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.220
 are scandalized.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.039
 And again,

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:46.480
 culturally,

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.839
 we may not

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.480
 necessarily appreciate this.

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.680
 Jesus

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.400
 is publicly

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.460
 associating himself

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:57.700
 with a notorious person.

00:17:58.259 --> 00:18:00.079
 And he is actually

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.839
 sharing

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.240
 in the shame

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.799
 of Zacchaeus.

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.359
 Now,

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:09.099
 as we keep going,

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.839
 Luke may be

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.839
 compressing his narrative

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.259
 somewhat

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.399
 because whether

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.619
 Jesus and Zacchaeus

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:15.079
 were talking

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.819
 on the way

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.879
 to Zacchaeus' house

00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.859
 or at the end

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.359
 of the meal

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.259
 in sort of

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.960
 the dialogue

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.899
 that happens there,

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.259
 something else

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.799
 is said

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.079
 and we need

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.639
 to hear it.

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:25.859
 It's there

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.399
 in verse 8.

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.680
 Zacchaeus stands up

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.079
 and says,

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.879
 Behold,

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.259
 Lord,

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.579
 half of my goods

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.519
 I give to the poor.

00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:33.539
 And if I have

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.439
 defrauded anyone,

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.179
 which he had,

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.599
 if I defrauded

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.379
 anyone of anything,

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.960
 I restore it

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.279
 fourfold.

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.059
 Now,

00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:42.439
 first,

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.659
 Zacchaeus declares

00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.439
 right then and there

00:18:44.439 --> 00:18:45.179
 because the verbs

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:46.159
 are present tense.

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:46.960
 It's not,

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.539
 I intend to do this

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.079
 in the future.

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.579
 He's saying,

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:49.899
 no,

00:18:49.939 --> 00:18:50.519
 right here and now

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.480
 I'm going to engage

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.000
 in this restitution.

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.900
 See,

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.559
 Zacchaeus

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.420
 is following

00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:59.700
 at the time

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.900
 the highest

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.799
 Jewish

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.180
 ethical standards.

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.240
 The Jewish word

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.539
 was teshuva,

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.900
 which is a repentance

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.880
 that required

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.559
 not only

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.920
 contrition,

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.839
 saying I'm sorry,

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.259
 but it actually

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.519
 involved an active

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.519
 restitution

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.240
 on his part.

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.180
 But here's the thing.

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.940
 Commentators tell us

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.740
 that Zacchaeus

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.740
 exceeds

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:25.359
 goes over the top

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.680
 in his act

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.559
 of repentance.

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.039
 Zacchaeus,

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.460
 and keep this in mind,

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.500
 Zacchaeus'

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.400
 practical

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:35.640
 act of repentance

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:37.279
 would have had

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.980
 economic

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.920
 implications

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.759
 in Jericho

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.160
 itself.

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.079
 Some of the very

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.759
 crowd who are

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.440
 probably listening

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.200
 to this meal

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.799
 would have heard

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.920
 him promise that.

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:49.400
 He is responding

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.440
 to those harmed

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.940
 by the very

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:53.180
 Roman imperial

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.640
 abusive system

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.420
 of which he

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.100
 was a chief

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.820
 participant.

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.400
 But I think

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.960
 secondly,

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.580
 Zacchaeus

00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:02.480
 is responding

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:04.460
 to Jesus

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.559
 himself.

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.000
 Jesus is the

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.640
 one who looked

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.240
 up the tree

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.680
 at him.

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.519
 Jesus is the

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.640
 one who called

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.360
 him by name.

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.259
 Jesus is the

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.440
 one who initiated

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.380
 table fellowship

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:19.740
 and gave this

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.800
 warm inclusion

00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:21.700
 when others in

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.240
 Jericho

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.220
 excluded.

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.380
 In other words,

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:27.220
 the radical root

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.180
 cause of

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.680
 Zacchaeus'

00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.600
 change

00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:32.580
 and repentance

00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:35.200
 was Jesus.

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.600
 So,

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.820
 Jesus responds

00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.440
 to Zacchaeus.

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.960
 Verse 9,

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.319
 today's salvation

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.880
 has come to

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.380
 this house

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:42.860
 since he is

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.960
 also a son

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.600
 of Abraham.

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.180
 Jesus affirms

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:49.059
 Zacchaeus'

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.620
 actions.

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.279
 In other words,

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:51.160
 Jesus is saying,

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:51.579
 yes,

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.680
 this guy has

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.579
 done complete

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.299
 teshuva,

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.140
 repentance.

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.940
 He's met the

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.620
 highest Jewish

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.120
 standards.

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.140
 But,

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:01.220
 Jesus goes

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.600
 further.

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.279
 He publicly

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.900
 declares that

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:06.200
 Zacchaeus is to

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.080
 be included,

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:09.000
 not any more

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.720
 excluded.

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.340
 He, too,

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.900
 is of the

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.640
 seed of Abraham,

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.700
 the patriarch

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.180
 to whom

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.180
 Yahweh had

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.660
 promised

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.480
 countless

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.319
 dissentants.

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.559
 And if we

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.319
 hear what's

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.900
 being said,

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.620
 if we hear

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.220
 it rightly,

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.640
 well,

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.240
 to quote

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.980
 Daryl Bach

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.420
 in his

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.860
 commentary,

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.799
 quote,

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.779
 just because

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.500
 one is a

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.799
 sinner

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:33.620
 does not

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.100
 cancel

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.700
 one's

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.120
 right.

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.819
 To appeal

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.480
 to God's

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.880
 mercy.

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.400
 Thirdly,

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.360
 and this

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.500
 one,

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.539
 I really hope

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.819
 I'm not

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.380
 over-egging

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:43.880
 the custard

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.160
 here,

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.420
 see where

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.799
 this takes

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.059
 place.

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.279
 So,

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.759
 first,

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.580
 see who's

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:48.160
 on stage.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.319
 Secondly,

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.600
 hear what's

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:50.900
 said.

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.319
 But now,

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.759
 thirdly,

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.860
 see where

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.279
 this is

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.000
 taking place.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.480
 Now,

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.740
 we'll need

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.220
 to go back

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.519
 to our

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.039
 Old Testament

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.740
 and you

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.259
 may remember

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.000
 that in

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.299
 the Old

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.680
 Testament,

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.360
 as Moses

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.940
 died,

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.539
 his successor,

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.319
 Joshua,

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.939
 is commanded

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.579
 to lead

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.019
 the people

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.519
 of Israel

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.579
 across the

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.119
 River Jordan

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:11.379
 into the

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.119
 Promised Land.

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.299
 And I know

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.960
 this is hugely

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.599
 complicated,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.419
 and if you have

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:16.119
 any questions

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.779
 about why

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.759
 Israelites were

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.240
 told to

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.319
 conquer cities,

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.639
 Corey will

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.240
 answer those

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.059
 questions for

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.279
 you.

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.700
 And if we

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.179
 had time,

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.579
 we should be

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.279
 pleased to know

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.879
 that we don't,

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.939
 we could look

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.519
 at Judges

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.419
 chapters 4,

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.299
 5,

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.859
 and 6,

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.659
 and how

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.180
 the people

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.779
 of Israel

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:34.139
 conquered

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:35.419
 Jericho.

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.659
 But here's

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.019
 the thing,

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.680
 it was not

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.460
 through their

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.680
 military prowess

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.240
 at all.

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.779
 It was

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.279
 through the

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.680
 seeming

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.099
 weakness

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.139
 and foolishness

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.940
 of marching

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.740
 around the

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:48.200
 city six

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.619
 times,

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.059
 and on the

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.839
 seventh circuit,

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.720
 blowing trumpets,

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.159
 I mean,

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.940
 as you do.

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.960
 And it was

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.659
 through that

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:57.019
 the walls

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.559
 of Jericho

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.559
 fell and the

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:58.960
 city was

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.359
 conquered.

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.639
 But,

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.679
 bear with me

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.019
 on this,

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.819
 we might

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.419
 overlook two

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.099
 other critical

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:07.179
 features of

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:08.019
 this bizarre

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.740
 Old Testament

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.240
 narrative.

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.659
 First,

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.539
 if we had

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.819
 time,

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.259
 we'd look at

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.899
 the end of

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.639
 Joshua chapter

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.139
 5,

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.719
 and there

00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:16.599
 at that point,

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.359
 Joshua meets

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.259
 a man standing

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.799
 before him,

00:23:18.979 --> 00:23:19.539
 and this man

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.159
 has a sword

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.879
 in his hand,

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.459
 and Joshua

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:24.039
 asks the man,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.179
 are you for

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:27.279
 us or for

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.719
 our adversaries?

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.500
 No,

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.959
 the man

00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.479
 replied,

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.279
 but I am

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.919
 the commander

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:36.079
 of the Lord's

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.219
 army.

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.939
 Now I

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.599
 have come.

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.279
 And Joshua

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.059
 immediately

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.740
 falls down

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.879
 on his face

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.759
 and worships

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.799
 this man.

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.419
 And this man

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:48.119
 says to him,

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.979
 Joshua,

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.779
 take off

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.459
 your shoes,

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.979
 the ground

00:23:50.979 --> 00:23:51.459
 on which you

00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:51.959
 are standing

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.639
 is holy.

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:54.020
 And that,

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.740
 for some of

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:54.920
 us,

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.360
 will ring

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.940
 bells to

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.520
 what earlier

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:58.020
 the angel

00:23:58.020 --> 00:23:58.700
 of the Lord

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.320
 at the burning

00:23:59.320 --> 00:24:00.120
 bush said

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.100
 to Moses,

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.720
 so who is

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.320
 this man

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:04.400
 whom Joshua

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.900
 meets?

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.840
 Well,

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.500
 bear with me

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.820
 one more,

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.240
 we're almost

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.580
 finished.

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.980
 Secondly,

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.320
 you see,

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.640
 the Lord

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.720
 instructed Joshua

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.780
 as they're

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.759
 going around

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.780
 Jericho

00:24:13.780 --> 00:24:14.780
 to have the

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.580
 priests carry

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.880
 the Ark

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.380
 of the

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.680
 Covenant.

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.520
 Now I know

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:18.860
 you can think

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.680
 of Indiana Jones

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.320
 and that's okay,

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.079
 but it's this

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.159
 massive big box

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:23.740
 that symbolized

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.339
 to the Israelites

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:28.059
 the Lord's

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.859
 faithfulness

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.819
 and his

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.679
 sovereign power

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.240
 to protect

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.559
 them,

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.939
 even though

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.679
 they might be

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.419
 rebellious and

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.039
 idolatrous.

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.319
 So the walls

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.779
 of Jericho

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.579
 fell due to

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.500
 Israel's reliance

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.220
 on the commander

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.740
 of the Lord's

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:43.419
 army and the

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.839
 Ark of the

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.079
 Covenant.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.659
 Now,

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.240
 here's where I'm

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.619
 trying to go

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.119
 with this one.

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:49.220
 Where did

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.779
 Zacchaeus

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.420
 meet Jesus?

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.379
 Jericho.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.799
 And at

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.200
 Jericho,

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.319
 whom did

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.920
 Zacchaeus

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.220
 meet?

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.899
 With whom

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.960
 did Zacchaeus

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.500
 have table

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.839
 fellowship?

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.619
 To whom

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:03.899
 did he

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.200
 listen?

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.799
 He met

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.240
 Jesus,

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.139
 yes,

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:10.180
 but Jesus

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.539
 is the

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.960
 commander

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.680
 of the

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.119
 Lord's

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.539
 army.

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.339
 Jesus

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.740
 is the

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.359
 Ark of the

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.680
 Covenant

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.440
 in the

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.859
 flesh,

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:17.959
 flesh,

00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.259
 and it's

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.479
 through

00:25:19.479 --> 00:25:20.019
 Jesus,

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.399
 this

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.199
 son of

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:23.619
 man,

00:25:23.979 --> 00:25:25.859
 who breaks

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.240
 down the

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.699
 walls in

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.099
 Zacchaeus'

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.539
 life.

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.459
 Now,

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.240
 fourthly and

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.579
 finally,

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.699
 we've seen

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.379
 who is on

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.859
 the stage,

00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.719
 we've heard

00:25:34.719 --> 00:25:35.119
 what they've

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.399
 said,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.000
 we've seen

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.899
 where it

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.819
 has taken

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.179
 place,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.779
 but finally,

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.139
 what does

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.500
 this all

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.859
 mean?

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.259
 And the

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.779
 answer is

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.339
 immediately

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.019
 straightforward.

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.379
 it's

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.920
 verse 10,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.099
 and Jesus

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.559
 is the

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.900
 one that

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.519
 tells you

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.160
 what this

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.740
 all means.

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.039
 For the

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.319
 son of

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.779
 man came

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.319
 to seek

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.460
 and to

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.900
 save the

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.279
 lost.

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.859
 There it

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.139
 is.

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.639
 That's what

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.240
 this story

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.900
 means.

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.639
 The son

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.059
 of man,

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.599
 that's an

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.460
 identifier that

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.259
 Jesus frequently

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.299
 used to

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.019
 describe both

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.379
 himself and

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:09.099
 his ministry.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.420
 I think

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:12.259
 it's actually

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.819
 a reference

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.619
 back to an

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.079
 Old Testament

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.059
 prophecy in

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.399
 the book of

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.740
 Daniel,

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.879
 where at

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.439
 one point,

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.379
 Daniel sees

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.379
 all of

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.779
 history,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.519
 all the

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.159
 powers of

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.960
 this world

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.960
 brought before

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.460
 the Ancient

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.119
 of Days for

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.519
 judgment.

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.000
 And just as

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.679
 it seems that

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.139
 the Ancient

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.919
 of Days is

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.740
 to render

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.519
 forth this

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.839
 judgment,

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.220
 it stops

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.480
 the judgment,

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.740
 and judgment

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.460
 is given

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:36.500
 to one like

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.980
 a son of

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.299
 man,

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.139
 and he is

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.599
 the one

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.599
 who has an

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.019
 everlasting

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.559
 kingdom.

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.679
 kingdom.

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.019
 And this

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.740
 son of

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:48.599
 man is

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.980
 the one

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.259
 that meets

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.539
 Zacchaeus,

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.099
 who calls

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.679
 him by name,

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.240
 who publicly

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.940
 includes him,

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.559
 and whose

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.179
 grace and

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.159
 mercy produce

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.859
 in Zacchaeus

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.879
 this extraordinary

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.480
 repentance.

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.500
 Oh yes,

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.940
 the son of

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.359
 man will

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.799
 one day

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.259
 come back

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.799
 and judge

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.700
 all humanity,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.179
 all of

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.559
 history,

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.700
 but at the

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.099
 moment,

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.220
 he comes

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.799
 to seek

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.200
 and save

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.639
 what is

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.079
 lost.

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.079
 And that's

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.419
 why he

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.440
 says to

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.099
 Zacchaeus,

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.619
 I must

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.240
 stay at

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.659
 your house

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:18.039
 today.

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.079
 So do

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:23.579
 we see

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.700
 and do

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.440
 we hear

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.000
 what's being

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.639
 said to us

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.139
 this morning?

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.379
 Let me see

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.700
 if I can,

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.399
 as I end,

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.019
 which as you

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.159
 know,

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.559
 preachers,

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.859
 when they

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.819
 say when

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.859
 he's going

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.159
 to end,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.500
 that means

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.680
 you've got

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.079
 a long

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.019
 way to go.

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.319
 But do

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.659
 we hear

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:40.919
 it?

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.879
 Or have

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.359
 we lost

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.119
 confidence?

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.859
 Have we

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.480
 actually lost

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.819
 confidence that

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.680
 Jesus has

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.680
 come to

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.200
 seek and

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.599
 save the

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.000
 lost?

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.419
 Are there

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:55.159
 family members?

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.680
 Is there

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.359
 a spouse?

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.019
 Are there

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.659
 close friends

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.180
 for whom

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.460
 you have

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.019
 been praying

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.940
 for years

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.859
 and years

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.200
 that Jesus

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.859
 would rescue,

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.399
 and yet it

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.879
 seems that

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.139
 there's been

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.500
 nothing

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.920
 happening?

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.600
 Will I

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.259
 hold on

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.620
 to this

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.200
 assurance

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.780
 that Jesus

00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:14.759
 you have

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.300
 come to

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.759
 seek and

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.140
 save the

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.500
 lost?

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.240
 Even today?

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.740
 Think of it

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.120
 as well.

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.520
 Are we

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:23.920
 willing,

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.860
 even this

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.140
 morning,

00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:28.220
 are we

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.620
 willing to

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:28.940
 think of

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.600
 our own

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.780
 repentance

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.240
 in our

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.620
 life?

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.440
 I don't

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.780
 mean for

00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:33.080
 some of

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.660
 us the

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.000
 repentance

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.360
 that we

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.780
 exercise

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.240
 when we

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.540
 first came

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.299
 to faith?

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.200
 I mean

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.379
 the

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.799
 repentance

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:40.639
 of moment

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.180
 by moment,

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.700
 day by

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.039
 day.

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.440
 Or are

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.019
 there areas

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.339
 of our

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.839
 life that

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.200
 we're so

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.839
 scared to

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.519
 relinquish

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:49.420
 and so

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.839
 stubborn to

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.500
 relinquish

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.359
 that we're not

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.920
 interested in

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.759
 exploring repentance

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.240
 at all?

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.940
 Or do we

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.539
 fall into the

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.920
 trap of

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.119
 thinking,

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.420
 well,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.599
 okay,

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.319
 if I

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.359
 repent now,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.940
 the Lord

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.339
 will love

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.659
 me even

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.139
 more?

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.919
 Do I

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.899
 actively seek

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.439
 the ministry

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.759
 of the

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.559
 Spirit to

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.319
 help me

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:13.139
 repent,

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.939
 prompt me

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.519
 to repent,

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:16.659
 and enable

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.139
 me to

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.480
 repent?

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.199
 And let

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.419
 me ask

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:19.639
 another

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.019
 question,

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.240
 if I

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.459
 may.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.679
 Have we,

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.559
 and I

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.199
 include myself

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.619
 in this,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.240
 have we so

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.159
 spiritualized

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.599
 Christian

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.459
 discipleship

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:28.679
 as to

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:28.959
 make

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:29.480
 obedience

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.179
 to Christ

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:32.299
 only a

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.820
 private,

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.900
 personal,

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.759
 internal

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.240
 kind of

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.519
 thing?

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.279
 I mean,

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.320
 from what

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.840
 commentators

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.360
 tell us,

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.940
 Luke seems

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.380
 to have a

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.820
 particular

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.500
 interest in

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.160
 how Jesus

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.799
 relates to

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.220
 both the

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:47.080
 rich and

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.900
 especially to

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.440
 the poor.

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.340
 But am I?

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.380
 Am I

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.860
 interested in

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.060
 that?

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.700
 Look,

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.320
 this story of

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.900
 Zacchaeus is

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.600
 more than

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.400
 about economic

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.380
 social justice,

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.140
 but it's

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.759
 not less.

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:02.080
 And,

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.960
 look,

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.420
 I for one

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:03.900
 have no

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.380
 idea what

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.039
 economics is

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.360
 about,

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.380
 although I'm

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.539
 told economists

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.100
 don't have any

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.740
 idea either.

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.640
 And I,

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.039
 for one,

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.740
 am very

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.840
 reluctant to

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:14.000
 say this

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.660
 is the

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.180
 definitive

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.660
 Christian

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.340
 position on

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.220
 social justice.

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.380
 But look,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.960
 if we are

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.120
 saying to

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.779
 ourselves,

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.980
 Jesus is

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.759
 Lord over

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.640
 every square

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.580
 centimeter of

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.279
 existence,

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.379
 justice,

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.139
 then surely

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.859
 there must

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.399
 be some

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.920
 form of

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.639
 public and

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.559
 social theology

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.519
 which includes

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.440
 some forms of

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.859
 justice.

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.839
 But do we

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.379
 want that?

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.639
 Look,

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.440
 I ask these

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.059
 questions because

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.500
 for some of us,

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.960
 some of the

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.319
 time,

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.660
 it feels like

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.139
 we're bumping

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.660
 our heads.

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.839
 And we want

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.639
 a better way.

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.899
 And figuratively,

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.879
 we want the

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.480
 bumping as we're

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.119
 going down the

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.000
 stairs to stop.

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.119
 could this be

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.519
 the way?

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.400
 But finally,

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.279
 and this is my

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.200
 real finality

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.480
 here,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.740
 let me,

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.599
 can I just

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.160
 speak to maybe,

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.339
 maybe it's just

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.380
 a few this

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.660
 morning.

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.700
 Could I ask

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.500
 you to dare

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:12.380
 to imagine

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:14.799
 the story

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.339
 is true?

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.880
 I mean,

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.200
 what if,

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.200
 just for a

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.420
 moment,

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.400
 what if there

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.180
 really is someone

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.819
 who willingly

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.720
 sees you

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:26.039
 and knows

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.660
 fully who

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.120
 you are?

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.319
 And what if

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.779
 the same

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.680
 one knows

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.100
 you so

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.079
 fully that

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.920
 he's calling

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.880
 your name,

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.160
 not to crush

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.480
 you with

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.200
 condemnation,

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.700
 but to

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.220
 welcome you,

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.000
 to include

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.980
 you into

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.140
 the intimacy,

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.299
 I'll use the

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.160
 word friendship,

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.039
 which a meal

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.839
 itself suggests.

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:49.039
 What if the

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.860
 one who lowered

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.819
 the walls of

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.059
 Jericho so

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.940
 powerfully,

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.559
 graciously,

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.779
 has come

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:57.220
 to bring

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.720
 down the

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.200
 walls

00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.400
 that are

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.960
 keeping you

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.460
 from him?

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.059
 Imagine if

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.360
 there really

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:04.799
 is someone

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.160
 who not

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.100
 only seeks

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.519
 the lost,

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.900
 but actually

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.580
 can save

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.180
 the lost.

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.160
 What if he

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.779
 does this by

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.900
 calling you

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.799
 down from

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.340
 the tree

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:16.220
 because he

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.860
 himself is

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:18.400
 going up a

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.259
 particular tree?

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:21.980
 there's a

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.619
 poem by

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.799
 the 17th

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.079
 century

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.779
 English poet

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.500
 George Herbert

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.519
 in which he

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.299
 imaginatively

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:30.099
 pictures Jesus

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.740
 hanging on the

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.059
 cross,

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.099
 speaking to

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.680
 all those

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:32.920
 who are

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.619
 watching him

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.279
 die.

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.440
 And one

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.779
 line in

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.420
 particular reads

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.000
 like this,

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.680
 O all ye

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.579
 who pass by,

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.400
 behold and

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.740
 see,

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.440
 man stole

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.200
 the fruit,

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.720
 but I must

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.920
 climb the

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.279
 tree,

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.480
 the tree

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.960
 of life

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.700
 to all,

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.599
 but not

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.139
 for me,

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.440
 was ever

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.539
 grief like

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.920
 mine.

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.379
 See,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.759
 the tree

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.180
 that Jesus

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.799
 climbed,

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.460
 no one

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.819
 else could

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.119
 climb,

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.920
 the tree

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.579
 of shame

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.519
 and substitutionary

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.879
 death,

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.819
 namely the

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.480
 Roman cross

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.859
 on which

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.579
 Jesus died.

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.839
 What if

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.139
 he did

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.480
 this?

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.099
 This is

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.319
 what I'm

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.700
 asking you

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.200
 to at

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.359
 least

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.039
 imaginatively

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.619
 consider.

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.720
 What if

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.039
 he did

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.720
 this to

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.480
 save and

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.139
 rescue people

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.920
 and not to

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.279
 bring them

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.920
 into some

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:17.220
 inner mystical

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.879
 sense of

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.339
 well-being,

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.220
 but actually

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.359
 to restore

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.839
 them in

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.359
 relationship

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.220
 to God,

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.680
 Father,

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:23.940
 Son,

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.460
 and Spirit,

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.639
 and to

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.879
 restore people

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:28.519
 to a new

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.019
 community

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.279
 in preparation

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.000
 for a new

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.720
 creation.

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.859
 And what if

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.460
 he wants

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:35.539
 is for a

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.379
 heartfelt trust

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.879
 and active

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.319
 repentance,

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.940
 not because

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.879
 trust and

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.440
 repentance

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.639
 earn his

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.079
 love and

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.480
 acceptance,

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.200
 but his

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.819
 love and

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.439
 acceptance

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:46.480
 initiate

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.359
 such

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.779
 repentance?

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.240
 Could it

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.599
 be this

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.859
 morning?

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.519
 Possibly.

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.939
 This story

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.399
 from Luke's

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.319
 gospel is

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.960
 the precise

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.659
 means by

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.240
 which Jesus

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.879
 is right

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.299
 here and

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.480
 now seeking

00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:01.279
 you so

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.740
 as to

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.599
 save and

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.399
 restore you.

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.720
 Actually,

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.279
 to seek and

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.799
 save all of

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.059
 us.

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.359
 To stop

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.279
 this existential

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:09.539
 and experiential

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.059
 bumping,

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.000
 to bring in

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.619
 a new and

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.219
 better way.

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:14.439
 what if

00:34:14.439 --> 00:34:18.659
 what if

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.079
 we don't

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.719
 have to

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.519
 climb any

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.959
 kind of

00:34:21.959 --> 00:34:22.679
 tree to

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.419
 see Jesus

00:34:23.419 --> 00:34:25.219
 because

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.919
 he

00:34:26.919 --> 00:34:28.259
 has come

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.319
 down to

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.459
 us and

00:34:30.459 --> 00:34:31.219
 calls us

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:33.279
 down to

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:34.719
 see and

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.379
 hear him.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.599
 Let's pray

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.899
 together.

00:34:38.899 --> 00:34:38.980
 Amen.

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:38.980


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00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:47.679
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.059
 in your

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.719
 kindness and

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.159
 mercy to

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:50.419
 us, we

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:50.939
 who often

00:34:50.939 --> 00:34:51.959
 wander and

00:34:51.959 --> 00:34:52.519
 are so

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:54.619
 confused and

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:54.980
 are so

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:57.599
 tired, you

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.459
 who are the

00:34:58.459 --> 00:34:59.039
 son of man,

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.480
 you who are

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.319
 the seeker and

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:03.219
 saver, please

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.759
 work your

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.739
 gracious and

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.279
 yet also

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:06.199
 sovereign power

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:08.259
 to rescue

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:08.819
 the likes of

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.539
 us, to

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.919
 keep us

00:35:09.919 --> 00:35:11.480
 going, and

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.019
 to bring in

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.579
 the fullness

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.939
 of your

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:14.239
 sovereign

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.679
 intention.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.079
 Amen.

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.199
 Amen.

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.219
 Amen.

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.219