WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.919 through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:12.820 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short, he could not see over the crowd. 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:19.699 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:26.980 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and he said to him, Zacchaeus, come down immediately. 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:33.219 I must stay at your house today. So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 00:00:34.259 --> 00:00:40.420 All the people saw this and began to mutter, he has gone to be the guest of a sinner. 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:48.579 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, look, Lord, here and now I give half of my possessions 00:00:48.579 --> 00:00:56.200 to the poor. And if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount. 00:00:56.979 --> 00:01:04.379 Jesus said to him, today's salvation has come to this house because this man too is a son of Abraham. 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:08.899 For the son of man came to seek and to save the lost. 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:21.500 Thank you, Louise. 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.719 Well, let's pray as we look at his word. 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:28.719 Thank you. 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:30.719 Thank you. 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:31.719 Thank you. 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:33.719 Thank you. 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:34.719 Thank you. 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:35.719 Thank you. 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:36.719 Thank you. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:37.719 Thank you. 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:38.719 Thank you. 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:45.379 Father, we reminded ourselves at the very outset this morning that you are the creator God. 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:51.959 The one who sits enthroned, who is Lord over all things. 00:01:53.879 --> 00:02:00.340 And so we come afresh and, as it were, bow before you in our hearts. 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:09.159 Father, we submit to you because we want to listen to your voice. 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:17.719 We do not want to have a hardened heart, but a humble heart. 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:24.719 Father, speak your truth into our lives. 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:31.039 And change us as we seek to follow you. 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.759 In your name we pray. 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:34.960 Amen. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:43.480 The other day I received a really nice phone call. 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:49.620 Johnny, I'd like to welcome you to come and watch Munster. 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:59.680 We're going to meet beforehand for a pre-match dinner, meet some of the players, and then watch the game afterwards. 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.879 And I arrived and I met my host. 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.400 Johnny, it's great to see you. 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:07.240 You are so welcome. 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.740 I'm glad you could make it. 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:12.900 And to top it all off, it was free. 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.500 I didn't have to pay a penny for the whole night. 00:03:16.939 --> 00:03:19.879 It was all paid for by my host. 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:25.019 It's great to receive those kind of welcomes. 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:31.680 And we love it when somebody says to us, you are so, so welcome. 00:03:33.519 --> 00:03:39.960 Well, as we journey through Luke, we have received a great welcome. 00:03:40.579 --> 00:03:43.379 Look at chapter 19 and verse 1. 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:49.939 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:56.840 He's passing through Jericho because Jesus is on the way to somewhere else. 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:59.199 Well, where's he going? 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:02.500 Well, just have a look back a few verses. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:06.099 Chapter 18, verse 31. 00:04:09.519 --> 00:04:12.419 Jesus took the 12 aside and told them, 00:04:12.419 --> 00:04:15.759 We are going up to Jerusalem. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.279 That's where Jesus is going. 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:23.579 And everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man, 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.839 that Jesus will be fulfilled. 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:28.500 He will be handed over to the Gentiles. 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.459 They will mock him, insult him, and spit on him. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.240 They will flog him and kill him. 00:04:35.979 --> 00:04:38.899 On the third day, he will rise again. 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:43.359 You see, Jesus is on the way to the cross. 00:04:44.459 --> 00:04:46.299 He's on the way to Jerusalem. 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:49.639 At Jerusalem, Jesus is going to die. 00:04:49.739 --> 00:04:51.879 He's going to die for his people. 00:04:52.419 --> 00:04:55.139 And as he makes his way to Jerusalem, 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.939 he's inviting people. 00:04:58.060 --> 00:04:59.599 He's welcoming people. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.279 Saying, come to me. 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:06.059 Chapter 19, verse 10. 00:05:07.659 --> 00:05:14.079 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 00:05:14.299 --> 00:05:17.439 Jesus has come to find people like us. 00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:19.419 To save us through his death. 00:05:19.739 --> 00:05:21.519 He's come to welcome people. 00:05:22.099 --> 00:05:26.239 People from all kinds of different backgrounds and nations and languages. 00:05:26.739 --> 00:05:28.559 People from all over the world. 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.660 He says, come, I want to welcome you. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:37.060 Well, let's see how this welcome is true. 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:43.480 First, Jesus welcomes the lost. 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.420 Let's have a look at the lost. 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:49.340 Verse 2, chapter 19. 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.259 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:56.480 Now, Zacchaeus means righteous one. 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.259 But he lived nothing like it. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:03.140 Despicable one would have been a better title for this guy. 00:06:04.140 --> 00:06:08.120 He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:12.980 Now, when you hear tax collector, just think scumbag. 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:15.400 They worked for the enemy. 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:17.680 The occupying Roman authorities. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.520 The job of a tax collector was to collect tax from anyone 00:06:21.520 --> 00:06:23.819 coming into the city to do trade. 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:29.240 So you could imagine, here's Alex coming in with all his freshly cut logs. 00:06:29.599 --> 00:06:32.420 Ten bags worth as he makes his way into the city. 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:33.759 Meet Zacchaeus. 00:06:34.019 --> 00:06:36.680 He says, ah, I'll take some of them. 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:40.699 Take one bag for the authorities and I'll have two for myself. 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:49.060 And as a chief tax collector, Zacchaeus saw over the whole region. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:53.319 And what was worse was how he made money. 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:55.620 Oh, he said it was for the authorities. 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:58.519 But always pocketed a bit more. 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.620 They charged people an extra amount. 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.740 And if anybody disagreed with you, well, you just got in touch with the Romans. 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:10.779 You wouldn't mess with them. 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:13.560 You gave what Zacchaeus asked for. 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:17.439 Now, Zacchaeus might have been hated by the people, 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:21.500 but it made him an extremely wealthy man. 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:25.079 But for all of his wealth that he had gathered, 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.980 the position and power that he held, 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:29.680 he was not content. 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:31.779 He was lost. 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:34.740 Money he has, 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:37.279 but he's not satisfied. 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:39.579 Power he has, 00:07:40.340 --> 00:07:42.060 but he's not fulfilled. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:44.759 Well, how do we know that? 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:46.220 Well, look at verse 3. 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:51.639 He wanted to see who Jesus was. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:54.319 Well, people who have everything, 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:55.840 have everything. 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:57.699 They don't need to see somebody. 00:07:58.459 --> 00:08:00.680 But this guy wants to see Jesus. 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:02.360 Not what he looks like, 00:08:03.899 --> 00:08:06.560 but what Jesus could do for him. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:09.519 For Zacchaeus, his life is empty. 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.379 He has needs that money can't buy. 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:17.659 He wanted to see Jesus, verse 3, 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:19.659 but because he was short, 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:22.659 he could not see over the crowd. 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:26.719 Zacchaeus was used to looking down on people 00:08:26.719 --> 00:08:28.519 because of his position and power. 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.439 But once he's in the crowd, 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.879 once we see him amongst the people, 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:37.519 we see him as he really is. 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:40.179 He's not just small in stature. 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:43.139 He's small in himself. 00:08:44.199 --> 00:08:45.179 He is nothing. 00:08:45.319 --> 00:08:46.319 He has nothing. 00:08:47.419 --> 00:08:49.299 He's a lost soul 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:51.740 amongst all the people. 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:55.700 Second, 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:57.899 the welcome. 00:08:58.580 --> 00:08:59.340 Verse 4. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:04.039 So we ran ahead, 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:06.120 climbed the sycamore tree, 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.080 which could grow to about 60 feet tall. 00:09:09.180 --> 00:09:10.700 They were evergreen trees. 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:13.580 Climbed the tree to see Jesus 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:15.480 since Jesus was coming that way. 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.120 Now, when we read that, 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:18.759 and we've probably, 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:20.279 some of us heard that 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:21.279 and seen pictures 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:23.680 in our little story books from home, 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:25.080 you kind of have this picture 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:26.060 of this little guy 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:27.779 in a small tree 00:09:27.779 --> 00:09:30.220 kind of making himself visible to Jesus. 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:31.720 So as Jesus comes along, 00:09:32.060 --> 00:09:33.340 Jesus kind of sees him 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:35.080 before he even reaches there. 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.519 But remember, 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:38.240 he's a chief tax collector. 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:40.360 He's hated by the people. 00:09:40.820 --> 00:09:42.500 Jesus would want nothing to do 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:43.600 with people like him. 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.820 So he thought. 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:46.240 The point is, 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:47.259 he's up in the tree 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:48.659 hiding himself. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.620 He can see Jesus, 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.840 but he thinks Jesus can't see him. 00:09:55.920 --> 00:09:56.680 Verse 5. 00:09:57.500 --> 00:09:59.600 When Jesus reached the spot, 00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:02.399 he looked up 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.600 and said to him, 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:07.300 Zacchaeus, come down immediately. 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.980 I must stay at your house today. 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.019 We've got to get the picture here. 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:14.840 Jesus is walking along. 00:10:14.939 --> 00:10:15.659 He stops, 00:10:16.439 --> 00:10:17.199 looks up, 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:20.100 and says to him, 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:21.559 come down. 00:10:22.340 --> 00:10:23.500 What a welcome 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:24.579 for Zacchaeus 00:10:24.579 --> 00:10:25.419 to have received. 00:10:25.819 --> 00:10:26.980 Come down. 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:29.620 I must stay at your house. 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:31.319 Now normally, 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:32.519 it's the other way around, 00:10:32.579 --> 00:10:33.059 isn't it? 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.840 You welcome people 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.539 to your house. 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:36.740 It's a bit rude to say, 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:37.639 if I were to turn around 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:38.059 and say to you, 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:39.539 I'm coming to your house 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:39.980 for dinner. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:42.779 But here, 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.019 Jesus stops 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:45.219 and welcomes him. 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:46.360 He says, 00:10:46.439 --> 00:10:46.899 Zacchaeus, 00:10:46.959 --> 00:10:48.719 I'm coming to your house. 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:50.699 You see, 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:52.199 it's not that Zacchaeus 00:10:52.199 --> 00:10:53.519 is seeking out Jesus. 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:55.379 In some sense, 00:10:55.439 --> 00:10:55.980 he is. 00:10:56.500 --> 00:10:57.599 But it's Jesus 00:10:57.599 --> 00:10:59.419 who is seeking out Zacchaeus 00:10:59.419 --> 00:10:59.939 because, 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:00.639 verse 10, 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.939 the Son of Man 00:11:01.939 --> 00:11:03.080 came to seek 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:04.399 and save the lost. 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.379 Jesus knows he's there. 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:10.539 He's not hiding from Jesus. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.559 Jesus can see him. 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:14.740 Jesus has come 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.899 to welcome him. 00:11:18.580 --> 00:11:20.639 So the lost are welcome 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.120 because, 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:22.860 third, 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:24.819 of God's grace. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:26.319 Look at verse 7. 00:11:27.319 --> 00:11:29.120 All the people saw this 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.159 and began to mutter, 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:33.259 he has gone to be 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:33.879 the guest 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.440 of a sinner. 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:37.399 Jesus, 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:38.500 you can't 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.720 welcome people 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:40.659 like that. 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:42.299 This shouldn't happen. 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.060 He's a cheating thief. 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:45.560 He's a scumbag. 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.080 Rather than be welcomed, 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:48.700 he needs to be condemned. 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:51.539 Rather than grace, 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:53.240 this guy needs 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:54.259 to be punished. 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:57.539 Now, 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:58.939 this is not the first time 00:11:58.939 --> 00:12:00.220 people have objected 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:01.860 to Jesus welcoming people. 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:04.019 Keep your finger there 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.939 in chapter 19 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:06.000 and just jump back 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.039 a couple of chapters. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.819 Chapter 15 00:12:08.819 --> 00:12:10.220 and verse 2. 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.700 It introduces 00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:15.860 a very well-known section 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:17.620 about the lost 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:19.039 coin 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:20.519 and the lost son, 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.519 the lost sheep. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.639 chapter 15 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.399 verse 1. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:27.360 Now, 00:12:27.439 --> 00:12:28.480 the tax collectors, 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:30.759 those notorious 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:32.439 stealing thieves, 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:34.439 and the sinners, 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.779 all those people 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:36.699 who were thought of 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:38.860 as morally dubious, 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:39.980 well, 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.039 they were all gathering 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:42.699 around to hear Jesus. 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.939 But the Pharisees 00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:45.059 and teachers of the law, 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.379 the religious folks, 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:47.480 the good people, 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.519 muttered to themselves, 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.500 this man welcomes sinners 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.799 and eats with them. 00:12:57.199 --> 00:12:58.659 And in response, 00:12:58.860 --> 00:12:59.720 Jesus would tell 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.659 three stories 00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:01.980 to explain 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.059 that Jesus comes 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:03.779 to seek 00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:05.199 and save the lost. 00:13:06.199 --> 00:13:07.019 Jesus has come 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.819 for sinners, 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:10.100 people like Zacchaeus, 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:12.539 people like you 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:13.740 and me. 00:13:14.939 --> 00:13:17.000 Because the point is, 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:19.600 we are just like Zacchaeus. 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:21.960 we are all lost people. 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.920 We all find our identity 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:25.320 in things 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.399 and other people. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.100 We all search 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:29.279 for joy and happiness 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:30.460 in people, 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.240 in places. 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:33.060 We're lost 00:13:33.060 --> 00:13:35.480 until Jesus 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.740 finds us. 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:39.759 Just last week, 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.279 a young man 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.980 by the name 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.440 of Cain McCormack 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:44.960 was found 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.120 murdered in a field 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:47.399 in County Meath. 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.439 You might have seen 00:13:48.439 --> 00:13:49.259 it on the news. 00:13:49.959 --> 00:13:50.480 He's linked 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.399 to the notorious 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.240 Hutch gang 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.000 involved in the drugs trade, 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.399 awaiting trial 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.439 for being in possession 00:13:57.439 --> 00:13:58.039 of a gun 00:13:58.039 --> 00:13:58.740 and ammunition. 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:00.699 Now, 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.519 how would you feel 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:02.199 about Jesus 00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:02.899 coming along 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.480 and welcoming 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.319 somebody like 00:14:04.319 --> 00:14:05.459 Cain McCormack? 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:07.079 Oh, 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:08.139 I mean, 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:09.600 welcoming 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.840 for some people, 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.159 but 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.179 people like that? 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:15.620 that shouldn't happen. 00:14:16.239 --> 00:14:17.559 He's a cheating thief. 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.979 He's a scumbag. 00:14:19.339 --> 00:14:20.439 Rather than welcomed, 00:14:20.719 --> 00:14:21.839 he needs to be condemned. 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:23.699 Rather than be shown grace, 00:14:23.979 --> 00:14:25.279 he needs to be punished. 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.479 Well, 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.839 Jesus came for people 00:14:30.839 --> 00:14:31.799 just like Cain. 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.059 And he came for lost people 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.899 like you and me. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:38.379 You see, 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.939 unless we see 00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:41.439 ourselves as lost, 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:44.000 as long as you 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.840 see yourself 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:45.840 better than 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:47.340 everybody else 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:50.279 and kind of 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.639 look down 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.240 on those 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:53.100 who don't quite 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.899 have it together, 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:56.340 we will never 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.899 ever experience 00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:58.500 that warm 00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.620 welcome of Jesus 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:01.460 who says, 00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.199 I'm coming 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:03.919 to stay with you. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:08.419 So first, 00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:09.379 Jesus comes 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.240 to welcome 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:10.919 the lost. 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:13.099 Second, 00:15:14.319 --> 00:15:15.339 the lost 00:15:15.339 --> 00:15:16.759 welcome 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.579 Jesus. 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.699 First, 00:15:19.839 --> 00:15:20.059 look 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:21.419 at how 00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.120 Zacchaeus 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.019 responds. 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.379 Jesus said 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.819 to him 00:15:25.819 --> 00:15:28.379 in verse 5, 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.699 Zacchaeus, 00:15:29.959 --> 00:15:30.879 come down 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.539 immediately, 00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.959 I must 00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:33.679 stay at your 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.099 house 00:15:34.099 --> 00:15:34.919 today. 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:36.679 So he 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.479 came down 00:15:37.479 --> 00:15:38.059 at once 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:39.639 and welcomed 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.299 him gladly. 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.779 Now, 00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.359 when Jesus 00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:43.979 says, 00:15:44.939 --> 00:15:45.539 I must 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.259 stay 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.799 at your 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:47.159 house, 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.819 Zacchaeus, 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.120 he's literally 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.599 saying, 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.159 Zacchaeus, 00:15:50.359 --> 00:15:50.879 I need 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.179 somewhere 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.959 to lodge. 00:15:52.739 --> 00:15:53.319 I don't 00:15:53.319 --> 00:15:53.799 have somewhere 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:54.279 to stay, 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.059 I need 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.399 somewhere 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.139 to sleep. 00:15:57.459 --> 00:15:58.120 He's not 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.719 just popping 00:15:58.719 --> 00:15:59.599 in for a 00:15:59.599 --> 00:16:00.120 five-minute 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.740 cup of tea 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.299 and then off 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:01.659 again. 00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:03.120 Jesus 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.579 needs 00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:03.899 somewhere 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.759 to stay. 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.000 He hasn't 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.679 got a 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.000 home. 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.459 It's the 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:09.179 same idea 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:10.019 when we 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.539 read at the 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.159 very beginning 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.740 of Luke's 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.019 gospel, 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.719 when Mary 00:16:12.719 --> 00:16:13.240 and Joseph 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.779 were looking 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.279 for somewhere 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.860 to lodge, 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.179 there was 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.079 nowhere to 00:16:17.079 --> 00:16:17.519 stay, 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:18.740 nobody who 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.919 would welcome 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.639 them. 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:22.860 You see, 00:16:22.939 --> 00:16:23.579 Jesus has 00:16:23.579 --> 00:16:25.019 come seeking 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.980 those who 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:27.500 will welcome 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:27.839 him, 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.819 who will 00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.959 receive him. 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.980 So not 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.519 only does 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.040 Zacchaeus 00:16:32.040 --> 00:16:32.639 turn around 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.040 to say 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:33.540 to Jesus, 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.200 you're 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.540 welcome 00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:35.000 to my 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.420 house, 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.480 Zacchaeus 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.780 in a 00:16:36.780 --> 00:16:37.240 sense is 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.580 saying, 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.440 Jesus, 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:39.000 you are 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.519 welcome 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.660 to my 00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:41.220 life. 00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.200 He is 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.840 obeying 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.460 the call 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.120 to follow 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.560 Jesus. 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.280 When Jesus 00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:47.720 says, 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.860 come down, 00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:49.660 what does 00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:50.040 it say, 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.639 verse 6? 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.740 He came 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.300 down at 00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.100 once, 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.820 immediately. 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.080 There's 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.780 no delay. 00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:57.519 It's an 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.940 act of 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.879 obedience to 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.320 the call 00:16:59.320 --> 00:16:59.860 of Jesus. 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:01.760 He's 00:17:01.760 --> 00:17:02.260 now going 00:17:02.260 --> 00:17:02.740 to follow 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.640 the priorities 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:04.200 of Jesus. 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.120 No longer 00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:05.480 is he 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:05.820 saying, 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.920 what do 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.680 I want? 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.519 What can 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.000 I do 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.539 with my 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.960 life? 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.539 But it's 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:11.820 now, 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.340 what does 00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:12.759 Jesus 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.380 desire 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.299 for me? 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.500 Zacchaeus 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.200 will learn 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.620 as he 00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.460 begins to 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.980 follow the 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.380 road of 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.180 discipleship, 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.039 I now 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.840 die to 00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.860 self and 00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.900 live for 00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.480 Christ. 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.779 So 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.440 Zacchaeus 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.080 gives the 00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:29.600 welcome. 00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:30.440 He 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.600 receives 00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:32.519 Jesus. 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.880 But not 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.559 only that, 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.100 look at 00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:36.759 the joy, 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.880 verse 6. 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.799 He came 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.259 down at 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:42.160 once and 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.100 welcomed him 00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:44.080 gladly or 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:45.120 joyfully. 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:46.720 You see, 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.820 welcoming Jesus 00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.580 is not a 00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.220 drudgery, 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.880 it's a 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.340 joy. 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.840 No longer 00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.460 does he have 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.120 to hide 00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.940 from Jesus, 00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:56.000 he can now 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.779 welcome him 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.379 gladly. 00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.599 The fear, 00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.639 the guilt, 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.519 the shame 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:01.480 of hiding 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.019 away, 00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.680 it's now 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.440 all gone, 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.000 do you see? 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.399 And in 00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.099 its place 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.039 is acceptance 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.399 and belonging 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.799 and salvation. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:10.899 salvation. 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.180 When we 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.819 come to 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.279 Jesus, 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.279 when we 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.259 receive him 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.579 as 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.319 saviour, 00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.180 we are 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:20.460 truly fulfilled 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.319 and satisfied 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.119 for we 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.960 experience 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.500 forgiveness 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.379 of all 00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:25.000 our sins 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.159 and peace 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:27.299 floods our 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.759 life. 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.440 Zacchaeus 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.079 may lose 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.779 his position 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.460 and power, 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.359 but you 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:35.759 know what? 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.659 He's gained 00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.919 new life 00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:39.539 and eternal 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.139 treasures. 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.919 it's not 00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:44.319 judgment 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.379 in meeting 00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:46.859 Jesus, 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.440 it's joy. 00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:50.259 It's not 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.419 condemnation 00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.579 when we 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.419 welcome Jesus, 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.579 it's 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.339 celebration. 00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:59.059 So Zacchaeus 00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.659 welcomes 00:18:59.659 --> 00:19:01.659 and it is 00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.379 a joyful 00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:03.000 occasion. 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.099 transformation. 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.019 But third, 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.680 look at the 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.680 transformation. 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.140 Look at what 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.420 happens when 00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.319 we welcome 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:12.160 Jesus. 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.319 Look at 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.900 verse 8. 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.259 Zacchaeus 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.839 stood up 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.299 and said 00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.640 to the 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:18.960 Lord, 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.440 look Lord, 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.279 here and 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.880 now I 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.599 give half 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.000 of my 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.480 possessions 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.000 to the 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.319 poor, 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.519 and if 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.779 I've 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.079 cheated 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.779 anybody 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.299 out of 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.759 anything, 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.119 I will 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.740 pay back 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.799 four times 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.519 the amount. 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.019 the law 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.680 actually said 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.119 if you look 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.680 in Numbers 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.799 chapter 5, 00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.339 I think it is 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.940 verse 7, 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.079 it said that 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.859 you are required 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.500 to pay back 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.420 a fifth. 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.420 But here it's 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:44.400 like four times 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.139 the amount. 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.579 This is well 00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.539 over and above 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.299 all that he 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.119 should be paying. 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.220 What a 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.119 transformation 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:53.659 to this 00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.119 man's 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.419 life. 00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:55.119 He has 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.359 been 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.099 completely 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.459 and 00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:56.899 utterly 00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.759 changed. 00:19:58.659 --> 00:19:59.000 Again, 00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.319 look at 00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.699 verse 8, 00:19:59.739 --> 00:20:00.059 he says, 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.019 right now, 00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:01.659 here and 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:01.979 now, 00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.939 I give 00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:03.759 half of 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.000 my 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.519 possessions 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.500 to the 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.799 poor. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.500 All that 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.739 I've 00:20:07.739 --> 00:20:08.579 accumulated, 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.239 I'm going 00:20:10.239 --> 00:20:10.819 to go and 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.479 give all 00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:11.859 of that 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.399 to those 00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.000 who don't 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.359 have. 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.599 And more 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.079 than that, 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.039 I'm going 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.500 to pay 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.219 back four 00:20:18.219 --> 00:20:18.739 times the 00:20:18.739 --> 00:20:19.139 amount to 00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:19.879 anybody I 00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.819 meet now 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.259 and in 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.759 the future 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.119 that I 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.679 come across 00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.099 a meat 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.379 on the 00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:23.759 road that 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.039 I've 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.919 cheated or 00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.240 diddled 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.539 with, 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.419 I am 00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:26.899 going to 00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.480 give them 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.299 everything 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.379 back four 00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.200 times the 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.599 amount. 00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.179 So Alex, 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.480 you're going 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.679 to get 00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.299 extra logs, 00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:33.819 don't worry. 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.759 It'll all 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.159 be paid 00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.559 back. 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.500 So no 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.119 longer is 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.019 Zacchaeus a 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.480 lying, 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.139 greedy, 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.119 cheating 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:43.240 scumbag. 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.960 He is a 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.539 joyful, 00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.779 generous, 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.740 giving 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.939 child of 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.339 God. 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:51.059 You see, 00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.919 it's impossible 00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.899 for us to 00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.759 welcome 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.839 Jesus and 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:56.179 receive Jesus 00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:57.639 and not 00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.559 be changed. 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.859 He transforms 00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.899 us into 00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.819 people who 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.619 are generous 00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:05.959 givers rather 00:21:05.959 --> 00:21:07.019 than greedy 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.139 hoarders. 00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.699 He releases 00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:10.519 our pockets. 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.419 He opens 00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.720 our wallets. 00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:14.839 He enables 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.859 us to give 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.599 in ways that 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.019 we never 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.759 thought possible. 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.920 He changes 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:20.440 us from 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.220 the inside 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.720 out. 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.640 Now what 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.440 Jesus did 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.440 for Zacchaeus, 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.259 he does 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.920 for us. 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.400 We can't 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.140 literally 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.339 welcome 00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.680 Jesus into 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.359 our home, 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:39.019 but we do 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.940 welcome him 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.079 into our 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.440 lives. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.339 As he seeks 00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:43.000 for us and 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.039 looks for us 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.000 and welcomes 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.960 us, the way 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.680 we respond 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.200 is to say, 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.779 yes, I 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.500 receive, I 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.420 welcome you. 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.640 In John's 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.360 account of 00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.240 the gospel, 00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.140 Jesus makes 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.920 a promise 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.860 to all who 00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.660 receive him. 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.240 It comes 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.720 from John 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.579 14, verse 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.440 23, it's 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.759 on the 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.160 screen. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.740 Jesus said, 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.400 anyone who 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.279 loves me 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.779 will obey 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:10.100 my teaching. 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:12.219 my father 00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:12.899 will love 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:14.459 them and 00:22:14.459 --> 00:22:14.919 we will 00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.539 come to 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.980 them and 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.839 make our 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.259 home with 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.559 them. 00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.259 The father 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.919 and the 00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:25.639 son, by 00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.359 the holy 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:28.339 spirit, will 00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.980 take up 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:30.439 residence in 00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:31.199 our lives. 00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:32.119 When we 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.980 turn our 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.919 life over to 00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.339 the lord 00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:36.259 Jesus, it's 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.639 saying he 00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.339 will come 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.819 to us. 00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.559 God 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.220 literally 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:41.019 lives within 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.319 us. 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.419 He moves 00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:43.359 into our 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.819 lives. 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.579 He comes 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.359 into the 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.839 home of 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.439 our lives, 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.740 not just 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.199 to leave 00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.559 us the 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.939 way that 00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:49.480 we are, 00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.619 but by 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.240 his holy 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.919 spirit, he 00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:52.559 begins to 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.720 change us 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.839 and transform 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.500 us to 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.480 obey Jesus 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.959 and to 00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.299 live for 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.980 his glory. 00:22:57.980 --> 00:23:01.740 God 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:01.900 now, do 00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.180 you see 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.640 how all 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:02.839 this 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.400 happens? 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.799 Jesus 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.460 didn't just 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.000 come along 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.860 to Zacchaeus 00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.980 and spy him 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.299 up the 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.700 tree and 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.319 say, you 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.019 know, Zacchaeus 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.599 come down, 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.319 I want to 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.740 come to 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.180 your house, 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.579 I want to 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.099 stay with 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.900 you, but 00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.519 first of 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.640 all, I 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.140 want you to 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.519 go and 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.140 tidy your 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.779 life up a 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.160 bit because 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.599 it's a 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.000 desperate 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.420 mess. 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:21.819 I 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.400 possibly 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.779 couldn't 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.200 be seen 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.720 with somebody 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.319 like you. 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.200 Start 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.759 giving to 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.240 the poor, 00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.420 start dealing 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.000 with people 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.300 in the 00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.720 right way, 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.700 let me 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.840 see that 00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.279 you're living 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.700 the right 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.240 way and 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.539 then I'll 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.940 come and 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.420 stay with 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.640 you. 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.800 No, Jesus 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:38.019 says, I'm 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.060 coming to 00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.480 your house 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.960 today, right 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.320 now, the 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.980 way you are, 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.519 the mess 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.860 that you 00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.400 are, the 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.900 way people 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.420 think of 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.039 you, I 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.600 am coming 00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.340 to you 00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.519 right now. 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.779 And then 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.640 the change 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.259 in his 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.440 life begins. 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.279 You see, 00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.180 God never 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.960 ever says 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.519 to us, 00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.680 look, you 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.060 need to 00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.640 change your 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.299 life first. 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.880 You need 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.340 to sort 00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.740 out that 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.360 mess and 00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.940 that sin 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.200 in your 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.860 life, get 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.200 it all 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.980 organized, get 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.279 it all 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.960 right, and 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.360 then I 00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.740 will come 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.160 to you. 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.980 No, he 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.920 first comes 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.440 and takes 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.200 up residence 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.840 in our 00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.740 lives, and 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.340 then he 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.920 begins to 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.560 change us 00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:16.039 bit by 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.120 bit, changing 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.080 us, transforming 00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:19.120 us to be 00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.720 more like 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.000 him. 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.140 You see, if 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.480 we have 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.940 welcomed 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:26.840 Jesus, the 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.299 sorts of 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.759 things we 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.299 will see in 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.940 our life is 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.799 ongoing 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.259 radical change. 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.380 And that's 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.640 a good 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.299 question for 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.940 us to ask 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.480 right now. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.519 Do you 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.080 see radical 00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.940 change in 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.660 your life? 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.500 Because Jesus 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.680 is at work 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.299 within you. 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.539 To those 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.180 closest to 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.880 you, does 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.559 your spouse, 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.220 do your 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.920 children say, 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.779 you're changing, 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.519 you're different? 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:54.299 that's what 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.960 happens when 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.779 God moves 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.099 in. 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.700 He goes 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.480 into every 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.139 room of 00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.680 our lives. 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.759 No door 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.279 is left 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.839 closed. 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.759 And he 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.680 changes us. 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.079 That is 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.779 something to 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.559 be joyful 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.660 about. 00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.059 So, 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.099 Jesus 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.839 welcomes 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.500 the lost. 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.400 The lost 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.220 welcomed 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.680 Jesus. 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:23.440 And this 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.319 is surprising 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.240 salvation. 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.460 This 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.119 account of 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.859 Zacchaeus, 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.480 perhaps well 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.980 known to 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.599 many of us, 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.460 is really 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.139 surprising. 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.480 We can 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.059 understand 00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.740 Zacchaeus 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.519 wanting to 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.519 see Jesus. 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.660 But just 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.240 think about 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.460 it. 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.900 Jesus 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.819 wanting to 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.519 stay with 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.240 Zacchaeus? 00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.160 He's a 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.759 notorious 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.700 thief and 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.319 a traitor. 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.839 You could 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.700 never trust 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:49.900 him. 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.580 Everybody 00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.360 hates 00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.600 him. 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.080 He 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.740 deserves 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.780 condemnation, 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.080 not salvation. 00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.640 But, 00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.420 look at 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.019 verse 9, 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.120 Jesus said 00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.460 to him, 00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:00.100 today salvation 00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.820 has come to 00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.360 this house 00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.340 because this 00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.140 man too 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:04.080 is a son 00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.640 of Abraham. 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.100 Jesus is 00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.340 saying, 00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.220 I accept 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.540 him. 00:26:10.040 --> 00:26:11.000 I welcome 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.420 him. 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.420 God 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.420 to 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.480 God. 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.680 How could 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.080 Jesus 00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.660 possibly 00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.340 say that? 00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:16.039 Well, 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.720 look at 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.279 verse 10. 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.480 Because, 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.880 or for, 00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.220 the son 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.740 of man, 00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.120 that's 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.460 Jesus, 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.180 came to 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.340 seek and 00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.000 to save 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.140 the lost. 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.640 That 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.320 verse 10 00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.840 is so 00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.920 crucial to 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.380 the whole 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.580 of Luke's 00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.940 account. 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.060 It 00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.940 summarises 00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.400 what the 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.539 whole gospel 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.160 is about. 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:39.040 this is 00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.660 the mission 00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.180 of Jesus. 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.600 This is 00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.180 why he 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.540 came. 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.279 This is 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.240 why he 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.640 died. 00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.920 He came 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.860 to welcome 00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.420 those, 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.440 the kind 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.980 of people 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.800 we think 00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.320 should be 00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.920 excluded 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.440 and written 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.900 off. 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.500 Let's 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.800 look at 00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.279 verse 10 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.840 just a little 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.240 bit more 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.759 closely. 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.940 Do you 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.320 see what 00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.700 it says 00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:58.900 there, 00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.580 the son 00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.120 of man? 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.519 We've 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.100 come across 00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.500 that a 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.960 number of 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.320 times. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.660 It's the 00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.220 way Jesus 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.980 refers to 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.460 himself. 00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.300 He 00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:06.620 calls 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.000 himself 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.500 the son 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.019 of man. 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.599 It's a 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.559 title given 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.240 to somebody 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.420 who comes 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.680 before God. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.440 And we're 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.039 told where 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.599 that first 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.980 happens. 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.440 If you go 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.859 back in 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.720 your Bible, 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.140 keep your 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.660 finger in 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.759 chapter 19 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.299 of Luke 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.940 and go 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.440 back to 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.000 Daniel 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.220 chapter 7. 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.880 Daniel 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.859 chapter 7. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.720 I haven't 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.259 got a page 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.500 number. 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.920 If somebody 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.440 gets it, 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.680 that would 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.099 be great. 00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.519 Daniel 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.439 chapter 7 00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:39.319 verse 13. 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.439 8, 00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.000 9, 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.619 3. 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.759 Daniel 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.679 chapter 7 00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:51.139 and verse 00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.839 13. 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.959 So Daniel 00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.779 was one 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.379 of God's 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.759 prophets 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.359 and he 00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.919 has this 00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.279 vision. 00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.139 It's like a 00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.819 dream and 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.219 in his 00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.659 dream he 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.219 sees 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.960 someone. 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.220 So Daniel 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.019 chapter 7 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.420 verse 13. 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.140 In my 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.779 vision at 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.259 night I 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.900 looked and 00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.660 there before 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.860 me was 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.600 one like 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:17.019 a son 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.680 of man 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:19.420 coming with 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.039 the clouds 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.559 of heaven. 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.740 He approached 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.700 the ancient 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.460 of days, 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.000 that's God, 00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.759 and was led 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.440 into his 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.799 presence. 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.059 and so 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.799 this son 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.359 of man, 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.180 this character 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.139 is now 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.099 coming before 00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.639 God. 00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.700 And what 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.099 happens? 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.159 Verse 14, 00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.720 he was 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.159 given 00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.139 authority, 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.319 glory, 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.480 and sovereign 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.039 power. 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.220 All the 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.000 nations and 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.759 peoples of 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.139 every language 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:46.440 worshipped him. 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.119 His dominion is 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.940 an everlasting 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.819 dominion that 00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.700 will not pass 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.079 away, 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.819 and his 00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.500 kingdom is 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.980 one that 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.599 will never 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:55.139 be destroyed. 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:57.300 Now go 00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:57.800 back to 00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.720 Luke chapter 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.180 19. 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.040 So you 00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:00.560 see this 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.020 person, 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.640 this son 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.060 of man, 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.480 is one 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.960 with absolute 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.700 power and 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.259 authority. 00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.840 All the 00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.320 nations 00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:09.000 worship him. 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.960 Now Jesus 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.660 enters the 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.100 scene in 00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.460 Luke's 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.820 gospel, 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.020 and he 00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:15.320 says, 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.980 verse 10, 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.300 I am 00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.060 the son 00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.580 of man. 00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.420 I am 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.120 this one 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.840 with all 00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.940 power and 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.720 all authority. 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:23.839 authority. 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.319 And the 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.480 expectation is 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.200 that as 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.039 Jesus comes, 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.880 he is going 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.799 to use this 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.759 power and 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.420 use this 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.519 authority to 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.500 clean up all 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.460 the mess and 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.420 get rid of all 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.460 the vile people 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.259 that are wandering 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.860 around the 00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.140 world. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.740 Judge the 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.339 sinners and 00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.059 condemn the 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.400 sinners. 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.539 All those 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.079 criminals, 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.059 let's round 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.579 them all up, 00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.120 put them in 00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.319 prison, 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.140 get rid of 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.279 them, 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.940 why not 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.680 execute them 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.120 as well? 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.360 And all 00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.920 those people 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.460 who don't 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.240 contribute to 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.140 the state and 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.720 just kind of 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.799 take everything 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.539 for themselves 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.120 and don't 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.559 work and 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.900 are really 00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.220 lazy, 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.279 let's get rid 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.740 of them as 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.920 well. 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.579 Let's just 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.160 keep all the 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.740 good people. 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.140 And all 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.720 those people 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.039 who are 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.079 sexually immoral, 00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.019 let's get rid 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.480 of them and 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.539 only the nice 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.140 people will 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.759 keep all the 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.460 nice people. 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.440 But what do 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.120 we see Jesus 00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.819 doing as he 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.380 comes into 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.799 the world? 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.720 We find him 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.500 in Luke's 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.380 gospel anyway, 00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.519 sitting down 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.019 a lot, 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.819 eating and 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.819 drinking with 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.759 tax collectors 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.460 and sinners. 00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:27.279 These are the 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.980 people who he 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.839 hangs out with. 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.700 We see him 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.559 meeting people 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.559 like a notorious 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.039 sinner, 00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.939 like Zacchaeus, 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.240 saying, 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.439 I'm going to 00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:37.079 come and stay 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.019 in your house. 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.059 It's not what 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.059 we expect. 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.659 He has come 00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.700 to welcome the 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.599 people we would 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.379 push and turn 00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:48.740 away. 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.140 But more 00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.539 than that, 00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.259 the Son of 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.660 Man, 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.460 not only does 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.059 he welcome 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.640 people, 00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.420 he has come 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.019 to give his 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.000 life for 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.420 people. 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.220 Remember, 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.859 chapter 19, 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.480 verse 1, 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.339 Jesus entered 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.400 Jericho and 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.059 was passing 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.519 through. 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.640 The Son of 00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.259 Man is on 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.839 the way to 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.000 Jerusalem to 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.980 die on the 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.480 cross, 00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:15.059 to die for 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.700 people like 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.339 you and me, 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.460 for my sin, 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.440 for your sin. 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.819 As one writer 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.840 poetically put 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.980 it, the only 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.200 reason Zacchaeus 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.980 could come down 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.019 from his tree 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.059 and be friends 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.779 with Jesus 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.579 was because 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.519 Jesus climbed 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.519 his own tree. 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.319 I'm quoting 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.360 1 Peter 2, 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.000 he himself, 00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.779 that's Jesus, 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.180 bore our sins 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.299 in his body 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.480 on the tree. 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.600 The only reason 00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.700 Zacchaeus could be 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.720 welcomed by 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.279 Jesus was 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.079 because Jesus 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.059 took the penalty 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.880 of Zacchaeus' 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.319 sin. 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.579 That's what 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.079 he's done 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.759 for the world. 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.720 That's what 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.100 he's done 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.579 for you 00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.180 and for me. 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.980 He's come 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.579 to seek 00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.160 and save 00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.640 the lost 00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.200 by going 00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.539 to the 00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.900 cross 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.940 to die. 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.640 I mean, 00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.380 the application 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.100 is straightforward 00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.799 for us, 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.319 isn't it? 00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.720 If Jesus 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.460 has welcomed 00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.980 you, 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:14.279 and if 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.960 you have 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.620 welcomed 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.339 Jesus, 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.519 then we 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.940 are going 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.460 to be the 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.039 kind of 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.519 people 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.759 who welcome 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.339 others. 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.500 Rather than 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.099 judge, 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.680 we show 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.160 mercy. 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.900 Instead of 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.640 condemning, 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.360 we offer 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.940 grace. 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.460 Like Jesus, 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.279 we too 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.980 go to 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.120 seek and 00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.079 save the 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.420 lost, 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.099 for there's 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.140 nobody outside 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.780 of God's 00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.160 limits. 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.340 There's no 00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.180 sin that is 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.740 so great 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.240 that cannot 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.880 be forgiven. 00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.580 There is 00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.320 no person 00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.880 that God 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.620 writes off 00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.040 and says, 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.180 too late. 00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.780 We are 00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:53.300 to go 00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:54.680 into our 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.320 community, 00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.840 amongst our 00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.160 friends. 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.000 We are to 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.800 sit down 00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.540 with sinners 00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:00.400 just like 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.140 Jesus did, 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.140 to sit down 00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.740 with people 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.700 just like 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.180 me, 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.900 and just 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.560 like you, 00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.380 people who 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.080 get things 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.700 wrong and 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.440 mess up and 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.759 fail. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.520 We are to 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.220 sit and 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.900 eat and 00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.639 drink with 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:13.180 them and 00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.160 offer them 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.440 the welcome 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.480 of Jesus. 00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.680 Christmas time 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.519 is a time of 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.900 welcome, 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.519 isn't it? 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.759 Welcoming 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.460 people to 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.119 our homes, 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.779 welcoming 00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.480 people as 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.879 we're out 00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.379 and about. 00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.039 Who are 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.460 the people 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.859 that we're 00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.420 going to be 00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.200 welcoming this 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.579 season? 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.500 The people 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.839 that are 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.299 nice, 00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:39.779 those just 00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.440 within our 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.559 nice little 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.539 community who 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.099 we get on 00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.440 with. 00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.759 Or we 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.579 welcome those 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.519 who've never 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.159 ever heard, 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.039 never really 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.559 understood. 00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.039 Jesus has 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.579 welcomed the 00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.919 lost, 00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.700 and lost 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.319 people like 00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.859 us can go 00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.319 and welcome 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.000 others too. 00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.779 Let's pray 00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.399 together. 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:08.460 Let's pray 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.659 together. 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:08.940 Amen. 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.739 Amen. 00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:09.900 Amen. 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:09.960 Amen. 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.039 Amen. 00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.679 Amen. 00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.079 Amen. 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.619 Amen. 00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.699 Amen.