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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 We're going to look at Luke 19 this morning, and there's a well-known story in Luke 19

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 of Jesus and a wee little man who climbs up a sycamore tree.

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 I'm not singing, cried enough.

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 Now, kids, does anybody know who this story is about?

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 You can say it.

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 Zacchaeus, that's right.

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 This is a good one if you like drawing pictures of what we're talking about.

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 This one's kind of a fun one to draw.

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 But before we get into the story itself, I want us to look back where we've been the last

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 few weeks.

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 Jesus has been encountering some people on his way to Jerusalem.

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 This is at the very end of his earthly ministry.

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 He's going to the cross, and he's talking a lot about eternity and about his kingdom, what

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 it means to be in his family.

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 In a sense, you can think of Jesus in Luke chapter 18, where we've been.

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 That's page 877 of the Bible in the pew in front of you, 877 if you want to look at these stories

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 for just a second.

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 Think of it as Jesus drafting a team, so to speak, that will show everyone really clearly

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 what team Jesus is like, what his kingdom is characterized by.

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 That's kind of what he's doing as he goes through this.

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 So imagine that draft scenario if you're a sports fan, and you're picking teams.

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 You've all done that, right?

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 Jesus picks first, beginning of chapter 18.

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 With the first selection in the Luke 18 eternal kingdom draft, Jesus selects a widow, one being

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 treated unjustly, but God's on her side.

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 Well, the next team is up, the other coach says, I'll take the obvious first pick, give

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 me the Pharisee.

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 I'll take the Pharisee on my team, that's tough to beat.

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 You can't really compete with the Pharisee.

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 Jesus, why don't you take two picks to kind of make up for it?

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 And Jesus says, okay, I'll take the tax collector and the little children.

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 That's what happens next, right?

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 Those are the ones that Jesus welcomes to him.

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 But the other team adds the rich young ruler, looking pretty strong here on the other side.

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 Now we've got religious and social and political power all coming together.

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 We've got influence happening, quite a team developing.

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 Jesus, you can have two more to make up for it.

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 And Jesus selects a blind beggar.

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 So now we get one more this week.

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 Blind beggar was last week.

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 We got one more chance, Jesus.

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 You're going to need to round this team out a little bit.

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 We need a quarterback.

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 We need somebody with some spiritual clout going on here.

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 Jesus, what do you think this team is missing?

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 And Jesus says, I'll take another tax collector.

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 Oh, are you kidding me?

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 We've already got one of those.

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 See, it's the upside down, unexpected nature of Jesus's kingdom, isn't it?

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 The blue chip prospects are out.

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 They're going to be suiting up for the fighting Pharisees team over here.

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 You like that?

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 I worked hard on that.

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 They're over here.

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 And the ones who got cut from their middle school football team, they're on Jesus's bad news bears.

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 If you've ever seen that film.

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 A widow, two tax collectors, some little children, a blind beggar.

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 What is Jesus trying to show us here?

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 What's he doing?

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 Let's follow the story of Zacchaeus this morning.

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 We'll end up back at the roster of the bad news bears, but let's walk through this passage together.

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 Verse 1.

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 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

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 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector and was rich.

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 I want you to imagine this morning that you're Zacchaeus.

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 You're a Jew who has gotten rich off of your former friends and neighbors and your former employees.

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 So none of them like you anymore.

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 Most of your friends these days live out of town.

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 They work for Rome.

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 You're not wanted anywhere.

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 Socially outcast, spiritually left out, behaving immorally for a living.

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 Always hanging out with Gentiles.

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 But you've learned how to work the system.

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 And how to make a lot of money.

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 Then Luke tells us something unexpected.

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 Zacchaeus was curious about Jesus.

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 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was.

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 But on account of the crowd, he could not because he was small in stature.

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 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him.

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 For he was about to pass that way.

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 Zacchaeus was seeking to see who Jesus was.

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 I wonder why.

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 Luke doesn't explain directly and completely.

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 But why do you think you'd be interested if you were Zacchaeus?

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 It could be Zacchaeus had started to feel unfulfilled by all his money.

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 He had this sense that something else of value and significance was out there.

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 And he felt that gnawing sense of emptiness that many of us have felt at the top of our profession

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 or the peak of our success in life and just empty.

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 It could be Zacchaeus felt lonely and left out.

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 I mean, you look at the text.

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 Sure, he was short.

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 But wasn't there somebody in all of Jericho who cared about him enough to let him kind of slip in

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 up to the front of the crowd where he could see if he wanted to so badly?

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 Apparently, nobody around cared enough about Zacchaeus.

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 No one wanted to do him any favors.

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 Perhaps Zacchaeus felt convicted in his heart over his dishonesty, his thievery, his mistreatment of others.

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 I mean, he knew this was against God's law, right?

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 He'd grown up a Jew.

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 He knew better than this.

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 But it had been a long time since he cared about God's law.

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 Well, rumor had it there was this new teacher who had a spin on God's law and spoke of forgiveness.

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 Maybe you felt one of these things in your own life, that gnawing emptiness, that painful loneliness,

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 deep conviction.

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 My life's not the way it should be.

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 Something that made you say it's at least worth exploring Jesus.

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 I think the context of this passage especially indicates we should consider another possibility.

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 In the midst of any or all of those emotions that he was feeling,

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 it seems quite likely that chief tax collector Zacchaeus would have known that this rabbi was different from all the others

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 when it came to tax collectors.

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 You think he'd heard?

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 That there was a tax collector, Levi, one of the close associates of this Jesus?

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 In fact, that Jesus was known for hanging out with tax collectors?

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 That he even told stories about tax collectors being the ones who were in with God?

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 This was unheard of.

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 If I was a generally despised and unwelcome tax collector,

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 such a unique person would interest me.

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 What does he have to say to someone like me who the rest of the religious leaders seem to have written off,

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 but apparently he hasn't?

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 So for some combination of reasons,

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 Zacchaeus is interested in Jesus.

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 I assume for one reason or another you are too,

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 being here today.

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 Maybe you just want to see what all the fuss is about.

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 Maybe there's another person that you want to please and they want you to be here.

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 Or maybe you've heard about the grace of Jesus,

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 that he offers relationship with the holy God of the universe to the least deserving,

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 to people who could never earn it.

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 That he claims that he is the way and the truth and the life for eternity

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 and for people whom everyone else has written off.

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 He apparently doesn't.

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 He offers eternal life and you're one of those people and so you're here.

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 Let's see what happens as Jesus passes the sycamore tree.

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 Well, actually, he doesn't pass it, does he?

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 Jesus has this knack for stopping for the most unexpected people.

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 Verse 5,

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 When Jesus came to the place,

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 he looked up and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus, hurry and come down for I must stay at your house today.

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 Jesus calls him by name

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 and he invites himself into his home.

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 This is remarkably unusual.

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 This would never happen.

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 And Jesus says on top of that,

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 It's really important.

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 I must stay at your house, he says.

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 Of all the houses in Jericho,

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 I must stay at your house, Zacchaeus.

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 It's our first indication here that Jesus is an even better seeker

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 than Zacchaeus is, isn't he?

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 Isn't that true for us?

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 And isn't that such good news?

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 That God knows us?

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 And that he pursues us way better than we do him?

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 Jesus is coming into Zacchaeus' home

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 and he tells him he's going to stay at his home

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 while Zacchaeus is still sitting up there in the tree,

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 awkwardly,

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 kind of looking down.

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 Did I get caught up here?

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 And Jesus says,

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 Hey, I'm coming into your house.

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 We're going to have fellowship.

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 We're going to have relationship.

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 It's this glorious picture of the grace of Jesus

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 that meets us where we are

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 and doesn't leave us where we are.

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 More on that in a bit.

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 But Jesus meets Zacchaeus in the middle of a messy life

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 where Zacchaeus has very little sorted out

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 and Jesus invites himself into that mess,

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 that confusion,

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 that curiosity that Zacchaeus has.

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 You know, he may be doing that with you this morning.

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 He may be even more eager to know you

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 than you are to know him.

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 You don't have to figure everything out first.

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 That's not how it works with Jesus.

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 His grace is so big

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 that you can come with your mess,

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 with your persistent questions you still have,

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 with your ongoing struggles

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 that you haven't sorted out yet.

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 You can come to him and he's big enough

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 and his grace is enough to handle it.

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 Zacchaeus, hurry and come down.

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 So, verse 6,

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 he hurried and came down

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 and received Jesus joyfully.

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 The first indication that Jesus,

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 having met Zacchaeus where he was,

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 doesn't leave him there.

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 Let me suggest to you,

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 remember, you're Zacchaeus, right?

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 Try to feel what he's feeling.

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 Just imagine,

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 Zacchaeus probably hadn't had a lot of house guests recently.

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 Certainly none who were Jewish.

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 No rabbis over for dinner

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 in a long time in Zacchaeus' house.

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 Said too much in this culture

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 about your relationship,

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 who you were to be with a despicable tax collector

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 in that kind of intimate setting.

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 But Jesus doesn't hesitate, does he?

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 He enters in

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 and Zacchaeus is overjoyed.

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 Jesus doesn't leave him alone.

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 The first big change that we see for Zacchaeus

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 is that he has a relationship

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 and it brings him joy.

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 Relationship with Jesus brings joy,

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 deep joy,

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 especially into a tired life.

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 I didn't say constant happiness

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 where everything works out all the time

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 and always goes your way,

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 but joy.

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 Most of us know what it's like

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 to live with little or no joy.

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 Even after you've met Jesus,

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 many of us know the drudgery

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 of living life without relying on him.

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 You can talk to anyone in this room,

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 but it's a big part of my story.

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 I've been in the church my whole life.

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 Living in the church

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 and trying to keep up the appearance

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 that you've got things together all the time

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 is exhausting.

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 Yes?

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 Pretending you don't struggle deeply

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 and you can handle things on your own

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 is burdensome.

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 Trying to be good enough

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 day after day after day

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 becomes often joyless drudgery.

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 Don't tell me that it doesn't

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 because I know better.

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 It can be hard.

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 In fact, I think the most exhausting part for me

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 that I've experienced at different times in my life

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 is trying to pretend you have joy

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 when you don't.

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 That's an exhausting thing to fake, isn't it?

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 I'm joyful, but I'm not.

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 But knowing that Jesus

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 is good enough for me

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 that He actually takes my burden

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 and frees me from that

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 to live and to love,

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 there's so much joy there, isn't there?

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 Have you felt that difference?

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 And knowing I live in union with Him

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 safe in His grace

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 that I'm beloved even in my failures

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 on the joy of that.

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 That's joy you can only find in Jesus.

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 Only in relationship with Him

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 can that be true.

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 Only by knowing Jesus

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 do we find that joy

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 that we've looked for

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 in so many other places.

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 And Zacchaeus finds that.

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 Jesus doesn't leave us

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 where we are.

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 Alone.

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 Exhausted.

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 Joyless.

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 Verse 7,

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 others start grumbling

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 about the sinfulness

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 of Jesus' new friend.

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 And meanwhile,

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 Jesus is transforming

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 Zacchaeus.

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 Verse 8,

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 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,

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 Behold, Lord,

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 the half of my goods

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 I give to the poor

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 and if I've defrauded

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 anyone of anything,

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 I restore it fourfold.

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 What in the world?

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 What's happening here?

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 The thieving tax collector

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 who we all know

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 is used to scheming

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 how much he can take,

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 is scheming now

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 how much he can give.

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 What's happened?

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 We don't get all the details

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 of his conversation with Jesus,

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 but his response

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 to the good news

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 you can't miss,

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 can you?

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 This is not like Zacchaeus.

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 This is how the grace

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 of Jesus works

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 in our lives.

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 Jesus meets us

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 where we are,

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 but as we get to know

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 who he is,

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 we're not the same person

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 anymore.

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 The only explanation

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 for this radical change

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 in Zacchaeus

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 is that he no longer

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 finds life

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 in the same place,

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 does he?

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 The money he hoped

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 would make him happy

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 and significant,

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 but you can have it.

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 He now has a better source.

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 Everyone can see it.

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 So when the value of Jesus

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 comes home

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 in your heart,

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 people will see a change.

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 That's what his grace does.

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 Some of you have shared with me

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 an instantaneous change,

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 freedom from the need

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 for drugs

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 or alcohol

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 or pornography

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 or something like that

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 when Jesus came into your life.

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 And then sometimes

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 the impact of experiencing

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 the grace of Jesus

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 works change in us

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 over time

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 and it attacks

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 even more acceptable idols

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 that are every bit as wicked.

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 Most of you know

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 I'm a sports guy,

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 which means that

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 I used to play sports

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 and now I watch

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 others play sports.

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 That's what that means.

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 But most of you

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 don't know

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 the version of me

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 whose emotions

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 went up and down

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 based on the results

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 of the game.

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 I mean,

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 I still enjoy a good game,

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 don't get me wrong,

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 but I don't find life there

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 like I used to.

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 In fact,

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 I remember being in India

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 last fall

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 and just so excited

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 about what God

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 was doing there

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 that I genuinely,

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 I nearly forgot

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 Clemson was even playing

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 and I honestly struggled

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 to care about the game

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 when I did remember.

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 Another subtle one

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 where Jesus is

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 still practically working

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 on my heart

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 is food

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 or better,

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 comfort eating.

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 where do you go

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 when you're getting

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 overwhelmed

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 or discouraged?

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 How do you soothe

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 your anxious heart?

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 We all go somewhere.

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 Food has often been

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 a go-to for me

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 and often one

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 that I have used

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 to avoid needing

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 and resting in

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 and rejoicing in Jesus.

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 and go somewhere else

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 to take the edge off.

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 And God is teaching me

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 that repentance,

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 real,

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 true repentance

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 can actually look like

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 walking away

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 from the donut

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 and actually

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 turning to Jesus

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 for a few minutes

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 and receiving comfort

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 from Him

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 and acknowledging to Him

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 that I need Him

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 rather than trying

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 to ignore that

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 and find comfort

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 somewhere else.

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 And it really is fuller

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 and longer lasting

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 comfort

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 that I find in Jesus.

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 For some of you

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 it may be food.

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 For many of you

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 it is sports.

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 But there are other things.

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 Where is the glory

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 of Jesus' grace

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 displacing in your heart

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 another source of life?

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 And where does that still

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 practically need to happen

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 in your heart?

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 Where does the glory

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 of knowing Him

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 and being freed

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 by who Jesus is

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 need to push out

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 another place

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 that you run

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 for comfort

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 in your pain?

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 What a beautiful thing

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 when Jesus helps

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 the money addict

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 become generous

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 like we just read.

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 When He helps

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 the sports addict

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 become reasonable.

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 The food addict

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 become self-controlled.

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 the success addict

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 become content.

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 Whether it happens

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 overnight

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 or whether it happens

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 over 50 years.

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 It's beautiful

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 what He does.

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 And that those things

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 happen

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 not because we one day

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 figured life out.

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 That's not how it works.

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 It's not what happened

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 for me.

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 I didn't one day decide

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 I've got my stuff together

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 and I'm going to live

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 the way I should.

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 But it happens

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 because we're so full

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 of Jesus

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 that we don't need

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 to draw life

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 out of anything else.

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 Indeed Jesus says

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 here's what's happened.

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 Verse 9

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 Today

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 salvation

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 has come

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 to this house

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 since He also

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 is a son of Abraham.

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 For the Son of Man

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 came to seek

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 and to save

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 the lost.

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 This is what

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 salvation looks like

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 Jesus says.

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 Certainly not that

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 Zacchaeus has earned it

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 but that Zacchaeus

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 is demonstrating

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 true faith

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 which always

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 has new life

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 as a part of it.

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 Something else

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 that's more valuable

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 than what I used to value.

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 Zacchaeus knows

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 and loves

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 the one whom

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 to know

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 is life itself

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 is fullness of life

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 and freedom

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 and joy.

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 Today salvation

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 has come

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 to this house.

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 Yes

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 salvation

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 Jesus

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 Himself

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 has come

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 to this house.

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 Never has it been

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 more true

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 than it was

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 this day

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 with Zacchaeus.

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 When Jesus

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 walks into your

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 life

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 salvation

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 safety

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 eternal

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 security

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 present

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 fullness

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 is yours.

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 Knowing Him

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 is what makes

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 all the difference.

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 It can happen

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 today.

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 It's not

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 complicated

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 what happens

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 with Zacchaeus.

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 You can trust

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 Jesus

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 right now

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 and know

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 a fullness

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 of life

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 that you have

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 never known

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 before

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 and that's

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 possible

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 only because

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 that's why

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 Jesus came.

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 I love

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 the conclusion

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 of this passage.

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 It reminds us

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 that it's a story

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 about Zacchaeus

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 but the point

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 is really all

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 about Jesus

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 isn't it?

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 That's the main

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 point.

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 He came

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 to seek

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 and to save

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 the lost.

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 Zacchaeus

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 was seeking

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 who Jesus

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.799
 was

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 but Jesus

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 is such

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 a better

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 seeker.

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 He knew

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 who Zacchaeus

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 was.

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 He was beyond

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.000
 that.

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 And he was

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.980
 seeking Him

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 not merely

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 to see Him

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 but to save

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 Him.

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 Now that's

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 good news.

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 Jesus

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 wants not just

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 to have a

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 conversation

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 not just

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 to lay

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 eyes on

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 you.

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 Jesus

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 wants to

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 save you

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 if you're

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 confused,

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 empty,

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 guilty.

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 Jesus

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 is here

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 to save

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 you.

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 It's what

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 He does.

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 It's why

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 He came.

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 Just admit

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 that you're

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 exhausted,

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 running out

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 of gas,

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 looking to be

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 enough on your

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 own has

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 bankrupted you

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 and let

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.039
 Him fill

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 you up.

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 I remember

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 in grade

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 school doing

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 this team

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 building exercise

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 where they

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 blindfolded all

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 of us and

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.400
 then they took

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.879
 us out into

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.759
 a forest and

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.379
 put our hands

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.019
 on a rope

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.180
 and we were

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.559
 supposed to

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.240
 find our way

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.740
 out of the

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.579
 rope maze.

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.940
 I hate to be

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.660
 a spoiler but

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.019
 if you've ever

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.779
 done this before

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.400
 it's just a

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.379
 circle of rope

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.819
 that goes

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.440
 around several

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.099
 different trees

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.039
 and just keeps

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.799
 going and so

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.900
 you walk along

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.680
 like that and

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.379
 the whole point

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.120
 is acknowledging

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.940
 that you can't

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.700
 get out on

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.340
 your own and

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.740
 so you win

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:31.020
 by holding up

00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:31.460
 your hand and

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.360
 asking for help

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.360
 and the facilitator

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.920
 pulls you out

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.400
 and takes off

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.900
 your blindfold

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.020
 and says,

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.720
 hey look,

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.560
 here's the rope

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:37.900
 maze.

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.720
 You haven't

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.300
 gone but ten

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.560
 feet.

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.180
 It took a long

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.240
 time for this

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.040
 stubborn,

00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:45.440
 self-sufficient

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.520
 guy to raise

00:24:47.520 --> 00:24:48.160
 his hand.

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.600
 Are you there

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.140
 this morning?

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.660
 Are you tired

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.880
 of being stuck?

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:57.920
 In an unfulfilling

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.900
 loop of life

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.720
 where you've been

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.500
 living there

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.060
 and you just

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.120
 can't get out

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.440
 of it?

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.980
 You ready to

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.720
 acknowledge your

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.800
 need for help?

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.840
 Jesus came

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:12.560
 just for us

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.820
 to seek

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.060
 and to save

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:16.420
 the lost.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.220
 Isn't that

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.620
 beautiful and so

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.840
 glorious when we

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:21.100
 see ourselves

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.260
 there?

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.460
 He didn't come

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.240
 to hone in on

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.700
 the holy.

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.980
 but to locate

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.900
 the lost.

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.200
 He didn't come

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.840
 to sort out

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.760
 the most eligible

00:25:30.760 --> 00:25:31.560
 bachelorette

00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:32.620
 and give her a rose

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:34.620
 but to rescue

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.680
 the lost

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.300
 princess.

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.800
 He didn't come

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.560
 to build a super

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:39.440
 team roster

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.040
 of the most

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:41.340
 qualified people

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:42.200
 he could find

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.540
 but to display

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.580
 his grace

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.580
 to those

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.340
 who weren't.

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.820
 Remember that

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.420
 draft board

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.420
 we started

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.720
 with?

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:53.339
 The bad news

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.140
 bears roster

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.920
 includes

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.539
 widows

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.980
 tax collectors

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.940
 children

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.819
 blind beggars

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.440
 elsewhere

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.460
 we see Jesus

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.880
 include prostitutes

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.000
 demon possessed

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.160
 murderers

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:07.759
 just a few

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.100
 verses

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.779
 from Luke

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.580
 to that point

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.960
 on your

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.540
 bulletin

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.580
 to show you

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:12.580
 this consistent

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.259
 heart

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.519
 moving toward

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.120
 the lowly.

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.240
 Pray through

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.120
 these this week

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.060
 or discuss

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:18.720
 them in your

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.600
 connect community

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.259
 this morning

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.540
 but

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:22.759
 but this list

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.560
 of lowly

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:23.960
 people

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.560
 is such

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:27.320
 good news

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.800
 because it

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.519
 means that

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.540
 I could be

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.360
 on that team

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.680
 too.

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.240
 Maybe

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.539
 I could

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.240
 actually be

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.120
 on Jesus'

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.259
 team

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.980
 if we're

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.440
 honest

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.039
 it's hard

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.500
 to believe

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.920
 that we're

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.940
 so unworthy

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.420
 of that

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.860
 aren't we?

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.840
 I was talking

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.420
 with a friend

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.960
 this week

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.320
 and just

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:45.460
 marveling

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.880
 together

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.660
 that often

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.460
 God's grace

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.259
 does seem

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.779
 too good

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.580
 to be true

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:51.019
 I mean

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.259
 he's holy

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.940
 in that he

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.080
 would choose

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.820
 to be in

00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:55.580
 relationship

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.820
 with repeat

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.340
 offenders

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.799
 who do the

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.720
 same awful

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.480
 stuff again

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.839
 with intentional

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.299
 rebels

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.779
 who willfully

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.279
 turn their

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.799
 back on him

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.099
 and run

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.380
 the other

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.860
 direction

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:07.440
 with people

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.779
 who don't

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.319
 even love

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.759
 the other

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.299
 people they

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.200
 pick to

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.460
 love

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.980
 much less

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.400
 everybody

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.960
 else

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:16.640
 and yet

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.180
 he does

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.460
 it seems

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.039
 impossible

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.799
 to us

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.440
 and so

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.759
 Jesus

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.740
 shows us

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.120
 and tells

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.019
 us again

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.500
 yes

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:27.160
 it's true

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.079
 I came

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.819
 to seek

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.400
 and to

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.079
 save

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.220
 the lost

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.879
 if you

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.099
 know

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.419
 Jesus

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.980
 this morning

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.299
 that's

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.619
 who you

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:33.859
 were

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.220
 apart

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.500
 from

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.759
 him

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.679
 lost

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.720
 but now

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.240
 found

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.639
 by a

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:37.839
 God

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.039
 who

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.559
 seeks

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.000
 and

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.559
 saves

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.039
 people

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.419
 like

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.980
 us

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.919
 the weak

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:43.379
 the foolish

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.480
 the lowly

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.519
 nobodies

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.119
 so that we

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.599
 might not

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.179
 boast in

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:48.740
 ourselves

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.399
 but boast

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.399
 only in

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.859
 him

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.679
 so that we

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.059
 might go

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.339
 into the

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.579
 world

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.339
 proclaiming

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.039
 not how

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.679
 wise

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.399
 or moral

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.919
 or better

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:56.500
 than someone

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.980
 else we

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.279
 are

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.879
 but how

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.519
 gracious

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.779
 and merciful

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.839
 and perfect

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.619
 beyond what

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:01.940
 we can

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.420
 imagine

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:04.039
 he is

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.220
 a God

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.799
 who seeks

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.759
 out lost

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.460
 people wherever

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.980
 they are

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.819
 and saves

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.160
 them into

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.920
 relationship

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.059
 and joy

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.079
 and life

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.379
 that he

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.079
 created them

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.519
 for

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.299
 what a

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.019
 glorious

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.220
 savior

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.899
 is Jesus

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.779
 rejoice

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.180
 and trust

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.599
 him

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.099
 today

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:24.839
 one last

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.119
 thing

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.299
 for those

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.500
 of you

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.859
 already

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:28.319
 living

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.719
 in the

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.000
 joy

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.259
 of

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.479
 relationship

00:28:30.479 --> 00:28:31.039
 with

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.459
 Jesus

00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.379
 we

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.719
 talked

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.059
 last

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.299
 week

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.579
 about

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.319
 Jesus

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.699
 heart

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.039
 in this

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.379
 section

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.659
 being

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.019
 for us

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.519
 to bring

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.879
 others

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.419
 to him

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.439
 for us

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:38.899
 to show

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.679
 everyone

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:40.559
 Jesus

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.259
 remember

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.559
 that

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:43.459
 well this

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:43.819
 morning

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.939
 I think

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.179
 as we

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.500
 look at

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.199
 this team

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:46.879
 that Jesus

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.519
 selects

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.739
 he's

00:28:49.739 --> 00:28:50.199
 reminding

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.619
 us

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.519
 particularly

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.319
 not to

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.759
 overlook

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.219
 bringing

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.899
 the least

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:55.079
 the lost

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.599
 the littlest

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.199
 the lonely

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:57.699
 and the

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.399
 left out

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.799
 to him

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:01.539
 we say

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.839
 it this

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.220
 way as

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.779
 a church

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.659
 because we

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.220
 are aware

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.599
 of our

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.939
 own

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.619
 weaknesses

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.139
 and

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.659
 dependence

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.460
 upon

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.980
 God

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.059
 we want

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.619
 to introduce

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.000
 fellow

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.460
 sinners

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.480
 to the

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.859
 great

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.720
 physician

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.379
 in whom

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.960
 the broken

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.220
 and hurting

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:18.199
 find refuge

00:29:18.199 --> 00:29:19.439
 and a

00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:19.859
 home

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.859
 in other

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.039
 words

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.639
 having been

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.519
 recruited

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.679
 from our

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.519
 lostness

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.879
 onto

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.420
 Jesus'

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.279
 team

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.680
 he has

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.160
 made us

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.960
 ambassadors

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.339
 scouts

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.039
 if you

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.339
 will

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.619
 who should

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.160
 see the

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.000
 least of

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.400
 these

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.339
 and think

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 Jesus would

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.940
 want to

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 see them

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 who should

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 see an

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.639
 email like

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 the one

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 that many

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 of you

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 got Friday

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 from Angela

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 and say

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 oh there's

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 there's

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.079
 children on

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 a Sunday

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 morning

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 some of

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.420
 our special

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.039
 children who

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.539
 need care

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.879
 and think

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:51.160
 yes Jesus

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.660
 would want

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:51.960
 to see

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.139
 them

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.759
 what a

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.300
 perfect

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.180
 person to

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.500
 show the

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.800
 love of

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.400
 Jesus to

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.220
 who hear

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.240
 about special

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.120
 youth in

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.500
 the lodge

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.980
 on Monday

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.800
 nights and

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.780
 say oh

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:02.000
 what perfect

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.860
 people for me

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.759
 to introduce

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.940
 to Jesus

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.780
 he would love

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.259
 to meet

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.620
 them

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 and in

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.640
 particular as

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.180
 we see

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.240
 Zacchaeus'

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.380
 story we

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.920
 should remember

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.900
 Jesus' love

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.400
 for the

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.000
 lost

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 should ask

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.740
 if we

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.480
 share it

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 he's come

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.019
 to save

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.500
 the poor

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.539
 and needy

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.420
 yes

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 but also

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 the rich

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.839
 and needy

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.859
 the successful

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.480
 businessman

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.460
 like Zacchaeus

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.960
 who is

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.339
 desperate

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.480
 for true

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.019
 fulfillment

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:38.720
 the frantic

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.599
 mother of

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.200
 three who

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.400
 is desperate

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.680
 for true

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.359
 rest

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.920
 the wandering

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.319
 young student

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.000
 who is

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.919
 desperate

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.879
 for purpose

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.599
 and meaning

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.319
 in life

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.619
 and they

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.619
 live next

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.240
 door to you

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.480
 they work

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.460
 in the next

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.179
 office and

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:57.119
 they attend

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.639
 the same

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.379
 class

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.259
 what a

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.019
 perfect

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.899
 person

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.720
 for you

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.059
 to show

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.599
 Jesus

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.259
 to

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.539
 he would

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.960
 love

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.659
 to meet

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.059
 them

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.859
 if you

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.460
 see them

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:09.099
 and realize

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.439
 they're as

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:10.179
 lost as you

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.859
 once were

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.179
 and still

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.799
 some days

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.279
 feel

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.899
 tell them

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.559
 about Jesus

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:17.679
 who's already

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.579
 seeking

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.019
 lost people

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.980
 to save

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.539
 he would

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.919
 love

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.960
 to meet

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.220
 them

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.859
 let's pray

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:30.000
 Jesus thank you

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:32.139
 thank you for

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.700
 being a better

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:34.159
 seeker than

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.639
 we are

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:36.259
 we get so

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.659
 lost and

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.379
 confused in

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.639
 life

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:38.960
 we get

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.819
 distracted by

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.899
 so many

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.339
 things

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.139
 and you

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.759
 keep

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.579
 looking

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.639
 for us

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:47.179
 when you

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.720
 find us

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.379
 you save

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.959
 us

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:50.299
 you don't

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.879
 leave us

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.720
 there stuck

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:51.959
 you

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.919
 you make

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.740
 us new

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:57.899
 thank you

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:59.619
 might we

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.179
 rejoice

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:01.799
 in your

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.139
 heart

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:04.000
 might we

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.159
 praise you

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:06.379
 for loving

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.959
 us like

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.299
 that

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.619
 might we

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.379
 share that

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.860
 heart

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:12.820
 and love

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.740
 the lost

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.700
 as you

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.160
 have loved

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.700
 us

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:19.020
 do that

00:32:19.020 --> 00:32:19.640
 work in us

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.120
 we pray

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.560
 in Jesus

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.920
 name

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.580
 amen

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:25.700
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