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 If you have your Bibles, I want you to open them this morning to Luke's Gospel, chapter 19,

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 and I want to continue the series we began last week, the Jesus Effect.

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 We're thinking about how Jesus impacts our lives, how he changes them.

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 Everyone he ever came in contact with was different after having had a Jesus encounter,

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 and so that's the line of thinking we're following again this morning.

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 As we look at chapter 19, the Gospel of Luke,

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 and we're going to examine the first 10 verses this morning in this passage.

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 Now, it will seem unrelated, but just bear with me for a moment, and you'll see how it ties in in a second.

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 Some of you are retired, and others of you, most of you, are still in the workforce, right?

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 When you go to work, how many of you work off an agenda?

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 You, in the morning when you get to the office, you make out a to-do list.

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 Can I just see your hands? How many of you have a to-do list?

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 Maybe at home you do that.

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 How many of you don't have a to-do list?

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 A lot of you in this service apparently don't have one,

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 but I see some who are doing this.

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 A lot of you are not going to say, right?

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 You just don't know whether you do or you don't.

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 When I was working all the time, every day when I would get to the office, I'd get there about an hour or four, most folk in our office,

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 and when I'd get there, I'd use that quiet time to establish an agenda.

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 I'd write out everything I wanted to accomplish that day,

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 and then because I'm so OCD, I would go through at the end of the day,

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 and I would check off those things that I had done even as I went through that list.

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 I also meshed that with my calendar.

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 I'd look at my calendar and say, well, I've got to be here at 10 or there at 12,

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 or this is going on this afternoon,

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 and so I'd blend those together,

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 and some days were pretty light,

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 and some days were average,

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 and some days were really, really heavy,

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 and it's that way.

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 It don't matter what you do in life.

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 We all have those kind of days, right,

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 where they're kind of pressure packed,

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 and we know I've got to be here at this time,

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 and I've got to get this done,

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 and so what's the enemy of the person who lives by an agenda?

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 What's the enemy?

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 You know what that is?

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 Single word I'm looking for.

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 Anybody know?

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 It's the word interruptions.

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 You know it.

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 You probably just didn't say it, right?

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 It's that interruption,

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 that thing you hadn't planned for,

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 that thing you hadn't counted on.

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 It wasn't in your agenda,

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 but it happens nonetheless,

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 and at times it's a mild, annoying interruption,

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 and every other time it can just devastate the schedule you may have laid out.

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 Sometimes you recognize in the end that interruption was a godsend.

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 It was a blessing,

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 but oftentimes we're honest about it.

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 They're annoying when we get interrupted in what we plan to do for the day.

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 Well, I want to just say to you,

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 I don't think anybody knew more about interruptions to what their agenda was than Jesus.

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 I mean, Jesus just every day of his life,

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 when you read the Gospels,

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 you find he's interrupted.

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 Mark is my favorite Gospel,

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 and Mark uses one word,

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 the King James translates it one way,

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 others' translations another,

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 straightway or immediately,

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 and that's because Mark is the action Gospel,

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 and so when you come to the Gospel of Mark,

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 it says straightway Jesus did,

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 blah, blah, blah,

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 and then straightway Jesus did,

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 blah, blah, blah,

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 and then straightway Jesus did,

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 and it's because he's moving from one thing to another,

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 to another,

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 to another.

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 You probably have difficulty finding this,

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 and a better example of it,

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 than in the Gospel of Mark,

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 chapter five.

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 Jesus,

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 it's the story we looked at last week,

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 he goes on the Sea of Galilee,

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 to the southeast region of Gadara.

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 There,

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 he's got something he wants to do,

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 obviously,

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 or he wouldn't have gone to that place.

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 When he steps out of the boat,

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 he's confronted by this demoniac.

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 Remember the story we looked at last week?

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 Jesus didn't go looking for the demoniac,

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 the demoniac came rushing to Jesus.

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 Jesus spent several hours there in that location,

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 he talked to the man,

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 he cast the demons out,

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 they go to town,

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 they get the townspeople,

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 a big crowd comes back,

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 they see what's happened to the man,

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 they're now more afraid of him than they were before,

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 and they ask Jesus to leave.

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 Have you ever thought about that?

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 Why was he going to Gadara?

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 And then they ask him to leave,

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 and he accommodates him,

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 he gets back in the boat,

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 and he goes away.

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 Whatever he had gone there for,

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 at least in his mind,

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 or the disciples man,

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 it never gets accomplished,

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 unless he had the foresight to know,

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 this demoniac is my business there.

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 He made it his business,

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 but it appears to be an interruption,

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 right?

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 He leaves there,

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 and he goes back across the sea,

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 and this time he comes to Capernaum,

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 and when he gets to Capernaum,

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 guess what?

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 There he meets this man named Jairus,

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 who is frantic.

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 He comes running up,

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 huge,

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 massive crowd,

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 apparently thousands,

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 that's not an exaggeration,

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 apparently thousands,

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 certainly hundreds,

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 but probably thousands of people,

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 had gathered to see him,

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 as they so often did.

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 That first year of his ministry,

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 I mean the masses just came out of the woodwork,

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 to see Jesus.

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 And so when he gets there,

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 Jairus comes running up,

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 I've got a little girl,

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 she's sick at home,

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 she's about to die,

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 would you come to my house?

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 Well,

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 I don't know what his agenda was for the day,

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 but no doubt he had one in his head,

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 here's where I'm going,

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 but Jairus suddenly interrupts him,

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 and he's off to Jairus' house.

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 On the way,

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 this crowd is so massive,

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 they're pushing and shoving,

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 a woman reaches down,

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 and touches the hem of his garment.

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 Jesus immediately knows,

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 power has left him.

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 He turns to the crowd,

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 and he says to his disciples,

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 somebody here touch me,

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 who touched me?

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 Peter turns and says,

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 Lord,

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 who hasn't touched you?

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 Peter thinks,

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 you've got to be kidding,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 everybody,

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 they're about to stampede us to death.

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 And so,

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 he deals with the woman,

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 with the issue of blood,

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 he later then,

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 has someone come and say,

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 hey,

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 no need to go to Jairus' house,

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 she's dead.

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 Another interruption,

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 right?

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 Keeps him from getting to Jairus' house,

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 what appears to be on time.

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 But he goes anyway,

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 and then he raises this girl from the dead.

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 Can I tell you something?

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 That's typical,

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 I believe,

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 of what Jesus' life was like.

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 I think he spent most of his time

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 dealing with people who interrupted his agenda.

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 I want to show you another illustration of that.

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 Look with me to Luke 19,

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 verse 1.

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 He entered Jericho

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 and was passing through.

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 The only thing you can make out of that,

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 if Luke is telling us accurately,

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 and I believe he is,

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 Jesus didn't really have business

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 that was on his schedule in Jericho.

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 You agree with that?

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 That's yes and no and don't know,

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 right?

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 He's come to Jericho,

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 he's simply passing through.

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 You don't know this yet,

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 but in a second you're going to find out

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 there is a huge crowd again

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 that is assembled to see him.

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 If you look on down to verse 28,

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 just look down the page of verse 28,

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 you see the heading there above verse 28,

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 the triumphal entry.

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 That's where he's headed.

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 He's going to Jerusalem.

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 He's going there to die.

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 This is his ultimate purpose.

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 He's been sent to die for humanity,

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 to save humanity from their sins

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 by dying on the cross.

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 He's going to fulfill his father's command.

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 It's the most urgent business he has.

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 So he's passing through Jericho

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 and was passing through,

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 verse 2 says,

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 there was a man named Zacchaeus

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 who was a chief tax collector

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 and he was rich.

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 So out of nowhere,

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 Luke introduces us to this character

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 who's not named anywhere else in scripture

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 and his name is Zacchaeus.

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 This is what we know about him.

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 He's got lots of money.

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 He's rich.

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 And the other thing is,

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 he's a tax collector.

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 Can I tell you something?

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 That one fact

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 gives us a pretty clear picture

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 of who Zacchaeus is.

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 Imagine that in years to come,

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 I pray this never happens,

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 but imagine 100 years from now,

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 20 years from now,

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 the Chinese somehow overtake America

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 and they are dominating our land.

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 They're occupying our land.

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 They have a military presence here.

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 They're not interested in moving to the United States,

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 but they're going to dominate our country.

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 And so they set up a government

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 and they want to raise taxes in America

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 not to support the American government,

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 but the Chinese government.

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 And so they find agents in America

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 who are willing to raise taxes

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 be responsible for gathering taxes from Americans

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 to send to China.

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 That's what is happening in chapter 19

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 with this man, Zacchaeus.

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 The Greeks had overthrown Israel.

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 The Romans had overthrown the Greeks.

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 It's occupied by foreigners.

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 There were certain blessings.

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 They were protected.

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 They were able to do business.

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 They were able to travel.

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 They were protected by their neighboring enemies.

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 But the downside was

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 they have no voice in government.

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 The Romans are appointing the leaders

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 and the Romans are raising taxes

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 and they're doing it

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 through their Hebrew fellow citizens.

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 The Hebrews would go and apply to the Romans

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 to be these tax collectors

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 and they would make bids

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 and whoever would get the bid

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 would get the job.

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 This is a chief tax collector, Luke tells us,

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 which means he has other tax collectors

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 who are under him.

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 Can you imagine that there's someone here

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 in Pickens County

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 and he's the person who is assessing taxes

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 and he's taking the money,

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 putting a cut in his pocket

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 and sending the rest of the money to China?

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 How do you think you'd feel about that guy?

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 That's how they feel about Zacchaeus.

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 He's a traitor.

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 He's a cheat.

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 He's a scoundrel.

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 And so whenever you read about tax collectors

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 in the New Testament,

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 it always puts them right in there

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 with the most immoral of the immoral.

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 They're sinners in their thinking

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 in the eyes of God.

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 Well, look, if you will,

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 the very next verse, verse three.

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 He was trying to see Jesus,

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 speaking of Zacchaeus,

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 he was trying to see who Jesus was,

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 but he was not able because of the crowd

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 since he was a short man.

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 Now, here's where you understand

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 there's a huge crowd.

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 He's not able to see Jesus.

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 He wants to see Jesus.

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 We also find he's a short fellow.

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 Now, why the curiosity about Jesus?

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 Well, I want to tell you something.

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 That's the reason for the crowd.

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 Everywhere he went,

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 everybody wanted to see Jesus.

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 If Jesus were alive today

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 and doing the things he did

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 in the New Testament era,

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 I want to tell you something.

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 Everybody in this auditorium,

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 whether you're a believer or not,

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 everybody in Pickens County

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 would want to meet Jesus.

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 Well, why?

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 He calls people with withered hands

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 to suddenly have a whole hand.

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 He took people who were verifiably crippled

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 and he made them walk again.

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 He calls people who were blind

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 and could not see a thing.

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 Their eyes were open

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 and they were made whole.

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 People who were deaf could hear.

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 And remember Jairus?

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 His daughter is graveyard dead

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 and Jesus raises her

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 back to life again.

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 You can understand clearly

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 why anyone who heard about Jesus coming to town

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 would immediately flock out to see Jesus.

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 His only problem is he's short.

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 Now, I want to just say

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 there are advantages at times

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 to being short.

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 This last week,

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 we were staying at these friends' house

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 down at the lake

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 and they got a dock

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 and I don't know why they built it this way,

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 but they put an iron bar across this dock

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 that's about five feet, eight inches tall.

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 Unfortunately, I'm six feet tall.

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 And so, twice,

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 I banged my head in that thing, right?

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 There's an advantage at times

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 to being short,

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 but there are also, obviously,

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 some disadvantages

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 at times to being short.

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 If you're in a crowd

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 and you're wanting to see over the crowd,

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 it's a disadvantage.

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 It's an advantage to be tall.

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 Last night,

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 we had our 51st reunion

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 in Seneca

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 and high school reunion

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 and when we gathered at the end,

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 they said,

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 let's get a picture of everybody.

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 So, you know how that went down, right?

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 All the short people get on the front.

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 Some of them kneel down.

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 The mid-sized folk,

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 they're in the middle.

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 The tallest ones,

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 they're in the back

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 and they're looking over the tops

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 and everybody is cool with doing that

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 because it's the courteous thing.

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 It's what you normally do.

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 Here's the question.

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 Why didn't they let Zacchaeus

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 come to the front of the crowd?

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 I mean,

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 y'all ever go into a parade?

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 You look behind you,

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 there's a kid behind you,

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 there's somebody short behind you.

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 What do you do?

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 Sure, would you have to come up here and stand?

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 And they get in front of him.

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 Why didn't they do that with Zacchaeus?

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 Because they hate Zacchaeus.

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 Zacchaeus is not,

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 they don't even want him in the crowd.

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 They don't want him to be a part of this parade,

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 let alone to give him a front row seat.

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 Well, what does he do?

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 Look at verse four.

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 So running ahead,

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 he climbed up a sycamore tree

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 to see Jesus

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 since he was about to pass that way.

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 Now that's pretty clever,

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 don't you think?

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 He wants to see Jesus.

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 He wants to maybe speak a word to Jesus.

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 We don't even know that.

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 He just wants to see him.

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 Just all these tales he's been told.

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 What does he look like?

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 What's he doing?

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 So he thinks,

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 hey, you know what?

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 He's moving in this direction.

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 I bet if I run down here a distance

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 and I climb up in that tree,

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 he's going to pass by

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 and so he puts his plan into effect.

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 He goes down,

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 he climbs the tree.

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 Now it's a clever plan,

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 but let's just be honest about it, right?

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 It's a little bit,

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 what?

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 Weird, right?

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 I mean,

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 what grown man

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 climbs trees

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 to get to see people pass by?

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 So it's a clever plan,

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 but it's a little bit

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 on the weird,

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 unusual side.

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 Well, look at verse five.

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 When Jesus came to the place,

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 he looked up

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 and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus, hurry

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 and come down

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 because today

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 I must stay at your house.

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 So Jesus

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 is walking through this crowd.

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 I mean,

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 they're talking to him.

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 They're wanting to reach out

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 and touch him.

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 They're asking him questions,

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 no doubt.

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 He's moving along slowly

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 and he gets down the way

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 and finally

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 he comes to the place

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 where here is Zacchaeus

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 perched up in this tree

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 and I can just see Jesus.

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 Now you got to use

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 your imagination

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 and this is not

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 adding to the scripture.

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 It's just allowing it

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 to come alive

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 because all these

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 are real stories.

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 If you'd have had

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 a camcorder,

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 you could have videotaped

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 everything I'm talking about

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 if they'd had a camcorder

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 in that day.

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 It's real history

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 unfolding for our eyes.

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 So he gets down

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 to this tree

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 and he looks up

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 and I can just see

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 Jesus thinking to himself.

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 Can't you?

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 Boy, that's kind of weird.

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 Little short guy

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 is up in the tree

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 and he looks up at him

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 and he calls him

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 by name.

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 As far as we know,

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 he'd never been introduced

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 to Zacchaeus.

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 Didn't know Zacchaeus.

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 Could be God just instantly

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 because he is the son of God

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 told him this is Zacchaeus.

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 Zacchaeus could be,

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 could be that he's heard

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 the crowd laughing at Zacchaeus.

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 Look at that little nut

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 up in the tree.

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 Look at that little guy

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 up in the tree.

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 He is so crazy.

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 Zacchaeus would do anything.

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 But you know what Jesus says?

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 Zacchaeus,

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 why don't you,

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 and listen to this,

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 not just come down,

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 quickly come down.

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 Boy, get out of that tree.

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 I need to go home with you

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 and lodge with you today.

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 Well, I just got to tell you,

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 I don't know how it was

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 at your house.

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 If you were one of my children

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 and you were coming along

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 and you asked to go

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 to somebody's house

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 and they hadn't invited you,

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 boy, you got to talk into, right?

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 My son used to be

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 the world's worst.

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 He'd come and say,

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 Daddy, Jonathan Dierman's mom,

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 Elaine, said that I could

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 go home with him today.

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 My first question always was,

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 did they invite you

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 or do they invite you?

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 And if he said,

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 well, I kind of asked him

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 if I could go,

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 then the answer's always

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 going to be no, right?

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 If Mary had been there

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 and Jesus had been a little boy,

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 he'd have got scolded.

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 You don't invite yourself

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 to somebody's house.

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 I mean, that's a little weird

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 seeing a guy up in a tree,

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 but it's also a little weird

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 to say, hey, buddy,

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 I haven't met you yet,

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 but come down

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 and take me to your house today, right?

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 How about feed me?

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 If you don't think it's weird,

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 send me out to church

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 because I'm going to go

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 to your house for lunch, right?

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 So, a little bit weird,

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 but that's what Jesus does.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Quickly he came down

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 and welcomed him joyfully.

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 You know what Luke's saying to us?

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 I mean, you put that,

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 those phrases,

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 quickly he comes down,

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 joyfully.

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 Yes, Jesus.

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 Yes, Jesus.

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 By all means.

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 I live down on South Main.

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 Let's go there now, right?

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 I mean, he's thrilled.

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 It's his way of saying,

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 Zacchaeus was giddy.

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 I mean, he's past just being okay with it.

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 He's excited.

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 In fact, I can almost see him

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 puff his chest out a little bit,

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 can't you?

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 I mean, of all the people here in Jericho,

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 Jesus is coming to my house, right?

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 And so, off they go

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 to Zacchaeus' house.

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 Well, how'd the crowd react?

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 They weren't nearly as thrilled.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 All who saw it began to complain.

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 He's gone to lodge with a sinful man.

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 Jesus actually loses some credibility

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 at this point

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 with the religious folk of the day.

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 Can I tell you something?

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 And you already know this

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 because I know you've read

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 the New Testament many times.

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 When you read the New Testament,

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 the Gospels especially,

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 you're bombarded by this same idea

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 that you find here in this verse

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 we just read.

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 They're always giving grief to Jesus

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 over the company he kept.

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 And they're always raising suspicion.

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 Did you not know this man was a sinner?

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 Jesus, I thought you knew everything.

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 I thought you,

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 some say you're the Son of God,

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 you're the Messiah.

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 Now, don't you know who this man is?

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 This man is the tax collector.

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 He's the chief of sinners.

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 Why are you going home with him?

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 Now, I'm just gonna throw this in

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 as a free bonus, okay?

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.259
 Isn't it amazing

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 how lost people were attracted to Jesus?

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 Have you ever thought about it?

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 I've thought about it a whole lot.

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 Because I gotta be honest with you,

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 I'm fearful lost people

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 are not always attracted to me.

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 In fact, I look at a lot of church people

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 throughout my ministry

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 and we seem to kinda repel them,

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 don't we?

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 But Jesus was like a magnet to them.

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 There's something about Jesus,

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:35.220
 he was so comfortable with them.

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:37.500
 I don't mean he liked their lifestyles,

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.800
 no indication of that.

00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:40.360
 But I'm gonna tell you something.

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:42.060
 There was something about Jesus,

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.420
 they saw something in him,

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.280
 he was so loving,

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.920
 so kind,

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.660
 so compassionate.

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.820
 He didn't let their actions

00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:49.100
 and attitudes get in the way

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.380
 of his loving them

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.900
 to the point that they were

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.800
 comfortable with him.

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.800
 And I got news for you,

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.120
 I've seen a lot of people

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.560
 who are not very comfortable

00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.480
 with church people.

00:19:58.800 --> 00:19:59.180
 I mean,

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:01.040
 we kinda give them the hives at times.

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.820
 Have you ever noticed that?

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:04.200
 You can see it when you begin to ask them,

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.860
 would you come to church?

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.759
 Eh, no, I don't want to.

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:08.440
 You have them over for hot dogs,

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.860
 they're okay.

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.460
 You go out in the backyard

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.740
 and you have a cookout,

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.160
 they're okay.

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:13.220
 But go to the church?

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.880
 Eh, I don't know, man.

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.800
 So,

00:20:16.760 --> 00:20:18.400
 Jesus was comfortable

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.160
 with lost people

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:20.260
 and then as a result,

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.980
 lost people were comfortable

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.740
 with Jesus.

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.720
 Look at verse eight.

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 They're home now,

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.960
 they've had dinner,

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.680
 a conversation has ensued,

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 we don't know what it was,

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.660
 but I want you to notice

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:34.080
 verse eight.

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.520
 But Zacchaeus stood there,

00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:38.620
 they would eat their meals

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:40.240
 in a lying position

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 on the floor.

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.440
 Zacchaeus stood there

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.300
 and said to the Lord,

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.700
 look,

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.740
 I'll give half

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.639
 of my possessions

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:48.259
 to the poor Lord

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:50.019
 and if I have extorted

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.319
 anything from anyone,

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.359
 I'll pay back

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.659
 four times

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 as much.

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 Now,

00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.279
 I'm fearful

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 that when we read

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.859
 these stories,

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.339
 we become so accustomed

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.960
 to reading them,

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.639
 we've heard them

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.259
 so many times,

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.339
 this is one you've heard

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.539
 since you were a little bitty kid,

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.240
 that it goes in one ear

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 and just out the other.

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 But I really want you

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 to think about it

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 and I want you to think

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.480
 about putting yourself

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:15.319
 in Zacchaeus' shoes.

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:17.299
 We're not talking

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.399
 about a tithe,

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.019
 we're not talking

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:21.500
 about half of his

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.619
 weekly income

00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.279
 that week,

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.919
 we're talking about

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:26.019
 a man who is an adult

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 who's worked

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.039
 all of his adult life

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.740
 and he has been

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:31.259
 amassing wealth,

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.859
 just like all of us

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 in this room.

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:33.819
 Now,

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.379
 some of you

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.939
 are better at that

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.399
 than others

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:36.079
 and some of you

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.819
 have amassed more

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.220
 than others

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.459
 but all of us,

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.599
 especially those my age,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.419
 you've worked

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.259
 your whole life

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.959
 to surround yourself

00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:44.279
 with a lot of stuff,

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.639
 right?

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.240
 He's giving away

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.240
 half of his stuff.

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.259
 Half of my possessions

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:53.019
 I give to the poor.

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.379
 If you have children

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.220
 and you have a will

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.279
 you thought real carefully

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.559
 about,

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.639
 now what do I want

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.339
 to do with my money?

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.819
 When I die,

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.339
 I'm going to give

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.259
 half to this child

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.259
 and half to that child

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.099
 or I'm going to

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.980
 divide it into thirds

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.879
 if I've got three children

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:07.099
 or you know what

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.480
 you're going to do

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.980
 with your money

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.599
 but I'm going to tell you

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:08.720
 something,

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.480
 that's a major decision.

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.220
 You don't come about

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.140
 that flippantly

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.700
 because you recognize

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:18.400
 this is my life's earnings.

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.779
 We're talking about

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.740
 his 401k,

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.920
 we're talking about

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.220
 his checking account,

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.519
 his savings account,

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.599
 money's got hid

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.440
 out there in the shed.

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.779
 We're talking about

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.160
 everything he's got,

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.359
 all of his possessions,

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.140
 his houses,

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.879
 his land,

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.240
 if he owns land.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:36.000
 Half of everything

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:38.280
 I'm going to give away.

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.140
 Big deal.

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.660
 But then he says this,

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.520
 Master,

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.060
 I'll tell you something,

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.280
 if I've cheated anybody,

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.740
 now understand

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.680
 he's not talking about

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.540
 that which he was paid

00:22:49.540 --> 00:22:50.400
 by the Roman government

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.700
 to perform this service

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.780
 of collecting taxes,

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.460
 but he's talking about

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.260
 that additional

00:22:55.260 --> 00:22:57.000
 that he just stiffed them for,

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.560
 okay,

00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:00.000
 where he took advantage of them.

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.020
 He says,

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:02.619
 anything I've taken advantage

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:02.980
 of anybody,

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.960
 I've extorted them

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.720
 of their money,

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.059
 I'm going to pay back

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.200
 four times

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.799
 out of that remaining half,

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.200
 I'm going to pay back

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.500
 four times

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.799
 what I took.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.720
 Now here's a guy,

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.920
 here's what's phenomenal about it.

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.579
 Here's a guy

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.400
 who all his life,

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.000
 he's been in the amassing mode.

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.900
 He's been in the collecting mode,

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.140
 no pun intended.

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:26.860
 He's been gathering for himself

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:28.220
 and only for himself

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.000
 and now suddenly,

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.300
 suddenly,

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.860
 he's in the giving mode.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.600
 You can't just say

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.280
 he's generous,

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.140
 I mean he's given away

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.259
 half of everything he got

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.840
 and he's making restitution

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.759
 four times

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.960
 what he's taken.

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.880
 It's incredible.

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.019
 I mean,

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.300
 who does that?

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.160
 How does that happen?

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.320
 Look at the very next verse,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.000
 if you will.

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.180
 Verse nine.

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.800
 Today,

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:58.800
 salvation has come to this house,

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.720
 Jesus told him,

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:02.560
 because he too

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:05.560
 is a son of Abraham.

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.779
 There's the explanation.

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.820
 Jesus says to these people

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.880
 who are standing there

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.900
 with their mouth agape,

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.740
 what did Zacchaeus just do?

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.000
 I mean,

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.180
 he just gave away

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:19.060
 almost every,

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.519
 what did he do?

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.660
 Jesus said,

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.580
 let me tell you what he did.

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.400
 Salvation has come

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.519
 to this house today.

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.000
 Now,

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.660
 I want you to be sure

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.380
 to get this.

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:29.320
 Jesus is not saying,

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.500
 wow,

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.360
 Zacchaeus,

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:33.460
 you gave away

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:35.060
 half to the poor.

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.100
 You're now concerned

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.220
 about the poor

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.380
 and not just yourself.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:42.039
 You've become an honest man,

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.320
 a man of integrity.

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.940
 You're giving back

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.519
 four times

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.340
 what you've stolen,

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.140
 you've extorted.

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.140
 Wow.

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.460
 You know what?

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:50.060
 You've earned

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:51.020
 your salvation.

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.100
 Not what he's saying

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.580
 at all.

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.520
 What he's doing

00:24:55.520 --> 00:24:57.160
 is giving explanation

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.259
 to why

00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:00.140
 Zacchaeus

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.100
 has done

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.740
 what he's done.

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.620
 Salvation,

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.759
 Jesus has this ability

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.560
 that we don't have.

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.560
 He looks

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.940
 into Zacchaeus' heart.

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.680
 He doesn't have

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.160
 to see him

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.860
 walking out.

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.940
 He didn't have

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.300
 to see him

00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:12.940
 take a pasture

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.340
 out of the hand.

00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:14.080
 He doesn't have

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.019
 to see him kneel.

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:17.220
 He knows Zacchaeus

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.059
 has had a change

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.839
 of heart,

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.980
 that something

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.039
 has transformed him.

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.039
 He's a new man.

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:23.399
 He's not the same Zacchaeus

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.939
 that Jesus walked home

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:26.679
 from that sycamore tree with.

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.139
 He's different

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.139
 in every way.

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.619
 He's got a different heart,

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.419
 a different soul,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.220
 a different spirit.

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.259
 And so now

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.519
 he says

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.839
 to Zacchaeus

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.779
 and to those watching,

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.879
 let me tell you

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.579
 what's happened here.

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.579
 Salvation has occurred here.

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:42.839
 This man has been saved.

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:44.419
 God has transformed

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.819
 his life.

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.240
 He's not the same

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.259
 old tax collector

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.960
 he used to be.

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.460
 He is a son

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.919
 of Abraham.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.699
 Now finally

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.579
 look at verse 10.

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.139
 For the son of man

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.159
 has come to seek

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.879
 and to save

00:25:58.879 --> 00:26:00.339
 the lost.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.299
 Jesus says

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.619
 I know about

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.460
 the salvation thing.

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.480
 That's why I've come.

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.059
 I've come

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.659
 for people

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:09.079
 just like Zacchaeus.

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.259
 Can I tell you something?

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.460
 Jesus is telling us

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:15.139
 this is my agenda.

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.500
 My agenda is

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.899
 to see people

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:20.179
 radically transformed

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.599
 for God.

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.240
 To see people

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.960
 who are godless

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.740
 become filled with God.

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.359
 To see people

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.119
 who are lost

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.460
 be saved.

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.220
 Can I just tell you

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.139
 quickly in passing

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:31.119
 that ought to be

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.019
 the mission

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.740
 of this church

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.939
 and every church

00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:36.439
 that bears the name

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.759
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.879
 Our mission

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:41.200
 is not to fill buildings

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.160
 to build buildings.

00:26:43.020 --> 00:26:43.560
 Our mission

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.280
 is not just

00:26:44.280 --> 00:26:45.260
 to see how much

00:26:45.260 --> 00:26:46.140
 money we can give

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.740
 to missions.

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.400
 Our mission

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.440
 should always be this.

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.160
 Our mission

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.640
 should be

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.660
 to see people

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.520
 radically changed

00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:54.420
 by the gospel

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.380
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.220
 To see Jesus

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.280
 somehow touch

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:58.820
 people's lives

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.820
 and make them

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.820
 different creatures

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:02.520
 all together.

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.599
 together.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.759
 I was a pastor

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.660
 full-time pastor

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.660
 for 40 years.

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.240
 You know one of the things

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.379
 the long-eyed pastor

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.339
 that disheartened me

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.819
 the most?

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.619
 Every year

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.599
 you're probably not aware

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.720
 of this as a church member

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:16.039
 but pastors and staff

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.680
 will know this.

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.839
 Every year

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.559
 you get a letter

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.339
 from the association

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:21.160
 and they say

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.539
 give us this information

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.519
 and you pass it

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.339
 to the association

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.460
 and the association

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.440
 passes it

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.400
 to the state convention

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.680
 and the state convention

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.400
 passes it

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.980
 to the national convention

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.180
 and they ask you

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.960
 things like this

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.039
 how many people

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.079
 were baptized?

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.140
 How many people

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.400
 joined the church?

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.660
 How much money

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.460
 did you give?

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.500
 How much money

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.980
 did you give

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.059
 to the cooperative program?

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.140
 How much money

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.079
 did you designate

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.579
 to missions?

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.079
 How many were involved

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.059
 in music ministry?

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.180
 How many were involved

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.980
 in youth ministry?

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.839
 How many were in

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.980
 since you get the picture?

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.640
 You know

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.759
 of those forms

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.640
 that we filled out

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.579
 for 40 years

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.519
 I never had once

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:00.460
 them ask this question

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:02.600
 how many people's lives

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:05.600
 did you see

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:08.400
 miraculously changed?

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.960
 Maybe they just thought

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.500
 well pastors

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.900
 wouldn't be able

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.420
 to answer that

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.880
 because it's rather subjective

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.880
 but I want to tell you

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.140
 something

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.600
 when somebody

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.559
 is radically changed

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.319
 like Zacchaeus

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.799
 has changed

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.779
 you got to see that

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.220
 don't you?

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.400
 Don't you?

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.779
 Have you ever seen

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.259
 anybody change

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.819
 like Zacchaeus?

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.480
 I've seen people

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.259
 change like that

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.480
 I can begin

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.599
 to list people

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259
 who I've seen

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.420
 were changed like that

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.519
 we know them

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.539
 here's the problem

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.420
 they don't want to know that

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.980
 you know why?

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.480
 Because that's going to be

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.480
 a much smaller number

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.240
 than those other numbers

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.220
 we like to report

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:42.619
 those people

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.099
 that are really

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.700
 radically

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.640
 I mean

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.240
 Jesus comes in their heart

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.259
 and he saves them

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.819
 and change them

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.839
 that's going to be

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.220
 a lot smaller

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.279
 but we're aware of it

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.019
 when we see it

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.859
 you've seen it right here

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.440
 at Pickens First

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.259
 you've seen that person

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.420
 who they came in

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.160
 they trusted Christ

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.980
 and boom

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.279
 boy

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.720
 God just did a work

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.799
 a marvelous work

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.620
 in their life

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:03.279
 so here's what I want you

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.079
 to do with this message

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.980
 and I want you

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.920
 to do something with it

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.779
 I want you just to

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.460
 hear it

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.240
 I'm going to give you

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.440
 four assignments today

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.799
 okay

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.380
 here's the first

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:14.980
 I want you to start

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.620
 reacting to interruptions

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.420
 to your agenda

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.960
 differently

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.120
 than you ever have

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.779
 in the past

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.360
 now I hope you'll

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.920
 write these down

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.400
 because if you don't

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.819
 write them down

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.240
 you won't be able

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.620
 to do them

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.220
 and I want you

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.620
 to do them

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:24.920
 okay

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.680
 I don't want you

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.360
 just to hear them

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.100
 I want you

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:28.019
 to do them

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.420
 I want you

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.740
 to go out

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.160
 beginning today

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.200
 as soon as the

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.740
 service is over

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.140
 I want you

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.660
 to begin to do them

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.240
 I want you

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.200
 to start reacting

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.120
 to interruptions

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.840
 to your agenda

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.900
 differently

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.060
 and here's how

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.320
 I want you

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:38.840
 to do that

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.920
 when an interruption

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.740
 in your agenda

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.480
 your plan

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.980
 for the day

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.539
 occurs

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.039
 I want you

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.380
 to immediately

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.140
 ask yourself

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.100
 instead of

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.740
 getting mad

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.259
 instead of

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.820
 getting a little

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.340
 peeved

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.779
 instead of

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.519
 being annoyed

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.440
 I want you

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.980
 to ask yourself

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.580
 this question

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.740
 could it be

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.440
 that God

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.880
 is singling

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.519
 me out

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.200
 through this

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.720
 interruption

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.140
 because this

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.680
 person

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:59.440
 is my agenda

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.120
 for the day

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:02.360
 could this be

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.100
 a divine

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.480
 appointment

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.420
 could this be

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.380
 the reason God

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.880
 has put me

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.279
 exactly in this

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.960
 place that I am

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.220
 now

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.200
 I mean God

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.759
 knew

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.880
 I had these

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.500
 plans

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:15.279
 God knew

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.960
 this is what

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.039
 I was going

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.460
 to be doing

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.840
 today

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.340
 right

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.080
 he always

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.519
 does

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.700
 so if that

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.279
 interruption

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.900
 occurs

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.559
 shouldn't we

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.059
 be asking

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.599
 ourselves

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.059
 if we

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.359
 want to be

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.680
 somebody

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.519
 who is

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.099
 on God's

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.400
 agenda

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.079
 rather than

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.420
 our own

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.819
 agenda

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:29.139
 could it be

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:29.639
 that God

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.000
 has allowed

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.619
 this interruption

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.059
 to occur

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.339
 because this

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.819
 is the new

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.639
 plan that God

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:33.920
 has given

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.440
 me today

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.940
 I mean this

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.420
 guy right here

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.819
 on the side

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.079
 of the road

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.000
 this gas can

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.379
 in his hand

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.720
 who needs

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.240
 some help

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.039
 maybe he's

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.639
 my agenda

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:43.579
 maybe God's

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.500
 redirecting my

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.839
 path

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.799
 and this guy

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.660
 has become

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:48.420
 my agenda

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.680
 for the day

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.320
 I'll tell you

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.940
 this and I'll

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.600
 pass on to the

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.120
 second thing I'll

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.640
 have you do

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.519
 I know you

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.180
 think your agenda

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.660
 is important

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.360
 and I think my

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.100
 agenda is important

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.580
 and I want to

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.140
 get it done

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.880
 I like checking

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.500
 off those things

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.860
 but I want to

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.200
 tell you something

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.720
 God's agenda

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.380
 always trumps

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.500
 our agenda

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.519
 do you know

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.800
 that

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.860
 you may think

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.600
 you know best

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.000
 about you

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.340
 but I'm going

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.519
 to tell you

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.640
 something

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.620
 God's agenda

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.740
 always trumps

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.300
 your agenda

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.080
 here's the second

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.360
 thing

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.220
 I want you to

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.740
 start and you're

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.000
 going to think

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.480
 I'm crazy

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.040
 when I tell you

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.839
 this but write

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.460
 it down anyway

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.639
 I want you to

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.279
 start looking

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.139
 for men

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.319
 up in trees

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.299
 I want you to

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.899
 start everywhere

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.639
 you go

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:26.099
 looking for

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.539
 people

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:28.240
 up in trees

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:30.039
 Jesus

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.879
 saw

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.200
 Nicodemus

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.399
 or rather

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.799
 Zacchaeus

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:36.680
 forgive me

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:38.399
 Jesus saw

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.240
 Zacchaeus

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.339
 and he

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.839
 immediately

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.319
 knew

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.500
 that's a

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.000
 needy guy

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.539
 right there

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:45.399
 I mean he

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.960
 put it all

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.220
 together

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.620
 in just a

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.940
 matter of

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.360
 moments

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.380
 and he

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.680
 knew

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:50.040
 Zacchaeus

00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:51.460
 needed him

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.700
 so Zacchaeus

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.080
 come down

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.440
 out of that

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.720
 tree

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.780
 I need to

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:55.100
 go to your

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.340
 house

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.759
 you need to

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.120
 take care

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.440
 of me

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.940
 today

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.540
 I want you

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:57.759
 to start

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.300
 looking for

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:59.019
 people in

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.580
 trees

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.660
 you say

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:00.920
 what are you

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.240
 talking about

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.519
 preacher

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.720
 well how many

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.080
 of you when

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.560
 you were kids

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.940
 looked for

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.040
 four leaf clovers

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:07.540
 now some of you

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.019
 young ones

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.360
 are going to

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.920
 probably say

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.900
 what's he

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.320
 talking about

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.620
 right

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.840
 when you're an

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.380
 old guy like

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.920
 me when we

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.320
 were kids

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.559
 we didn't

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.899
 have a lot

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.259
 to do

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.720
 so we'd

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.000
 go in the

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.240
 yard and

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.539
 we'd look

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.139
 for four leaf

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.619
 clovers

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.439
 you got a

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:17.819
 yard that had

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.179
 a lot of

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.460
 clover

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.539
 I've seen

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.980
 kids that

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.500
 spend hours

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.960
 looking for

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.399
 four leaf

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:21.779
 clovers

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.119
 how many

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.419
 of you ever

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:22.799
 found a

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.220
 four leaf

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.599
 clover

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.740
 a lot

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.339
 look here

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.759
 a lot of

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.039
 people

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.500
 good for

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.819
 you

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.899
 I think

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.179
 some of

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.359
 you are

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.679
 lying

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.039
 okay

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:31.859
 I feel like

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.339
 a real dummy

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.659
 because I

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:32.960
 want to tell you

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.359
 something I've

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.899
 never found

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.220
 one

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.240
 I was at a

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.519
 picnic

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.299
 the reason I

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.599
 use this

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.019
 illustration

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.619
 I was at a

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.139
 picnic with

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.939
 some church folk

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.879
 a long time

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:42.200
 ago and

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.840
 somehow

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.760
 we're in an

00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:44.140
 area where

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.460
 there's a lot

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.880
 of clover

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.360
 and we got

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.800
 this blanket

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.380
 on the ground

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.900
 and me and

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.400
 Regina and

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.740
 this other

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.220
 couple sitting

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.420
 there and

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.000
 I said look

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.320
 at all this

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.660
 clover I

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:50.980
 wonder if we

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.380
 could find a

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.740
 four leaf

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.180
 clover and

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.580
 this woman

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.160
 says oh

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.520
 sure we

00:32:53.520 --> 00:32:53.800
 can find

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:54.220
 some easy

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.260
 and I

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:55.840
 said really

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.580
 and she

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.020
 said oh

00:32:57.020 --> 00:32:57.720
 yeah she

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.420
 stands up

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.080
 I stand

00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.900
 up and

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.300
 she looks

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.520
 here at

00:33:00.520 --> 00:33:00.940
 this patch

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.200
 of ground

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.620
 about three

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.880
 or four

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.380
 foot wide

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.680
 and she

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.560
 says I

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:03.980
 see two

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.520
 right now

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.980
 and I

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.360
 said where

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.060
 she says I'm

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.420
 not going to

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.720
 tell you

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.240
 you find

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.839
 them so

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.539
 I looked

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.880
 for about

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.339
 ten minutes

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.799
 I ain't

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.380
 found nothing

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.519
 right and

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.079
 so I said

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.720
 where are

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.039
 they and

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.460
 so she

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.920
 bent over

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.180
 and she

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.680
 picked up

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.299
 two four

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.980
 leaf clovers

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.920
 and gave

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.120
 them to

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:20.420
 me I

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.880
 got another

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.980
 friend friend

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.380
 at Brushy

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.880
 Creek he's

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.620
 got a bag

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:26.000
 full of

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.500
 Indian

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.319
 arrowheads

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.660
 I've

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.059
 occasionally

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.519
 looked for

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.900
 those from

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.680
 places I'd

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.200
 be places

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.920
 battlefields or

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.279
 something where

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.880
 I think maybe

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.200
 there would

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.620
 be some I

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.059
 don't have

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.559
 one arrowhead

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.519
 and you got

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.140
 any arrowheads

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:40.100
 here's somebody

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.520
 got one

00:33:40.520 --> 00:33:41.920
 there in the

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.160
 back

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.980
 can I tell you

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.259
 something

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:46.940
 I am good at

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.480
 finding one

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.900
 thing

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.640
 well several

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.440
 things food

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.020
 for one

00:33:51.020 --> 00:33:51.780
 but another

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.920
 is I'm

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.360
 pretty good at

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.040
 finding deer

00:33:54.040 --> 00:33:55.280
 because my

00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:55.800
 wife and I

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.460
 started years

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.380
 ago in the

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.080
 evenings we

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:58.500
 had a place

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.840
 down the

00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.160
 lake for

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.780
 13 years

00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:00.600
 and we

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:00.940
 would get

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.280
 out on

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:02.000
 Friday nights

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.160
 about 7

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.600
 o'clock and

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.259
 we'd ride to

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.920
 8 and I

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.660
 knew I'd

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.060
 found some

00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.520
 in one area

00:34:06.520 --> 00:34:06.940
 and I'd go

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.400
 back to those

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.820
 areas and I

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.219
 found new

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.440
 areas and we

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.779
 got pretty

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.019
 good at

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.400
 finding deer

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.739
 and so those

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.340
 years we lived

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.019
 the lake one

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.799
 Saturday night

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.239
 I found

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.199
 Friday night

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.239
 I found 43

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.360
 deer okay

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.500
 I was down

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.000
 the lake this

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.779
 last week

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.519
 staying at a

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.119
 friend's house

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.460
 I found 50

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.179
 deer one

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:25.279
 night 15

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.639
 of them were

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.940
 bucks 8 of

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.699
 them 8 points

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.819
 or better big

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.440
 deer right

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.699
 you say that's a

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.539
 lot of it it is

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.579
 my wife's good

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.179
 at it she's as

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.900
 good at it as I

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.679
 am you know

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.940
 why because we

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.900
 look for deer

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.599
 just like that

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.460
 one guy looks

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.760
 for arrowheads

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:42.139
 just like that

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.960
 one guy has

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.460
 spent a lot of

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.740
 time looking for

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.659
 clovers I'm going

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.200
 to tell you a

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:47.079
 truth in life you

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.840
 can believe this

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:50.780
 you find what

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.320
 you're looking

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.880
 for

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:54.260
 did you know

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.400
 that you will

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:58.280
 find what you

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.440
 really and truly

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.220
 look for Jesus

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:02.099
 said the same in

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.119
 Matthew 7 7

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.819
 about prayer

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:05.599
 you will find

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.259
 what you seek

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.779
 for what you

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.420
 look for

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.980
 you know what I

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.380
 believe about

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.139
 Jesus you know

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.659
 why he had so

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.559
 many interruptions

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.940
 because he was

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.599
 willing to be

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.539
 interrupted and he

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.480
 was always looking

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.519
 for people up in

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:19.799
 trees he was

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.639
 always looking to

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.159
 that guy who

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.679
 seemed out of

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.699
 place he was

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.400
 always looking to

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.900
 that guy that

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.440
 others thought

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:27.239
 man that guy's a

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.839
 little weird

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.519
 that guy's been

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.579
 cast aside by

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:33.820
 society you know

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.380
 where you'll find

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.980
 them you'll find

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.460
 them in school

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:37.600
 cafeterias they're

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.220
 the guy or gal

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.860
 over there eating

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.780
 by themselves

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:42.860
 it's that guy at

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:44.059
 work you'll look

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.920
 at when you look

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.180
 at him he looks

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.600
 down she looks

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:49.780
 down when you

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.579
 look back up and

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.740
 move on they look

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.860
 back and they're

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:55.000
 watching you they

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:56.380
 isolate themselves

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:58.200
 there are people

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:59.160
 with needs in

00:35:59.160 --> 00:36:00.059
 their life and

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:01.180
 they want somebody

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:02.720
 to reach out to

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.440
 them but they're

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.420
 afraid to ask

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.940
 I want you to

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.500
 start looking for

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.800
 people who are in

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.260
 trees third thing

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:11.000
 I want you to learn

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.740
 to use Jesus

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.800
 approach to helping

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.840
 people and I just

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.480
 got to tell you this

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.039
 will be the hardest

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.900
 one for you to do

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:17.559
 because it's so

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.380
 foreign to our

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:20.940
 thinking here's how

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.640
 we want to help

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:23.099
 people we see

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.900
 somebody with a

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:25.240
 need and we rush

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.860
 in and try to be

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:27.840
 their savior let

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.340
 me buy you

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.280
 groceries let me

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.940
 do this for you

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.740
 let me do that for

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.460
 you come over here

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:33.079
 to this come to my

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:34.260
 house come to my

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:37.160
 cookout instead of

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.440
 letting people know

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:40.380
 man I need you

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:42.320
 when you do for

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.200
 somebody you know

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:44.579
 what happens it

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.380
 leaves them thinking

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.579
 boy he is such a

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:49.019
 nice guy they think

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.940
 better of you when

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:52.059
 you help them but

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.140
 when you enlist the

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:53.860
 help of people you

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.380
 know what always

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.079
 happens I've seen

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.099
 this being a pastor

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:57.799
 so many times it

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.400
 makes them feel

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.079
 important it makes

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.759
 them feel good about

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:02.440
 themselves it makes

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.340
 them feel needed it

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:05.199
 feels to them like he

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.079
 wants me to be a part

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.819
 of what he's about so

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.980
 when he says would you

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.860
 let me go home with

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.819
 you and you feed me

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:14.019
 today he's thrilled to

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:16.159
 death he's thrilled to

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.699
 death because it's

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.559
 Jesus coming to his

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.920
 house and he's going to

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:20.960
 be able to help Jesus

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:23.539
 but in Jesus allowing

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.360
 him to do that for

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:26.500
 him by Jesus saying I

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.119
 really do want to be

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.860
 involved to you not

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:30.460
 just superficially it

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.360
 opened the door for

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:33.679
 Zacchaeus to receive

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.900
 Christ into his heart

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:36.340
 and finally here's the

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:38.300
 last thing I want you

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.800
 to examine your

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:44.360
 salvation I know a lot

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.840
 of you are thinking

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.800
 well preacher that's

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.780
 pretty easy I've been a

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.619
 member of first pickings

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.859
 for X number of years

00:37:48.859 --> 00:37:50.500
 I was baptized right

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.539
 up in that baptismal

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.779
 pool or I was

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:55.239
 baptized out at this

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.279
 place Lake Hartwell

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:57.139
 somebody told me last

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.960
 night I was talking to

00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:02.319
 and you can recall the

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:05.319
 date and the time and

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:08.119
 everything about it but

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.779
 that's not what I'm

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.819
 asking you did you join

00:38:09.819 --> 00:38:11.259
 the church or did you

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:12.519
 sing in the choir or are

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.719
 you a deacon or have

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.519
 you taught in school

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.219
 what I'm asking you to

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.579
 do is we're going to

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.459
 require a lot of soul

00:38:18.459 --> 00:38:20.079
 searching and

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:21.899
 transparency but it's

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.719
 in your best interest

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.419
 you do it and that's

00:38:23.419 --> 00:38:25.199
 to ask yourself has a

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.519
 change like occurred in

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:29.579
 Zacchaeus ever occurred

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:33.079
 in me because I'm going

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.539
 to tell you something

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:35.779
 when salvation comes to a

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:39.339
 house to us it always

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:42.139
 leaves breathtaking changes

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:44.859
 I don't mean that

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:46.220
 everybody comes from a

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:47.120
 moral background and

00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:48.120
 suddenly becomes moral

00:38:48.120 --> 00:38:50.140
 but I'm going to tell

00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:51.340
 you something if you're

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:52.660
 the most moral person to

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:53.640
 ever live in pick in

00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:55.460
 South Carolina when

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.360
 Jesus comes in your

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:57.780
 eye it still radically

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:59.519
 changes the most moral

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:02.059
 of people it's an

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:05.140
 inside change you've

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.960
 heard me show my

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.280
 testimony when I got

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:10.620
 saved I was only 14

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:13.280
 years old so when a ton

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.340
 of weakness that I had to

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.440
 get rid of in my life

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.140
 and I'm going to tell

00:39:17.140 --> 00:39:18.320
 you that day I received

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:20.019
 Christ I became a

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.480
 different person it was

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.420
 as radical as the

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.900
 changes in Zacchaeus life

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:26.960
 I knew going forward I

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.920
 would sin against God and

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.240
 I did and I have and I'm

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:30.000
 ashamed of that but I'm

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.300
 going to tell you

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.340
 something there's never

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.620
 been a moment in my life

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.720
 that I've ever thought for

00:39:33.720 --> 00:39:35.820
 a second that I wasn't

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.720
 different than I was

00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:38.160
 before I received Christ

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:42.620
 he changed me he changed

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.759
 Zacchaeus and that's what

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:47.059
 Jesus saw I'll tell you

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.659
 ladies and gentlemen

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.960
 Jesus turns to the crowd

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.279
 you've just witnessed

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:52.859
 salvation salvation is

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:53.859
 cut this is a child of

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:55.400
 Abraham he has faith in

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:58.599
 God do you is there

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.579
 anything about your life

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:01.159
 that is just radically

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:03.159
 changing people and it

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.940
 doesn't even matter what

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:05.359
 other people do you know

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:06.779
 that change has occurred

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:09.039
 you know if not I want to

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.179
 tell you something you

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:11.880
 ought to really be talking

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.699
 to God about your

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:15.059
 salvation because the

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:16.300
 older I get the more I'm

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:18.800
 convinced when Jesus

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.099
 comes into a man or a

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:21.099
 woman's life a young

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:23.119
 person's life it's not

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.579
 just a handshake and a

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:26.059
 fill out card and a dunk

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:28.619
 in a pool it leaves a

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:31.519
 lasting effect you think

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.019
 differently your heart's

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:34.940
 different you're different

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:37.780
 because God now lives in

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:42.740
 you let's pray Lord I

00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:44.059
 pray you would convict men

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:47.260
 and women today who may be

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:48.519
 delusional of their

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:51.860
 salvation I would not

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:53.039
 cause anyone Lord

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.720
 purposefully to doubt for a

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.820
 moment that they know you

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.960
 if they really know you

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.559
 but if they have been duped

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.760
 into believing they have

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:02.000
 been saved when they have

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.360
 not been saved when they

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.720
 just Lord embraced an

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:09.559
 idea but they didn't

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:12.599
 embrace you I pray oh

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.539
 God that you'd convict

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.740
 them and bring them to

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:17.059
 the stark realization

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:19.320
 they need you and they

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.440
 can find you this day

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.620
 Lord you're just as

00:41:21.620 --> 00:41:22.519
 available to anyone in

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:23.519
 this room as you were to

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:26.000
 Zacchaeus so if there are

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.200
 men and women who turn in

00:41:27.200 --> 00:41:28.240
 these next few moments and

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:29.059
 they cry out to you and

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:30.640
 say God save me I pray you

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.860
 do that I know you will

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.140
 hear their prayer Lord

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:37.079
 save them today and for

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.420
 those of us who have been

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.799
 changed and we've been

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.980
 transformed and we know

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:44.039
 that help us to make your

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:47.019
 agenda our agenda to not

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:48.039
 be out there just doing our

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.359
 thing but to make people

00:41:49.359 --> 00:41:52.599
 sinners our agenda in life

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.699
 to bring them to faith in

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:56.099
 Christ have your will and

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:58.400
 way in this service we ask

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:00.379
 it in your name the

00:42:00.379 --> 00:42:00.739
 instrument

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:02.739
什麼

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:04.719
 love you

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:06.479
 love you

00:42:06.479 --> 00:42:08.739
 won't

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.639
 say

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:13.579
 love you

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:20.639
 alright