WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.120 Well, good morning, church. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:18.440 Turn with me in your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, beginning at verse 35. 00:00:20.219 --> 00:00:24.620 We've been journeying through this middle section of the Gospel of Luke. 00:00:24.620 --> 00:00:27.800 We have come to our last portion this morning. 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.380 Next week will be Easter Sunday. 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:31.980 We'll be looking at the account of the resurrection. 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:38.960 This Friday will be our Good Friday service, looking at the crucifixion. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:47.079 But today we have come to nearing the conclusion of Jesus' journey to Jerusalem. 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:53.640 So let's read beginning chapter 18, beginning at verse 35 to chapter 19, verse 10. 00:00:53.640 --> 00:01:04.739 As he, Jesus, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:08.760 And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:13.420 They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:20.140 And he cried out, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 00:01:21.260 --> 00:01:25.040 And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.579 But he cried out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me. 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.680 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:40.180 And when he came near, he asked him, what do you want me to do for you? 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:44.400 He said, Lord, let me recover my sight. 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:47.980 And Jesus said to him, recover your sight. 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:50.420 Your faith has made you well. 00:01:51.380 --> 00:01:57.740 And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. 00:01:58.540 --> 00:02:02.060 And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:05.540 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 00:02:05.659 --> 00:02:09.199 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:15.219 He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:19.379 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was. 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:25.699 But on account of the crowd, he could not, because he was small in stature. 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.819 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him. 00:02:30.819 --> 00:02:33.719 For he was about to pass that way. 00:02:34.959 --> 00:02:39.719 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:48.340 Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today. 00:02:49.079 --> 00:02:53.259 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:56.579 And when they saw it, they all grumbled. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:02.280 He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner. 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:09.680 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:14.479 And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold. 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:23.739 And Jesus said to him today, salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 00:03:24.399 --> 00:03:29.179 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:39.319 On February 18th of 1952, two tanker ships split in half in a terrible winter storm off the coast of Massachusetts. 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:44.039 From the portions of each ship that remained afloat, crews radioed for help. 00:03:44.859 --> 00:03:50.719 The local Coast Guard station dispatched most of their resources to aid the first tanker. 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:58.859 So when the second tanker called for help, all that remained was four men and a 36-foot rescue boat. 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.539 Most people who heard about it thought it was a suicide mission. 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:07.560 The boat faced towering waves and gale force winds. 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:14.519 They had to cross a bar of dangerous shoals that could have easily have sunk the boat at any time. 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:20.379 And having reached the sinking ship, they then had to return to shore in the same way. 00:04:21.539 --> 00:04:24.620 Against all odds, the rescue mission succeeded. 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:29.480 The story is told in the book and the movie, The Finest Hours. 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:34.560 The Finest Hours is not the only movie about a search and rescue mission. 00:04:35.580 --> 00:04:42.120 Think of Argo, the unconventional rescue of American diplomats by a CIA agent or Saving Private Ryan. 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:47.759 Search for a soldier whose three brothers had been killed on the front lines of World War II. 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:52.819 Why are we attracted to these harrowing tales? 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:56.480 These heroic stories of search and rescue missions. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.040 Missions. 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:03.420 You can almost guarantee that every couple of years, another one will come out and it'll be a blockbuster. 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.000 Now, some people might say rather cynically, people love a good thriller. 00:05:08.520 --> 00:05:11.960 It helps them escape for a moment from the dullness of their daily lives. 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:12.939 That's all it is. 00:05:16.180 --> 00:05:21.939 But aren't we so consistently drawn to these stories because in them we glimpse humanity at its best 00:05:21.939 --> 00:05:24.740 when circumstances are at their worst. 00:05:25.939 --> 00:05:32.860 We see men of courage and self-sacrifice undaunted by hostile environments putting the needs of others above their own. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:39.500 And even in our cynical age, we can't help but admire that when it's real. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:47.480 We might also sympathize with those who are lost and needing to be found, those who are in danger and needing to be rescued. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:49.779 We feel our human vulnerability. 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:58.680 We realize that we could very well end up in such a situation and we hope that someone would have the compassion and courage 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:05.000 to reach out to us if we found ourselves in such desperate straits. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:12.360 I think we're attracted to these stories because they tap into the reality of our human calling and our human condition. 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:21.120 We sense that if the world is ever to be put right, it will take something like a search and rescue mission. 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:27.180 Well, this is what the Bible has said all along. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:32.400 The end of today's passage concludes with a statement, 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:37.360 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:44.699 For the last few months, we've been walking through this middle section of the Gospel of Luke, 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.620 following Jesus and His disciples along the road toward Jerusalem, 00:06:48.620 --> 00:06:54.439 and today we arrive at the last stop before they reach Jerusalem itself. 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.019 They come to Jericho. 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:59.399 Jericho was an important city. 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:05.540 It was the first city the Israelites conquered when they crossed the Jordan and came into the Promised Land. 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:09.800 It was an oasis in a desert region surrounded by springs of water. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:14.139 It was a busy city at the junction of main roads, 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:19.920 and it was especially busy as it was here when Jewish pilgrims were heading toward Jerusalem 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:26.000 for one of the three annual festivals because it was the last city the pilgrims would come to in the valley 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:31.360 before they went up the 15-mile-long mountain road to Jerusalem. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.860 If you look up in verse 31, 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:40.240 Jesus says to His inner circle, the twelve, 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.540 For the third time, see, we're going up to Jerusalem. 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:49.120 And there the words of the prophets will be fulfilled, 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:52.780 and there I will suffer and die and rise again. 00:07:54.200 --> 00:08:00.700 And for the third time, His closest followers look at Him with blank stares. 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:03.240 Verse 34, 00:08:03.700 --> 00:08:06.060 They understood none of these things. 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:09.300 They've been with Jesus all along. 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:14.240 They understand the fact that He is walking toward Jerusalem, 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:18.040 but they don't understand why. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:23.560 And they don't understand why He keeps telling them that He's going there to suffer 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:25.879 and be rejected and be killed, 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:27.720 and then rise again. 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:29.939 What does that mean? 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.720 But in our passage this morning, 00:08:35.379 --> 00:08:38.639 Luke shows us the purpose of Jesus' journey 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:42.199 and the purpose of why Jesus came to earth. 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:46.779 Luke shows us here, 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.419 Jesus came on a search and rescue mission. 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:51.600 The Son of Man, 00:08:51.699 --> 00:08:53.139 the truly human one, 00:08:53.199 --> 00:08:53.980 the new Adam, 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:55.100 the King of Israel, 00:08:55.179 --> 00:08:56.379 had finally arrived, 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.759 and He came to rescue us from our lost state 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.159 and bring us home with Him to God. 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:05.960 This morning, we see two men, 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:09.940 a blind beggar and a chief tax collector. 00:09:10.060 --> 00:09:14.480 They're the last ones that join the caravan of Jesus' disciples 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:17.780 along this journey to His destination. 00:09:19.940 --> 00:09:23.139 We see two men who are lost who get found. 00:09:24.420 --> 00:09:26.940 I want to look at these two stories in three parts. 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:29.080 First, who were these men? 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.400 And in what sense were they lost? 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.120 Second, how does Jesus find them? 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.160 And third, what's the result? 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:43.000 So first, who were these two guys? 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:46.600 Who are these two guys that we meet here? 00:09:46.680 --> 00:09:51.000 On the outside, these two men were about as different as you could imagine. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.419 The first man, the blind beggar, 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:57.919 is physically helpless and desperately poor, 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:01.519 begging by the side of the road. 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:05.960 Do you remember in the parable of the shrewd manager, 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:09.820 the guy who's about to get fired from his desk job, 00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:10.860 and he says, 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:11.679 I'm too ashamed, 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:13.480 I'm not strong enough to dig, 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.759 and I'm too ashamed to beg. 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:21.519 See, begging was seen as the most shameful, 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:24.860 demeaning means of survival imaginable. 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:29.059 It's humiliating to have no other option 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:32.039 but to beg a stranger for your next meal. 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:37.899 You have this sense that you don't belong anywhere. 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:42.419 There's nobody who will take you in 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:44.240 and even feed you. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.519 And so that's all you can do. 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.899 And this is the blind man's life. 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:51.120 Every single day, 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.439 he would sit by the road calling out, 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:57.480 hoping that some passerby would be moved to pity him. 00:10:57.659 --> 00:10:58.980 He couldn't even see 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:02.899 whether the people he was calling out to 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:04.120 would look at him 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.399 or whether they would simply turn their heads the other way 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.600 and pass by. 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.939 He was powerless. 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.379 In the 1990s, 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:15.580 the World Bank did a survey 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:18.540 of 60,000 poor people 00:11:18.540 --> 00:11:20.300 from 60 different countries. 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:23.080 They asked them all the same question. 00:11:24.420 --> 00:11:25.759 What is poverty? 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:27.860 What does it mean to be poor? 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:31.440 Here are the most common responses. 00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:33.480 Shame, 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:35.360 inferiority, 00:11:36.400 --> 00:11:37.000 powerlessness, 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:38.600 humiliation, 00:11:39.540 --> 00:11:39.900 fear, 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:41.480 hopelessness, 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.480 depression, 00:11:43.319 --> 00:11:43.899 isolation, 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:45.659 voicelessness. 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:49.100 The experience of being poor 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:49.939 wasn't just 00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:52.139 and wasn't even primarily 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:54.459 about the lack of material things, 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.779 important and necessary as those are. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:03.199 It was primarily about feeling dehumanized 00:12:03.199 --> 00:12:05.839 and constantly overlooked 00:12:05.839 --> 00:12:07.079 and disrespected. 00:12:10.199 --> 00:12:11.819 Some of you may have felt that way. 00:12:14.319 --> 00:12:16.120 Some of you may feel that way every day. 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:18.019 Powerless, 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:18.740 voiceless, 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.919 humiliated, 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:20.559 hopeless. 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:22.819 Maybe you felt that way 00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:24.360 because of your physical circumstances. 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:25.559 Maybe you feel that way 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:26.480 for other reasons. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.960 That's the first man. 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:32.379 The second man, 00:12:32.700 --> 00:12:33.320 Zacchaeus, 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.040 is on the opposite end 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:37.139 of the social spectrum. 00:12:37.780 --> 00:12:38.860 He's physically able. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:41.240 He may have been short, 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:42.940 but he still could climb a tree. 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:45.720 And he was financially successful. 00:12:47.300 --> 00:12:49.360 A chief tax collector. 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.200 Now, 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.519 when you hear tax collector, 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:53.700 that does not mean 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:55.200 that he was a government official. 00:12:55.540 --> 00:12:56.300 He did not work 00:12:56.300 --> 00:12:57.220 for the ancient equivalent 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:57.900 of the IRS. 00:12:57.899 --> 00:13:02.220 The Roman government 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:02.899 had privatized 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:04.980 the tax collection business. 00:13:05.819 --> 00:13:07.480 They subcontracted it out 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:08.500 to the highest bidder 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.819 in each region. 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.220 So, Zacchaeus 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:12.879 was an entrepreneur. 00:13:14.079 --> 00:13:15.340 He was an independent 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.059 business owner. 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.459 And he had achieved 00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:20.799 every business owner's dream. 00:13:21.819 --> 00:13:22.699 He had found 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.360 some other guys 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.360 to work under him 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.079 to do most of his dirty work. 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:27.179 He would get a cut 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:28.759 off whatever they brought in 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:30.120 in addition to whatever 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:31.120 he brought in directly. 00:13:32.439 --> 00:13:33.399 And in a busy town 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:34.039 like Jericho 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:34.779 with many people 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:35.500 coming and going, 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.539 imports and exports, 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:37.719 it's not surprising 00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.739 that he was rich. 00:13:39.479 --> 00:13:40.759 He had made it. 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.599 He owned a house. 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:45.159 He never had to beg. 00:13:45.439 --> 00:13:45.939 In fact, 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:47.419 he could compel people 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.179 to pay him 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.279 and threaten them 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:50.679 with the police 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:51.899 if they didn't. 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:55.159 He had power. 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:00.579 Some of you might feel 00:14:00.579 --> 00:14:01.659 like you've made it. 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.939 You've been successful 00:14:03.939 --> 00:14:04.699 in your business. 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.340 You've risen to the top. 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.799 You stay in shape. 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:09.100 You can take care 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.559 of yourself 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:10.159 and your family 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.179 and you have a decent chunk 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:12.079 of change to spare. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.199 Some of you 00:14:14.199 --> 00:14:15.079 aren't quite there, 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.799 but you're on the way 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.939 and that's what 00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.679 you're aiming for. 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.239 But you know, 00:14:22.339 --> 00:14:23.439 you can be the top dog. 00:14:23.579 --> 00:14:24.019 You can be, 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.539 you can look good 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:26.439 and feel good 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:27.719 and still deep down 00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:28.859 you can wonder 00:14:28.859 --> 00:14:30.679 what's the meaning 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.299 of it all. 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:34.459 Recently, 00:14:34.599 --> 00:14:35.279 I was at an event 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.179 where Professor 00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.759 Lori Santos 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.299 was speaking. 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.579 Some of you 00:14:38.579 --> 00:14:39.299 are familiar with her. 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:39.759 Last year, 00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:40.479 she taught the most 00:14:40.479 --> 00:14:41.439 well-attended class 00:14:41.439 --> 00:14:42.679 ever in Yale College 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.959 about how to be happy, 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.799 psychology, 00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.519 and the good life. 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.199 And she rehearsed 00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:48.179 the statistics 00:14:48.179 --> 00:14:51.039 61% of college students 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:51.799 report feeling 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.059 overwhelming anxiety. 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:55.000 60% say they're 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.699 very lonely. 00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:57.439 Over 40% say 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:58.379 they feel hopeless. 00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.719 A third say 00:14:59.719 --> 00:15:00.620 they feel so depressed 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.819 it's difficult to function. 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.919 And then she gave 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.179 her top three techniques. 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.339 Proven by empirical studies 00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:10.059 for improving 00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.779 your happiness. 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:11.399 Number one, 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.819 recognize your mind 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.639 lies to you. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.759 The example she gave 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.299 was most people think 00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:18.419 that in order to be happy 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.120 they need to earn 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.120 about twice as much 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.039 as they currently do. 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.079 But actually, 00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.740 once you get to 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.819 a certain threshold, 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.539 she said about 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:29.059 $75,000 a year, 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.919 the more you earn 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.199 doesn't actually increase 00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:33.539 your self-reported happiness. 00:15:37.459 --> 00:15:38.179 Recognize your mind 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:38.899 lies to you. 00:15:39.479 --> 00:15:39.979 Number one. 00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:40.319 Second, 00:15:40.479 --> 00:15:42.039 make time for social connections. 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:43.339 With family, 00:15:43.479 --> 00:15:43.740 friends, 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:44.639 or even strangers, 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:46.079 live in a meaningful community. 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:46.520 Third, 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.440 express gratitude 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.400 every day. 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:50.360 Now, 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:50.980 guess what? 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.860 The top three 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:55.340 empirically proven ways 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.500 to improve your happiness 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.460 are all things 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:57.940 that the Bible 00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.620 has been telling you 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.440 to do all along. 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.400 Recognize 00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:03.540 that we are prone 00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:04.340 to self-deception, 00:16:04.520 --> 00:16:06.460 that we easily deceive 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.040 ourselves. 00:16:08.020 --> 00:16:09.340 Live in meaningful community 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:11.400 and thank God 00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:12.100 every day. 00:16:13.640 --> 00:16:13.960 Of course, 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.680 the studies don't say 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.559 who you should thank, 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.199 but isn't that the question? 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:20.339 Who do you thank? 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.319 It's so much more satisfying 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:25.259 to have someone to thank. 00:16:27.979 --> 00:16:29.339 Isn't that what we were made for? 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:32.540 But the point I wanted to get to 00:16:32.540 --> 00:16:33.680 is at the end of her presentation, 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.540 someone asked this, 00:16:34.660 --> 00:16:35.759 what if you implement 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.879 all these techniques 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.519 and still find yourself 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.680 longing for something more? 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.360 And she said, 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:45.519 I totally get that question. 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.680 She said, 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.600 I see the purpose 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.519 of my class 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.460 as wrapping 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.340 a big band-aid 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:54.680 around the hurts 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:56.220 of college students. 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:59.019 giving some relief, 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:00.560 trying to help people 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:02.139 feel a bit better. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.200 And I hope 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.900 that once people 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:06.519 get some relief, 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.579 then they can start 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:10.360 asking the big questions 00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:12.420 about meaning. 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.539 And she said, 00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.380 the social sciences 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.039 by themselves 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.420 will never answer 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.180 those questions. 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:24.060 On the outside, 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.700 the blind man 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:26.039 seemed to have nothing, 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.680 and Zacchaeus 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.580 seemed to have it all. 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.920 But on the inside, 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.279 they both knew 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.039 their spiritual need. 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.480 And they were both 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.120 drawn to this Jesus. 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.180 We don't know exactly 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.120 what the blind man 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.799 or Zacchaeus 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.480 had heard 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.580 in advance about Jesus, 00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:48.879 but when the blind man 00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.639 heard that Jesus 00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.439 was passing by, 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.759 he began crying out, 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.579 Jesus, 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.460 Son of David, 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.619 have mercy on me. 00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.759 He did all that he could 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:57.079 to get Jesus' attention. 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.399 And interestingly, 00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:01.659 in that one statement, 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.460 the blind man 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.859 displays more insight 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.019 into who Jesus is 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.099 than anyone else 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:07.119 around him. 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:09.079 The crowds 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.619 simply identified Jesus 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:12.559 as Jesus of Nazareth. 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.700 They identified him 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.579 with his hometown. 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.240 The blind man 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.399 identified Jesus 00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.519 as one who had 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.700 kingly authority, 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.159 Son of David, 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.079 and tender mercy. 00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.599 Verse 34 says, 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.500 the inner circle 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.339 of Jesus' disciples 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.799 still didn't understand 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.440 who he was 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.519 despite many 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.839 private conversations. 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.559 And the blind man, 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:39.179 relying only on 00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:40.319 second-hand reports, 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.220 perceived something 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.279 true about Jesus 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.200 and desperately 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.259 wanted more. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.000 Zacchaeus was also 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.240 drawn to Jesus. 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.019 Verse 3 said, 00:18:54.100 --> 00:18:54.660 he was seeking 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:56.200 to see who Jesus was. 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:59.019 And the tense 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.759 of that verb 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.759 may imply 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.600 that he had wanted 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.839 to see who Jesus was 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.940 for a long time. 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.620 Maybe he had heard 00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.440 that unlike 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.980 nearly every other 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.799 religious teacher, 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:12.099 Jesus spent time 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:13.339 talking and eating 00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.779 with tax collectors, 00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.919 who is this 00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:17.839 religious teacher 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.039 who doesn't 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:20.299 just despise 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.619 people like me? 00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.919 Whatever his thinking, 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.879 he heard that Jesus 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.799 had come to town 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.899 and he thought, 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.379 here's my chance. 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.700 They're both drawn 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.139 to Jesus, 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.339 but in both cases, 00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.200 the crowd 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.299 gets in their way. 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:40.099 What happens 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.839 when the blind man 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.619 starts crying out 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:41.980 to Jesus? 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.440 The crowd 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.500 tells him to shut up. 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.440 Move over. 00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.359 You're not important. 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.440 Jesus is. 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.460 Don't you recognize 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.000 that? 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.859 They rebuked him, 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.119 just like they rebuked 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:56.960 the parents 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.519 who were bringing 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.960 young infants 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.960 to Jesus 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.039 for his blessing. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:05.559 Zacchaeus was also 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.000 hindered 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.259 on account 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.960 of the crowd. 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.899 He couldn't 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.680 see Jesus. 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.460 You might say, 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.720 well, 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.659 why doesn't he, 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.000 you know, 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.339 okay, 00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:16.079 if he's short, 00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.139 why doesn't he 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:18.000 just find a friendly 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.839 tall person 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:20.139 and ask to squeeze 00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.859 in front of them? 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.779 Right? 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.000 I mean, 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.759 if I'm ever 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.359 in the back 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:24.920 of a crowd, 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.639 I just find 00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.180 somebody like 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.839 Pastor Nick 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:30.139 and say, 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.399 hey, 00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:30.839 can I get 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.480 in front of you? 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:31.959 Your view 00:20:31.959 --> 00:20:32.399 won't be 00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:33.559 instructed at all. 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.899 But no, 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:41.119 there was no 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.899 friendly person 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.599 in the crowd. 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.699 Tax collectors 00:20:44.699 --> 00:20:45.759 were despised, 00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.480 even hated. 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.759 They were seen 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.500 as traitors 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:50.859 and cheats. 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.439 And their reputation 00:20:53.439 --> 00:20:54.119 was not 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.720 completely undeserved. 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:59.419 So they're both 00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:00.159 drawn to Jesus. 00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.879 The crowd gets 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.959 in both of their ways, 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.639 but we see 00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.319 that both of them 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.899 persist 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:06.639 in reaching out 00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.240 to Jesus. 00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.619 The crowd 00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.459 tells the blind man 00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.079 to shut up 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.539 and he gets louder. 00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.539 He cried out 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.859 all the more. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.980 Zacchaeus 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.679 couldn't see Jesus 00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.379 through the crowd, 00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:22.199 so he runs ahead 00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:22.679 of the crowd 00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.480 and climbs a tree. 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.179 Now, 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.179 that's not exactly 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:27.180 the most dignified 00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.820 thing to do. 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:29.940 I mean, 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.740 imagine a Yale professor 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:34.759 or a pharmaceutical 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:36.039 company executive, 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.259 right, 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.320 or someone 00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.660 who works 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.220 in a bank 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.240 and is wearing 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.720 a suit, 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.519 climbing a tree 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.500 to peer over 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.039 a crowd 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.460 at a visiting celebrity. 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.240 A little unusual. 00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.640 Now, 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.820 sycamore fig trees, 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.600 they're native 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.240 to Jericho, 00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:55.279 and they are 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.099 great for climbing. 00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:58.319 They're those kind 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.959 of trees that have 00:21:58.959 --> 00:21:59.740 a big trunk 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:01.539 and lots of branches, 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.399 low-hanging branches, 00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.299 and they also have 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.259 large leaves. 00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:05.959 So, 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.599 most likely, 00:22:06.719 --> 00:22:07.459 Zacchaeus thought, 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.319 okay, 00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.980 if I get up 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.659 in this tree, 00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.659 I can get a good 00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.419 view of Jesus 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:15.559 and probably 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.459 I can escape 00:22:16.459 --> 00:22:17.139 being seen 00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.899 by the crowd. 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:20.900 But still, 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.320 he was taking 00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:21.860 a risk 00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:23.860 because he was 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.660 drawn to Jesus. 00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.180 Now, 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.840 before we go on 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.540 in the stories, 00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.720 let me take a moment 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.600 to speak to those 00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.040 of you 00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.240 who might be 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.540 like Zacchaeus 00:22:33.540 --> 00:22:34.440 or the blind man, 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.100 drawn to Jesus 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:37.580 but not yet 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.000 committed 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.860 to Him. 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.259 Is there something 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.780 about Jesus 00:22:42.780 --> 00:22:43.640 that is drawing 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.540 you towards Him? 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:46.940 Maybe it's what 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.019 the blind man noticed, 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.839 that he has this 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.019 striking combination 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.659 of kingly authority 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:55.019 and tender mercy. 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.319 You know, 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.839 if you read 00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.539 through the Gospels, 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.039 you see this 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.920 all the time. 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.119 Jesus makes 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.220 the boldest claims 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.779 about Himself. 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.599 He claims to be 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.619 the promised Messiah. 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.940 He claims to be 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.899 God Himself. 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.099 He claims to be 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.759 and do 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.379 what only God 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.460 can be and do. 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.399 Over and over 00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:13.819 and over. 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.819 And at the same time, 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.119 Jesus washes 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.119 His disciples' feet. 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.519 He spends time 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.339 with little children. 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.899 He touches lepers. 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:28.039 He befriends outcasts. 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.559 He's the humblest, 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:31.559 most approachable person, 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.759 most down-to-earth person ever. 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.980 And you might think, 00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:40.259 how does that fit together? 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.400 I don't know anyone 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:45.160 who's that authoritative 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.079 and that humble 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.119 at the same time. 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.640 Maybe you grew up 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.839 in another religious tradition, 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.379 but you're seeing Jesus 00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.640 and you see something 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:59.180 and it's strangely attractive 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.779 and it's drawing you toward Him. 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.660 And maybe you're desperate 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.779 like the blind man, 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.740 or maybe you're fascinated 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.440 like Zacchaeus. 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.980 But perhaps at the same time, 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.799 there's also something 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.920 that's getting in your way. 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.480 Something that's hindering you, 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.639 blocking you, 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.299 trying to intimidate you 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.660 and get you to stay away 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.180 from Jesus 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:23.019 like the crowd. 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:26.039 Maybe there's a hostile crowd 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.200 that tells you 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.920 like they told the blind man, 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.220 you're worthless. 00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:33.680 Shut up 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.620 and get out of the way. 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.820 Maybe you've had bad experiences 00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:41.259 with some of Jesus' disciples, 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.440 or at least people 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:46.539 who seem to be closer 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.640 to Jesus than you are. 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.080 Maybe some of them 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.779 look at you funny 00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.420 or make you feel like 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.060 you're not wanted. 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:57.400 If you begin seeking after Jesus, 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:59.140 if you really want to find out 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.660 who He is, 00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.560 there is almost always something 00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:03.460 that will try to get in your way 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.860 and throw you off course. 00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.580 And sometimes, 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.100 once you start following Jesus, 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.660 there's something 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.720 that gets in your way 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.720 and wants to stand 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.720 between you and Jesus. 00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.840 Don't let anything 00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.660 get in the way 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:24.540 of you finding out 00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:26.400 who Jesus really is. 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.880 It's worth your time. 00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.720 It's worth the potential 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.360 embarrassment 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.340 and inconvenience. 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.320 It's worth it 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.900 to reach out to Him 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.440 and seek to see Him 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:38.020 for who He really is. 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.820 There's a reason 00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:43.440 why you're drawn to Him. 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.680 It's worth finding out 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.240 if that's real and true. 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.660 And Christians, 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:52.720 there's a lesson for us too. 00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:54.460 Let's not allow anything 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.560 to get in the way 00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:57.640 of us fixing our eyes 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.380 on Jesus, 00:25:59.040 --> 00:26:00.640 the author 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.840 and perfecter 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:03.000 of our faith. 00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.840 So that's the first part 00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.900 of these stories, 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.660 these two men. 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.759 On the outside, 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.380 they looked completely different, 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.560 but on the inside, 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.900 they're both drawn to Jesus. 00:26:17.280 --> 00:26:18.259 Second part, 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:20.720 how did Jesus find them? 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:24.279 I want you to step back 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.799 for a moment. 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.360 I want you to imagine 00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:29.240 that you are hearing 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.319 or reading through 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.220 the Gospel of Luke 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.160 for the first time 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.880 and that you know 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.180 nothing else about Jesus 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.220 or about Christianity. 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.319 By this time 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.120 in Luke's Gospel, 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.380 you would probably expect 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.700 that Jesus will heal 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.740 this blind man. 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.180 Why? 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.600 Well, 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.420 in chapter 4, 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.539 Jesus' opening sermon, 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:48.940 He says, 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.980 He has come to proclaim 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.100 good news to the poor 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:52.299 and recovering of sight 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.900 to the blind. 00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.360 Chapter 7, 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.759 He has already 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.420 bestowed sight 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.460 on many who are blind. 00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.380 Chapter 14, 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.700 Jesus tells people, 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.059 invite the poor, 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.580 the crippled, 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.059 the blind, 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.480 the lame 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.240 to your feasts. 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.000 Chapter 17, 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.779 Jesus heals 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.700 a group of lepers 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.779 who call out to Him 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.980 in the same words, 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:13.340 have mercy on us. 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.140 Over and over, 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.660 we've seen Jesus' compassion 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.840 for the lowest, 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.779 the last, 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.680 and the least. 00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.920 Jesus is the Savior 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.600 of the helpless 00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.320 and the hopeless 00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:24.120 and of all who recognize 00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:25.960 their spiritually hopeless condition 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.040 and cry out to Him 00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.540 for mercy. 00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:31.340 But if you were reading 00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.980 through Luke 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.500 for the very first time 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:36.000 or hearing it read to you 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.960 back in the ancient world, 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.840 what would you expect 00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.600 when you hear about Zacchaeus? 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:43.519 On the one hand, 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.279 we've seen Jesus 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.179 earlier in Luke 00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:46.740 showing welcome 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.679 and hospitality 00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.879 to tax collectors 00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.639 and sinners. 00:27:50.719 --> 00:27:52.059 On the other hand, 00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.719 we've seen Jesus 00:27:53.719 --> 00:27:55.099 repeatedly warning 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:56.019 the rich 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:57.719 that God's judgment 00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:59.359 will come upon them. 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.139 If you do a word search 00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.259 for the word rich 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.519 in the Gospel of Luke, 00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.839 here's what you'll find. 00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.619 Chapter 1, 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.579 the Song of Mary. 00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:10.599 God has filled the hungry 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.419 with good things 00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.059 and the rich 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.579 He has sent away empty. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.079 Chapter 6, 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.759 woe to you who are rich 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.759 for you have received 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.799 your consolation. 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.659 Chapter 12, 00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.679 the parable of the rich fool. 00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.159 With great plans 00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:29.399 to build bigger barns 00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.419 only to have his life 00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.219 taken from him 00:28:31.219 --> 00:28:32.139 that very night. 00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:34.119 Chapter 16, 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.699 the parable of the rich man 00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:36.619 who ends up in hell 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:38.159 while Lazarus 00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.059 ends up in heaven. 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.839 In chapter 18, 00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:44.240 the ruler who at first 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.159 seemed so eager 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.199 to follow Jesus, 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.419 but when Jesus told him 00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.599 to give away his wealth, 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.859 he became very sad 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:54.240 for he was extremely rich. 00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:56.139 And Jesus says 00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.959 in chapter 18, 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.659 verse 25, 00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.299 it is easier for a camel 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.000 to go through 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.859 the eye of a needle 00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.980 than for a rich person 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:05.039 to enter the kingdom of God. 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:09.559 So far in the gospel of Luke, 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:11.480 riches are almost always 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.299 a hindrance 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:14.680 to following Jesus. 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.720 And so when we hear 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:20.180 in verse 2 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:22.960 that Zacchaeus was rich, 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.740 we think 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:27.920 he's the most unlikely candidate 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.740 to join Jesus' entourage. 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:33.539 He's the one 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.279 who would have seemed 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.599 farthest away 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:37.680 from the kingdom of God. 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.779 He had everything 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.579 he could want 00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.700 in this world's terms 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.900 and so why would he need 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.779 anything else? 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.380 But Jesus seeks 00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.420 and saves 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.480 even him. 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.759 You see, 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.700 you can't predict 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.440 in advance 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.140 how someone 00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.900 will respond 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.640 to Jesus. 00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:01.980 sometimes we 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.840 can be tempted 00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:04.060 to write people off 00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:05.640 because we assume 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.460 that they have 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.220 no interest 00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.080 in spiritual things 00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.540 at all. 00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.780 The only way 00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.280 you can know 00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:14.080 is to invite them 00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:16.600 in one way 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.000 or another 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.420 to consider Jesus. 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.020 Both men 00:30:23.020 --> 00:30:23.700 were drawn 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.500 toward Jesus 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:27.660 but neither of them 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.140 would have found 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.019 Jesus on their own. 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.539 You see, 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.279 neither of them 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.119 would have personally 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.319 encountered Jesus 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.640 unless Jesus 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.380 personally 00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.240 sought them out. 00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.359 You see, 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.799 what we see 00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.680 in these two stories 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.900 is not the blind man 00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.720 and Zacchaeus 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.680 successfully 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:45.380 being successful 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.039 in their quest 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.720 to find Jesus. 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.500 We see Jesus 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.400 being successful 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.319 in his quest 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.559 to find them. 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.799 All the blind man 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.200 could do 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.059 was cry out 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.519 for help. 00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.519 He couldn't even 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.039 see where Jesus 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.480 was, 00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.639 let alone 00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.500 walk over to him. 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.579 Verse 40 says, 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.399 Jesus stopped 00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:09.339 and commanded him 00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.919 to be brought 00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.359 to him 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.819 and said, 00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.500 what do you want 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.460 me to do for you? 00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.139 Jesus treated 00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.799 the man 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.899 as a person 00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.919 to be loved 00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.779 and honored, 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.419 not as a problem 00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.480 to be solved 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.680 or done away with. 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:26.980 Jesus was not 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.779 too busy, 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.700 too anxious, 00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.960 or too distracted 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.379 to hear the cries 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.519 of a desperate man. 00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.359 And Jesus gave 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.319 this blind man 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.099 even more 00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.099 than he asked for. 00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.500 Lord, 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.619 let me recover 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.460 my sight. 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.200 And Jesus says, 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.279 recover your sight. 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.639 And then he says, 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.220 your faith 00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.299 has made you well. 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.460 But elsewhere, 00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.660 that same phrase 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.420 is translated, 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.200 your faith 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.399 has saved 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.139 you. 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.680 Who can be saved? 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.920 Everyone 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.440 who reaches out 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.039 to Jesus 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.859 in faith. 00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:19.240 likewise, 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.299 Zacchaeus also 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.799 got more 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.279 from Jesus 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.779 than he had 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.439 bargained for. 00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.179 You know, 00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.659 it's not clear 00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.659 what exactly 00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.179 Zacchaeus 00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:28.500 was hoping for. 00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:30.859 Climb the tree, 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.599 certainly wants 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.359 to see Jesus. 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.099 Perhaps he wants 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.759 to hear him 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.319 in person. 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.439 But 00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:39.039 he certainly 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.799 didn't expect 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.519 Jesus to look 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.240 up in the tree 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.960 and call him 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.559 by name 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.480 and invite 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.039 himself over 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.500 to his house 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.920 for dinner. 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.700 By the way, 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.440 that was not 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.299 any more common 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.859 in the ancient 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.620 world than it is 00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.920 today. 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.920 It's the only 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.759 time somebody 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.420 does that 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.420 in the Gospels. 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.519 Jesus came 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.079 to Zacchaeus' 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.559 house, 00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.960 and verse 9 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.799 says salvation 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.059 came to Zacchaeus' 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.880 house that day 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.140 too, 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.700 because Jesus 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.180 had come. 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.680 You see, 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.240 despite the 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720 barriers 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.539 presented by 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.940 the crowd, 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.700 Jesus sought 00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.759 out these 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.519 two men. 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.559 Someone said, 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:18.920 if anyone 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.319 is seeking 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.940 after God, 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.420 it is only 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.039 because God 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.400 has been 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.519 seeking that 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.319 person first. 00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.120 C.S. Lewis 00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.400 wrote, 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.920 there comes a 00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.519 moment when 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.960 people who 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.279 have been 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.000 dabbling in 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.420 religion, 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.539 man's search 00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.160 for God, 00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.680 suddenly draw 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.120 back. 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.180 Supposing we 00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.839 really found 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.160 him, 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.380 worse still, 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.140 supposing he 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.660 had found 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.120 us. 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.140 An impersonal 00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.520 God, 00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.960 well and 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.160 good. 00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.980 A subject 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.480 of God 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.040 inside our 00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.580 own heads, 00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.280 better still. 00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:53.300 A formless 00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:53.940 life force 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.660 surging through 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:54.860 us, 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.160 a vast power 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.720 which we can 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.680 tap best of 00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.000 all. 00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.560 But God 00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.100 himself, 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.640 alive, 00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.480 pulling at 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.800 the other 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.220 end of the 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.500 cord, 00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.360 approaching at 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.780 an infinite 00:34:04.780 --> 00:34:05.240 speed, 00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.700 the hunter, 00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.180 the king, 00:34:06.260 --> 00:34:06.660 the husband, 00:34:06.760 --> 00:34:07.480 that is quite 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.240 another matter. 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.180 Jesus says 00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.720 to Zacchaeus, 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.860 I must 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:14.820 stay at 00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.400 your house 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.079 today. 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.539 It's that 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.960 verb, 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.519 must, 00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.340 that Luke 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.099 uses over 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.539 and over 00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.180 to indicate 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:24.180 the steadfast 00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.860 purpose of 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.320 God. 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.840 Hurry, 00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:29.720 he says. 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.280 We must 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.820 not even 00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.240 delay. 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.880 And in 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.280 verse 6, 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.579 we see 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.019 Zacchaeus' 00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:36.160 vigorous response. 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.960 Four colorful 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.340 verbs. 00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.900 He hurried, 00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.860 he came down, 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.740 he received, 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.420 and he 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.140 rejoiced. 00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.440 Verse 7, 00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.880 we see the 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.680 crowd's response 00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.140 again in 00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.800 four verbs. 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.940 They saw, 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.360 they grumbled, 00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:53.340 he has gone 00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.840 to be his 00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.220 guest. 00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.400 You see, 00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.880 Jesus 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.160 endures 00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:03.880 the scorn 00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.300 and hatred 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:07.320 of the crowd 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.200 against 00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.200 Zacchaeus. 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:14.720 the crowd 00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.099 starts 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.579 complaining 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.559 about Jesus, 00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:18.200 not just 00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.620 about 00:35:18.620 --> 00:35:20.099 that 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.160 despised 00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.320 tax collector 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.640 who got 00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.320 rich off 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.680 us. 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.079 The crowd 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.480 now 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.500 says, 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.640 he has 00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.099 gone 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.820 there. 00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.579 But the 00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.980 Bible says 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.700 Jesus is not 00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.200 ashamed 00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:37.200 to call 00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:38.019 us his 00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.640 brothers and 00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.039 sisters. 00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:41.359 Jesus identifies 00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:42.500 with us 00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.400 even to the 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.920 point of 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:45.059 enduring the 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.039 scorn and 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.000 hatred that 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:49.239 others direct 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.699 against us. 00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:55.299 Hebrews says, 00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:55.940 he endured the 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.359 cross, 00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.960 despising the 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.440 shame, 00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.339 so that we 00:35:59.339 --> 00:36:00.219 might be brought 00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.219 with him to 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.639 glory. 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.739 glory. 00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.719 You notice how 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.219 the crowd's 00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.000 reactions differ? 00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.739 When Jesus 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.199 heals the 00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.719 blind man, 00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.119 the crowd 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.779 rejoices. 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.779 They praise 00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.259 God. 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.079 When Jesus 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.119 goes to 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.539 Zacchaeus' 00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:14.940 house, 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.519 the crowd 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.440 grumbles. 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.319 But Jesus 00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.099 doesn't choose 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.719 his followers 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.639 based on a 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.900 popularity contest. 00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.519 Thank God. 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.559 God. 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.559 He doesn't 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.199 extend his 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.800 welcome to 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:32.099 us based 00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.780 on how many 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.300 people will 00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.820 approve of 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.199 him for 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.039 welcoming us. 00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.440 He has 00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.860 come to 00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.340 seek and 00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.880 to save 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.400 the lost. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.019 He's come 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.360 on a 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.759 search and 00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.119 rescue 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.619 mission. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.960 Finally, 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.800 the result. 00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.579 How are 00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.960 these men 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.559 changed by 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.119 their encounter 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.679 with Jesus? 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.819 Jesus. 00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.919 The blind 00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.799 man shows 00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:57.159 us what 00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.919 faith looks 00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.279 like. 00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.619 Verse 43, 00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.239 he recovered 00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.960 his sight and 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.199 followed Jesus 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:03.319 glorifying God. 00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.099 You see, 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.559 the blind 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.099 man didn't 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.559 just see 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.119 Jesus as 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.559 a means 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:07.980 to some 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.599 other end. 00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:08.940 He didn't 00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.679 just get 00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.199 his healing, 00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.879 go on 00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:11.399 his way, 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.940 and do 00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.279 his own 00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.639 thing. 00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.579 No, 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.259 his healing 00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.899 led him 00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:15.539 to obedience 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.319 and worship. 00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.299 He led 00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.739 the people 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.299 in praising 00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.699 God. 00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.059 Nothing 00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.480 could hold 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.819 him back 00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.379 from becoming 00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.419 a full-fledged 00:37:21.419 --> 00:37:21.919 disciple. 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.219 The twelve 00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.539 couldn't 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.940 imagine 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.599 why Jesus 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.079 was going 00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.379 up to 00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.779 Jerusalem. 00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.359 The blind 00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:27.019 man couldn't 00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.579 imagine 00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:29.739 not going 00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.199 with him. 00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.779 That's what 00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.539 faith looks 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.059 like, 00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.179 following 00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.899 Jesus 00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.719 and 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.440 worshiping 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.139 God. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.299 You see, 00:37:42.419 --> 00:37:44.159 faith is not 00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.879 like it's 00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.259 something that 00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.699 we have to 00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.239 sort of build 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.699 up within 00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.299 ourselves and 00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:47.919 feel within 00:37:47.919 --> 00:37:48.639 ourselves and 00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.639 feel really 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.460 strong in. 00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.299 Faith is 00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:51.919 simply looking 00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.379 at Jesus. 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:56.119 at first, 00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.739 it's reaching 00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.399 out to him 00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:58.379 despite the 00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:58.799 hindrance of 00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.339 the crowd, 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:01.079 and at the 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.319 end, 00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:01.960 it's following 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.440 him and 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.000 walking with 00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.399 him along 00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:03.899 the road. 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.739 It's just 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.139 looking at 00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.359 him. 00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.839 When Jesus 00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:09.059 says, 00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.480 your faith 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.899 has saved 00:38:09.899 --> 00:38:10.079 you, 00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.539 Jesus is 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.019 not saying 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.579 your achievement 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.079 has saved 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.319 you. 00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.559 He's saying, 00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.460 looking at 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:16.799 me as I 00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.319 have saved 00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:17.559 you. 00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.519 The blind 00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.980 man shows 00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.559 us a picture 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.099 of faith. 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.480 And 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.119 Zacchaeus, 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.679 Zacchaeus shows 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.139 us a picture 00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.699 of repentance. 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.460 Verse 8, 00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.099 without even 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.679 being asked 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.259 to do so, 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.739 Zacchaeus 00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.579 willingly gives 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.219 50% of his 00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.699 wealth to 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.119 the poor, 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.659 and he 00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.340 promises to 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.239 make restitution 00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.159 to everyone 00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.900 he has 00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.420 wronged. 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.340 That's a 00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.940 heart that 00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.259 has been 00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.199 changed by 00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.579 the grace 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.019 of Jesus. 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.820 Back then, 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.699 giving 20% 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.219 of your wealth 00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.619 away was 00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.980 considered 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.759 extremely 00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.199 generous. 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.659 And in 00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.219 most cases, 00:38:53.319 --> 00:38:53.619 the law 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.000 of Moses 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.980 only required 00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.299 you to 00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:56.480 add 20% 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.000 when making 00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.659 restitution. 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.639 Zacchaeus goes 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.480 above and 00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.000 beyond the 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.400 letter of 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.859 the law 00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:04.279 because the 00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.940 Holy Spirit 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.539 had broken 00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.000 through in 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.460 his heart 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:08.119 and given 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.819 him a love 00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:10.219 for God. 00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.719 He had 00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.179 become a 00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.599 child of 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.799 God. 00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.079 You see, 00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.579 when someone 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.839 truly receives 00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.539 Jesus like 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.079 Zacchaeus, 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.599 there are 00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.480 fruits of 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.940 repentance. 00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.639 Sooner or 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.019 later, 00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.820 repentance 00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.880 expresses itself 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.539 in concrete 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.039 acts. 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:28.059 Someone said, 00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.480 when Jesus 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.119 opened his 00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.519 heart to 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.139 Zacchaeus, 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.900 Zacchaeus 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.440 opened his 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.800 heart to 00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.199 the poor. 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:33.980 See, 00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.300 when we 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.099 truly receive 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.360 Jesus, 00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.760 we begin 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.240 to see 00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.099 other people 00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.860 differently. 00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:41.059 People that 00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.699 you used to 00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.440 think of as 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:44.519 beneath you 00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.659 are now 00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.480 fellow image 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.039 bearers of 00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.599 God or 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.880 even brothers 00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.380 and sisters 00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.059 in Christ. 00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.780 People who 00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.300 you used to 00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.800 see as 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.920 above you, 00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:54.980 you're not 00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.619 so intimidated 00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.219 by them 00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.920 anymore because 00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.599 they're just 00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.059 people. 00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.280 The blind 00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.759 man could 00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.820 join in 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.039 with Jesus' 00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.659 disciples 00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:06.340 and not be 00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.059 ashamed. 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.699 From all 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:11.320 the humiliation 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.059 he experienced 00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.380 through his 00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.179 whole life, 00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:14.159 he knew 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.500 that he 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:16.000 belonged in 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.440 the company 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.799 of Jesus' 00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.539 disciples and 00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.259 Zacchaeus no 00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.839 longer looked 00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:20.960 down on the 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:22.659 poor and 00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:22.960 on his 00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.399 customers. 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.299 He started 00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.819 to value 00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.859 them and 00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.159 want to 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.539 treat them 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:30.359 right and 00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.980 to love his 00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.480 neighbor as 00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.059 himself and 00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.460 so he said, 00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.779 I'm going to 00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.219 share some 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.579 of what I 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.019 have. 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.659 Zacchaeus 00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.079 gives us a 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.440 picture of 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.779 repentance, 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.299 the blind 00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:39.739 man gives 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.179 us a picture 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.699 of faith, 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.319 but in 00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:42.039 reality these 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.480 are simply 00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.039 two sides 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.260 of the 00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.820 same coin. 00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.940 Turning from 00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.400 sin, 00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.699 turning to 00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.179 Jesus, 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.539 getting off 00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.980 the sinking 00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.960 ship and 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.800 stepping in 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.340 to the 00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.820 lifeboat. 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.519 Why did 00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.960 Jesus come 00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.400 to earth? 00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.619 Why did 00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.000 he go up 00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.599 to Jerusalem 00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:01.119 and enter 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.539 the city 00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.119 on Palm 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:03.420 Sunday and 00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.920 suffer and 00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.340 die on 00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.880 Good Friday 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.320 and rise 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.719 again on 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.340 Easter Sunday? 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.880 He did it 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.639 all because 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.840 he came to 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.380 seek and 00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.840 to save 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.480 the lost. 00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:12.840 Let us 00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.059 pray. 00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.579 We thank 00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:20.699 you, 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:20.900 Lord, 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.340 for your 00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.780 abundant 00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.300 mercy and 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.659 grace. 00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.059 We thank 00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.440 you for 00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.740 how we 00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.039 see it 00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.980 in the 00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.420 story of 00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.780 these two 00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.119 men 00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:31.880 who you 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.159 sought 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.500 out, 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.900 who you 00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.400 found, 00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.240 and who 00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.820 now belong 00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.380 to you. 00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:41.440 and trust 00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.019 you and 00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.700 worship you 00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:44.280 for all 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.780 eternity. 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.740 Lord, we 00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.039 pray. 00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.220 We pray 00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.579 that you 00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.800 would 00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.099 search us 00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.400 out. 00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:54.980 Lord, those 00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.400 of us who 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.760 are far 00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:56.280 from you, 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:00.180 we pray 00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.440 that you 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.800 would search 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.160 us out 00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:02.059 and show 00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.599 yourself to 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.280 us and 00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.619 draw us 00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.980 to you. 00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:06.079 we pray 00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.860 that for 00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.179 those of 00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.440 us who 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.900 have come 00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:09.280 to repent 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.880 and believe 00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.280 in you, 00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.579 that we 00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.119 would continue 00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.900 on that 00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.619 journey of 00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.440 daily repentance 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.159 and faith, 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:17.579 that we 00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.780 would look 00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.219 to you, 00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.380 our great 00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.760 shepherd, 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.059 our great 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.400 Savior, 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:25.740 our Lord. 00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:26.980 Amen. 00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.099 Amen. 00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.139 Amen. 00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.199 Amen. 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.240 Amen. 00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.300 Amen. 00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:27.340 Amen. 00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:27.699 Amen. 00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:29.099 Amen. 00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.199 Amen. 00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.240 Amen.