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COME-SIT-STAY

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  1. COME—SIT—STAY: LK 19:1-10 DESCRIPTION—SOCIAL STANDING: PROBLEM • ZACCHAEUS-(PURE) • HE WAS A JEW—DESCENDANTS • PUBLICAN (TAX COLLECTOR) • RICH DISTRICT—PROMINENT • SCRIBES-PHARISEES-RABBIS- • ROMAN OFFICALS-JEWS-TRADERS • TAX PAYERS

  2. PLACE OF RESIDENCE ZACCHAEUS ONCE LIVED IN THE WESTERN EDGE BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND THE CITY PLAIN— IN AN UPSCALE SUBURB OF JERICHO—PRIEST HOW DID ZACCHAEUS BECOME WEALTHY? TAKING NOT GIVING

  3. ZACCHAEUS—SHORT STATURE: PROBLEM • LK 19:3, 4 • WE ARE ALL SHORT • WE CLIMB UPON A TREE—STATUS • ROM 3:23 • ISA 59:1, 2 • JESUS WANTS US TO COME DOWN OUR SYCAMORE TREE IN OTHER TO GET TO KNOW HIM

  4. HIS SEMITIC STATUS—PROBLEM: DESPISED • LK 19:9

  5. ZACCHAEUS’ ONE DESIRE • WHAT WAS IT? • LK 19:3, 8 ZACCHAEUS—STOCKS: MAT 16:26

  6. WHY WOULD ZACCHAEUS DO SUCH THINGS ? PRO 28:13 PROPHET’S SERMON—LK 3:3, 12, 13 • LEV 6:5 • MICAH 6:8

  7. ZACCHAEUS—DETAILS—JESUS LK 19:3 SAYS… • DETERMINED—NOT—DETERRED : LK 19:4

  8. ZACCHAEUS: OBSTACLES—LIFE • HE IS BANNED—SYNAGOGUE: LK 4:28, 29 • HE IS HATED—RELIGIOUS & SECULAR PEOPLE MK 15:1 & MAT 24:9 & JN 15:18 • THEY SEE HIM AS A SINNER—THEY ARE THE RIGHTEOUS ONES: MAT 11:19

  9. HAVE YOU BEEN IN ZACCHAEUS’ SHOES? WHEN YOU WANT WHAT YOU’VE NEVER HAD—YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU’VE NEVER DONE

  10. JESUS: READER—HEARTS & MINDS • LK 19:5 & JN 16:7-11 • WHO/WHY/WHERE/WHAT • RESIDENCE • MEMBERS—HOUSEHOLD • RICH FRIENDS • NEIGHBORHOOD • FOOD/CLOTHES • LIFESTYLE • PROFESSION/POSSESSION

  11. JESUS DICTATES –ZACCHAEUS INITIATES—LK 19:5, 6 JESUS SPEAKS TO ZACCHAEUS—TREE • JESUS LOOKS UP—SEES HIM • JESUS SAYS…COME DOWN FROM THE SYCAMORE TREE • JESUS SAYS…ABIDE AT YOUR HOUSE • JESUS RECEIVES HIM ZACCHAEUS) (JOYFULLY ZACCHAEUS RESPONDS TO JESUS—SYCAMORE TREE • ZACCHAEUS—COMES DOWN (HUMBLES) HIMSELF • ZACCHAEUS—LOOKS UP AT JESUS—HUMBLES HIMSELF • ZACCHAEUS ENTERTAINS JESUS—AT HIS HOUSE • ZACCHAEUS RECEIVES HIM (JESUS) JOYFULLY

  12. ZACCHAEUS TAKES ORDERS FROM A HOMELESS MAN • JESUS SAYS TO ZACCHAEUS CLIMBS DOWN THE TREE: LK 19:4 • JESUS IS CRUCIFIED—TREE: AC 5:30, 31 • JESUS RELATES—SINNERS: BOTTOM—TREE • JESUS RELATES—SINNERS: TOP—TREE

  13. SATAN INTERRUPTSLISTENING VS ATTACKING—LK 19:7 COMPLAINERS & MURMURERS—ATTACK • PHARISEES-SCRIBES-PRIESTS-RABBIS • HIS RECORD NOT HIS REAL NAME • WHAT HE HAD DONE—NOT—WHO HE WAS • JESUS—INVITES HIM IN—RELIGIOUS PEOPLE KEEPS—OUT • RELIGIOUS PEOPLE—ACCUSERS—SAME CRIME • JESUS—DROPS ALL CHARGES—RELIGIOUS PEOPLE—INDICT HIM ON ALL CHARGES • MURMURERS/COMPLAINERS ARE JUDGING HIM—WHILE GOD IS JUDGING THEM—LK 16:15

  14. ISRAELITES—FIERY SERPENTS WE ALL ARE SINNERS—GRACE ROM 5:8; JN 6:37 PENALTY: MURMURING & COMPLAINING

  15. ILLUSTRATION: IN A COURT OF LAW—LK 10:38-42 THREE REASONS: PRIVATE MEETING WITH A PUBLIC PERSON ZACCHAEUS—KING OF KINGS ZACCHAEUS—SHORT STATURE COMPLAINERS: PUBLIC DECLARATIONS—ACTIONS MISTAKEN /MISAPPLIED/MISUNDERSTOOD WHY DID ZACCHAEUS STAND UP ?LK 19:8; DAN 12:1; REV 3:20, 21

  16. HE SAYS WHAT HE MEANS—AND MEANS WHAT HE SAYS JAS 1:22 MAT 7:22 ZACCHAEUS CONFRONTS HIS PASTLK 19:8

  17. ZACCHAEUS CONVERTS IN HIS PRESENCE—ABC’S • ACKNOWLEDGES—SINNER: ROM 3:23 • BELIEVES—CHRIST: ROM 10:9, 10 • CONFESSES—SINS: 1 JN 1:9

  18. ZACCHAEUS RECIEVES CONFIRMATION—DECISION: FUTURE JAS 2:17-18, 20, 21; 1 JN 5:10, 14

  19. 3 POINTS TO PONDER—ZACCHAEUS • JESUS’ CALL: PERSONAL & DIRECT—LK 19:5 PRECARIOUS PLACE • JESUS’ CALL: PROMPT & DISTINCT LK 19:5-7 N:B: ZACCHAEUS LEAVES WHERE HE IS FOR WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE N:B: THE MURMURERS SEE JESUS AS A GUEST WHILE ZACCHAEUS SEES JESUS AS HIS FRIEND PROVIDENTIAL PLACE PRO 18:24; JN 15:4, 5, 15:14

  20. JESUS’ CALL: DENIAL & PROMISE • JESUS’ FINAL DESTINATION—JERUSALEM WHAT DOES JERUSALEM MEAN ? • JESUS PASSES THROUGH JERICHO ? WHAT DOES JERICHO MEAN ? A FRAGRANCE/PERFUME/SWEET AROMA PLACE OF PROMISE LK 19:5, 9:22-23, 19:9-10; GAL 3:7, 14

  21. ZACCHAEUS BECOMES A TRUE DISCIPLE—JESUS JN 14:15 • ZACCHAEUS’ PROOF—IT IS EASIER FOR A RICHMAN WHO’S ABIDING IN/WITH CHRIST TO ENTER HEAVEN—THAN IT IS FOR A RELIGIOUS MAN WITHOUT CHRIST TO DO THE SAME • ZACCHAEUS’ PROOF—HIS PHYSICAL WEAKNESS (SHORT STATURE) IS LAODICEA’S (LAST-DAY CHRISTIANS) SPIRITUAL STRENGTH—AND HIS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH (A FAITH THAT WORKS…) IS LAODICEA’S PHYSICAL WEAKNESS—2 COR 12:9

  22. COME—SIT—STAY MAL 1:6 (HONOUR & LOYALTY) • CHRISTIANS ARE MORE LOYAL/OBEDIENT TO THE WEATHERMAN—THAN THEY ARE TO CHRIST • WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT ON SPIRITUAL (MATURITY—TO BE LIKE CHRIST) WHILE WE HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE IN PHYSICAL WORKS—REV 3:17 • ZACCHAEUS’ QUESTION TO THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF OUR TIME: ARE WE PRACTICING WHAT WE TEACH? REV 22:14, 15

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