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Luke 19:1-10 1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold,

there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see

who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of

short stature.

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Luke 19:1-10 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up

into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And

when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and

come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

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Luke 19:1-10 6 So he made haste and came

down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when they saw

it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

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Luke 19:1-10 8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have

taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he

also is a son of Abraham;

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Luke 19:1-10

10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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Luke 19:10

….for the Son of Man has come to seek and to

save that which was lost.”

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Why Seek the Lost?• Because they are in sin (Romans 3:23)

• Because they are separated from God (Isaiah 59:1,2)• Because they are dead spiritually

(Ephesians 2:1)• Because they are without Christ

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Without Christ•Without all spiritual blessings

Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who

has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the

heavenly places in Christ …

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Ephesians 2:4-64 But God, who is rich in mercy,

because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you

have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus …

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Without Christ•Without all spiritual blessings•Without salvation

Acts 4:12Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we

must be saved.

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2Corinthians 4:3,43 But even if our gospel is veiled, it

is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age

has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God,

should shine on them.

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Without Christ•Without all spiritual blessings•Without salvation•Without hope

Colossians 1:27To them God willed to make known what are the riches of

the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in

you, the hope of glory.

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Ephesians 2:12,1312 … that at that time you were without

Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by

the blood of Christ.

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Without Christ•Without all spiritual blessings•Without salvation•Without hope•Without light

John 8:12Then Jesus spoke to them again,

saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall

not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

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John 1:1-91 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All

things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was

made that was made. Without Christ

John 1:1-94 In Him was life, and the life

was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and

the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a

man sent from God, whose name was John.

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John 1:1-97 This man came for a witness, to

bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that

Light.

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John 1:1-99 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming

into the world.

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John 1:99 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming

into the world.

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Without Christ•Without all spiritual blessings•Without salvation•Without hope•Without light