Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Change Your Life:

Change Your Life:

•Reach Out to Jesus

ESV Luke 19:2-4 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Change Your Life:

•Reach Out to Jesus

Change Your Life:

•Reach Out to Jesus•Respond to the Call

ESV Luke 19:5-7 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

ESV James 4:8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Change Your Life:

•Reach Out to Jesus•Respond to the Call

Change Your Life:

•Reach Out to Jesus•Respond to the Call•Submit Yourself to God

ESV Luke 19:8-10And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

NRS Luke 16:10-11"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

NRS Luke 16:12-13And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Zacchaeus(Part 3 of “Encounters with Jesus”)

Challenge:

Challenge:

•Change your life. Do something like Zacchaeus did to reach out to God, respond when he reaches back, and bring your life back under God’s control in whatever area your heart or finances indicate it’s out of whack.