Good News for All
What Is a Disciple? • Sermon • Submitted
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· 2 viewsThe famous story of Zacchaeus is really the story of the gospel. It is for everyone. There are not just a select few who God has preordained to receive the gospel. Each person ever born in the world can know Christ as Lord and Savior. The good news of the gospel is for every person willing to submit and give his life to Christ.
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1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 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.” 6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And 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.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
1. The disciple seeks Christ by grace. (vs. 1-4)
1. The disciple seeks Christ by grace. (vs. 1-4)
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
2. The disciple is forgiven through Christ alone. (vs. 5-6)
2. The disciple is forgiven through Christ alone. (vs. 5-6)
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
3. The disciple is transformed by Christ. (vs. 7-10)
3. The disciple is transformed by Christ. (vs. 7-10)
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.