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Zacchaeus:
This evening lest start right off in the word of God. in Luke 19:1-10
Zacchaeus: The Outcast
I want to talk to you about outcasts.
People in the Bible who shouldn’t have been there… or at least who’s stories should have been vastly different.
People who were not part of the religious establishment.
They were not bishops, pastors, or prophets.
the were not board members or deacons, the were not good upstanding church going salt of the earth people. in fact they were just the opposite
These are people who were shunned and despised by the church and by people in general.
they were people who no one wanted anything to do with be cause they were sinners, cheaters, adulterers, and the like.
They were the low of the low, the unclean and untouchable.
and if people had had their way… if the church had had their way.
the stories of these people would have been very different.
If the religious of the day had had their way.
the stories of most of them would have read like this in the Bible:
“And so Jesus came and saw, such and such a person.
He saw that they were a sinner and He ordered them stoned, or killed, such as the law demanded, and then Jesus moved on..”
the problem was however that this isn’t the way the Jesus works.
Jesus in stead not only embraced the rejected and the outcast.
he seemed to seek them out and showed them even more favour than those who were followers of the law and the other religious people of the day.
Jesus should have been spending his time with PHarisee’s and saducees.
he should have been spending his time in temples, and the homes of the religiously upright.
He should have been bestowing favour on the temple goers and others who followed the Law of Moses.
Over the next while we’re going to explore the stories of Zacchaeus, the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet, a leper, and the thief on the cross, and look at what Jesus is trying to tell us through these people.
Tonight we will start with Zaccheaus.
a wee little man who had a problem… He was short, but that wasn’t really the full extent of his problems.
as we read in the passage Zaccaeus was a chef Tax collector… and no body likes a tax collector.
but even this was a special case that made him especially hated.
because he was JEWISH chief tax collector… and this made him especially hated amongst his people because he had taken the side of and was working for the Romans who had conquered and occupied their lands.
he was literally working for the enemy.
and not just working for them he was climbing the corporate ladder, and excelling at his Job.
and that still wasn’t the extent of his troubles.
because not only did he take taxes for the Romans, but he was known for taking a bit for himself!
He was a cheat.
A traitorous cheat, to boot
and this made him a despised traitorous cheat to the people around him.
From the point of view of the Jews and the religious establishment, he was a sinners, sinner.
he deserved no better than to be smote by God.
So here we have, hated tax collector Zaccheaus, who is too short to see through the crowds when possibly the most famous person in ages comes to his town… and you have to know that the people around were probably not helping him any
It’s kind of like he came late to the stampede parade.
And so he takes action and climb a nearby tree so that he can get a view of Jesus.
and so now comes Jesus.
now think about this… Jesus was not popular with the religious establishment either… but he was better than a tax collector.
The crowds are around him.
it’s a busy market day.
there’s noise and bustling, and yet somehow the calm of the holy spirit still prevales.
and just like when Prophet Kevin Leal picks one of us out of the crowd… Jesus see’s Zaccheas, clinging to a tree.
and he does the unthinkable!
Most other religious leaders would have called him out.
“Look up there everyone the sinner Zacceaus, clinging to a tree cause he’s too short to see me through the crowds!” and the crowds would have laughed.
Some religious leaders would have stopped and made an example of Zacceaus “ You there sinner in a tree!
repent of your evil ways!” and the crowds would have cheered him on...
Some religious leaders would have simply ignored him.
opting to spend their time and effort on those who already believe.
But Jesus… crazy, rebel, ground breaking, out of the ordinary Jesus, does something that no one would have done....
He says “hey Zaccheaus!
come on down from there… you can make me lunch from that tree!” (That’s the pastor Mike paraphrase)
And this i the point I want to make here.
Jesus MEANT to be a culture changer.
He knew who this guy was
He knew he was an outcast
He knew he was someone the the religious people wanted nothing to do with.
and yet he went to him, this sinner…
this un holy,
un clean,
un worthy guy
and he said “let’s do lunch, lets live a bit of life together”
He Said to him “I accept you.
not because you deserve it, but because I desire that non should perish”
So What can we learn from the story of this outcast?
#1 The Outcasts Are Looking For Us
rather they are looking for Jesus.
Sometimes they know it… sometimes.. often times they don’t
but they are looking for Jesus.
and frankly we’re it.
We are literally the only Jesus that some people will ever meet.
We need to realize that
This world NEED Jesus, WANTS Jesus, and is LOOKING for Jesus
Satan has the world thinking that they can find what they are looking for in a thousand different things.
They are looking for Jesus in alcohol ...because Booze makes them feel good (for a time)
They are looking for Jesus is sexual immorality… because that makes them feel good (for a time)
The are looking for Jesus in Subjective morality because it helps them justify the things that they do...
They are not looking for Jesus in Churches, because we make them feel bad.
We make them feel like they don’t belong, we make them feel like they are less than and not worthy of Jesus Love because we don’t like what they represent, or what they are doing.
We forget that We were once sinners too… we forget that we are STILL sinners and the only reason we are going to heaven is because Jesus forgave us… if we remembered that everyday, it would probably help us meet the outcasts with a bit more humility.
because at the end of the day.
we are not Christians in our Boat, and Sinners in theirs.... we are all every one of of us Christian or not on the same boat… it’s the sinners boat and it has one destination.
The only difference between us and them is that we jumped on the life raft… the problem is that once we got on the life raft we forgot how lucky we are to be on it and started to feel smugness towards the ones still on the boat, rather than feeling compassion and working to get them on on our life raft too...
We need to remember that The people of the world are looking for what we are lucky enough to have… and it’s out Job to show them we have it and make it appealing.
Not to shun them for not having it already.
We have the greatest treasure in the world - that being the salvation and favor of the Lord.
and it’s our job to display that treasure in a way that makes it look enticing and valuable.
This is a video of the crown Jewels.
Look at how well they treat them.
They preserve them exactly as they were made.
they are clean and cherished and still used by the royal family..
The are shown of at their best and displayed to in such a way that a modern audience can enjoy them and see their value.
No one would go to see the jewels if they left them in a bunch of boxes in the attic and not one would thing they were valuable if they were treated like that too.
Yet this is how some of us treat our Christianity.
We hide it away except for when we are at church.
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