"Accessible Love"
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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Meal Customs
Meal Customs
Being Accessible
Being Accessible
He entered Jericho and was passing through.
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.
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.”
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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.”
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.”
The Mission: To Seek and Save the Lost
The Mission: To Seek and Save the Lost
As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
The Lessons From Jericho:
The Lessons From Jericho:
The Lesson From the Crowd
The Lesson From the Crowd
The wide gate and the narrow gate apply here.
People are very good at hatred.
Yes, the majority may rule, but the majority is often wrong.
The Jewish leaders were not the only ones with issues.
People can sense when someone is different.
People can sense when someone is different.
Be thick-skinned.
Grieve, but don’t give up.
The Zacchaeus Lesson
The Zacchaeus Lesson
Anyone is eligible for redemption.
No sin is too big for God.
People can sense when something is different.
People respond to grace.
Be accessible.
If you are a Zacchaeus - climb a tree.
The Jesus Lesson
The Jesus Lesson
Come
Come
Jesus was on His way to the biggest appointment in His life.
Jericho was opportunity.
3. Accessibility requires movement.
Stay
Stay
Be aware of divine appointments.
Be aware.
Be relational.
Be open.
Be available.
Be a change agent - Zacchaeus changed!
Be thick-skinned.
Go
Go
There’s a job to do, so do it.
Keep an eye on the big picture.
My Zacchaeus x2
My Zacchaeus x2
Ryan Tollefson
Ryan Tollefson
Ryan Tollefson
Ryan Tollefson
Kasidy Miller
Kasidy Miller
Kasidy Miller
Kasidy Miller
‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’ ”