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The Mission of Jesus
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The Gospel of Luke 19:1-10
God Gives Us His Words of Eternal LifeLuke 19:1-10
Found on page 878 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:
?Do you ever feel like life is a lot
like hide and seek
The Mission of Jesus
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The Gospel of Luke 19:1-10
1 He entered Jericho and was passing
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through. 2 And behold, there was a manname Zacchaeus. He was a chief taxcollector and was rich.
“He was the kingpin of the Jericho tax cartel and had the scruples
of a modern-day crack dealer. He was filthy
rich in the fullest sense of the term.”
3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus
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was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climb-ed 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
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looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay atyour house today.”
Key Point
Long before you ever became interested in Jesus,
Jesus was already deeply interested in you.
6 So he hurried and came down and
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received him joyfully.
“…to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God….”
~ The Gospel of John, 1:12
Jesus I do now receive HimMore than all in Him I find
He has granted me forgivenessI am His, and He is mine
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!Hallelujah! What a Friend!
7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled,
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“He has gone in to be the guest of a manwho is a sinner.”
8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the
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Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goodsI give to the poor. And if I have defraudedanyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
“…they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with
repentance.”~ Acts 26:20
Key Point
Jesus is the greatest treasure you could ever find.
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation
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has come to this house, since he also isa son of Abraham….”
10 “For the Son of Man came to seek
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and to save the lost.”
Life is found in being found
by Jesus.
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Amazing Grace! How sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I’m foundWas blind but now I see
10 “For the Son of Man came to seek
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and to save the lost.”
“And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is
an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall
not be destroyed.”~ Daniel 7:13-14
Why does Luke record this encounter in his historical
biography of Jesus?
Important Question
The mission of Jesus is to seek and to save
the lost.
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knewHe moved my soul to seek him seeking me
It was not I that found, O Saviour trueNo, I was found by Thee
Does my heart beat with the missional heartbeat of Jesus?
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?Have we lost a senseof the lostness
of the lost
May you know the joy of being found by Jesus
who came to seek and to save the lost.
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