The Truth About Power (2 of 2)
Series: The Truth About You
Scott Maze
Luke 19:1-10
We are in a short series of sermons entitled The Truth about You. And we conclude this series with a very famous story, the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. This is the last of Jesus' personal encounters (in Luke's gospel) before He arrives in Jerusalem to be tried, crucified, and eventually resurrected. We are so close to the cross of Jesus that we can feel the shadow of cross fall on us even now.
Today, I want to talk with you about how you experience life change even if you are a powerful person.
1. Two People
Today's story is really the story of two people - one powerful but pushed to the margins of society's respectability. While the other is a miracle-working, peripatetic story-telling teacher whom the crowds flocked to hear and touch.
1.1 Jesus
Again, this is Jesus' last one-on-one encounter before He arrives in Jerusalem. The Gospels are filled with encounters with all sorts of people: when he's with a man or when He's with a woman, when He's with a Jew, when He's with a Gentile ...and when He's with the powerful person or when He's with the powerless person, You learn so much about Jesus when you examine each of these personal encounters.
A week ago, we witnessed a man so blind he had to call out to Jesus for healing while today, we witness a man so short he had to climb up a sycamore tree to see Jesus. It's here that Luke tells us that: ''When Jesus came to the place, he looked up'' (Luke 19:5a). I would think of the tremendous mercy of God if you told me that Jesus looked down on you but if you told me that Christ was so humble that He looked up to you, then this is truly mercy! His mercy acts as a magnet for those in misery.
1.2 Zacchaeus
Luke tells us three characteristics about this man, Zacchaeus. 1. He was not only a tax collector but the chief tax collector; 2. He was rich; and 3. He was short. There's a ch ...
Series: The Truth About You
Scott Maze
Luke 19:1-10
We are in a short series of sermons entitled The Truth about You. And we conclude this series with a very famous story, the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. This is the last of Jesus' personal encounters (in Luke's gospel) before He arrives in Jerusalem to be tried, crucified, and eventually resurrected. We are so close to the cross of Jesus that we can feel the shadow of cross fall on us even now.
Today, I want to talk with you about how you experience life change even if you are a powerful person.
1. Two People
Today's story is really the story of two people - one powerful but pushed to the margins of society's respectability. While the other is a miracle-working, peripatetic story-telling teacher whom the crowds flocked to hear and touch.
1.1 Jesus
Again, this is Jesus' last one-on-one encounter before He arrives in Jerusalem. The Gospels are filled with encounters with all sorts of people: when he's with a man or when He's with a woman, when He's with a Jew, when He's with a Gentile ...and when He's with the powerful person or when He's with the powerless person, You learn so much about Jesus when you examine each of these personal encounters.
A week ago, we witnessed a man so blind he had to call out to Jesus for healing while today, we witness a man so short he had to climb up a sycamore tree to see Jesus. It's here that Luke tells us that: ''When Jesus came to the place, he looked up'' (Luke 19:5a). I would think of the tremendous mercy of God if you told me that Jesus looked down on you but if you told me that Christ was so humble that He looked up to you, then this is truly mercy! His mercy acts as a magnet for those in misery.
1.2 Zacchaeus
Luke tells us three characteristics about this man, Zacchaeus. 1. He was not only a tax collector but the chief tax collector; 2. He was rich; and 3. He was short. There's a ch ...
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