Difference between revisions of "Sermon for October 30th, 2016"
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What do you see when you look at me? Do you see a man small in stature or a man great in generosity? Do you see an important man? The wealthiest man in all Jericho, perhaps? Or just a wee little man stuck in a treetop? | What do you see when you look at me? Do you see a man small in stature or a man great in generosity? Do you see an important man? The wealthiest man in all Jericho, perhaps? Or just a wee little man stuck in a treetop? | ||
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| − | That crowd back there, they look at me, and all they can see is ἁμαρτωλῷ (hamartolo). A | + | That crowd back there, they look at me, and all they can see is ἁμαρτωλῷ (hamartolo). A retched sinner. Well, someone has to do it...someone has to work for the internal revenue service. If not me, it would just be someone else. |
The first time I climbed up this sycamore tree, I wanted to see the Lord. | The first time I climbed up this sycamore tree, I wanted to see the Lord. | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 29 October 2016
Luke 19:1-10
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Zacchaeus' Sacrifice: Seeing the Lord
(Jumps a few times...catches place in tree)
What? It's not easy being a wee little man!
For one of my size, it's harder to see, or to be seen--you either get stepped on by the crowd, or else you get stuck in the top of a tree.
What do you see when you look at me? Do you see a man small in stature or a man great in generosity? Do you see an important man? The wealthiest man in all Jericho, perhaps? Or just a wee little man stuck in a treetop?
People see what they want to see.
That crowd back there, they look at me, and all they can see is ἁμαρτωλῷ (hamartolo). A retched sinner. Well, someone has to do it...someone has to work for the internal revenue service. If not me, it would just be someone else.
The first time I climbed up this sycamore tree, I wanted to see the Lord.
