WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.720 Welcome Just Hindaway Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.800 heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pasters and speakers all over 3 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:14.519 the Philippins. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.359 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:24.039 And now here's your message. We're in the last installment 6 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.440 of our series called Grace Changes Everything, and I want 7 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.920 to welcome you to our eleven AM service. My name 8 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:32.359 is Bojo Manufashion, one of the pastors here in Green Hills, 9 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.359 and again we're in the last installment of Grace Changes Everything. 10 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:39.240 How many guys have been blessed by this series Grace 11 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:44.240 Changes Everything? Yeah, okay, good? You know, nine am okay, 12 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.000 so at least eleven name not in but uh, you know, 13 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:50.520 it's a privilege to be able to share the Word 14 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.000 of God with you this morning. And you know, I 15 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.000 want to get right into the Word of God, if 16 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.679 that's okay with you. So if you have your Bibles 17 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.520 with you, kindly open up to Luke after nineteen verses 18 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:03.840 one to ten, and I want to invite you to 19 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.560 stand up as we give reverence to the Word of God. 20 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:08.359 And if you don't have a Bible, it's okay. We 21 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.920 have it here on the keynote, so. 22 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.359 Allow me to read it. It says here Luke nineteen 23 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.159 verse one. Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A 24 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.120 man was there by the name of Zakias. He was 25 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:24.120 a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to 26 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:26.680 see who Jesus was, but being a short man, he could. 27 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.239 Not because of the crowd. 28 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.760 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore fig tree 29 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.760 to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. And 30 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:36.159 when Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said 31 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.959 to him, Zachias, come down immediately. I must stay at 32 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.040 your house today. So he came down at once. So 33 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.319 he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. And 34 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.879 all the people saw this and began to mutter, he 35 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:51.719 has gone to be the guest of a sinner. 36 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.680 First say it. But Zakiah stood up and said to. 37 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:58.120 The look Lord here and now I give half of 38 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.959 my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated 39 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:04.640 anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times 40 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.639 the amount Jesus said to him. Today, salvation has come 41 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.759 to this house because this man, too is a son 42 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:13.919 of Abraham. For the son of man came to seek 43 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:15.840 and say what was lost? 44 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:16.479 Let us pray. 45 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.199 Lord, we thank you, Father God for this morning that 46 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.560 we can come into your presence and hear from your word. 47 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:23.159 Lord. 48 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:24.879 I pray that you would open up our hearts and 49 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.039 mind today to receive from you. Lord. We thank you, 50 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.960 Father God, for you sent your son Jesus here onto 51 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.439 this earth to seek and to say the loss of 52 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:35.080 which we are. We are part of the loss. Yet 53 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.000 you have found us, Lord, got it and invited us 54 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.120 into your kingdom and into your family. Lord, we thank 55 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.960 you this morning. We thank you for your word in 56 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:45.280 Jesus name. Amen, you may go ahead and take your seats. 57 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.240 For the last couple of months, you know, my wife 58 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:51.599 and I've been enrolling our kids in a sort of 59 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.599 football camp. 60 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.520 Okay indye push a soccer football. Oh. 61 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.960 And these are our two kids, our six year old 62 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.120 four year old, and they are part of this age 63 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:03.199 group now. 64 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:04.960 Three to three to six years old. 65 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.319 So Mary and Silla mangas skills that they practiced with 66 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.639 their coaches, kicking the ball and all these things. 67 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:13.960 And the last fifteen minutes of. 68 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:20.240 Their workshop, sorry, last fifteen twenty minutes. Yes, Marin Pasilang scrimmage. 69 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.000 Ok where young group no Noila. They'll be divided into 70 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.039 two teams and they would play against each other, trying 71 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:29.800 to score a goal against each other. Now, one of 72 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:40.520 the recent training Snila. After their scrimmage, I noticed that 73 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:46.360 our daughter, our six year old daughter, me banang her, 74 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:47.439 she wasn't happy. 75 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.400 And I asked her what was wrong? 76 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.919 And she said that the other boys and the other 77 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:59.759 team were saying that, oh they're oh, these are just 78 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:05.599 a bunch of babies. Okay, so affected shah And so 79 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.560 I said, okay, so, how did that make you feel? 80 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:09.319 Sad? 81 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.560 And she was teary eyed. She has tried to hold 82 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.639 back her tears. It was only when her mom asked 83 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.279 her again she started crying. 84 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:19.279 Okay. 85 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:24.439 And and I asked and another son pang dead Malansha. 86 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.000 So I asked him, what did you hear the other kids? 87 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:32.160 They were saying that, oh babies, yes, okay, how did that. 88 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:37.160 Make you feel? Nice? Leyoa? Okay? 89 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:42.160 They both heard the same thing. It all sensitives. Oh 90 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:47.639 she was sad. Shee theo was dead malan nice though, 91 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.319 so I was. Me and my wife were wandering nice 92 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.920 oh kay so and and my my son is probably 93 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.319 the shortest of their young team, and they were like 94 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.160 shorter than the other five year old sex year old 95 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:03.079 kids are probably twice as well as them. 96 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.279 No, but my. 97 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:11.480 Wife and I were wondering a baja citeo kapak baby cute. 98 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:13.639 Cute. 99 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:17.240 So when they say called him baby, he was quod. 100 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.759 That's why it was nice, right, So why am I 101 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.560 sharing that story? 102 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:23.319 Well? You share? 103 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.759 Uh, you know, like our story that we're about to 104 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:32.519 dive into. Zachias Zakias and the people that he lived 105 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.680 with in Jericho. They were saying so many different things 106 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.199 about him and it greatly affected him, much like my daughter. 107 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.120 Okay, And sometimes how. 108 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:45.040 We how we respond to what people say about us 109 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:46.600 can really affect us. 110 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.720 It can it can hamper our faith. 111 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.120 It can you know, get us stuck where we are, 112 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.720 or you know, it can push us to do something more. 113 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.959 I don't know, it depends, right, And even though a 114 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:02.079 Kios was in the wrong because of what everyone was saying, 115 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.800 he lost all semblance of dignity and respect. And we're 116 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:11.639 gonna find out more about what happened in verse one. 117 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.879 Start from verse one, it says Jesus entered Jericho and 118 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.720 was passing through okay Jiu was only passing through to Jericho. 119 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.560 He had no agenda there, He had no itinerary there. 120 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.519 The previous chapter, which was our preaching last week, Jesus 121 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:29.079 heal the blind man, Bartimeus, who was just on the 122 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:35.319 outskirts of Jericho, Paputan Jericho see Jesus and Yumaga blind 123 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.480 and a lame and all these people they were kicked 124 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.600 out of the city. They were living just beyond the 125 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:45.040 city borders because they were outcasts. And so Jesus was 126 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.279 passing this way on his way to Jerusalem. So he 127 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.279 had no plans he was with you know, he was 128 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:55.839 just going passing through. And it says you're in verse two. 129 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:57.600 They were here in the city of Jericho. There was 130 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.519 a man by the name of Zachios who was chief 131 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:05.480 tax collector and was wealthy. Now he wasn't just any 132 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.279 tax collector. 133 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.959 He was the boss. He was the one. He was 134 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.639 the boss that all the other tax collectors reported too. 135 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.959 Now here's the thing about tax collectors during the time 136 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:21.120 of Jesus, uh they were under the Roman Empire, Roman rule, 137 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:27.439 and the taxes they were collecting was for the Roman Empire, 138 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:28.959 a foreign ruler. 139 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:31.319 And so you can just imagine the. 140 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:35.600 Jews, who have already been oppressed by the Roman Empire 141 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.600 now have to deal with their fellow men, tax collectors 142 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.160 among a, tax collectors, fellow Jews in Sile. Yet they 143 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.279 are on the other side, Kumba, they're working for the enemy. 144 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.680 So you can just imagine that these Jews hated these men, 145 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.800 these tax collectors, because not only were they collecting for 146 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.240 the people who were oppressing them, but they were adding 147 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.519 to it, kumbaga, they were getting a little bit for themselves. 148 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:09.279 Can again wealthy see Zakios not I mean, he wasn't 149 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.319 just a regular he was the boss. He was a 150 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.839 chief tax collector. So you can just imagine how many, 151 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.040 how much, how much riches he has Because Jericho wasn't 152 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:23.800 just ordinary city. Jericho was a passageway towards Jordan, towards Jerusalem, 153 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:27.240 so there were businesses there, people who would probably stop by, 154 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.800 you know, before going onto their final destination. 155 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.519 So there was business was good. 156 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.360 So as the businesses flourished, the wealth of Zakios prospered 157 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:45.039 as well. Because of his corruption yay. Now again Zakios, 158 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.600 because of his dealings with the people and his job, 159 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:53.440 he was naturally hated by the Jews, by the Israelites 160 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:59.000 ya Verse three to four. It says here that he 161 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.200 wanted to see jess was Jesus was passing through. 162 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:02.480 He wanted to who Jus. 163 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:06.279 Was, but because he was short, he could not see 164 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:07.639 over the crowd. 165 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:10.480 Now it says he wanted to see who Jesus was. 166 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.600 How does Zakias know who Jesus? 167 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:17.960 What compelled him to want to know or to see 168 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:24.320 who this guy was? Now, the Bible doesn't say, It 169 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:29.519 does not tell us exactly what happened. Maybe because he 170 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:33.120 heard knows that chapter eighteen that Jesus he'll this blind 171 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:39.120 man words spread out Zachio's Jesus. 172 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:41.200 He does this, he does all of that. 173 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:48.399 Another another thought or way of how Jesus heard about 174 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.720 sorry Zaki has heard about Jesus was probably through a 175 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:55.720 fellow tax collector by the name of Matthew. If you remember, 176 00:09:55.799 --> 00:10:00.360 Matthew is a disciple, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Again, 177 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.080 this is not in the Bible. This is just me 178 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:08.000 as a kid's pastor painting you a picture. Okay, So Matthew, 179 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:13.799 a tax collector, gives up his career to follow Jesus. 180 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.000 So I don't know how close Sakios was. I mean, 181 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.200 he was a chief collector, but how he was acquainted 182 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.720 with him. I don't know if they work together, but 183 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:27.000 I'm sure he probably knew, or maybe somebody reported boss 184 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:31.799 see Matthew and the Quitney, And so. 185 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.039 He's probably curious. 186 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:38.840 Now, what would cause this man, this young man who 187 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.960 was at the you know, the peak of his career, 188 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:45.440 who had so much wealth, so much riches ahead of him, 189 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:49.879 to give it all up for this person named Jesus 190 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:54.840 because something compelled za Chios. He wanted to see who 191 00:10:54.919 --> 00:11:00.279 Jesus was. Okay, but here's the problem. He was worth 192 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:04.120 how many of you can relate. I don't raise your hand, 193 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:04.759 it's okay. 194 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.240 Oh, growing up I was like that in school. 195 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:15.679 La, I'm always the first in nine. 196 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:18.159 The shortest, the tallest. I love short people. 197 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.399 I married one. Oh my wife petite and gorgeous. 198 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:27.159 Yes plus points. Okay, he was short. 199 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.720 So we had a problem going trying to see Jeus 200 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.799 through all the people. 201 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.440 The crowd. There was a crowd again. Okay, there was 202 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:39.279 a crowd there. 203 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:46.000 And Zakios knew these people hated him, right, he knew 204 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:50.159 that they were talking behind his back. They knew that 205 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.759 they looked down on him, not just literally but figuratively. 206 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.519 They knew how much that even if he tried to say, 207 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:57.919 excuse me, excuse people. 208 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.279 In the crowd, nobody would let him. True. 209 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.399 So you can just imagine the people, the crowds who 210 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:15.519 are also there to see Jesus. You can just imagine 211 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.679 the animosity the hatred of these people towards this man. 212 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:22.039 And Sachias knew that. 213 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:28.120 But he was determined to see Jesus. He wasn't accepted, 214 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:31.360 he was ostracized with society. It was difficult for him 215 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.200 in the crowd. Maybe some of us we find ourselves 216 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:40.159 in similar situations where we're being labeled and dismissed by society, 217 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:44.159 whether out of our own doing or not. Where people 218 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:47.080 begin to look at us and say that this person 219 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.519 is beyond hell, beyond hope, this person is worthless, this 220 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:55.440 person is too broken, he's not worthy, she's not worthy. 221 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.559 And we hear these things, whether directly or indirectly, about us, 222 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.159 and it affects us and how we relate to society, 223 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.759 how we rate the community, how we relate to people 224 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.919 around us. But here's one thing that we can see 225 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:12.399 in the life. 226 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:12.840 Of a chaos. 227 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.240 He knew all of these things and what people thought 228 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:19.240 about him, but that did not stop. 229 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:21.039 Him from wanting to see Jesus. 230 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:25.279 He was determined to see Jesus with his own two eyes. 231 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.080 He didn't care what people thought. 232 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:34.840 He already lost dignity and respect amongst his peers, his people, but. 233 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:36.159 He wanted to see Jesus. 234 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.360 Desperate times call for desperate measures, which is why he 235 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:45.759 climbed up a sycamore tree. Evidence of his determination, evidence 236 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.480 of his willingness to do whatever it takes, and he 237 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:51.200 would stop at nothing just to be able to see 238 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:58.159 who this Jesus was. Luke paints this picture of shame 239 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:03.919 and embarrassment and be undignified of this boss, chief tax collector, 240 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.919 wealthy man climbing up a sick of more tree. 241 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.919 How desperate are we to see Jesus? 242 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.559 How desperate are we to see Jesus? Are we willing 243 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:24.000 to wake up earlier than usual? Just so that we 244 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.120 can open up the word of God and find out? 245 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:34.440 Lord? Who are you speak to me? Or? Lord? But good? Now? 246 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:41.200 What are we willing to do in order to see Jesus? 247 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.039 Are we willing to take time and disciple our kids 248 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:52.279 and to share to them who Jesus there are. That's 249 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:57.080 a kid stretch to Mansilla. What are we willing to 250 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:03.200 do in order to see who Jesus is? Verse five. 251 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.759 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and him 252 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.559 and said to him, Zakias, come down. 253 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:16.240 Immediately, Jesus looked at Zakias again. 254 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.480 Jesus had no agenda in Jericho. 255 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.039 I'm planning. 256 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.039 He was just passing through. Yet he sees this man 257 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:27.879 climbing up, this little man climbing up the tree, and 258 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:29.200 it drew Jesus' attention. 259 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:35.000 Now again, there is a crowd. There is a crowd of. 260 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:38.240 People in Jesus' way, to his right, to his left, 261 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.200 behind him, in front of him. They all wanted to 262 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:44.919 see Jesus, just like Zachius. But what made Zakias different. 263 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.679 Why up of all the people in the crowd, Jesus 264 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:55.120 went and approached the spot of the tree which Zakias 265 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.679 had climbed. 266 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.960 I believe it's because. 267 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:05.120 Jesus knew and he felt that Zakias needed more than 268 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:10.080 a glimpse of who Jesus was. I just needed to 269 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:14.799 see who this man that everyone's talking about. But Jesus 270 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:20.039 knews otherwise, No, this person needs something more than that. 271 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.159 This man on the tree needs more than to see 272 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:27.480 who I am. He needs to know who I am. 273 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.080 He calls out to Zakia, Aki has come down. Immediately. 274 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:37.000 Imagine this again. Jesus had no idea. I had had 275 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.879 never met Zechias before. Zachius had never met Jesus before. 276 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:45.159 Yet Jesus calls him by name. What does that tell us? 277 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.480 He knew Zacchius by name. He knew what he was 278 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.320 going through. He knew what were the issues, deep deep 279 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.639 down in his heart. 280 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.240 He knew that he was living in us. He knew 281 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.799 that the people hated him. 282 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:06.880 He knew that these people were ostracizing him from everyone else. 283 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:13.000 He knew the pain that he was going through. He 284 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:18.119 knew the shame and the dignity he had lost. Jesus 285 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.039 knew all of that. 286 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:22.119 When he called him by name. 287 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.200 And maybe for some of us here today, Jesus even 288 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.839 calling us by name one by one. 289 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:35.200 I know you. I know what you're going through. You 290 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:41.039 haven't told anyone about it, but I know. I know 291 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.559 your pain. 292 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:47.079 I know the shame, I know the suffering that you're 293 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.440 going through. Yes, you put on that brave face of 294 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.839 your but I know it's okay. 295 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.079 Because I know you by name. You are mine, You 296 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.559 are my son, you are my daughter. 297 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.519 When Jesus comes as the keys and says I must 298 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.920 stay at your house today, had no agenda, no, had 299 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:11.680 no plan yet cancels all of that, postpones to stripped 300 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:16.400 to Jerusalem the case, I must stay at your home today. 301 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.599 I must be with you. I must honor you as 302 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:24.640 you receive me with your hospitality. I'm going to associate 303 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.839 with you. I'm going to be in close company with you. 304 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.160 And you don't have to do anything or to prove 305 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:39.079 to anyone as to why I want to be with you. 306 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:43.279 You don't have to do anything. I'm here. 307 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.119 I want to be with you. 308 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:51.000 You are worth being with no matter who you are 309 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:53.720 or what you've done. That's what Jesus is saying here. 310 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:59.839 You are worth being with, whether you changed. 311 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:06.559 Or not, even if you're still the same person that 312 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.720 you were ten years ago. 313 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:09.319 I still want to be with you. 314 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:13.039 You are worth my time, no matter what these people think, 315 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:17.880 no matter what these religious leaders say, you are worth 316 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:25.400 my time because you are as precious as anyone. And 317 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:29.279 maybe some of you needed to hear that today. Jesus 318 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.319 is saying to you, my son and my daughter, I 319 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:35.519 must be with you today. I must come into your 320 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.880 house today. I must come into your life today. I 321 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:43.759 must come into your heart this moment because I want 322 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.240 to be with you. 323 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:50.599 And there's no it doesn't matter what people may say 324 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.799 or think about it, because I want to be with you. 325 00:19:53.799 --> 00:20:00.880 You don't have to prove anything to me, because I 326 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:05.519 just want to be with you. Za Chaos, who was lost, 327 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.200 who was broken, who was in pain, who was living 328 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:12.400 in isolation and under a hatred from his fellow man, 329 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:17.599 Jesus said, I want to be with you. The fact 330 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:21.000 that Jesus ate with and spent time with someone who 331 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:25.000 is considered a set out, a traitor, a deceiver without morals. 332 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:28.920 Was an act of grace that the Phariuses in the 333 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:36.880 crowd could not comprehend what just happened. I thenk Yerry, you. 334 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.680 See Jesus, healer, teacher, prophet. 335 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.440 Why is he? 336 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:48.960 Why why is he having fellowship? Does he want to 337 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:51.119 go into this sinner's house? 338 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:58.559 Why? They were shocked? They were what's going on here? 339 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:06.920 The Pharisees, the religious leaders, the Israelites. Here's what they thought. 340 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:13.880 They thought Jesus must feel the same way about zaki As, 341 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:16.680 the same way we feel about zaki Yas. 342 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.720 That's why they were shocked. 343 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.960 Dip was it Jesus hen union collapen diib I love 344 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.480 me Jesus. 345 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.680 He is a sinner. 346 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.160 If you look at scriptures, tax collectors are associated in 347 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:36.640 the same category as adulters. 348 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:44.000 Unjust extortionists. Ain't same in the eyes of the Jews. 349 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:47.039 That's why they were sinners. That's why they were hated. 350 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.519 And so the Jews are like, I love me Jesus, 351 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.720 chief tax collector. 352 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:57.160 He stole from us. He has been oppressing us for 353 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:02.759 the longest time already. Why yeah, wait, where does Jesus. 354 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.279 Want to be with him? 355 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:14.319 Why he came down at once and welcomed him gladly, 356 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.279 And all the people saw this and began to mutter. 357 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:24.920 I don't mean mutter buck, but Jesus. 358 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:28.480 They were complaining, They were grumbling with one another. They 359 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:31.039 were talking behind the back of Jesus, behind the back 360 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.640 of the chios. 361 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:36.599 What's happening, what's going on? He's going to that guy's house. 362 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.680 Doesn't he know that that house was bought with our money? 363 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:45.279 Money he stole from us. 364 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:51.119 Jesus, doesn't he know that this man is hated, that 365 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:55.079 religious leaders are angry at him but afraid of him. 366 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:02.240 They just couldn't imagine it. You see, for the people of. 367 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:08.039 Jericho, the only way, the only way that they would 368 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:12.079 now accept za Chios was as Exacchius, was to conform 369 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:21.000 to their standards. Keelan mcwanu one Ezachios, keelan. 370 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:22.400 Mcvictory, group mac victory. 371 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:25.920 We can la happen now before we can accept him 372 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:32.839 back into our society. The people of Jericho felt that 373 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.720 Jesus thought the same way. 374 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:38.480 That thea Chios. For in order for. 375 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:43.880 Anyone to accept him ki lanen, to go through all 376 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:52.640 of these religious loops, to conform to a standard, To 377 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:57.480 do this in order to be accepted, To do this, this, this, 378 00:23:57.759 --> 00:24:02.720 in order to be loved, To do this, this and that, 379 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.759 to be part of this family, to be part of 380 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:12.400 this community. But this vast difference between the people in 381 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:18.119 Jericho and Jesus, The contrast between the grumbling, complaining of 382 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.880 the crowd and the acceptance and grace of Christ in 383 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:25.519 reaching out to a sinner by name, a stark difference, 384 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.400 a vast difference. 385 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.000 Are we part of this camp here? 386 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.519 But shouldn't you share no gospein people are not Victory 387 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:47.119 Week in Guinde, but invites a church. These standards that 388 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:55.440 keep people at bay? Or are we part of this 389 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:59.119 camp where Jesus? All that Jesus did was come to 390 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:09.680 the tree Zacchios that a kindles fortile, whatever, if we 391 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:14.839 wanted to have fellowship with this man, are we? Are 392 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:24.720 we here and saying you saying hey, kind iw it's okay, 393 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:29.599 let's go to church. You even read your Bible, It's 394 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:37.359 it's all right. Are we extended the same grace and 395 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:40.680 acceptance that Christ did when he came through that tree. 396 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.920 Where Zacchios was at. 397 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:47.119 You know, there are people, whether in church or outside 398 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:50.000 of church, who have been marginalized, who have been outcast, 399 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:57.759 who have been labeled hopeless and beyond redemption, who just want. 400 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:01.319 To see Jesus, just like Zachias. 401 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:08.279