1 He ran ahead and climbed the Sycamore tree.
Zaccheus was a rich, short man that desired to see Jesus. He saw that Jesus was passing that way and he ran ahead to see Him. What sort of rich man climbs a tree? What sought of sinner seeks to see Jesus? Would you climb a tree just to see Jesus if you were rich? Are you too busy for God? Are you too rich to wake and pray at night? Do you find yourself too busy to go to church? Oh, when you were looking for a job, a spouse, children even visa, you used to worship God every midnight, but now He has answered your prayers, you have forgotten or gotten too "rich" to climb the tree. If you find yourself in this situation, now is the time to turn back to Him. Jesus is always passing by. Don't procrastinate, ask for His forgiveness and begin to pray for the Grace to fellowship with Him.

2. He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.
The way the world thinks and the way God thinks isn't the same. He who the world calls a deep sinner can be the next convert in the eyes of God. Let your minds think along the thoughts of God. Don't be envious when you see a "sinner" make progress in life and begin to compare yourself to the person. Don't be vexed when you see a sinner become a Christian and begins to have encounters, visions and miracles you have been dreaming to have. He is the potter and we are the clay, let the potter decide what He wants to use the clay to do.

3. A true encounter with Jesus leads to genuine repentance.

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.
A true repentance with Jesus always leads to genuine repentance. Whenever, you receive the Good news of the Gospel, do not harden your heart. Repent and let go of anything that will take you back to the darkness you are coming from. To ministers of the Gospel, always take a look at your congregation. Do your sermons lead the people to genuine repentance or does it lead them into deeper levels of worldliness? Does the average member of your church look and act better after attending your services for 6 months or are they worse? Your work on earth is to ensure people encounter Jesus and are led to genuine repentance. Pray not to labour in vain. May the Good God give us His Grace to start and finish strong, in the name of Jesus, Amen.

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.”

When a man makes an effort to get to God, God can meet Him half way and help him to get to where He is.

So if you're a sinner today, who intends to truly come back to God, even if you feel you've gone too far from Him and the journey back seems a long one, try and at least make an effort as Zacchaeus had done and see what God makes of it.

God bless.

Jesus preached repentance of sin to the short man. Why didn't Jesus tell him to accept him as Lord and savior? Why didn't Jesus tell him he's God that came to eventually die for the sins of others?

All what Jesus said starts from obeying the commandments...

jesusjnr2020:
When a man makes an effort to get to God, God can meet Him half way and help him to get to where He is.

So if you're a sinner today, who intends to truly come back to God, even if you feel you've gone too far from Him and the journey back seems a long one, try and at least make an effort as Zacchaeus had done and see what God makes of it.

God bless.

Exactly, thanks for your contribution. Happy Sunday to us all.

AntiChristian:
Hmmm

every spirit of Belial the antichrist is bind and casted!

batsynergy:
every spirit of Belial the antichrist is bind and casted!

Better wake up from your nightmare!

Nothing is bind nor casted anywhere!

Learning

Jesus is ever ready to listen and accept us... infact in Romans 3:10, "For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" and also I Revelation 3:10, "Behold I stand at the door and knock, whosoever shall open the door of his heart, I shall come I to dine with him/her and he/she with me".

SPTruth:

Exactly, thanks for your contribution. Happy Sunday to us all.

You're welcome.

Worthy of emulation

Tinubu and lekki toll gate na perfect example

hnjm

Leave this Jews alone and their tales by moonlight.

Anybody Jesus visits becomes porer. Why?

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dialfa:
Anybody Jesus visits becomes porer. Why?

Because it is easier for a poor man to enter the kingdom of God than a rich man

Zacky try o

It still baffles me how Africans abandoned their tradition for a white man concocted fallacy
I mean total fiction

WHETHER YOU ENCOUNTER THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST OR THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST, ENCOUNTERS YOU, YOU WILL NEVER REMAIN THE SAME. ASK PAUL, THE APOSTLE AND SIMEON.

TRY AND ENCOUNTER HIM TODAY.

True.
People have stopped obeying the commandment of love your neighbour as yourself to becoming self-lovers and greedy. Hence our corrupt society of today.

AntiChristian:
Jesus preached repentance of sin to the short man. Why didn't Jesus tell him to accept him as Lord and savior? Why didn't Jesus tell him he's God that came to eventually die for the sins of others?

All what Jesus said starts from obeying the commandments...

WHETHER YOU ENCOUNTER THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST OR THE LORD, JESUS CHRIST, ENCOUNTERS YOU, YOU WILL NEVER REMAIN THE SAME. ASK PAUL, THE APOSTLE, ZACCHEUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN, NOT FORGETTING IN A HURRY, THE WOMAN CAUGHT RED HANDED IN ADULTERY.

TRY AND ENCOUNTER HIM TODAY.

HMM

wiseone28:
Because it is easier for a poor man to enter the kingdom of God than a rich man

Sounds like paradise.

You mean the tradition of illiteracy and superstition? You can stick with it if that's what you want.

Zchi1052:
It still baffles me how Africans abandoned their tradition for a white man concocted fallacy
I mean total fiction