Luke 19:1-10 (New Living Translation)
19 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
I. Restitution requires humility (vv. 1-4)
• It is
• It is hard to
• It is easy to
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• God flexes his authority and power through
II. Submission to restitution is difficult (vv. 5-7)
• A meal with a lonely person is a
• Righteous submission is expressed with
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• Too many Christians deprive people of needed
III. Restitution completes the process of forgiveness (vv. 8-10)
• Christian forgiveness is a
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• Restitution is restoring the lost position of the
• Spiritual maturity seeks to discover the
• Humility can only be cultivated and demonstrated by submission in