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LUKE 19:1-10 TALL TREASON TESTS TRUTH

TREASON � The action of betraying someone or something. Marcus Mir Vidkun Brutus Quisling Jafar

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he LUKE 19:1-10 was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” LUKE 19:1-10 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.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Jesus entrou em Jericó, e atravessava a cidade. LUCAS 19:1-10 Havia ali um homem rico chamado Zaqueu, chefe dos publicanos. Ele queria ver quem era Jesus, mas, sendo de pequena estatura, não o conseguia, por causa da multidão. Assim, correu adiante e subiu numa figueira brava para vê-lo, pois Jesus ia passar por ali. Quando Jesus chegou àquele lugar, olhou para cima e lhe disse: "Zaqueu, desça depressa. Quero ficar em sua casa hoje". Então ele desceu rapidamente e o recebeu com alegria.

Todo o povo viu isso e começou a se queixar: "Ele LUCAS 19:1-10 se hospedou na casa de um ‘pecador’ ". Mas Zaqueu levantou-se e disse ao Senhor: "Olha, Senhor! Estou dando a metade dos meus bens aos pobres; e se de alguém extorqui alguma coisa, devolverei quatro vezes mais". Jesus lhe disse: "Hoje houve salvação nesta casa! Porque este homem também é filho de Abraão. Pois o Filho do homem veio buscar e salvar o que estava perdido".

THE EMPIRE, TAXES AND TREASON � Roman domination ≈ 70 years � Taxation through locals who worked for Rome � Chief Tax Collectors / Regular Tax Collectors � A collector was to be avoided at all costs � Could tax a man for what he was carrying � Traded social acceptance for RICHES - extorsion � Labeled as TRAITORs of the worst kind

JERICHO � One of the earliest settlements - 9000 BC � Eden of Palestine / Palm Trees � About 29km from Jerusalem � Different climate – Herod’s Winter Palace � Wealthy / Beggars � Estimated population > 10,000

ZACCHAEUS – CLEAN/PURE � “A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.” Luke 19:2-3 - � “Havia ali um homem rico chamado Zaqueu, chefe dos publicanos. Ele queria ver quem era Jesus, mas, sendo de pequena estatura, não o conseguia, por causa da multidão.” Lucas 19:2-3

THE IRRESISTIBLE DRAW OF JESUS � “He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way” Luke 19:3-4 - � “Ele queria ver quem era Jesus, mas, sendo de pequena estatura, não o conseguia, por causa da multidão. Assim, correu adiante e subiu numa figueira brava para vê-lo, pois Jesus ia passar por ali.” Lucas 19:3-4

THE ENCOUNTER AND CALL OF JESUS � “When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.” Luke 19:5-6 - � “Quando Jesus chegou àquele lugar, olhou para cima e lhe disse: "Zaqueu, desça depressa. Quero ficar em sua casa hoje". Então ele desceu rapidamente e o recebeu com alegria.” Lucas 19:5-6

CONFRONTING IDOLATRY

IDOLS OF THE HEART

CONFRONTING IDOLATRY � ZACCHAEUS’ LIFE WAS RULED BY GREED � IT LED HIM TO BETRAY HIS COUNTRY � WEALTH AND MONEY WERE HIS IDOLS � CHRIST DID NOT LET THAT SIT! � NO RECORD OF WHAT WAS SAID, BUT... � HIS INTERACTION WITH JESUS WAS SO INTENSE THAT HE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST HIS IDOLS.

REAL REPENTANCE � “But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ‘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.’” Luke 19:8 - � “Mas Zaqueu levantou-se e disse ao Senhor: ‘Olha, Senhor! Estou dando a metade dos meus bens aos pobres; e se de alguém extorqui alguma coisa, devolverei quatro vezes mais.’” Lucas 19:8

SALVATION RECOGNIZED � “Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’” Luke 19:9-10 - � “Jesus lhe disse: ‘Hoje houve salvação nesta casa! Porque este homem também é filho de Abraão. Pois o Filho do homem veio buscar e salvar o que estava perdido.’” Lucas 19:9

WARREN WIERSBE’S OUTLINE � 19:2-4 - A Man Became a Child (ran down the street like a little child"), � 19:5 - A Seeking Man Became Found; � 19:7-8 - A Small Man Became Big; � 19:9-10 - A poor man became rich

ME, YOU AND ZACCHAEUS � WE ARE ALL TRAITORS � IDOLATRY BATTLE FOR OUR HEARTS � OBSTACLES KEEPING US FROM CHRIST � CHRIST DRAWS US NEAR / CHRIST CALLS US � RICHES AND POWER CAN’T SAVE US � WE MUST CRUSH THE IDOLS OF OUR HEARTS � REPENTANCE MUST BE VISIBILE � NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN TO CHRIST