{"id":8239,"date":"2023-11-05T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2023-11-12T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:44:19","slug":"the-man-up-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=8239","title":{"rendered":"THE MAN UP A TREE"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE MAN UP A TREE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Luke 19: 1-10<\/h2>\n

\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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A MAN\u00a0 BECOMES A CHILD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 19:1-4 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2\u00a0 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3\u00a0 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4\u00a0 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.<\/p>\n

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A SEEKING MAN BECOMES FOUND<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 19:5-7 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

5\u00a0 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, \u201cZacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.\u201d 6\u00a0 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7\u00a0 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, \u201cHe has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Revelation 3:20 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n20\u00a0 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.<\/p>\n

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A SMALL MAN BECOMES BIG<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 19:8 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8\u00a0 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, \u201cBehold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A NEEDY MAN BECOMES RICH<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke 19:9-10 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

9\u00a0 And Jesus said to him, \u201cToday salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.\u00a0 10\u00a0 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Galatians 3:6-7 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0 just as Abraham \u201cbelieved God, and it was counted to him as righteousness\u201d 7\u00a0 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 34:16 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n16\u00a0 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 55:6-7 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0 \u201cSeek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
\n7\u00a0 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.<\/p>\n

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