The Testimony of Zaccheaus
First Christian Church—Sunday, July 21, 2024
Kathleen Welcher, Care and Connections Pastor
Celebrating Recovery today and breaking it down for all peoples.
Testimony: Jessica Kronteres
GOD’s Story— Zaccheaus Luke 19: 1-10
The Lord pursues us… Jesus & Zaccheus
Jesus enters Jericho – Zacchaeus wants to find Jesus He runs around the crowd to find Him.
We pursue the Lord… He invites us in to dine with He and the Father
We follow Him and make a decision to follow Him/be Like Jesus.
We clear our side of the street and allow the Lord to make us grow.
Jesus hangs out with shady people!
In experiencing Him we are cut to the heart, and we believe and repent.
We clear the wreckage of our past and give our lives to Him.
The Lord restores us.
We begin to maintain our spiritual condition and cultivate a conscious contact with God.
As the Lord restores us, we maintain our spiritual condition and cultivate a conscious contact with God. (
This too is a son of Abraham) We can’t keep what we don’t give away
Once the Lord restores us, He is the example of how to be like Him
(The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost)
BIG Idea: The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
As we follow Him, we too seek and save the lost.
Bill W and Dr. Bob’s 12-Step work – a comparison to the Jesus’ story of Zaccheaus.
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 29:11-14 & Matthew 7: 7-8
