My Sermon for Nov. 12/13 on the story of Zaccheaus - Luke 19:1-11
You should read all of Luke 18 and 19 up to 19:11 Have you ever noticed that Luke seems to be obsessed with tax collectors and sinners – They are all over the place: Jesus eats with them constantly Jesus calls a tax collector to be a disciple He uses them as examples in parables – in fact just a few verses before this story of Zaccheaus in chapter 19 we have the parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee – do you remember that? 2 men go up to the Temple to pray – one (a Pharisee) prays – “I thank you Lord that my life is great, that I am a very religious person and that I am not like any of those loosers, like, for example, that tax collector over there… And th...