WITNESS
6-2-13
I THINK I WOULD FALL DOWN
Imaging this
In today’s world
A great man---a Holy Reverent man
Is in your town
And in a parade---on foot
You are well off
A tax collector---working for the government
Or perhaps a CPA
You are a short man
And you cannot see
This Holy Reverent man
So you run away
And climb a tree
So that you can see
As this Holy Man
Passes by you he says,
“Zacchaeus, come down immediately
I want to stay in your house tonight”
You have this bad reputation
Because you are a tax collector
And all the people
Begin to talk about you
You are in awe
That he chose you
To come to your house and stay
You think,
“Why me?”
I don’t know about you
But I think
I would be so stunned
That I would fall down
I would fall
Right out of the tree
You are so touched
That this Holy Man
Has chosen you,
That you say,
“ Lord,
here and now
I
give all of my possessions
To
the poor,
If I
have cheated anyone
I
will pay back 4x the amount” 1
Luke 19:8
Jesus said to Zacchaeus,
“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 what was lost”
1 Luke 19:9&10
Robert P. Wallman
6-28-11
Ps WITNESS 6-2-13
“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through
A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus-he was
A chief collector and was wealthy
He wanted to see who Jesus was-but being a short man
He could not-because of 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’”
Luke 19:1-5
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