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Date: Sept 1 - Sept 7

This Week's Lesson: What Others Say About You Don't Matter 

Scripture Related to The Lesson: Luke: 5

            :5  And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

                Let's look at Zacchaeus the man. Zacchaeus was a Publican (a tax collector). But not only that, he was a chief among the publicans and was rich. So, the people thinking at that time was, he is a sinner, because of his job. Now, it's not whether they were right or wrong, it's what they thought, and called him. Some may think; well people shouldn't judge; but they did judge, and to them, he was a sinner. But Jesus saw something else in him; Jesus saw a man that had done wrong and needed to openly express his wrong doings so that he could be saved. You see when we come to Jesus in honesty and confess our sins, Jesus will forgive us and we will become a person that will live for him; and make atonement for our sins. Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus, but being short, he couldn't see in the crowd, so he climbed a tree just so he could get a good look at Jesus. Jesus, knowing all things knew he had a man that was Abraham's son, ( a descendant of Abraham through Issac) and he was feeling guilty over what he had done, and need to confess his sins to the one that could forgive him for those sins and set him free. Zacchaeus, promised Jesus at that time to give half of his goods to the poor and restore fourfold to any man he had taken from. Zacchaeus knew that because of his job, he was called a sinner by the people. But, it's not what others say about you that make you good or bad; it's what you think of yourself. Jobs doesn't make you, you make the job. Zacchaeus was like so many of us today; we let money change who we really are. We become a different person than we were before we came into money. But Zacchaeus had a conscience and that made him want to give back what he had taken. He had done wrong and wanted forgiveness. It is never too late to confess our sins to Jesus; and do the right thing by making atonement for whatever sin you have committed. This is a prime example of what we should do when we have sinned. First; come to Jesus; then, confess our sins and what we are going to do about them.

     Thank you for stopping by; by the Grace of God, I'll see you next week.

Your brother in Christ; Joseph J. Haugabrook