A Big Change for a Small Man (Part 2 of 2)

Truth For Life Daily Program

Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Most of us have given and received gifts. Generally, they come at some expense to the giver. Hear about a gift that was costly to the Giver, is costly to the receiver, but is even costlier to reject! That’s our focus on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	Most of us have given and received gifts.
0:27.3	And, of course, giving a gift comes at some expense to the giver.
0:31.3	Today on Truth for Life, we'll learn about a gift that was costly both to the giver and the receiver,
0:36.4	but it's a gift that is even more costly to
0:38.9	reject.
0:40.4	Alistair Begg is teaching from Luke 19, and Jesus encounter with Zechius, a tax collector,
0:47.8	up in a tree.
0:59.0	Companionship's a big draw to a lonely man, isn't it?
1:05.0	Companionship's a big draw to the girl who feels lost in the crowd.
1:09.0	Sykeyes maybe found himself saying, the day-to-day level of my living is really fairly
1:13.3	meaningless. Underneath the superficial level of my life, I put my feet down and I hope for
1:21.1	rock and all I find is a shrivelling loneliness.
1:31.7	Yeah, I'm going to go and I'm going to see Jesus.
1:41.7	Somewhere within this Zechias, there was a deep, nameless, irresistible urge to meet Christ.
1:46.7	We're going to find out just how that happens in a moment or two, or the mystery of it, at least.
1:54.9	But I had a conversation with someone this week, and it was clear to me as I sat and listened to the gentlemen speak with me, that there is within his life, in fact, he was prepared to acknowledge
2:00.3	it.
2:00.5	There is within his life a deep,, he was prepared to acknowledge it. There is within his life
2:01.8	a deep, nameless, irresistible urge to know Christ. And I said to him, this is a wonderful thing.
2:10.4	And you should be greatly encouraged by this. Because by your nature, you have no interest in knowing Christ.
2:17.0	There is none that seeketh God. No,
2:19.1	not one. It's not as if everybody is roaming around, just looking for the chance to meet Jesus.
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