Just Respond

Churchome with Judah Smith

Churchome

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Zacchaeus’s response to encountering Jesus illustrates Christianity. Christianity isn’t about having resolve, resisting, or reacting to the world. Rather, watch Jesus love you, and respond.

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0:00.0	Now the story goes, Zacchaeus hears that this guy Jesus is pretty compelling and he wants
0:09.3	to see him.
0:10.3	He's heard that he's, he rumor is he might be the Messiah evidently, Zacchaeus has probably
0:16.0	heard it seems like he's claiming to be the ancient prophetic, the coming of the Messiah,
0:24.7	like this is big, big news amongst the Jewish people.
0:26.9	So Bible says he probably sees the dust cloud in the distance Jesus traveling and everyone
0:33.0	following him.
0:34.0	So he runs ahead and he climbs a tree.
0:36.2	He runs ahead and he climbs a tree.
0:37.7	See when you feel less than, when you feel like you don't measure up, what you do is you
0:41.8	go to working harder and trying to be better and you run ahead.
0:45.8	You got to get ahead of the Jones as you got to get ahead of your co-workers, you got
0:48.6	to get ahead and if you can get ahead in life then you maybe you can make up the difference
0:52.3	for the fact that you don't measure up and you're not smart enough and you're not sharp
0:55.9	enough and so like Zacchaeus we run ahead and we got to get ahead.
0:59.4	The goal of life is to get ahead.
1:00.6	The goal of life is to have the most money, have the most toys, have the most rundown,
1:04.4	have the most money.
1:05.4	So we got to get ahead.
1:06.4	So he runs ahead and he climbs a tree.
1:08.2	He runs ahead and he climbs a tree.
1:10.0	He runs ahead and he climbs a tree.
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