The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

I told you last week that we were going to endeavor to embark on a study of conversations

with the Lord Jesus.

There are so many compelling and riveting incidents like that in the four gospels that

we're going to be looking at them for an end-determined time at this juncture until the Lord

gives us some different direction.

Focusing on Christ is the most important, the most transforming thing that we can do.

Now let's look at Him in a conversation in the nineteenth chapter of Luke, Luke chapter

19.

A very familiar story, but one that illustrates the greatest truth of his life.

Luke 19.

The enter Jericho and was passing through.

As a man called by the name of Zacchaeus, he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was and was unable because of the crowd for he

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