I am going to give you my notes on the "sermon" that a man named Ezra Stanton gave this past Monday morning. I found it enjoyable, though I didn't record the "short stories" he chose to tell about his life.
"Sick" and "Dope" are positive.
It doesn't matter how big we get, there should never be room for ego.
We have an all-access pass to God.
We don't need an agent to come to Christ.
Luke 19:1-10:
"1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "
8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.""
It was just one conversation, one day, one road trip, one changed life.
Relevant magazine is "dope."
The taller you are, supposidly the more money you make according to some research project.
Was Zacchaeus a midget?
Did Zacchaeus want Jesus to see him?
Was he black and blue because of the crowd?
Jesus cared about despised, hated people.
Nobody like Zacchaeus.
Zacchaeus gave everything he had, getting rid of his old life.
He wanted to make things right.
We as Christians need to give more than an exchange of words, an exchange of action.
There is a tendency to be "fake" Christians.
Life as a Christian needs to not just be what you say, but what you do.
God sees everything.
The sycamore tree's leaves are in the shape of a heart.
Today is another day.
What can I make out of today?
Have the mindset to impact other people today.
Don't take God for granted.
Use our all-access pass to Christ and God.
Do people have an all-access pass to me?
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