Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for April 11, 2021

The Story of the Self-Invited Guest

Luke 19:1-10

1. Contextual Considerations

• exclusive to Luke and reflective of his focus
• passing through Jericho with 18:31-34 on His mind
• basic structure: verses 1-5 (found) and verses 6-10 (changed)

2. Meet Zacchaeus: chief tax collector, rich (1-2)

• The Crowd: could not see, small in stature (3)
• Response of Zacchaeus: ran ahead, climbed sycamore tree (4)

3. Action of Jesus (5-6)

• Zacchaeus, hurry and come down
• must stay: divine appointment
• joyful reception

4. The Crowd: grumbled, guest of a man who is a sinner (7)

• Response of Zacchaeus (8)

♦ half of my goods to the poor
♦ fourfold restoration (2 Sam. 12:6)

5. Action of Jesus (9-10)

• salvation to a son of Abraham (Gal. 3:7-9)
• to seek and save the lost

6. So What?

• Because of the mission of Jesus, meeting Him means never again being the same.
• “He will happily trample on the prejudices of others to rescue someone from sin.” (Maclaren)
• “O for the wonderful love He has promised, promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me…” (Thompson)
• “Drown yourself in the immensity of God.” (Spurgeon/Begg)