Basic Biblical Beliefs – From Collector To Benefactor

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      19980524 Basic Biblical Beliefs - From Collector To Benefactor - Rev. Tommy Jones

 

Can #people really #change?  How many #self-help books fill the shelves of the local book store?  And yet, the Bible shows us example after example of how Jesus Christ changed people immediately.  Do you realize how hated this man was that Jesus befriended?  Zacchaeus had teamed up with the oppressors to collect all the money he could from his fellow Jews.  How lonely do you think this man must have been?  Guaranteed, he wasn’t welcome in the temple.  How surprised would Zacchaeus have been to be called by name from up in a tree and get a personal invitation?  What was this man’s response?  That invitation is open to you and me, how have you responded?  How do we know that this wasn’t just lip service?

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Changed By Christ From Nobody To Somebody

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Do you feel #invisible?  Does it feel like nobody #cares?  Are you #lonely?  This is a story about a woman in the Bible who showed faith in the right one and it changed her life.  This woman was weakened by twelve years of a chronic debilitating illness.  You may be able to relate to that now or as you age you will be able to understand later.  But, either way there is a lesson here for all of us.  Besides being at her wit’s end medically, what else was involved in her suffering and isolation making her a nobody in the eyes of society?  She heard about Jesus and what did she do about it?  While we are not saved by what we do, is there any effort that we must expend to receive the gift of Salvation? After being healed, Christ asked her to come forward, recognizing her as a somebody.  Why? 

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