Arizona sun., 1948-01-30

Dr Nowtor again at who he
was and is. We be-
gin with Isaiah 53:1-12. Who can
read those majestic words without
tears? And then we come to Matthew
1:21, "And thou shalt call his name
Jesus, for he shall save his people
from their sins" Then 60 on to read
Matthew 5:17-28, Luke 19:1-10, and
Hebrews AIS, 16.
The key verse, it seems to me, in
Sundays lesson is Luke 10: 10, "The
Son of man came to seek and to
save that which was lost" Hold to
this key, and every door will open
in this lesson.
JESUS HELPS ZACCHAEUS
TN THE first ten verses Of the 18th
L chapter of Luke we have the fas-
cinating story of Jesus calling Zac-
chaeus down from the tree, forgiv-
ing his sins, and entering into his
house. The disciples complained that
Jesus had gone to lunch with a man
that was a sinner. It was then that
the Master declared, 1.-THE Son Of
man Is come to seek and to save
that which was lost"
Zacchaeus is but an illustration
Of what Jesus seeks to do for
every man. He has not come to
save a few, but whatsoever will"
He will not force himself upon any
man, but he waits In hope Of saw
ing every man.
The worst boy In your commu-
nifty may be saved - will be saved
- if only he will do as Zacchaeus
did, come to Jesus, just as he is,
confessing his sin and believing on
the Lord Jesus Christ.
HOW JESUS CHANGES PEOPLE !,
JESUS saved Zacchaeus by for
- giving his sins and putting new
attitude in his heart: He had harmed
many people, or at least they
thought he had. They would not for
give him.
He may not have asked them
to forgive him, but when he met
Jesus and was changed by the re-
deeming grace of the Saviour, he
proposed to restore f0urfOld
wherever he may have wronged
anyone. More than that, Zacchaeus
offered to give the half Of his
goods to the poor. He gave con-
vincing evidence that he was q
changed man. So will every man
who believes in Jesus.
But we must remember this, Zac-
chaeus barred his soul to the Saviour
in repentance Of his sins and be.
lieved on him as the Son of God be-
fore he manifested changed atti-
tude.
THE PURPOSE OF JESUS
D ECALL again the words Of the
N angel to Joseph, Thou shalt
call his name Jesus, for he shall
save his people from their SINS" II
was to save sinners like Zacchaeus
that Jesus came down from heaven
and died on the cross. That was and
is his purpose.
HE went about doing good, for
God was with him." Acts 1898.
We shall never understand the
work Of Jesus until we come to
see him at work in every age
and amongst all mankind to do
the will Of the Father in saving
any and all who will come unto
him in faith believing.
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JESUS calls upon you and upon
- me and upon every follower OF
his to accept as the central purpose
of our lives this mission of winning
lost souls unto him. "As the Father
hath sent me, so send you."
I sat in a boat with two prom
inent business men, fishing in a
private lake one afternoon last No
vember. Mr.. Asa G. Gambler of
Atlanta and I were guests of Mr..
Carr p. Collins of Dallas. We were
at his Wild Briar farm, few
miles from DALLAS. We were talk
ing about the plight Of the world.
Mr.. Collins said: "What is money
worth if we think of it apart from
the purpose Of God? Until we come
back to the words of Jesus, so
send I you.' we cannot hope to
improve the sOrrowful plight OF
our frightened day and genera
ton. All men are lost until they
come to know him as Saviour"
Let this testimony of one of Gods
gentlemen be heard and needed by
laymen and preachers alike. and
fear will give way to faith, and the
kingdoms of this earth will become
the kingdom Of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
(Copyrisht BY the International Council
of Religious Education on behalf of 20
Protestant denominations. Released BY
WNU FsstufeS.)