Redeeming The Time

The story of Zacchaeus is "Repentance 101" for Christians. It tells us what to do, but much more importantly, it tells us how to do it. The process of repentance involves things gradual and things that are sudden, and sometimes even instantaneous. We can learn from the important words Luke uses regarding Zacchaeus: that he was LITTLE and that he RAN and CLIMBED, and that the Lord told him to MAKE HASTE, and that he promised that he would give all his wealth away. We will see the remembrance of death, making comparisons, feeling little, when to run and climb, when to make haste, the visitation of grace, changing something that does not change, and the BEST NEWS in the Gospel, which means good news—when a man changes and is healed of his passions.