The mission of Jesus is to seek and to save the lost. This message was given on January 8, 2017 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca.

1. The Mission of Jesus
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The Gospel of Luke 19:1-10

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 19:1-10
Found on page 878 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. ?Do you ever feel like
life is a lot
like hide and seek

4. The Mission of Jesus
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The Gospel of Luke 19:1-10

5. 1 He entered Jericho and was passing
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through. 2 And behold, there was a man
name Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax
collector and was rich.

6. “He was the kingpin of
the Jericho tax cartel
and had the scruples
of a modern-day crack
dealer. He was filthy
rich in the fullest
sense of the term.”

7. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus
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was, but on account of the crowd he
could not, because he was small in
stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climb-
ed up into a sycamore tree to see him,
for he was about to pass that way.

8. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he
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looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus,
hurry and come down, for I must stay at
your house today.”

9. Key Point
Long before you ever
became interested in Jesus,
Jesus was already
deeply interested in you.

10. 6 So he hurried and came down and
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received him joyfully.

11. “…to all who did
receive him, to those
who believed in his
name, he gave the
right to become
children of God….”
~ The Gospel of John, 1:12

12. Jesus I do now receive Him
More than all in Him I find
He has granted me forgiveness
I am His, and He is mine
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!
Hallelujah! What a Friend!

13. 7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled,
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“He has gone in to be the guest of a man
who is a sinner.”

14. 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the
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Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods
I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded
anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

15. “…they should repent and
turn to God, performing
deeds in keeping with
repentance.”
~ Acts 26:20

16. Key Point
Jesus is the greatest treasure
you could ever find.

17. 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation
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has come to this house, since he also is
a son of Abraham….”

18. 10 “For the Son of Man came to seek
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and to save the lost.”

19. I’m lost.
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20. Life is found
in being found
by Jesus.
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21. Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I’m found
Was blind but now I see

22. 10 “For the Son of Man came to seek
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and to save the lost.”

23. “And to him was given dominion and glory
and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and
languages should serve him; his dominion is
an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass away, and his kingdom one that shall
not be destroyed.”
~ Daniel 7:13-14

24. Why does Luke record this
encounter in his historical
biography of Jesus?
Important Question

25. The mission of Jesus
is to seek and to save
the lost.

26. Do we want to be found?
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27. I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
He moved my soul to seek him seeking me
It was not I that found, O Saviour true
No, I was found by Thee

28. Does my heart beat with the
missional heartbeat of Jesus?
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29. ?Have we lost a sense
of the lostness
of the lost

30. May you know the joy
of being found by Jesus
who came to seek
and to save the lost.
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