"And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost.' " Luke 19:9-10
Zacchaeus was a man largely despised and ignored by his Jewish brothers. He may have been shut out from the hearts of his brethren but the heart of Jesus was open for this man that others viewed as an "untouchable." This type of story concerning the love of Christ is repeated again and again throughout the gospels.
In John 11:25, Jesus proclaims to Martha that He is the "Resurrection and the Life." It is amazing even though Jesus had not experienced His own physical resurrection that He was already living out the person that He was already living out the person that He was called to be by the Father! We all are called to live out resurrected life before others regardless if we feel we are ready or not. In Romans 6, Paul affirms that, "We shall be in the likeness of His resurrection."
Today, we will study the encounter that Jesus has Zaccheaus as He models resurrected living for us today. As we draw understanding from the heart of Jesus we will learn the importance of what it means to "Touch the Untouchable."
