Gene’s Daily Scriptural Postings
- H Gene Lawrence
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read

Part way through His ministry as He was traveling through the city of Jericho, Jesus meets a tax collector named Zacchaeus. Looking back on this event, the thing that is most remembered about Zacchaeus is the detail that he was short and chose to climb a tree to simply catch a glimpse of Jesus.
However, Jesus goes a step further and invites Himself over to Zacchaeus’ home. While the crowd grumbled and complained, Zacchaeus experiences a heart transformation, and pledges to give half his wealth to the poor and right any wrongs he may have committed in the past.
Luke concludes this event with Jesus saying a powerful blessing: “Salvation has come to this house today, because this man also belongs to the family of Abraham. The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.” (v. 9-10)
In these two concluding verses, we see Jesus sharing another glimpse of His ministry on earth. Jesus came to bring salvation into the homes of those who will let Him in. Jesus came to adopt people who are willing into the family of Abraham to become one of God’s chosen people. Jesus came to find those who are lost, hurting, and needing help with the goal of saving them.
The context in Luke’s concluding remarks are focused in on the specific event of Jesus’ time with Zacchaeus. In an almost universal way, we can take these verses and apply them to any and every situation where someone comes to God, whether they had fallen away from God at some point in their past or even if they had never known God.
We can also take these verses and apply them to Jesus’ overall ministry. Jesus came to the earth because He wants to find lost people and save them. Jesus arriving on earth marked the start of God’s salvation being made known, and the start of God actively adopting people into His new spiritual “family of Abraham.”
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Read this article on the web on it's official page: The Mission Statement: Luke 19:1-10
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