| Text: Luke 19:1-10 Theme: Support the Seekers, Be quick to repent Open The Scriptures 1. What details does Luke give about Zacchaeus’s identity and social status, and why do those details matter for understanding the story? 2. What does Luke mean by saying Zacchaeus was “seeking to see” Jesus, as shown by his climbing the sycamore tree? 3. How do the crowd’s reactions after Jesus goes to Zacchaeus’s house reveal the tension between Jesus’s actions and the expectations of the religious people? 4. Compare Zacchaeus’s promise in Luke 19:8 with the tax collector’s prayer in Luke 18:13; what does Luke teach about true repentance through these two examples? Open Your Lives 1. What would it look for you personally to “seek to see” Jesus this week in a concrete, practical way? 2. How do you usually feel or react when someone you dislike receives mercy, and why do you think you respond that way? 3. Zacchaeus showed repentance by making restitution; what is one concrete step you could take to show repentance in a relationship you have harmed? 4. Where do you see signs of pride or self-righteousness in your life or church, and what one practical change could you make this month to grow in compassion instead? |
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