Luke 19:1-10

Summary: Of all the people lined up along the road that day, Zacchaeus probably topped most people’s the list of ‘those least likely to be noticed by Jesus.’ As a wealthy and chief tax collector, he was disdained by most of his fellow citizens. Yet Luke tells the story as if to indicate that Jesus came looking specifically for Zacchaeus. As if by divine appointment, Jesus says he simply ‘must’ stay in his home, and the result is one of the most dramatic personal transformations in any of the gospels. Luke saw this story as one of the chief illustrations of Jesus’ entire ministry: to seek out and save the lost (v.10). Pentecost reminds us to be careful whom we might overlook as being unfit for the Kingdom of God. They may just be the ones on whom Jesus has specifically fixed his eyes.