{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Faith","title":"Reaching Those Who Are Lost In an Ungodly Culture // Jason King","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2848,"description":"Reaching Those Who Are Lost In an Ungodly Culture Luke 19:1-4 (NIV)“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way.” 1.  Don’t assume someone doesn’t want to know who Jesus really is.  “He wanted to see who Jesus was.” 2. You cannot assess if someone is worthy of meeting Jesus. Luke 19:5-6 (NIV)“When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.’ So he came down at once and welcomed Him gladly.” Verse 7“All the people saw this and began to mutter, ‘He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.’” 3.  Seek out those lost in your life so that they may be found.  Luke 19:8-10 (NIV)“Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ‘Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.’” Romans 6:1-14 (NIV)“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we will certainly also be united with Him in a resurrection like His. For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xe5ZmqsbRK_eg3Aa1aaHkwMagjXYQWPYjJYhv8jTcBI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDUw/MGUwMDE1NzNlYTc4/ZWM2Y2YzZWJjMjQy/MmQ2Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}