People who were nothing LIKE Jesus, LIKED Jesus.

John 1:14 (NIV)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Grace = UNDESERVED and UNEARNED favor.

We would have never known the GRACE of God without the PRESENCE of God.

Zacchaeus was WILLING to SEEK. 

Luke 19:1-2 (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.

Luke 19:3-4 (NIV)
He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

Jesus SEES those who SEEK Him.

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.

Luke 19:7 (NIV)
All the people saw this and began to mutter, ‘He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.’

Zacchaeus RESPONDS with REPENTANCE.

Luke 19:8 (NIV)
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.

Is there EVIDENCE in your life that you’ve had an ENCOUNTER with Jesus?

Luke 19:9 (NIV)
Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

Luke 19:10 (NIV)
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.