GOSPEL LIGHT #749

A Physical Demonstration Of Repentance 

Lu 19:6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.

As the Lord Jesus was passing through Jericho, a large crowd surrounded Him. Zacchaeus, a tax collector who was short in stature, wanted to see Jesus but couldn’t see over the crowd. So, he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view. When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up, saw Zacchaeus in the tree, and called him by name, telling him to hurry and come down because He needed to stay at his house that day.

Zacchaeus was a repentant man at this point, and this verse right here might be used as a physical demonstration of it. Repentance is the attitude of coming down and receiving the Lord joyfully. 

We step down from our imagined high moral ground, acknowledging ourselves as sinners in need of salvation. Then, with humility, we receive Jesus gladly through faith in Him.