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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

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Hey, let's talk about grace. Check this out. Grace kills injustice and greed. Grace kills injustice and greed. Grace kills injustice and greed. How do we know? Because Jesus tells this incredible story about this incredible, rich tax collector named Zacchaeus In Luke 19, 1 through 10,.

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Zacchaeus was an incredibly wealthy tax collector. Why is that important to know? In the Jewish world, when a tax collector, a Jewish man, took taxes from the Jewish people and gave to the Gentile, pagan, roman oppressors? He was a sellout. He couldn't even go to the synagogue to worship. He couldn't go to the temple to worship. He was a social outcast. But look what grace does. Number one grace sees the overlooked. Grace sees the overlooked.

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Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was as Jesus was coming to town. So, running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree. Check this out. Grace climbs past the crowd to call your name. Zacchaeus was wealthy but empty, powerful but disguised. The crowd saw a crook, a sellout, a partner with the oppressor. Jesus saw a man worth redeeming. Grace finds you even when you're hiding in the trees of shame, guilt and greed.

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Number two grace dines with the disqualified. Grace dines with the disqualified. Verse five says this Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, because it's necessary for me to stay at your house. So Jesus, god incarnate, the King of Kings, the Messiah, sees a tax collector, a sinner, a deplorable, a despised, and he says yo, man, I want to eat at your house. In the ancient world, to eat at someone's house meant acceptance. So watch this. Grace doesn't cancel, it consumes. Jesus didn't lecture Zacchaeus, he loved him. Over dinner.

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The religious people grumbled, but grace always sits at the table with the broken. Never forget that. The religious grumbled, but grace always sits at the table with the broken. How can broken people ever get healed if we don't come to the table and break bread with them? True justice always starts with a relationship, not rejection.

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Number three grace turns oppressors into restorers. After this incredible meal, after this incredible moment of grace, verse 8 says this Zacchaeus says look, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have exhorted anything, I'll pay back four times as much. You see, grace turns greedy hearts into generous people. Grace restores what you've taken. Zacchaeus didn't just say sorry, he made it right. Grace doesn't just excuse sin, it empowers repentance. When grace changes your heart, justice flows from your hands. When grace transforms your soul, generosity flows through your body. You see, jesus didn't come to destroy Zacchaeus. He came to resurrect him. And that's what grace does. It doesn't ignore injustice, it kills it with love, with mercy and with transformation, fills it with love, with mercy and with transformation Luke 19.10,. For the Son of man came to seek and save the lost. This is Pastor Derwin Gray Marinate on that.

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