Salvation On Your House -- January 19, 2010

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
Luke 19:9

It just seemed to me that the requirement to have salvation come to your house is to be a son of Abraham. Which means that those who believe are sons of that same faith that saved Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob before there was a nation called Israel? I know Jesus used an idiom of the day to refer to Jewish people and that His mission was to the Jewish nation first. I am glad that He chose metaphor that Paul could apply to us all later. We really are the sons of the freewoman and not the sons of the bondwoman. (Galatians 4:21-31) After all his sin against God and betrayal of his people Jesus went to Zacchaeus’ house because of his faith. Jesus brought salvation to establish on Zacchaeus’ faith-based good works of repentance.

Salvation can come to our houses today if we will match Zacchaeus’ sincere faith. We also can be sons of Abraham. Even when others complain about it we can receive the blessings of God when we truly repent in a life-changing way. Jesus is still looking for faith as He walks our world.

Father, send the Savior my way. As repentance grows in my heart let Your salvation be deeply rooted in my house.

Pastor Jason