As we continue to look at God's up-side-down Kingdom, we learn a lot from the story of Zacchaeus. We see a man become a child, the one who was seeking becomes found, the small become big, the rich become poor, the poor become rich and the host becomes the guest. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. How about you, have you been found by the Saviour?

In this passage we get to see a Christian virtue that is often overlooked and easily neglected in our life. The virtue of THANKFULNESS. Jesus performed an amazing healing in the lives of 10 men that were afflicted with leprosy. Jesus tells them to show themselves to the priest and on the way all 10 were healed. The point of this story is that only one out of those 10 came back to thank Jesus and give praise to God for his healing. Are we quick to pray, but slow to give thanks? God wants us all to be thankful people.

We are all sinners in need of a Saviour, some of us know this and others don't see their need. The woman saw her need for forgiveness and saw the Saviour, whereas Simon the Pharisee couldn't see his need or see the Saviour.

After Jesus had been tested by the Devil in the wilderness, He returns to Galilee where He taught in synagogues with everyone praising Him. When Jesus entered Nazareth, where He had been brought up, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and spoke. Once again people were amazed of the gracious words that came from His lips. But in a few short verses, from Jesus' words, all the people were furious with Him. What was happening for the people in Jesus' hometown?

As we start to look at the Gospel of Luke, he makes it really clear why he is writing to Theophilus and to us. "so that you may KNOW the certainty of the things you have been taught." The Gospels show us who Jesus is and what He came to do. As we study this Gospel together over the next few months, I pray that we would be reminded again and again about the certainty of what we have been taught.