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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Ministering to others in the workplace

Today's sermon of Jesus and Zacchaus was a reminder that we have to find those in the community that need God's love.  God calls us to find the lost and the broken that we work with to show them the love of Jesus Christ.
As we enter into the lives of others we have to live our lives in a way that attracts other non-Christians to us.  In Luke 19:4, Zacchaus ran ahead to look to get a glimpse of Jesus.  That is how others should interact around us.  Jesus' presence should radiate through our lives so that people would want to get a glimpse of who he is in our lives and what is different about us.   There has to be a radiate that flows through our lives with the presence of Jesus Christ.
Next, in the story in verse six Zacchaus welcomes Jesus gladly into his home.  This is what happens next in the relationship with other people we work with daily.  Others around welcome these people into their lives and begin to open up to them.  Through this the love of Jesus Christ is shown to those that have not experienced this love.  Thus, when this occurs the next step in this process where the gospel of Jesus Christ can be shared.
In this last section, in verses 8-10, Zacchaeus repents. of his sins and gives us life to Jesus Christ.  At this point, we can ask God to use us to share with others about our sinful nature and how Jesus died on the cross for our sins.  We can then share how to trust Christ with our life and how to daily surrender to him.  Lastly, we if the person has received Jesus Christ we as the believer can discuss baptism with the other person.  Baptism signifies a new step of surrender and a public profession for faith for this new Christian.
This is by no means the correct steps in ministering to another person who is not a believer.  It is just an example from Scripture of how to be a light in a dark world and minister to others like Jesus did.  So, I challenge you today to be a "Friend of Sinners."

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