yosias teaching
What was Jesus doing when He met Zacchaeus?
Answer: He was just passing by.
What does the name “Zacchaeus” mean?
Answer: The pure one or the Lord remembers.
What metaphor is used for the mind in the teaching?
Answer: A castle or a fortress.
In which city did Jesus meet Zacchaeus?
Answer: Jericho.
“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.”
Verse 1
Even though Zacchaeus had money and status, what did he still want?
Answer: To see Jesus.
In the lesson, what are the two main gates of the mind?
Answer: The eyes and the ears.
What did Jesus say had come to Zacchaeus’ house?
Answer: Salvation.
What kind of job did Zacchaeus have?
Answer: He was a chief tax collector.
“He ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, because he was short.”
3
Did Zacchaeus change first, or did Jesus accept him first?
Answer: Jesus accepted him first.
According to the lesson, why did Jesus choose Zacchaeus out of the whole crowd?
Answer: Because he prepared himself and regarded God as holy.
Why was Zacchaeus considered a traitor and sinner by his people?
Answer: He worked as a chief tax collector and was hated
How did Zacchaeus respond when Jesus told him He would stay at his house?
Answer: He came down immediately and welcomed Him gladly.
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Verse 10
Why did Zacchaeus give his money away?
Answer: Because Jesus accepted him.
What attitude toward God did Zacchaeus show?
Answer: Reverence.
According to the sermon, what does being a “son of Abraham” really mean?
Answer: Sharing Abraham’s faith, not just his bloodline.
What did Jesus say to Zacchaeus when He saw him in the tree?
Answer: “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, ‘Behold, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I restore it four times.’”
Verse 8
What does climbing the fig tree represent in the message?
Answer: Making an effort to seek Jesus.
In the “mind as a fortress” example, what separates a foolish commander from a wise commander?
Answer: A foolish commander relies on willpower after danger comes, while a wise commander prepares long before the battle.
What warning is given about people who ignore God or live only for worldly pleasures?
Answer: They are in danger and could be left behind when Jesus comes.
What promise did Zacchaeus make to show he had changed?
Answer: He said he would give half his possessions to the poor and repay anyone he cheated four times the amount.
“Jesus looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.’”
Verse 5