<TITLE>09. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 Then, you know, in the Temple when Aaron the priest was anointed to go into the holiest of holies, he had on the hems of his garment a pomegranate and a bell. And the only way they could tell that he had not been killed in the Presence of God, that he was still alive, was that noise that that walking made; they knowed he was still alive. And I think sometime when I hear a little "Amen," or "Praise the Lord," there's still a little life somewhere...?... just a little noise from somewhere.
So little Zacchaeus tried to pull the garbage can, and he couldn't do it. So he said, "I'll have to hurry." So he reaches down with his arms, because he was determined to see Jesus now; and he takes a hold of the garbage can, new garment on. Here he comes, walking with the garbage can. And he hears somebody laugh, and he looks, and it's his competitor standing on the corner, said, "I wish you would look; Zacchaeus has got him a new job. Well, the fine Zacchaeus, restaurant man has become the city garbage collector."

L-27 Oh, his little face got red; he looked around. And you know, God just makes coming to Jesus so--so humble sometimes it makes your face turn red. He makes you do things that you think you wouldn't do. But if you're determined, you'll do it.
So when he got there, you know, his righteous indignation begin to rise. He couldn't deny it then. You know, like people sometime saying, "Well, I'll go down; I'll find out; I'll set way back at the back." But when you're setting there, there happens to be somebody that you criticized the meetings to, happens to be setting over, says, "How do you do?"
"Oh, I... My... That'll hurt my business as sure as the world, humph." See? But you're done caught. So that's the way you are this morning; you're caught now; you're right among them. Here you set.
So their face got red, you know, and looked around; he said, "You know well, let it go anyhow. I'm determined to see it through." That's the way: Be determined to see it through. What, God's put it on your heart to watch this Jesus of Nazareth to see if it's the truth, to see if this great move of God comes from God, open up your Bible and stay with it; that's the way to do it.

L-28 So he just took and squeezed up the old garbage can, and here he went, determined to see Jesus. Set it down by the tree; there he was, garment all full of garbage.
God knows how to do things, how to humble you, you know. Sometimes He does it in different ways, but He knows how to do it. He knows how to take that starch out of you. He knows how to make you the man that you ought to be; He knows the inside of you. You got a lot of put-on, a lot of glamour, a lot of outside; "Oh, my business is better than the other car lot over there." God knows how to take that out of you sometime; He does it in great ways, in different ways.

L-29 So He had Zacchaeus standing there by the tree. So Zacchaeus thought, "Well," and they laughed, and they was going on down to make fun of this Prophet; on down the street they went. And he said, "Now, looky here, my reputation's ruined. Here I am standing here; my garment's ruined; my reputation's ruined."
But you're just then getting in condition to find Jesus, when you lose that reputation that you think is so high, and so classy, and everything; you're just about ready then to find Jesus. When all that starch has been taken out of you, then is when you're ready to find Jesus.
So he says, "I will get up in the tree before someone else comes." So he climbs, and he twists, and he gets up the tree. Finally he gets up there, and "No, that limb won't hold me." He looks where two limbs meet (come down to a "Y"), he said, "Right here's the place for me to sit, a good solid place." That's right. That's a good place for you sit, where two ways meet: yours and God's. There's where the change comes.


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