July 18

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

This man Zacchaeus was a publican, that is, a tax collector for the Romans, and was looked down on by Jewish society as a great sinner; so when Jesus went to his house as a guest, many grumbled and “murmured, saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.” But the fact that he was a sinner was precisely the reason Jesus spent time with him. He came “to seek and to save that which was lost.” That is why He left heaven and came into this world of suffering and sorrow. He said in Luke 5:31,32. “They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” This actually includes everyone because Romans 3:10 tells us, “There is none righteous, no, not one. He is searching, He is seeking, He is knocking on the door. What is your response?

Commentary by Francis L. Harris

"...what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30