From Spectator to Encounter: Zacchaeus and the God Who Seeks (Luke 19:1-10)

New City Church - Nashville · Jul 28, 2026 · 39m

Zacchaeus wanted to see. He was a chief tax collector — wealthy, and considered a notorious sinner, an outsider, a guy who didn't belong with those who had their theology right. And the text doesn't whitewash his background. The Bible isn't in the business of pretending people didn't do the things they did — which is what makes the grace and forgiveness all the more astonishing.

The crowd is presented as a real obstacle. Sometimes people are the barrier for you seeing Jesus. Have you been kept from seeing Jesus by the crowd? And a message for the church: are we the crowd here — blocking…