Glad submission to Jesus’s authority is the way of life in the new world of the Kingdom of God. This entails recognizing the resistance inside (and outside) us, releasing our agendas, and rendering our self unto God.

Glad submission to the authority of Jesus is the way fo the life in the new world.

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. While this could be the “big idea'“ of every sermon in Luke and is, arguably, the main theme, we consider here Zacchaeus’s lostness, Jesus’s seeking, and what salvation looks like when it comes home.

Jesus brings into a long story of rest in a restless world.

The known presence of God brings rest in a restless world. Namely, he gives rest from fear, stress, and striving.

Jesus brings rest for our souls in a restless world.