Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The other guest began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

1. Your sins are forgiven

2. Saved by faith

3. Go in Peace

1. Get hungry for God.

2. Jesus knows where we are.

3. Jesus knows us by name.

4. God accepts all sinners.

5. Zac collected taxes, Jesus collector of souls.

1. Stop the Mental Chatter

2. Dodging the Distractions

Those times of hopelessness and helplessness we all feel from time to time. 

Christ's Mission: 

1. To Realte to Our Struggles

2. Seek & Save (Set us Free)

3. To Show us the Father

1. Was it really a “Silent Night”?

2. Wise Me Weren’t Really There

3. Were there only 3 Wise Men?

4. The Gospel is for the Nations

God is going to take all that the Herod’d in our life that intended for evil and overturn it for good. 

Rev. 21:4-“And he will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” 

5. Wise Men still Worship God

1. Compassion

2. Trust and Absolute Surrender

3. Be God Focused

4. Self-Denial and Inconvenience

1.The Gospel is NOT good advice, it’s good news.

We didn’t need another religious teacher we needed a Savior!

2. Jesus is the center of history.

Isaiah (9:1-7) writes that the light was coming into the world, came to a people shrouded in darkness.

3. God is working in all things, for His purposes.

Matthew 1:3 “ Judah was the father of Preze and Zerah by Tamar.”

Romans 8:28 says “all things work together for good.”