10-8-23
Experiencing Jesus
Luke 19:1-10
I. Introduction
a. Kumustahay
b. Review last Sunday
c. We all need to experience Jesus
i. God has a purpose why He save us
ii. God has also a reason why we are still alive after we were saved
1. Kung pag adto lang sa langit ang plano sa Ginoo, gipatay nata niya pg
dawat nato kang kristo
2. Wala b aka natingal nga util now buhi paka?
a. We are saved and still alive for a reason
iii. We are expanding the gospel because we want others to experience Jesus
1. Let others experience what we have experience
2. Not until all people experience the peace, joy and love of God we will
not stop sharing because if God did something in your life you cannot
stop talking about it to the person who does not know
3. It is Gods will that all men will be saved
a. Sana gusto pud nato tanan tao ma save
b. Tanan tao maka experience the Christ that we have experience
i. Let us not keep quiet because dgahn pa wala ka
experience what we are experiencing
ii. If God did something in your life there is always a
change that no other can do
iii. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
1. Experienced God
iv. God does not want to save you but also to lead u
1. Not Just SAVING but also Leading
2. Make over but take over
a. What did we feel when we accepted Christ?
i. The best is yet to come
ii. Do we really know Jesus? Unsa ato pg kaila sa iya?
iii. Do we know Jesus historically or experientially?
1. Nadunggan nimo or na experience gyud nimo?
2. Familiarity or intimately?
a. John 15:4- abide in me
i. Apara ma experience nato
tanan panalangin nga gi andam
sa Ginoo
ii. Not just acquainting but abiding
3. Let the weak say? Let the poor say?
3. You cant experience it if you will not accept Him
a. Example: menu
i. Dili ka mabusog kung mga cge ka totok sa menu
b. Dili lang gusto sa Ginoo mo simba, hatag tithes but God want us
to experience Him intimately and personally
i. Posible memorize nimo ang mga bible verse but u have
not experience him
1. Pharisees-630 command memorize
2. They know the word, but not the author
c. No wonder dgahn mag Christian dugay na kau cge simba, but
yet drained
i. We are just feeding our thought but not our hearts
ii. Don’t just be informed but be transformed
4. Romans 6:23- Jesus is the only solution
a. Received Him and experience Him
II. Encounter Zacchaeus (luke 19:1-10)
a. There is a divine appointment
i. V 1- passing through
ii. V2- powerful, rich and famous
1. Nobody liked him, traydor
2. But he encountered Jesus
iii. V3- wanted to see jesus, putot lang xa
1. He may have heard about jesus but dili xa gusto maka dungog lang
a. Curios kau xa- dili ko gusto maka dungog lang
b. Problem- crowd and height
i. Something is wrong and there is something hindering
ii. Naa siyay issue but all of us have issues in life
1. Zacchaeus- putot
2. Kita,- emotional, financial problems
iii. It is an opportunity for God to work in u
1. In our imperfection Gods perfection is seen
2. Don’t think gaka surprise pa ang Ginoo sa atong
ginabuhat
3. God loves you sa dihang makasasala pata-
Romn. 5:8
4. That isues that we are having the the reason y
Christ came, Died on the cross and rose from
the dead
a. Don’t allow your issues to stop you in
draw nearer to the lord
iv. V4-run ahead
1. Wala xa na ulaw
a. Kung ayaw may dahilan kung gusto may paraan
2. All of us fall short of the glory of God
a. Whatever we are struggling in our lives, continue and find ways
to find Jesus
b. Whatever we do cant make us perfect
i. We are all imperfect serving a perfect God
3. Dili lang xa curious, he is also intentional
a. He position himself kung aha mo agi c Jesus
v. V5-jesus look up
1. How did Jesus know his Name?
a. He is calling us by his name not by our issues
2. Calling- come down
a. Let us all hear Gods word
i. Most of the time we are listening to the wrong voice
1. We cant move forward
2. It causes us to be afraid
ii. Yes wala ko kwarta – but my god shall supply all my
need
b. Our God is not an Exclusive God
i. Dili xa para sa mga perfect ferson lang
ii. Dili xa para sa mga bootan lang
iii. God deos not categorized us
1. Ga simba, gahatag tithes, ga pa gamit sa
ministry
c. Nganu sa iya paman nga sinner man naxa
i. Sinners don’t deserve Gods attention
1. Yes they call us sinners, failure, imperfect but
like the word of god-we are called by our names
3. Passing through but I must stay
a. There is a divine appointment
i. Jesus has a purpose- akala lang nimo wala pero naa
ii. You are not an interruption sa Ginoo- just call His name
1. Jeremiah 33:3-call
a. Don’t think you don’t have what it takes
vi. V7- they all complain
1. Nanu uban2 man xa sa sinners, kawatan man na
a. Romans 8:31- who can be against us
i. Whatever you are experiencing now, situation,
circumstances
ii. Sorrows may last for the night but Joy comes in the
morning
vii. V8- change
1. We don’t know what happen sa ilang dinner but Zacchaues was change
a. If you really experience Jesus- there ia laways a change
i. Total change- thingking, speaking, wahta we do
III. Conclusion
a. Have we really experience the Jesus that we heard?
b. Are we doubting what we are hearing about what Jesus can do?
c. Is our situation, circumstances hindering us to experience Jesus?
d. Let’s us follow Gods footstep, let us step in the Light
