A Guest
Jesus tells Zaccheaus, “I must stay at
your house.”
By using “must,” Jesus expresses a sense
of obligation [1] , or rather, the reason of his coming
among us – “to seek and to save what was lost.” It is the obligation of
the Father’s plan and of Jesus’ love for sinners.
Some people find it hard to accept God’s
plan of salvation. They “grumble” that
Jesus makes himself a guest at the house of a sinner.
So great is Jesus’ love for us sinners
that he makes it his obligation to be our guest.
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[1]
“In Luke, the verb dei (“must”) is
used to convey divine necessity – that is, what Jesus must do in fulfillment of
God’s plan” (Pablo Gadenz, The Gospel of Luke,
Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Academic, p. 75).
Image source: Zacchaeus by Niels Larsen Stevns, en.wikipedia.org
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