Tuesday, May 7, 2013

SALVATION Luke 19:8-10 Part 1 of 2

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." 

and if I have cheated anybody out of anything 
Luke 3:12-13  Even tax collectors came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"  "Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told them.

I will pay back four times the amount 
Exodus 22:1  "Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep."
Leviticus 6:4-5  "... when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering."
Numbers 5:5-7  The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites: 'Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD is guilty and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.' "
2 Samuel 12:6  "He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."
Ezekiel 33:14-15  "And if I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just and right--if they give back what they took in pledge for a loan, return what they have stolen, follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil--that person will surely live; they will not die."

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