The Heart of the Savior Becomes the Heart of the Saved - Dr. Danny Campbell

The Heart of the Savior Becomes the Heart of the Saved

Luke 19:1-10

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”     -Augustine of North Africa, 1600 years ago

An “UP and OUT” man named Zacchaeus                            V. 1-2

Zacchaeus was led to _______________ Jesus                     V. 3-4

John 16:7-10

The Heart of the Savior is to reconcile people to God         V. 5-6

Everyone who turns to Christ _____________ a child of Abraham, the father of faith. Why? Because of Genesis 15:6, that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness!”

The heart of the Savior is to reconcile men to each other  V. 7-8

What the crowd didn’t know was that Jesus was in Zack’s home calling him to repentance and faith, for the express purpose that a truly changed Zacchaeus would become a ________ agent in Jericho.

We talk a lot about embracing John 3:16 for salvation; the reality is that the those who do will also embrace the ____________ John 3:16 – Christ gave His all for them, and they now give their all for others.

No one is saved by the works they do, but many who have heard good teaching get saved already ________________ what to do after turning to Christ.

Zacchaeus’ old greedy heart had so been changed by Jesus that he wanted to ___________________ to others to the fullest of the law (Lev. 6:1-7; Ex. 22:1,4)!

Stats from “The Myth of the Dying Church” by Glenn Stanton

The percent of Evangelical (Bible believing) Christians in the U.S. has grown from 18% in 1989 to 28% in 2016 (page 17)

The percent of Mainline (Liberal) ‘Christians’ in the U.S. has dropped from 35% in 1972 to 12% in 2016 (p 18). This is largely where the “nones” have come from.

Those who attend church in the United States was 17% in 1776, 34% in 1850, 51% in 1906, and 69% in 2016 (p 22).

The number of WEEKLY attenders from all denominations is only 35%, down from 44 percent in the mid 1950’s (p 22). But the number of those who attend MORE than once a week is UP since 1970 (p 23)

Those with traditional Biblical faith accounted for 47% of actual church attenders in 2017, up from 39% in 1989 (p 19). Evangelicals now constitute a clear majority (55%) of all U.S. Protestants (p 31).

The percent of 18-29 year olds attending church regularly is its highest since 1972. The percent of 18-29 year olds who self-identify as evangelicals has doubled from 1972 to 2016 (p100).

From 2009 to 2017, attendance at Young Life’s weekly high school clubs has increased by 31% in the U.S., and 416% globally (p 145). InterVarsity collegiate ministry has grown 14% in its numbers over the last 5 years. In 2017 they had their highest number of new Christians EVER (p146-147). New student enrolment at Christian Colleges is up 17% from 2003 to 2015 (p148).

Only 1% of churches close each year, while the average annual close rate for all other community organizations is over 5% (p144)

The growth of Evangelical denominations globally is up 43% from 2000 to 2017 (page 150). The total number of Christians in Africa is up 408%; in Asia its 324%; in Latin America its 124%; in Oceania its 71% (p 79). 71% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa attend church WEEKLY (p 86). The Protestant Church in China has grown by an average of 10% each year since 1979 (p 87)!

Foreign missionaries are up 2% from 2000 to 2017 (p151). Giving to local churches increased 177% from 2000 to 2017; 184% to parachurch organizations; 194 percent to all foreign missions (p 152).

“Christianity isn’t collapsing, it’s being clarified.” -Ed Stetzer (p 54)