The Tree-Climber

Narrator: Chris Genthree
 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 5
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Have you ever climbed a tree? I watched Eddie climb our tree. He loves to do this just for fun, and he can scramble up fairly quickly.
It reminded me of a man in the Bible who once climbed a tree. His name was Zaccheus, and he was a short little man. He climbed a tree for a different reason than Eddie does. Zaccheus wanted to see Jesus, who was coming along the road in the middle of a crowd of people.
But when Jesus came by the tree where Zaccheus was sitting, He looked up at him and said, “Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.” And he did just what Jesus told him to do.
Zaccheus was a sinner, just like you and me. But before the day was over, Jesus said to him that salvation had come to him. This meant that Jesus had forgiven all his sins, and someday he would go to heaven to live with Jesus.
Boys and girls, Jesus knows all about your sins, but He wants you to come to Him. He is calling you just like He called Zaccheus. He wants to come into your heart and live with you until He takes you home to heaven. Won’t you make room for Him and tell Him now that you would like Him to be your Saviour? “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
You may read the story of Zaccheus for yourself in your own Bible in Luke 19:1-10.
ML-06/18/2000