A Heart for the Lost — Rick Leibee

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Good morning. Greetings. What a blessing it is to be here this morning, to be in the house of God on this day. A year ago, I preached a message at the end of the year called, A Doomed and Shaken World, after the tsunami struck and killed hundreds of thousands of people there in Indonesia.

The Lostness of Humanity and the Heart of God

I was thinking about just this week, all those people just lost, just swept away to eternity all in just a few moments of time. I'm not sure why I thought of that, but I did. I guess I was contemplating the trip that I'm taking.

This is also my last Sunday here for a while. I'll be gone the next three Sundays as I go to Africa and visit over there, go to the missionary retreat. And I thought, well, what shall I share here to finish the year, to finish 2005?

And I guess I'm a little bit like Weston this morning. I thought, well, what are some of the needs in my own life? What are some of the needs in my own heart? And I wonder if it's a need in my heart, could it be a need in your heart?

Or our heart as a church? And as I thought about that, I thought, yes, I think it is. I think it's for me, and I think it's for you, and I think it's for us. So I do have a message, a burden this morning that I'd like to share.

I had actually asked Weston to have the main message this morning, but he said, well, he's pretty busy doing a lot of things, getting ready to go. But I think we sort of got a main message then, and now we'll get another one.

So I have two messages, and I sort of thought it would go that way, and that's one of the reasons I actually canceled Don't Blame West children's lesson. I thought, well, you know, we're going to have a nice full morning here, so we'll let the children catch up next week, I guess.

I'm going to write something on the board here. And how many people here were born from 1981 till now? 1981 till now. Okay, wow, that's probably half the room. Okay, only you all are allowed to answer this question.

Everybody else? Okay, those people that raised their hand, one of you. Can any of you answer what do those three letters stand for? Reuben? Missing in action. Is that right? Somebody born before then?

Yes, it is. Now, for those of us that lived through the era where that was a, I don't want to say every day, but it was a very common, sometimes weekly, sometimes more than weekly, phrase that you would hear either on the radio, if you were listening to the news or in a newspaper or just in conversations.

During the 60s and 70s, during the Vietnam War, that was just a common phrase. There was a report given on the nightly news of how many people had died that day, how many were missing in action, and then they would give a weekly total, they'd give a monthly total, a yearly total, and then the total of all the people that were in these different categories, whether it was wounded, fatalities, or MIA.

But there was something about that MIA category that was the saddest of all the categories. You may think that's a little bit strange. But what does MIA really mean? Missing in action. What does it mean?

We don't know. They're lost. They're gone. We don't know where they are. They're lost. We don't know where to find them. We don't know how to get them to bring them back where we want them to be. We don't know what to do with them, in fact.

We don't know. They could be dead. They could be alive. We presume most of them are probably alive. But we don't know. They're just missing. They're just gone. They're lost. And I remember growing up in that era.

I was born in 1955, and I remember vividly being in high school during the era of these discussions of the MIAs. And there were bumper stickers. Anybody else remember that? There were bumper stickers.

It seemed like every other corridor in that area. Where are the MIAs? What are you going to do about the MIAs? Send money to support the families of the MIAs. There was a constant throb in the heartbeat of our civilization.

People were upset about it. People didn't know what to do about it. It was very frustrating. The families of the MIAs would often lobby Washington. There were demonstrations. There were parades. If then were now, there would probably be a thousand websites about it.

We didn't have websites back in those days, praise God. But all this attention was given. So I thought about that. But you know, as time went on, you know what happened? As time went on, they were talked about less.

And less. And less. And less until I was almost surprised that Rubin knew what it was. Maybe I shouldn't be. Do you read history or something? But we don't talk about them today, do we? Do you know there are still thousands and thousands and thousands of them that are still MIA?

We never did find them. But I remember in the 80s, the government reclassified the MIAs. And they reclassified them. They would wait until they were about, I think the number I think was about ten years.

Somebody can look it up in history books and correct me, but that's the way I remember it anyway. Because I'm going back 20 years now. They began to reclassify them as presumed killed in action. And the government got all sorts of counselors and psychologists to go counsel the families of these MIAs that were reclassified.

And they found that when they reclassified them as presumed killed in action, it actually helped the families. And they counseled them that you're safe. You're in America. You need to move on with your life.

They wouldn't use the word blessing, but you have the privilege of living in America. You need to go on. The freedom that was fought for is still here. And they would just counsel them and give them words of encouragement and comfort.

But basically the bottom line is you kind of need to forget about them and move on with your life. And that was a common psychological way they would help people get over it. Just forget about them and move on with your life.

And I don't know what to do with all that. And I'm not here to discuss the politics of the MIA. It's a difficult thing to deal with. But what I do want to talk about this morning is the lost people that are in the world.

There are a lot of lost people in the world, aren't there? Now, they're not missing in action in that we do know where they are, but the truth of the matter is they are missing. They're missing from where they need to be.

It would be God's heart that all should come to repentance. Amen? That none should perish. And so they are missing. They are lost. They are cut off from Him. They are cut off just like those that were missing in action were cut off from where they should be.

Cut off from fellowship. Cut off from the blessings and the pleasures of that fellowship. Those men are cut off. So are the ones that are lost in the world that you and I see every day. And how do we think about them?

What, and this is the burden on my heart, is how do we think about the lost? How do I think about the lost? How do you think about the lost? What counsel, what is the right counsel for us to think about the lost?

The government, the United States counsel for the lost in Vietnam was set them aside. Move on with your life. After all, you have your life to live. You need to enjoy it. You need to enjoy the freedoms that you have.

You've earned them. This country has given them to you. It won't be good for you to just keep thinking about them. It's going to mess up your life. You're not going to be as effective. You're not going to be as productive to society.

You need to just move on. You need to let them go and just move on. Is that realistic counsel? Well, it seems like it was realistic counsel for the MIAs. But is that the right counsel for Christians? Is that the counsel that we give one another?

Is that the way we actually think? It may not be the counsel that we give each other, but is that the way we're living our lives? Is that the way you're living your life? Well, they're lost. I think I need to move on.

There are a lot of blessings in the Christian life, aren't there? And amen for all those blessings. And we should enjoy them. Fellowship. It's good, like Weston said, to be here with one another. It's good to hear the Word of God together, isn't it?

It's good to hear preaching together. I enjoyed the singing this morning, Brother Roy, and we should enjoy those things. So maybe the counsel is right. Maybe we can just forget about the lost, right? That's what the government told the families of the MIAs.

Seems like it's working, I guess. I don't know. I'm not one of those families. I mean, the Scriptures do declare we are to grow up and enjoy the Christian life. We are to talk about doctrine and speak the things that become sound doctrine.

You know, the problem is there's just enough truth in what I'm saying, there's just enough truth in it that it actually is a temptation to live that way. And I find myself living that way sometimes. Do you?

Just moving on with your Christian life. I mean, it's a lot of work to raise a godly family and spend a lot of time at it. Amen. And all those things are good things, aren't they? And all those things are good things.

But what do we do with these things? What do we do? Well, one of the wonderful parts about Christianity is fellowship with Jesus Christ, isn't it? It's fellowship with Jesus Christ. To know Him who loved you.

To love Him who loved you first. But if we want to worship Him and we want to have fellowship with Him, and we want to grow in our Christian faith, that means that we will end up having a heart like His heart and He has a heart for the lost, doesn't He?

And that's the bridge that you need to get on to bridge this gap of on the one hand, yes, we do need to move on with our Christian life. We do need to look at doctrine. We do need to learn how to fellowship.

And I do need to learn how to get along with my brother. And I do need to learn about church life. And there's so many things, may I say, in the internal Christian life of just being a Christian that takes a lot of time and effort and study even and attention.

But what about the lost over here? What do I do with them? Do I just stay over there and move on with the Christian life? And the bridge, I hope, that gaps those two and brings them together is to have a heart like Jesus that would give us a heart for the lost.

And that's the title of the message this morning. A heart for the lost. Because if we grow to know Him, and as we get closer to Him, we cannot move on. We cannot be removed from the reality of people being lost.

You know, men's hearts are interesting things. Do you ever notice that? The largest thing in this world is not the wide open spaces. It's the capacity of the heart to open itself up to things. But also, do you know what the narrowest thing in this world is?

It's the human heart. We can get so narrow in our thinking in our hearts that we exclude lots of things. You know, the human heart is an amazing thing. The human heart can see things that no eye has ever seen or will see.

The human heart is an amazing thing, isn't it? The human heart. What the heart can see. But it's also amazing how blind the heart can be. How we just don't see what we need to see. And I think sometimes we get so good at church, we get so good at being Christian, we forget to see the right things.

We forget. While we're doing very good things, we forget to see the right things too. And we forget to have a heart for the lost. I do. Like Weston said, I'm not here because I'm after anybody. I just thought of my own life.

And I realized I don't see things the right way. Sometimes I'm moving on so much with my good Christian life, my heart isn't for the lost like it should be. So what do we do? What do we do? Well, I don't know what else to do but look at Jesus and look at His heart and then ask myself where my heart is.

Jesus Seeks and Saves the Lost

Turn to Luke 18. Luke 18. We're going to read Luke 18 starting in verse 34. Then we're going to carry through chapter 19 to verse 10. And in this passage, we're going to encounter one city, two men, and three hearts.

One city, two men, and three hearts. I think, yeah, it's a long passage, but I think it would be good. Why don't we stand? And I'm not going to have you read it with me because of the length. There may be a couple of places where I have you jump in, so you follow along with me.

And then if I call for you to read out loud, then you just be ready and be instant as it were in season here to help me out. I'll begin reading, I think actually in verse 35 here of chapter 18. And I'll read through chapter 19, verse 10.

And it came to pass that He was come nigh unto Jericho. That's the city. A certain blind man sat by the way. That's one of the two men. A certain blind man sat by the wayside begging. And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried saying, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace. But he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight.

Thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately, he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God and all the people when they saw it, gave praise unto God. Okay, chapter 19. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

Now, again, we're in the same city. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus which was the chief among the publicans. And he was rich. The second man. One city. Two men. Three hearts. And he sought to see Jesus who He was and could not for the press because he was little of stature.

And he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him. For he was to pass that way. Okay, I want you all to start reading with me in verse 5 here and read with me all the way through verse 10.

Ready? And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide at thy house. And he made haste and came down and received Him joyfully.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.

And if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation. Come to this house. For so much as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Alright, you may be seated. Why did Jesus Christ come to this earth? To save the lost. He has declared in this one sentence what His heart is. Is that right? That's one of the three hearts. One city. Two men.

Three hearts. Well, let's look at the city first. And you may say, Brother Rick, why are we going to look at the city? Well, I think if you understand the city of Jericho just a little bit this morning, it will actually help you to understand the setting of the story and the context of what Jesus is doing and why He is in this city of Jericho.

If you're like me, you kind of wonder, why is He going to the city of Jericho? I mean, it's not a very nice place. And we'll learn that here together. Jericho is believed to be, by archaeologists, one of the oldest and some of the archaeologists I research actually believe it is the oldest city in the world.

I found that interesting. I don't know if that's true, but there are some who believe that it is the oldest city in the world. And besides being old, Jericho also has another very unusual physical feature.

It is one of the lowest, and again, certain geologists believe it is the lowest city in the world. What do I mean by lowest? Sea level. It's over 800 feet below sea level. Now, I can't imagine a city being over 800 feet below sea level.

Are there any cities in America below sea level? Maybe Death Valley. Is there a city in Death Valley? Is that below sea level? New Orleans is below sea level. Oh, there you go. It was 10 feet below sea level.

That's right. Okay, that was only 10 feet, and the hurricane wiped it out. Can you imagine a city 800 feet below sea level? It's a little bit more than that. It's so many meters they gave it. I figured it out.

It's a little over 800 feet below sea level. It's like, how is it even there? But it's a very unusual feature. It's not that important. I just found that interesting. But where do we first hear about Jericho in the Bible?

Joshua, right? Okay, Jericho is encountered there. What is that in Joshua 6 or 5 or wherever it is? No, is it 4 or 5 or 6? I guess all together there. It runs together. But anyway, we encounter Jericho as they've crossed over the Jordan River, and the first town they come to is this great walled city of Jericho.

And of course, God gives them the victory there. We're not going to get into that story. But ironically, Jericho was captured by the Israelites then. But ironically, in 1994, when the Peace Accord was signed there with Yasser Arafat and Menachem Begin and all those guys that signed it, that was the first city that Israel gave up back to the Palestinians.

It has an interesting history. It was the first city taken by the Israelites and it was the first city given up. And it's now under the control of the Palestinians. And it's the home, therefore, it's the home of Yasser Arafat.

That's where he actually lives. He just died recently. Somebody help me out here. I don't keep up with local news, I mean with modern news that much, so you've got to help me. But the other interesting thing about it is in Jesus' day when He encounters it, do you know what it is?

It's a resort. It's the Las Vegas of its day. It's Corinth. Do you know what it is today? Las Vegas. The biggest casino called the Oasis is headquartered in Jericho. It's a place of gambling, prostitution.

It's an evil city today. You know, it's an evil city here. In Jesus' day, it's where all the publicans, a lot of them, would go to live. They didn't feel comfortable in Jericho, so a lot of them would...

I mean, in Jerusalem, they would live in Jericho. Jericho was a wicked city. It was the Las Vegas of its day. It was sin city and it's sin city today. It's interesting how history repeats itself even in a city.

And even though it's here today, it's been destroyed a couple of times through history. But when it comes back, it usually ends up as a very sinful place. I'm not sure what to do with all those things, but that's the way it is today.

And that's the way it was in Jesus' day when He founded. It's an interesting history. When Jesus talked about the city of Jericho, one of the favorite stories of Christians is the story of the Good Samaritan.

And if you'll remember, what road were they on in the story of the Good Samaritan? The road to Jericho. Jericho, by the way, is about 15 miles, mainly east, slightly north of Jerusalem. And, you know, why Jesus chose that story, I don't know, but it's the road to Jericho.

And there were priests on that road. There were Levites on that road. Jericho, even though it was a wicked city, the priests and the Levites often went there. All these things are part of the history of Jericho.

One other thing that's part of the history of Jericho that's very interesting is there was a woman saved out of Jericho after it was destroyed by Joshua and the children of Israel circled it seven times.

What was her name? And who did she marry? Salmon. And who was their son? Boaz. And who is Boaz? He's the great-grandfather or the grandfather of David, right? So it was Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David. Is that right?

So the great-grandmother of David, who is the seed through which Christ would come, was a resident of Jericho. Interesting, isn't it? It's an interesting city. If you never study cities, you should do it sometimes.

It's kind of interesting in the Bible. Certain cities just keep coming up again and you wonder, what is it with this city and the Bible? And often there are many stories about that city that will help you understand the Bible in a different way.

So this is the city. Now you may again think, well, Brother Rick, why are you bringing all this up? Okay, here's the reason. And this is the Mediterranean Sea out here. Here is Galilee up here at the top.

Jesus, if we would back up in 16, 17, 18 of Luke, you would see that He was up here and He was making His way to Jerusalem here. Okay? And He was traveling. Samaria is over here. And He was in Samaria.

Jericho is over here. He was on His way to Jerusalem to do what? Why is He going to Jerusalem at this part of the Gospel of Luke? 18 and 19. What's He going to do? He's going to die. He is making His way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha to face the cross and to face death.

And His face is set like flint. He is going on that road that no one else in this world can, has, or ever will walk to die for all the sins of mankind. That's what He's going to do. And here He comes from Galilee, Samaria, and He's on His way to Jerusalem, and all of a sudden somewhere He goes over here to Jericho.

It's out of the way. It's not on the way. He shouldn't be going there. He doesn't have the time. It's geographically wrong. But why is He going there? To seek and save that which is lost. Because He has a heart for the lost.

Now, we could say, well, there's only two men that we know that got saved there. Who are the two men? The blind man and Zacchaeus. We could say, it's only two men. I mean, there's thousands of others.

I can't answer the question other than it shows the heart of Jesus. He knew that there were two men who were ready for a divine encounter with Christ. Because you'll notice something in both of these men.

There was a desperation for Christ, wasn't there? Did you notice that in the passage? Both desperately wanted to meet Jesus. And so He changed His geography to see them. He's going there because there are two sinners there that need to get saved.

His heart determined His geography. His heart determined His geography. You know, I wonder about you and I. Does your heart determine your geography? Where you go? When you go? Where you go? How you spend your time?

It does, doesn't it, if we're honest. We do find time to do those things that we want to do. We do go where we want to go, don't we? I mean, if we're honest, that's what we do. And that's what Jesus did.

He went to Jericho. Now, Jericho wasn't a nice place. I've never been to Las Vegas, and I hope to never go, I guess, but maybe after thinking about this sermon, maybe I should. I don't know how to look at all those things, but that's what Jericho was.

It was a wicked place. It would be a place you would say, don't go there. It's a wicked place. It was. I keep making excuses for Jericho. It's a horrible place. But He went there. Now, He didn't go to live there.

He didn't go to hang out there. He went there for a purpose. Look at v. 1 of chapter 19. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Don't miss the little parts of the Bible. By the way, are there any little parts in the Bible?

Just think about this verse for just a second. Just let your heart understand. Don't miss this little... Jesus' trip to Jericho is a microcosm of His whole life. He entered and passed through Jericho.

Jesus came to this world. He entered in this world, and He passed through this world with one purpose. To seek and save that which was lost. Not to stay here. You know, I've entered into this world, and to be honest with you, I like living here.

And sometimes I think, wow, I hope I live as long as I can. Do you ever have thoughts like that? I mean, we like life, don't we? But I don't think Jesus thought that way. He entered to pass through this world to do a job.

He actually entered in this world to die. Part of His passing through this world was to die for sinners. And Jericho is no different. He didn't come there to reside there. He didn't come there because He liked Jericho.

He entered and passed through Jericho because He had a purpose. Maybe that's why, after we're Christians, we're called strangers and pilgrims. It's to remind us that we're to enter and pass through this world, but not to stay here.

But not to stay here. And if we can think of it that way, maybe it will help us to have a better heart for the lost. You know, if you get some of these things right in your heart, it seems to get your heart right to have a heart for the lost.

Or at least it helps me. Don't miss this picture, this object lesson of Jesus' life entering and passing through Jericho. It's a picture of His whole life in reality. Alright, well that's the one city.

Now let's look at the two men. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the first one. A little more time maybe on Zacchaeus. But let's look at this blind man here. I'm not going to spend a lot of time.

We could go into some other passages he's mentioned in other books in the Bible. I'm not going to go read all of those. We know that he was blind. It seems like maybe he was born blind. I don't know. And here he is.

He almost seems to be a bit of a sad man. Almost a little bit bitter. A little bit pushy, isn't he? A little bit maybe too bold for his own good, it seems at first. And Jesus asks him a question and he answers in faith that he wants to receive sight.

And then he's healed. The interesting thing is after he's healed, the Bible says that he does what? A lot of times when Jesus healed people, they went away. But this man did something different. What did he do that was different?

It says he followed Him. That's a very powerful phrase in the Bible because Jesus' call to His original disciples was what? Come. Follow Me. Now they didn't know everything that meant when He first called them.

They learned what it meant. It meant lay down everything, even your life, and follow Me. And I'm not saying that this man understood all of that, but I think it's significant that this particular phrase is put in here.

He followed Him. If he's going to follow Him, where is he going to end up in two or three days? If you know your Bible timeline, within a few days, see, the Passover week has already begun. Passover week has already begun.

If he's going to follow Him, where is he going to follow Him to? To Jerusalem. And if he goes to Jerusalem, what is this blind man going to see? He's going to see the crucifixion. He's going to see Jesus Christ.

He receives His sight to only see what? Jesus die on the cross. In just a few days. Can you imagine? I can imagine being blind. I can't maybe better than some of you. I had an accident when I was 12 years old and had a dart in my eye and they wrapped up my eye.

They actually wrapped up both of my eyes for I think a week or so. I was in the hospital. The doctor even told me that there was a good chance that I could be blind. He thought it might have hit the optic nerve.

And so I wrestled with blindness for a little while, for a month or two, not knowing if I was going to get my sight. Somehow I was healed. I believe God healed me. I'm not sure why. Back then He did. I do know there were people praying.

But there was a time where I sort of understood, at least for a short time in my life, what it was like to be blind. And I imagined what it would have been like to live a life blind. And I had people come and talk to me about that.

I remember my parents bought me some special books about blind people. Follow My Leader was one of them. My mom's here. Do you remember that book about the dog? I don't know if you remember that book you bought me.

And I thought about being blind. What would that be like to be blind? And I can't imagine. But here's a man who's, I'm assuming, maybe 30's or 40's. He's a man. He's not a boy. And he's been blind all of his life only to get his sight to see Jesus Christ crucified and die.

But I tell you something, there are a lot of people in this world today who have 20 -20 vision, either naturally or because of these, who have never seen Jesus Christ crucified. Isn't that sad? You may think it's sad that he saw Jesus Christ crucified.

And it was difficult. I'm not taking away from that. But because he saw it, because he believed in Christ, because his faith is in Christ, he's a blessed man. But Jesus said what? Blessed are those that have never seen, but believe.

Right? But the problem is, you see, the heart can see, again, the invisible things of the spiritual world clearer than any human eye can ever or will ever see. Or they can be more blind to them than you would ever think was possible.

And that's the problem with the lost world. The problem with the lost world is they're blind. They don't see. Did you ever see a blind person? I noticed them, maybe because I was almost blinded once. And I have pity for them.

I want to go help them across the street. I want to go talk to them. But when we see lost people, do we have a heart for the lost that pities them because they're blind and they don't see? Or do we just see that they're lost?

And you know, when I run into lost people, it's difficult. You know, because they're so lost, it's hard to know what to do with them. Because they're wicked. And I'm not making excuses for lost people.

They are wicked. And it's difficult to know, I mean, what do you do? What do you say? Well, let's keep going. That's one man. One city. Two men. Three hearts. The second man is Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus. It's interesting how the Spirit of God through the Scriptures can very quickly tell us a lot about a man.

You know, there's actually not very many verses in the Bible about Zacchaeus. It starts in verse 2 and goes through the last time Zacchaeus is mentioned is really verse 9. Salvation for this man. It's really maybe only six or seven verses.

But we all know the story of Zacchaeus. We all feel like we know a lot about him, don't we? Isn't that interesting? How the Spirit of God can take a man and give him to us in six or seven verses and we all feel like we know a lot about him.

And in a way, we do. And isn't that the power of the Word of God that can open things up in ways that you and I could never do? And I feel like I do know something about this man. I don't know everything I should.

One interesting thing as I was studying this, do you know what his name means? What's the name Zacchaeus mean? Anybody know? Oh, I got you on one. Okay. Nobody knows what the name Zacchaeus... I didn't either until I looked it up.

I just thought somebody here would know. It means pure, clean, and just. That's what his name means. So here he comes, the publican, walking down the street. Hey, pure! Imagine the jokes told about him.

Yeah, he's clean alright. Cleaned us out. I mean, you know. Can you imagine? See, back then names, your names meant something. Right? But now think back 30 or 40 years when he was a baby and he was born.

He was born in a Jewish home. We know he was a Jew. Two maybe very devout parents. I don't know. And when they held that little baby, parents, you know what it feels like when you hold that baby when it's first born.

What do you think? It's clean. It's pure. It's just right. It's just. And that's what they named him. Zacchaeus. And they felt that, I'm sure, with their hearts to name their baby that. You know, we name babies things like Angel and Jewel.

And why do we do it? Well, because it's a little angel to us or a little jewel. Well, he was a little baby once. But you know, somewhere along the line, whatever, 25, 30, 40 years after he was born, there was a dark, terrible night where this man sold out.