Numbers 19:1-22; Proverbs 16:1-33; 2 Peter 3:1-18
Zacchaeus … said to the Lord, … if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. Luke 19:8 NKJV
The law stated a fourfold restoration of what one had stolen (Ex. 22:1). Although Zacchaeus knew the text, he had never felt any compulsion to obey it. But Christ had effected a change that inspired him to obey God’s Word. Salvation came first; transformation second. We are not saved by what we do, but what we do will be different after God saves us. Are you saved? Genuine salvation is always followed by genuine transformation. —David Petterson
What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought,
Since Jesus came into my heart!
I have light in my soul for which long I had sought,
Since Jesus came into my heart! —R. H. McDaniel