A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES 

                                  NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION D PART I

"I, Zacchaeus, live in Jericho... I am a tax collector by profession.... My profession has made me very wealthy....I live, therefore, a very comfortable life.... But my riches has not made me happy.... For I do not have any friends... No one wants to speak with me.... And no one wants to come to my home... I have found out that money cannot buy friends.... But I do not know how I can make friends.... Today as I was out and about I heard that this Man Jesus is on His way to my town.... I know of Jesus.... I know that He is very kind and caring.... I wonder if He would be kind and caring to me... I doubt it very much.... After all, no one else is kind and caring to me.... And I cannot blame them for not liking me since I am a tax collected and no tax collector is liked.... But I still wanted to see Jesus.... And I am not tall.... In fact I am short.... That meant I would never be able to see Jesus as long as I stayed among the people.... What was I to do?.... I then had a great idea.... I would climb into a tree.... That way I would definitely be able to see Jesus... So I hurried along and then I saw a tree that would be perfect for me to climb into... It is a sycamore-fig tree.... I am now safely hidden in the tree.... No one can see me because of the leaves.... But I will be able to see Jesus when He passes by.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus has entered Jericho where a tax collector Zacchaeus lives....

                ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION D PART I

The healing of the blind man takes place while Jesus is still on His way to Jericho, He has not yet reached Jericho. Once He enters Jericho God has someone else for Him to minister to as you can read in Luke 19:1-2

Jesus entered Jericho, and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way.

As Jesus walks on the road He will pass a sycamore-fig tree. However, it is not any sycamore-fig tree, it is a sycamore-fig tree with someone in it.