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Body Building Daily Devotional - 20

by David Joynt on October 01, 2021


Luke 19:9 | 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.

“Today salvation has come to this house!” What a wonderful declaration. Where Jesus is embraced and His rule accepted, salvation is present, and the kingdom arrives. Part of Zacchaeus’ salvation was a new community of friends—he was saved from shame and isolation. Part of Zacchaeus’ salvation was a fresh beginning—he was saved from previous bad choices. Part of Zacchaeus’ salvation was freedom from guilt—he was saved from the sense of being an exploiter and a traitor.

But all of these forms of salvation from things depend on the arrival of the Lord to His home. It is Jesus who brings the offer of unbreakable friendship, the authority to forgive, and the direction that leads to a new identity.

What does salvation look like in your life?

Has Christ come to your house?

Tags: christ, salvation, house

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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