BEAUTY IS…Part 3 – The Praise of the Praiseworthy is its own Reward

Ha-­‐‑foke-­‐‑baHa-­‐‑foke-­‐‑baDe-­‐‑cola-­‐‑baHa-­‐‑foke-­‐‑baHa-­‐‑foke-­‐‑baMashiach-­‐‑ba

Turn and Turn itEverything You need is

In it!

Turn and Turn itThe Messiah is in it!

To Behold God’s Beauty is to be Emboldenedby God’s Beauty.

We esteemed His beauty as hideousness; yet, He died our sin so we could have the beauty of His righteousness.

Religious people will always talk about sin interms of breaking the rules, but a discipletalks about sin in terms of breaking the heartof their Father.

…excluded, differentiated and judgedinadequate by the consumers of the publicsquare’s beauty.

The

PRAISE of the PRAISEWORTHYis its own

REWARD

Do you really, really believe Yeshua is ultimately beautiful?

10 Lepers Cleansed1 Comes Back

2 People Pray1 Is Heard

2 People in the Field1 Is Taken

Children ComeHe Blesses

Rich Ruler ComesHe Challenges

Heals Blind ManJericho Gates

Zacchaeus SeesYeshua Calls

10 Servants2 are  faithful

Now Yeshua entered Jericho and waspassing through

Luke  19:1

Heals Blind ManJericho Gates

Zacchaeus SeesYeshua Calls

10 Servants2 are  faithful

Jerusalem

Jericho

And here was a man by the name ofZacchaeus; he was a chief taxcollector…and he was rich..

Luke  19:2

“If a tax collector enters a house—thehouse is completely unclean. If thereis a gentile with the tax collector, thetax collector makes the houseunclean, not the gentile.

If a thief enters a house onlywhere his foot stepped isunclean, but a tax collectormakes the whole houseunclean.” - m. Tohar. 7:6

And here was a man by the name ofZacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector,and he was rich.

Luke  19:2

Zacchaeus was trying to see who Yeshuawas, but he couldn’t because of thecrowd, for he was short in height.

Luke  19:3

Luke  19:4-­‐‑5

So he ran ahead and climbed up into asycamore tree to see Yeshua, for He wasabout to pass through that way. WhenYeshua came to the place, He looked upand said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry andcome down, for I must stay at your housetoday.”

Luke  19:6-­‐‑7

Zacchaeus hurried and came down andwelcomed Him joyfully. But when everyonesaw it, they began to grumble, saying,“Yeshua has gone to be the guest of asinner!”

sinner

PUBLIC SQUARE BEAUTY ALWAYS…

Misleads

Unstable

Fanciful

Crushes

Excludes

The Beautiful One Always is…

Coherent

Stable

Firm

Freeing

Welcoming

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to theLord. “Look, Master, half of …

Luke  19:9

He is what He expresses—namely, God—but He is not whom He expresses—namely,the Father

Hans Urs von Balthasar

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to theLord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions Igive to the poor, and if I have somehowcheated anyone, I repay four times asmuch!”

Luke  19:9

Rich Ruler Great  at  Externals

Zacchaeus Changed  by  Beauty

The

PRAISE of the PRAISEWORTHYis its own

REWARD

Then Yeshua said to him, “Today salvationhas come to this home, because he also isa son of Abraham. “For the Son of Mancame to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke  19:10

“I will tend My flock and let them lie down.”This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. “Iwill seek the lost, bring back the strays,bandage the injured, and strengthen theweak,…

Ezekiel  34:15-­‐‑16

“…for fearlessness of death and the hereafter issomething we witness in them every day. The same istrue of abstention from sexual intercourse... Thereare among them those who possess such a measure ofself-control with regard to food and drink and whoare so bent on justice, that they do not fall short ofthose who profess philosophy in truth.”

Claudius Galen - 175 C.E.

If you really, really believe Yeshua isultimately beautiful why not accept thepraise of the praiseworthy over you?

Why not Accept the Praise of the Praiseworthy?

• That’s absurd. • I feel hideous.• I’m not sure God sees beauty in me.

Why not Accept Praise from the Public Square?

• That’s absurd. • I feel hideous.• I’m not sure God sees beauty in me.

You are going to seek validation (praise)from someone why not accept Messiah’s?

Three Beauty Applications

• Begin with His Praise. • Receive His Praise.• Give Out Praise to Others.

BEAUTY IS…Part 3 – The Praise of the Praiseworthy is its own Reward