 She got born again, she got baptized, removed her tattoo and on that note, we continue with the encounter series because Black China encountered Jesus and her life has changed just like that because you cannot encounter Jesus and remain the same to listen maivo, you come to Jesus but it's illegal to remain that way you encounter Jesus and your life turns around, totally turns around the Samaritan woman she became a Mishona, she encountered Jesus, she became a Mishona Yes, Lazarus was four days dead, he encountered Jesus, he resurrected and today we were looking at Zakas, Zekas Lakin yuna jua Kamoli sumia polling station kuna volute ita ijina Zakayo because she said growing up to cotton and going to Zakayo so this guy made Jesus and his life turned around we continue with our encounter series and today we're looking at the story of Zakas this guy he's a short guy, the Bible describes him as a short guy, a short man it's a long verse so I will not be able to read it but today we're looking at it is in the book of Luke chapter 19 verse 1 to 10 this guy met Jesus and his life turned around I say the Bible describes him as a very short man and also he's known as the chief collector look look an atwambia ujama li kwa chief tax collector as in alkom dosi uwa dosi to say me ni kama ni ni to say me tu kama ni uli hem say commissioner general wakere iyo design so Zakas was that guy chief tax collector and he was a very short guy and Jesus was passing yom tayao and he was curious he wanted to see Jesus he's been hearing about this saviour, this king of kings now he wanted to see him but because Jesus wherever he went he had a large crowd follow him he was so unable for him to see Jesus so what did he do he was a smart guy of course a tax collector has to be smart he was very smart I say ma, there is a tree I'm sure Jesus is passing that way nanda pite yom tiao so wacha ni kimbeni pande yom tiao then I'll be able to see this famous guy he's been very famous in our territory so akakimbi akapanda yom tiao on top of that tree while Jesus was passing because Jesus knows he knows our ways to listen ma in our sum today that Jesus knows he's aware of everything he is familiar with all our ways so he is familiar with the ways of Zakas kusimu wujama me dapanda fom tiao fom do ntiaenda tu so he went there and saw Zakas on top of a tree and he told him saa calm down calm down calm down let's go to your house in fact let us just go to your house so Jesus went to Zakas in his house and the Bible describes Zakas as a very wealthy man so the same thing that this guy he's a tax he's a chief tax collector so he has a lot of money he's wealthy when they start questioning themselves they start questioning Jesus you know these Pharisees and other people that why is Jesus hanging out with sinners he's a tax collector so he's a sinner it's just a conclusion they don't have faiths and Zakas being that that Jesus had come to his house really touched him how can Jesus just leave everyone else a kona vleniko jyua mti a kaniyambia calm down let's go to your place let's have some small gathering and have some food and you know what how did Jesus just come to my place how did Jesus just choose me that love that Jesus showed Zakas he was like what I am gonna give half of my possession to the poor just encountering Jesus because the Bible describes as a wealthy man a kase man released half of his wealth to the poor and because the Pharisees had questioned his wealth he's like come mani mei bia mutu four times nam rege shea four times like you said you cannot meet Jesus and remain the same Zakas this short man this chief tax collector that he had been labeled a sinner that he had been labeled a thief any tax collector alikwa na chukiwa in during those times people were avoiding tax collector me msi anaku janga kwa every household business by business person by person aki tisha do aikwa online kama cc zosiku so he used to go to places by so he was hated so msi alikwa metulia a me nyamaza I can just imagine having a silent life a lonely life in fact he's a chief tax collector so he's having a very lonely life and already on top of that people are calling him labeling him a sinner and he's the person Jesus chooses to go to his house and that touched Zakas and he said no what let me just give a half of this possession people think that I have stolen let me prove that I have not stolen kama kuna ule metua mei bia ni mei bia agitokese I give him four times and of course no one showed up you cannot encounter Jesus and remain the same there's something that I'm trying to tell you in this encounter series that you cannot encounter Jesus and remain the same because he comes to you with love he does not come with Jesus is not or a god is not that big guy with a whip ready to whip you ready to punish you because of the things that you've done no no he comes to you with love he loves you first so that you can love him back he loves you first to repentance so he loves Zakas first and was like I'm giving out my wealth wacha to you one day wacha to you one day all right guys thank you so much and I hope you've been blessed with this series I hope you're learning something with this series that Jesus loves us in every situation no na ule alikwa samaritan woman alikwa with five husbands you know what this one is a sinner tax collector na kujenga watu kamao na kujenga watu kamao kama say kawa we penyo uko atakufiki atu kama li fika kwa grave akatoa Lazaras aneza kufiki atu penyo uko na kutue hapo na kupi akunyeshe mapenzi eneza kunyesha the love he can show you and you cannot remain the same after that love all right