Now, this morning I want to talk to you about HOPE AT THE TABLE. Jesus is the author of hope! We have hope not in people or in things. People fail us. Things break! However, Jesus gives us hope...not just hope for this life…but an eternal hope! Hope for forgiveness of our sins...which in turn...gives us hope for a better life today...as well as the life to come! We see this hope in the life of the biblical character Zacchaeus. Jesus went to Zacchaes’ house to have dinner and so he could get to know him.