The Calling of Levi

How does a nice Jewish boy end up as a minor tax collector for Rome? Disaffection with his own race? Desire for a better income? Whatever the cause, Levi wasn't what his parents had hoped for when they named him after the line of priests and servants of the Lord. Yet Jesus doesn't see his sinfulness as a barrier to an invitation to come after him as a disciple...

In this story we see a distinct difference between the true religion of Christ and every other world religion when it comes to how the sinner is approached.