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Next Door Savior
by Max Lucado
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He was entirely man, yet entirely God. He was completely human and completely holy. The same hands that did the work of a rugged carpenter performed miracles. The helpless baby in the manger became the ultimate Savior of the world.
Master storyteller Max Lucado presents the life of Jesus Christ in stunning contrast, revealing the irresistible human qualities and the undeniably divine characteristics of Jesus. Lucado describes, as only he can, a Savior who is as approachable as a next-door neighbor, yet mighty enough to save humanity. Delving deeper into the life of Christ than ever before, Lucado melds the two distinct sides of Christ—human and God—into the complete likeness of our Lord.
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| Meet the Author – Max Lucado |
MAX LUCADO, minister for the Oak Hills Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, is the author of multiple bestsellers including the New York Times bestseller Traveling Light. He currently has 33 million books in print and is America's Leading Inspirational Author.
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Next Door Savior
As Jesus was going down the road, he saw Matthew sitting at his tax-collection booth. ‘Come, be my disciple,’ Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him” (Matt. 9:9 NLT).
The surprise in this invitation is the one invited—a tax collector. Combine the greed of an embezzling executive with the presumption of a hokey television evangelist. Throw in the audacity of an ambulance-chasing lawyer and the cowardice of a drive-by sniper. Stir in a pinch of a pimp’s morality, and finish it off with the drug peddler’s code of ethics—and what do you have?
A first-century tax collector.
According to the Jews, these guys ranked barely above plankton on the food chain. Caesar permitted these Jewish citizens to tax almost anything—your boat, the fish you caught, your house, your crops. As long as Caesar got his due, they could keep the rest.
Matthew was a public tax collector. Private tax collectors hired other people to do the dirty work. Public publicans, like Matthew, just pulled their stretch limos into the poor side of town and set up shop. As crooked as corkscrews.
His given name was Levi, a priestly name (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27–28). Did his parents aspire for him to enter the priesthood? If so, he was a flop in the family circle.
You can bet he was shunned. The neighborhood cookouts? Never invited. High-school reunions? Somehow his name was left off the list. The guy was avoided like streptococcus A. Everybody kept his distance from Matthew.
Everyone except Jesus...
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