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Dr. Drakshathota Aruliah
ISBN : 81-7508-197-X
Vol. No : 10003
India Book House Education
Trust are to be congratulated for publishing this excellent pictorial life
of Jesus Christ, which is a matter of great satisfaction for me to recommend
to all readers. It tells the story of Jesus clearly and simply, with excellent
illustrations faithfully reproducing the local colour and costumes of the
time Christ lived, for which much research has certainly been done. This
book is another witness to the general truth that the life of Christ is
a restatement of the permanent values of human living, the brotherhood
of man and the need for charity and right action in society.
“Christ-like” is today the
work to describe a noble hearted gentle, human and selfless person. This
book is the story of Christ who is regarded as the embodiment of the best
qualities in human nature – a man who lived 2000 years ago. The life and
career of Christ are comparatively the best documented events in ancient
history; in fact history divides itself into epochs – one before Christ
and one after him.
This book gives you in pictures
the story of Christ drawn from four contemporary life sketches called the
Gospels written by his disciples. The Gospels are an important section
of the Christian scriptures or the Bible. They are the main source of the
teachings of Christ contained in the narrative. They present wise sayings
and practical instructions, episodes describing with compassion the human
situation, or exposing wickedness and evil, giving profound lessons on
charity and love. The Son of Man, as Jesus Christ liked to call himself,
serenely goes through the crowded pages of the Gospels, preaching, healing,
comforting, helping, loving, not seeking any power or advantage for himself.
His enemies set themselves up against him and ultimately succeeded in having
him condemned to death on a cross. As he had foretold, He rose again after
his death, thus proving that he was the Son of God. His followers passed
on their faith in Jesus to others, and thus the Christian Church spread.
Whether one is a Christian
or not, one cannot fail to be drawn to this man who spoke of goodness with
wisdom and power, and brought comfort and peace to men of goodwill.
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