The Story of Jesus The Christ - Helen Braun Hojt

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he Story of Jesus The Christ

      Helen Braun Hojt

      © Helen Braun Hojt, 2019

      ISBN 978-5-0050-0692-9

      Created with Ridero smart publishing system

      THE STORY OF JESUS

      THE CHRIST

      Adapted for Children

      PREFACE

      The story of the life of Christ has been written time and

      time again, yet it is one that is ever fresh and attractive.

      Little children love to hear it if it is told in language which

      their minds are able to grasp, and the aim of this book has

      been to tell the story so simply that the youngest child can

      enjoy it because he can understand it.

      The account recorded in the four gospels has been closely

      followed, and the order of events is that accepted by the greatest

      thinkers and writers. Many of the laws and customs of the

      times have been introduced to make the text more clear; and,

      that the lessons taught may be more attractive and better

      remembered, the book is abundantly illustrated.

      The writer does not claim originality, but, knowing that all

      children love to read or hear a good story, she has tried to tell

      this old, old story in a way that will make them love it and

      absorb into their own beings the elements of true living which

      only the life and teachings of the Christ can give.

      THE STORY OF JESUS-THE CHRIST

      INTRODUCTION

      Far away over the sea, on the continent of Asia, is the land

      of Palestine, which is also called the Holy Land. If you look

      for it on the map you will find that it is a very small country.

      Yet, though it is so small, such great things have happened

      there that all the world knows of Palestine. This story will tell

      you why it is called the Holy Land, and why so many people

      love it.

      Very many years ago there lived in Palestine a man by the

      name of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, and the grandson of

      Abraham. He had twelve sons, each of whom was the head of a

      large family called a tribe. The twelve tribes together made a

      nation which was known either as the Jews, or as the Children

      of Israel. Israel was another name given to Jacob after he was

      a man.

      The Jews were better than any other people living at that

      time, just because they worshipped God. There were a good

      many people then, as there are now, who did not know about the

      true God in heaven. They made images, or idols, of wood or

      stone, which they called gods. They prayed to these idols, asking

      them to take care of them. They even thanked these gods

      for giving them life and health, and so many beautiful things.

      They were heathen, for that is what we call those who pray to

      idols.

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      Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were not heathen; they knew

      and loved the true God, and taught their children to do the

      same. But the Jews were not always good. They did wicked

      things over and over again, but after they had done wrong they

      were sorry for it, and asked God to forgive them. Then they

      started over again, and tried to do better.

      When Jacob was an old man, he and his children and grand¬

      children went to live in Egypt, and lived there happily a good

      many years. But the time came when the Children of Israel

      were not happy; for the kings who were then on the throne were

      not kind to them. They made slaves of them, and the Jews had

      to work so hard and so long that they almost forgot their God.

      But at last a child was born who had a different life from the

      rest of his people. He was named Moses, and was brought up

      by the king’s daughter, in the king’s palace. He was very wise

      and learned. He thought a great deal about his people. He

      could see how badly they were treated, and how unhappy they

      were, and his greatest wish was to set them free and take them

      back to Palestine. The time came when God allowed him to do

      this.

      It was hard to get so many people started, and harder yet to

      make them do as God would have them. They found fault with

      everything if things did not please them: with Moses, and even

      with God. There were many years of very hard work for Moses

      and their other leaders before they were at last settled in their

      own country, in homes of their own.

      For a great many years God was really their king. He gave

      them laws through Moses, and all their leaders were chosen by

      God. They all talked with God, and learned from him what to

      do for the people. But the time came when they wanted to be

      like the other nations around them and have a king whom they

      could see, and who could go before their army when it went to war.

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      The first king was not a good raler; but after he died a young

      man named David came to the throne, and David was a good

      king. He tried to do as well as he could himself, and tried to

      teach the people to obey the laws of their God.

      David belonged to the tribe of Judah, and was born in Beth¬

      lehem. He was only a shepherd boy when he was chosen to be

      king, and for that reason he is often called the Shepherd King.

      Although he left his country home and went to Jerusalem to live

      when he was quite a young man, he never forgot the lessons he

      learned in the fields of Bethlehem. He wrote beautiful songs that

      show that while he stayed with the sheep, hour after hour, his

      thoughts were about God and his goodness. It was thousands of

      years ago that David lived, yet ever since that time people have

      read and sung these songs, and we can read them now in that

      part

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