I had asked a friend of mine \u2013 from High School \u2013 to review Dr. Deepak Chopra\u2019s book \u201cThe Third Jesus\u201d. He obliged despite his busy schedule. Please share your views if you have read the book?<\/p>\n
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Deepak Chopra\u2019s book, The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore\u201d Chopra attempts to present that Jesus Christ was referring to Buddhism\/Eastern Mysticism. Most of his arguments were not taken from the New Testament; he draws it from Gnostic writings (extra-biblical documents) and quoting from apocryphal works which are not part of the bible. This means if he doesn\u2019t use those documents his argument will have no value. It becomes clearer to me that he is using the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as a way to promote his thinking (the modern religion, generally called new age thinking). You could also notice several inaccuracies.<\/p>\n
1-Page-11, he said, \u201cBut Jesus doesn\u2019t mention sin.\u201d Anyone with a basic biblical understanding can easily refute this (Matthew 12:31; John 8:7, 34; 16: 8,9, etc). 2-Page-139 the author wrote, \u201cThe salvation Jesus offered was the same as Buddha\u2019s\u2026\u201d The salvation supposedly offered by Buddha cannot possibly be the same as that offered by Jesus Christ, since Jesus Christ said that He was the only way to God, not Buddha (John 14:6). In addition, the apostle Peter stated \u201cNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved\u201d (Acts 4:12). Salvation is only possible through Jesus Christ, which the above clearly states.<\/p>\n
Chopra presents three forms of Jesus: 1- historical Jesus; 2- Christian\u2019s Jesus; 3- Third Jesus as an \u201cenlightened master\u201d (p. 154) and \u201ca simple teacher\u201d (p. 186). The Third Jesus he attempts to demote Jesus Christ from that of Lord and Savior to that of an enlightened master of his own creation and new age religion. It\u2019s not clear, why would he promote this \u201cThird Jesus\u201d from a source he himself considers unreliable. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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