"If Jesus were talking to us today, He wouldn't use the strange

words of long ago. He would talk to us in the language we use when

we talk to one another. The purpose of this book is to let Jesus tell

us His wonderful truths in our own language.

What He said and did was written down by Matthew, Mark,

Luke, and John. And we have to read all four Gospels if we want

the whole story of Jesus. Only Matthew and Luke tell us how Jesus

was born. Only John tells us about the raising of Lazarus and the

breakfast of the disciples with their risen Savior by the lake. Three

of these writers, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, tell us about the Lord's

Supper. But all four tell us how He suffered, died, and rose again.

How do the four Gospel's fit together? How do the many events

follow one another in the life of Christ? What was the one life of

Jesus that all four writers tell us about? These are the problems

which I have tried to solve. Here you will find everything in the four

Gospel's fitted together in one flowing story. Here is the life of Jesus

from the time He came down to the earth until He returned to His

Father.

It is a thrilling story, something never seen "on land or sea." It

is the story of the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself for us.

Here we meet Him face to face, let Him talk to us, and as He goes to

give His lifeblood for us, we let Him tell us, "Your sins are forgiven."

And so He reaches with power into our lives, claims us as His own,

never to let us go." William F Beck