Christ’s certitude on mercy – The Hindu

Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is believed that the saviour, Lord Jesus Christ, through his expiatory and redemptive suffering, paid for the sins of the world. The Holy Bible proclaims that God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son, said Prof. Kumool Abbi.

In his teachings, Jesus emphasises the importance of love, peace, humanism, compassion and forgiveness. He proclaims that those who are poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the pure in heart and the peacemakers, the persecuted are blessed.

The redeemer stated the importance of being meek, loving, kind, humble and ethical. He taught that to be meek is not to be submissive, passive or weak. To be non-violent is rather being powerful and not to retaliate and offer the other cheek is a divine quality. He stated that ‘come to me all those who are burdened’ .Thus he reassured us of the eternal certitude, mercy and promise of the love of God. He had come to comfort the meek, the afflicted, oppressed and wretched. He assured the weary, the lost, those who struggled to cope with sorrow by his own suffering. He benevolently showed us how to bear our cross, our trials and tribulations and resign to the will of the Lord. He showed us that true love lay in surrender and acceptance of suffering and surrender to the will of the lord. Thus Jesus Christ through his birth and death assured us of hope, salvation and promise of the eternal love of the Lord. Through his life and death he taught us to cope with sorrow and suffering. He reassured us of the love, benevolent salvation and redemption of the Lord. He blessed the poor in spirit and highlighted the necessity of being ethical, forgiving and having integrity and compassion. ’Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness’. Even when he was nailed to the cross, he tenderly looked down upon his persecutors and beseeched the Lord to forgive them as they did not know what they had done.

Thus he boldly denounced hypocrisy, slander and emphasised peace, harmony and love as a force instead of vengeance and retaliation. He stated that we should be perfect and try to be God like in our moral qualities and character suffering that he would grant them love and mercy.

Thus Jesus bore the cross as acceptance of the divine will. He rejected brute force, and emphasised love and non-violence. He instructs not to resist evil. Jesus states that when we should do good to others who are hungry, thirsty, captive and naked, we minister to him.