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One JESUS film worker noticed a young couple weeping on the bank of the Ganges
River. Approaching them, he asked why. Seeking peace in their hearts, they told him,
they had gone to the local Hindu priest. His edict: “You must sacrifice your two-year-old
son to the river god. Then you will find peace.” Moments before the young man came
by, they had thrown their baby into the river, where he drowned.
With an aching heart, the JESUS film team member explained how they could know
the one who offers true peace and forgiveness for their sins. They prayed and trusted
Christ.
Afterwards, they said, “If only you have come a few minutes earlier, we would not
have sacrificed our child.”
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224 Donna Bahler, “The JESUS Film Project in India,” in Mission Frontiers, Nov-Dec 1994, 28, also
https://wVIww.missionfrontiers.org/issue/article/the-jesus-film-project-in-india.
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