What Makes Christianity Unique

What Makes Christianity Unique

What makes Christianity unique? What is it that we offer that makes us different than any and every other religion in the world?

The Apostle John talks about it in 1 John 4:7-21. Christianity is unique because our God is a God of love. He loved us before we ever knew Him. He loves us even when we don’t love Him back. He loves us in spite of what we have done in the past, are doing now or do in the future.

Loving us doesn’t mean that He doesn’t punish us if we sin. It means that no matter how much we sin, if we repent, change our ways and accept His love and salvation by believing and following Jesus Christ, we can be forgiven of any and all sin we have ever committed.

Because God loves us, He sent Jesus, His Son, to pay the penalty for our sins so that we could have eternal life in His love instead of eternity in Hell. We don’t deserve this love. We can’t earn or pay for this love. We can only love Him in return and show His love by loving others.

The kind of love John is talking about is a love of choice. God’s love and the love we are to have for one another is not earned, and is often not deserved. Love is something you choose to do regardless of whether the other person loves you in return, is loveable or not. Consider that God loves you, even when you are acting in an unlovable way towards Him. Love is a choice that you make and then work on living out one day at a time.

Our love for God and for one another sets us apart from all other religions. We are saved from the penalty of our sins by loving God and loving Jesus. Any other religion bases it’s salvation on whether you are good enough or not. We can’t be good enough to pay for the bad (selfish) things we have done in the past. The wages of that sin is death.

God loves you so much that when you deserved to die, He sent His Son to die in your place. If you believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Son and that He died for your sins, you can be forgiven and have eternal life with Him. You also need to confess your faith in Jesus Christ and be immersed as an initiation act of obedience that parallels the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-5, 10:10; Galatians 3:27)

We are known to the world because of our love John 13:34-35. Christianity towers over any other religion because of God’s love for His creation and our love for Him and one another.

Show the world that God has made a difference in your life. Live a life of love and be faithful to your walk with Him. Love your neighbor and those around you. Show them kindness and respect (even when they don’t deserve it). Show the world why Christianity is unique.

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