'Christianity...is a religion you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we had always expected, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It just has that queer sort of twist about it that real things have.' (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)
Christianity differs greatly from any other religion.
Where else do you learn of a God who is both holy and gentle, mighty and loving, sovereign and merciful?
A God who became man, died for the wicked who rebelled against Him and then came back to life. Who could make up something like that?
Through this, He provided a way to be right with Him, through grace alone. Just grace. No sacrifices, frequent fastings, regular prayers. None of that will ever make us right, no matter what other religions say.
And because Christians are made right through what Christ has already done, they can be truly confidant that they will go to heaven when they die.
Because it's not about what we've done.
It's about what Christ did.
Thank you Lord for the uniqueness of Christianity!
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