2007-09-30 00:26:28 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Eternal life!
2007-09-30 00:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The unique thing about Christianity is that For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
God gave up His Son who had not sinned and was crucified on a wooden cross as if He were a sinner. He became a curse for us and took the punishment for our sins. God the Son gave up His life willingly that mankind might be reconciled to God the Father and that through believing in Him we would have everlasting life.
After 3 days Jesus was resurrected from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the power of God. All things have been made subject to the Son. "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord".
What other religion can proclaim the same.
2007-09-30 07:43:52 · answer #2 · answered by vins2true 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Faith. By faith we are saved, not by works, lest no man should boast. Other religions state that we must do something in order to get to heaven. Christianity alone claims that we can do nothing to earn a ticket to heaven. It is a free gift.
2007-09-30 07:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by kdanley 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the only world religion that does not require works of righteousness of believers to "earn" salvation.
It is also the only world religion supported by a religious text with specific fulfilled prophesy. There are 26 other religious books that people of faith believe are divinely inspired. Of these twenty-six books, none of them contains any specific, fulfilled prophecies.
The disciples went to their graves, one by one, suffering and dying martyr's deaths for their on-going belief and preaching that Jesus’ resurrection was an absolute fact of history! Historians like Flavius Josephus, Eusebius and others tell us that Matthew was slain with a sword in a city of Ethiopia. Mark died in Alexandria, in Northern Egypt after having been cruelly dragged through the streets of that city. Luke was hung upon an olive tree in the land of Greece. James was beheaded in Jerusalem. James the Less (as he’s called in Mark 15:40) was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of the temple. Philip was hung up against a pillar at Heiropolis in the province of Phrygia. Bartholomew was flayed alive. Andrew was bound to a cross, and left to die. Jude was shot to death with arrows. Matthias (the apostle chosen to replace Judas) was first stoned, and then beheaded. Barnabas was stoned to death by the Jews at Salonica. Paul, that former enemy of Christ (Acts 9), after a variety of tortures and persecutions, was finally beheaded in Rome. Peter was crucified (just as Jesus told him he would be in John 21) in Rome. Thomas, the former skeptic of the resurrection (John 20:28), was run through the body with a lance at Coromandel in the East Indies for preaching the gospel. Guys the disciples sealed their testimony that Christ was alive with their own blood. They went to their graves still affirming that the events which they had witnessed had actually occurred. I find it hard to believe that these men were lying. People may be willing to die for something that they think is true, but nobody willingly dies for something they know is a lie. If anybody knew whether or not Jesus was alive after His resurrection, it would have been the disciples. They were in a unique position historically that allowed them to know whether what they were saying was true or not. They actually lived in Israel, at the time Jesus lived and was raised from the dead, or was not. They were there.
2007-09-30 07:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing unique to christianity. it is an amalgam of many other religion's ideas and customs blended into christianity in order to make it palatable to converts from those other religions. christmas, easter, the virgin birth, son (sun) worship, the trinity, lesser deities like angels and demons, were all added over time by various church leaders in order to keep the 'faith' strong with the sheep. in fact, you could use christianity to prove darwin correct...it is a perfect example of how an organism is born, struggles to take hold, develops and spreads, becomes strong and fit, reproduces itself and adapts to each situation that challenges its existence. hmmm...maybe i'll write a book about this...
2007-09-30 07:49:36 · answer #5 · answered by darwinman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our God is not dead. Our faith is unique in that we believe that Jesus is both man and yet wholly God. That He arose from the grave and that He will return for His people. That He now sits at the right hand (position of power) of God the Father and is preparing us a home with Him.
2007-09-30 07:34:00 · answer #6 · answered by Nancy B 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The hope of eternal life on a Paradise earth under God's Kingdom rule that is a global rule.
2007-09-30 08:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To love your enemies and the message that Christ has redeemed us and paid the price for all of our sins so that we may enjoy eternal life in heaven through His grace. We just have to accept Jesus as our savior and believe in him. The cross signifies his suffering and death for our salvation, shows how much God cares about us and the empty grave is our proof of his power over death.
2007-09-30 07:49:57 · answer #8 · answered by paul h 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rather than calling on devotees to prove their devotion to achieve holiness or a relationship with God, the God of the Bible reaches out to us, accepts us as we are, does the work necessary for us to have new life, and then commits Himself to patiently helping us become all we were made to be.
2007-09-30 07:36:39 · answer #9 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WE are the only religion with the full teachings of Jesus Christ from the Holy Bible. We know He came and lived and walked on this earth, born of a virgin mother. Jesus is also God, by the way. We know he lived a life here of victory over sin, as He obeyed the Father perfectly, just as we are commanded to do. GOd says IF YOU LOVE ME< OBEY ME.
WE know Jesus did live a victorious life over sin, that HE suffered and died for our sins, and that because of Him, we can hvave life eternal, be saved and in Heaven forever, as we also get to partake of the good life right here on earth, KINGDOM LIVING> WE are to live here in prepartion for the next Kingdom of God. oh yes, heaven... YUM>
WE know that by the shed blood Of Jesus Christ we are saved, and that because God sent us the Holy Spirit, we can have victory over sin. WE arent to think of ourselves as helpless little Christians. Devil loves it when we think like that. God said to call ourselves saints, as we can now have victory over sin, by the indwelling of the HOly Spirit, being born again. WE can say Yes to Jesus and No to sin, and it not even be hard to do, as we now have the desires of Gods heart, and not the desires of a sinner.
A person could write books about what God does for them. But, due to the limited space here, I will just say. I COUNT IT ALL AS JOY to be a child of Gods. NOthing like it and nothing or noone would be worth losing out on the prize of HEaven for. Never.
With Jesus, all things are possible. WIthout Jesus we are nothing at all.
God bless you for the question. You will always be blessed when you live for Jesus Christ. Thanks....
2007-09-30 10:41:35 · answer #10 · answered by full gospel shirley 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is anything unique. We are just like every other faith. Better than eveyone else.
2007-09-30 07:51:15 · answer #11 · answered by 1hillbilly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋