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"Muslims, had no right under the law to question or review any judgment given by the Sharia Court as doing so would be tantamount to questioning the laws of Allah." SHARIA LAW AMPUTEES...

My question to all Muslim is this.. Why would allah in the quran save Jesus from death, and yet allow mohammed his greatest prophet to die like a rat from ordinary poison??

lanrehamd:
same way it's NOT COMMONSENSICAL to say Jesus is the son of God, same Jesus is now the Lord and not the father. (preference is given to the son and not the father). A practical example of common sense not been common is in Christianity.

See another dumbass islamist who thinks God had sex with mary to produce Jesus. When you say someone is the Son of the Nile, does it mean the Nile gave birth to him??

BETATRON:
hehe...common you both morally and intellectually unsound dearie

Please go boast your morals and intellect

If you are so sure of what you are saying why is it so hard for you to answer the simple Question

By WHOM's LEAVE DID jeses create in ONE WORD

Which is evident from the verse you quoted

Until you can answer this in one word don't say anything else please

You don't have to tryna lie to prove a point,,its so despicable for a woman to do

Sharap there, why couldn't your peadophile prophet create life in your quran?? So Jesus could create life and ur so called false prophet could not. Jesus created life becos he has the power to do so.

BETATRON:
lol...see logic abeg...now death is a sign of smallness and life is a sign of greatness

How come you aint greater than mahatma gandhi,albert Einstein,, nikolas tesla and many more

Will you say your church nun is greater than mary because mary is dead and she is alife?

Satan has never tasted death but the bible said jesus died for 3days now will you say satan is greater than jesus because satan never tasted death?

How can a spirit being(satan) die a physical death?? Dumb!!

A lot of people think they were naked in the garden. They were actually clothed with a covering of light and glory, such as the angels wear. While they lived in obedience to God, this circle of light enshrouded them. But when they sinned against God, they lost this covering of light and became totally unclad and hid themselve from God. Nice one op!

When Muhammad first began preaching in Mecca his desire was that the people of Mecca, the Quraysh, would accept him as a prophet and the religion he was teaching. They were not receptive to him and made life difficult for him and his followers, and many of his followers fled to Christian Abyssinia for protection. This was until Muhammad recited Surah 53 (Surat-an-Najm) with the following verses:

Have you thought of al-Lat and al-Uzza and Manat, the third ... these are the exalted Gharaniq (a high flying bird)[7] whose intercession is approved. (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 165-166)
Al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat were some of the local idols worshiped in Mecca. Previously Muhammad had spoken against them in his monotheist preaching but now he recited that their "intercession is approved".

When (the) Quraysh heard that, they were delighted and greatly pleased at the way in which he spoke of their gods and they listened to him ... Then the people dispersed and Quraysh went out, delighted at what had been said about their gods, saying, "Muhammad has spoken of our gods in splendid fashion". (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 166)
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, repeated them (the verses), and he went on reciting the whole of surah (53) and then fell in prostration, and the people (the Quraysh) fell in prostration with him. (Ibn Sa'd, Kitab Al-Tabaqat Al-Kabir, vol. 1, p. 237)
Imam Bukhari too confirms that after Muhammad recited Surah 53 the Quraysh accepted Muhammad and prayed with him:

Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet ... prostrated while reciting An-Najm (Sura 53) and with him prostrated the Muslims, the pagans (the Quraysh), the jinns, and all human beings. (Bukhari: vol. 2, bk. 19, no. 177, Khan)
Muhammad's desire had been realised; the Quraysh accepted him. The Muslims who had fled to Abyssinia heard about this and many of them began to return to Mecca. The Quraysh accepted Muhammad because he had, "spoken of (their) gods in splendid fashion" (Ibn Ishaq, p. 166). The Islamic explanation as to why Muhammad accepted the idols is that he desired a way to attract the Quraysh and Satan used this opportunity to put these words on Muhammad's lips:

Now the apostle was anxious for the welfare of his people, wishing to attract them as far as he could. It has been mentioned that he longed for a way to attract them ... (and) Satan, when he (Muhammad) was meditating upon it, and desiring to bring it (sc. reconciliation) to his people, put upon his tongue "these are the exalted Gharaniq[6] whose intercession is approved". (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 165-166)
This is what is meant by the phrase, the Satanic Verses; they were words that Muhammad spoke from Satan and his own desire. The Islamic accounts then say that the angel Gabriel rebuked Muhammad for what he had said:

Then Gabriel came to the apostle and said , "What have you done, Muhammad? You have read to these people something I did not bring you from God and you have said what He did not say to you." (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 166)
Then Muhammad confessed:

I ascribed to Allah, what He had not said. (Ibn Sa'd, Kitab Al-Tabaqat Al-Kabir, vol. 1, p. 237)

I have fabricated things against God and have imputed to Him words which He has not spoken. (Al-Tabari, The History of Al-Tabari, vol. vi, p. 111)

Muhammad then announced that Gabriel had now told him to speak against the idols and so what he recited changed. Previously it had been:

Have you thought of al-Lat and al-Uzza and Manat, the third ... these are the exalted Gharaniq whose intercession is approved. (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 165-166)
Now the verse became:

Have you considered El-Lat and El-'Uzza and Manat the third, the other? What, have you males, and He females? That were indeed an unjust division. They are naught but names yourselves have named, and your fathers; God has sent down no authority touching them. (Qur'an 53:19-23, Arberry)
This final form of the verse is what is now in the modern Qur'an.

The Quraysh saw that Muhammad had now changed his message:

When the annulment of what Satan had put upon the prophet's tongue came from God, (the) Quraysh said: "Muhammad has repented of what he said about the position of your gods with Allah, altered it and brought something else." (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 166-167)
This explanation, that Satan had placed these words on Muhammad tongue and God had now cancelled it, now had to be justified to both his followers and to the Quraysh. The answer came by referring to another part of the Qur'an:

Never have We sent a single prophet or apostle before you with whose wishes Satan did not tamper. But God abrogates the interjections of Satan and confirms His own revelations. (Qur'an 22:52, Dawood)
Muhammad's justification was that other prophets had had their wishes tampered with by Satan just as he had done, but God had corrected the whole situation.

Medicis:
Nope! Your physical body will be in the grave. Guess mohammed took his joystick with him to paradise when he died.

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BETATRON:
well it conforms to my assertion that the son shouldn't be punished for the sins of the father

Why the rigmarole guy...you couldn't even give 1 logical explanation...just busy roaming about from one verse to another one(contradictory one)

Mehn I have better things to do...until you come up with something logical please let's call it a day here

See, if u are not under God's covenant, it will be passed down to u. But if u are under his covenant, it will have no effect on u It doen't conform to ur assertion. Jesus died to save us from the punishment of the sins of adam. So mr muslim have a nice life I'm done!!

BETATRON:
didn't ask you to quote all the biblical verses,,I only seek an explanation to the contradiction,,and obviously these doesn't answer that which you quoted

If u understand this vers Jeremiah 31:29
Verse Concepts
"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.', you will know that Ezekiel 18:2 is a prophetic verse. I.e,it use to be the norm in isreal. But God is now telling them that a time will come in Isreal when it will no longer be applicable. And that time is now. So as a Christian(true believer) the sins of my Father cannot have any effect on me because I am under Gods covenant through christ.

BETATRON:
you didn't know that it was applicable to only isrealites before quoting it

Come to think of it..how come the law of God apply to one set of people and a contradictory law to another(that will mean INJUSTICE)

Isn't the law of God supposed to be universal ?

Do you believe in d law of Jehovah?? If u do u won't be a Muslim.

BETATRON:
you didn't know that it was applicable to only isrealites before quoting it

Come to think of it..how come the law of God apply to one set of people and a contradictory law to another(that will mean INJUSTICE)

Isn't the law of God supposed to be universal ?

Have u considered this versesIsaiah 43:27
Verse Concepts
"Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.

Exodus 20:5
Verse Concepts
"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 34:7
Verse Concepts
who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."

Numbers 14:18
Verse Concepts
'The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.'

Deuteronomy 5:9
Verse Concepts
'You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Job 21:19
Verse Concepts
"You say, 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it.

Isaiah 14:21
Verse Concepts
"Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities."

Isaiah 65:7
Verse Concepts
Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says the LORD "Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom."

Jeremiah 31:29
Verse Concepts
"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'


Jeremiah 32:18
Verse Concepts
who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God The LORD of hosts is His name;

Lamentations 5:7
Verse Concepts
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities.

Psalm 17:14
Verse Concepts
From men with Your hand, O LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes.

Isaiah 14:20
Verse Concepts
"You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

Ezekiel 20:4
"Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make them know the abominations of their fathers;

Zechariah 1:2
Verse Concepts
"The LORD was very angry with your fathers

BETATRON:
still conforming to my point the verse is saying in other words "if the father eats a sour grape its his teeth that will go on edge not that of his sons"
The phrase "what mean ye"--is like saying how dear you say that the son will suffer for the sins of the father
You shall not have any occasion to use this proverb in isreal--meaning this kind of act (punishing son for sins of father) isn't ascribable to God and should not be used

How critical do you want me to assess the verse again

The Bible verse does not apply to you. God was SPECIFICALLY talking to isreal and not you. Whatever God was saying their applies to isreal alone. Don't use this proverb in isreal but he doesn't care if the same proverb is used outside of isreal.

Aashik:
Jazakumullah khair bro, you have really done a great justice to this issue.

There is one great problem that they never seek solution for : they will never read there bible and analyze it. For if they do, they will accept that it's a holy book of contradictions. Smh. "Eedina siratal mustaqeem."




Actually, betatron had replied you logically enough for you to see what your religion entails. So I have nothing to add to what my brother had said.


Now the question is what was the repacution of your proclaimed original sin on human race?

The repacution of the sin of Adam on the human race is DEATH. ROMANS 5:12.Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

bolaino:
you must be a strong catholic

Am not a catholic, but am a child of the living God.

Before you were born, both religion have been existing. After you are dead, rotten in the grave and have become a thing of the past, they'll still be. Stop wastin you time, they'll both outllive you. YOUR 100YRS ON EARTH IS NOT EVEN UP TO A DAY IN GOD'S PRESENCE.

Jesus is referred to as the “Son of Man” 88 times in the New Testament. A first meaning of the phrase “Son of Man” is as a reference to the prophecy of Daniel 7:13-14, “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.” The description “Son of Man” was a Messianic title. Jesus is the One who was given dominion and glory and a kingdom. When Jesus used this phrase, He was assigning the Son of Man prophecy to Himself. The Jews of that era would have been intimately familiar with the phrase and to whom it referred. Jesus was proclaiming Himself as the Messiah.

A second meaning of the phrase “Son of Man” is that Jesus was truly a human being. God called the prophet Ezekiel “son of man” 93 times. God was simply calling Ezekiel a human being. A son of a man is a man. Jesus was fully God (John 1:1), but He was also a human being (John 1:14). First John 4:2 tells us, “This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.” Yes, Jesus was the Son of God—He was in His essence God. Yes, Jesus was also the Son of Man—He was in His essence a human being. In summary, the
phrase “Son of Man” indicates that Jesus is the Messiah and that He is truly a human being.

Arab Scientists have invented a time travelling device that can transport an entire country back to the middle ages."They are calling it ISLAM".

BETATRON:
.the question is are you using actions of isis as a logic to justify the punishment of son for the sins of the father and father for the sins of the son..well, every body except isis know that this act is TERRORISM so are you saying this act of punishing father for son by God in the bible is also terrorism

Never said am big or too big..my understanding doesn't extend more than the plain of view of an ant in a desert and that is why I'm asking you,(the bigger man knowledge-wise) questions?
The bible said ask and it shall be given unto you

you don't know the Bible, Stop quoting it out of context! To u, its terorism but to isis, its justice.

BETATRON:
your explanation is in line with the verse of ezekiel18:20 not in line with the ones with professed the punishing of the children for the sins of their father..stop confusing the whole thing..you are either in support or against

I'm not confusing anything. The confusion is in your head. Pls read those bible passages in context. If you claim to understand ezekiel 18:20, then pleeeesssseeeee kindly explain Ezekiel18:2-3

2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel

BETATRON:
bro..I thought you were using it to support you claim of "punishing an entire clan for the sin of just one man"

Trying to use it otherwise will mean that you're derailing..and derailing is sign of insecurity

Are you derailing??

Is Isis not punishing the citizen of france for the decisions made by there commander in chief(1 Man)?? If they have their way they will destroy the whole of France for the decision of just one Man(their president). Insecurity from you U too small

BETATRON:
what do you mean bY GUILT when the verese clearly states that "the son will not be punished for the fathers sins and vice versa"
Well we haves seen a lot of people who had HIV when pregnant and their children didn't contact the disease and a lot of people who parents where drunkards but end up doing well in live--from this exceptional cases do you mean the covenant of God did not encompass the entire human generations

What do you mean by inequities of does who hate him does adam hate God? If he doesn't then what is the essence of the adamic sin

It is also in the bible that some of the family members of the MEN OF GOD (e.g noah) were bad people..why in these cases are the father devoted men of God and the sons bad people??

See, let me just summarise those passages for you cos you don't seem to understand me. Only the children who "hate God", and sin themselves, are the ones who are punished, only the wicked and ungodly children who are following the wicked example of their fathers are punished. God shows mercy on the children who love Him and keep his Law even if their Father is Wicked I.e they will not be punished for the sins of their Father.

BETATRON:
do you term the actions of isis as JUSTICE?or REBELLION?

Are you asking me? Or are no longer your muslim brothers. As far as they are co cerned, its justice for allah na

BETATRON:
how can the sin of 1 man be federal.if for instance I commit and was sentenced to life imprisonment,,will it be just to also sentence my son who knows nothing about the crime
Not just my son but my entire generations..what kind of justice is that?
Adam isn't a COUNTRY but a man

Did I say he is a Country? One Man(French President) took a decision against Isis and 129 innocent french citizens paid dearly with there lives for 1 Man's decision. How do you explain that?

BETATRON:
lol
Ezekiel18;20-The one who sins is the one who will die. The child
will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the
parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness
of the righteous will be credited to them, and the
wickedness of the wicked will be charged against
them.

Deut. 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to
death for their children, nor children put to
death for their fathers; each is to die for
his own sin.

Jer. 31:29-31 "In those days people will no
longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour
grapes, and the children's teeth are set on
edge.' Instead, everyone will die for his
own sin; whoever eats sour grapes--his
own teeth will be set on edge. "The time is
coming," declares the LORD, "when I will
make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah."

You've not come across these ones right..how do you explain this contradiction

Ezekiel says clearly God does not punish the sons for their fathers’ sins, but that “the soul who sins shall die [for its own sins].” However, in Exodus 20:5 we are informed that God visits “the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations.” These seem flatly contradictory.
SOLUTION: Ezekiel is speaking of the guilt of the father’s sin never being held against the sons, but Moses was referring to the consequences of the fathers’ sins being passed on to their children. Unfortunately, if a father is a drunk, the children can suffer abuse and even poverty. Likewise, if a mother has contracted AIDS from drug use, then her baby may be born with AIDS. But, this does not mean that the innocent children are guilty of the sins of their parents.
Further, even if the Exodus passage implied that moral guilt was somehow also visited on the children, it would only be because they too, like their fathers, had sinned against God. Noteworthy is the fact that God only visits the iniquities of “those who hate” Him (Ex. 20:5), not those who do not (see also comments on Rom. 5:12).

BETATRON:
how can the sin of 1 man be federal.if for instance I commit and was sentenced to life imprisonment,,will it be just to also sentence my son who knows nothing about the crime
Not just my son but my entire generations..what kind of justice is that?
Adam isn't a COUNTRY but a man

The Bible says, “Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12). It was through Adam that sin entered the world. When Adam sinned, he immediately died spiritually—his relationship with God was broken—and he also began dying physically—his body began the process of growing old and dying. From that point on, every person born has inherited Adam’s sin nature and suffered the same consequences of spiritual and physical death.

We are born physically alive but spiritually dead. This is why Jesus told Nicodemus, “You must be born again” (John 3:7). Physical birth provides us with a sinful human nature; spiritual rebirth provides us with a new nature, “created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24).

It may not seem fair to be saddled with Adam’s sin nature, but it’s eminently consistent with other aspects of human propagation. We inherit physical characteristics such as eye color from our parents, and we also inherit their spiritual characteristics. Why should the passing on of spiritual traits be any different from the transmission of physical traits? We may complain about having brown eyes when we wanted blue, but our eye color is simply a matter of genetics. In the same way, having a sin nature is a matter of “spiritual genetics”; it’s a natural part of life.

However, the Bible says we are sinners by deed as well as by nature. We are sinners twice over: we sin because we are sinners (Adam’s choice), and we are sinners because we sin (our choice). “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We are more than potential sinners; we are practicing sinners. “Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away” (James 1:14). A driver sees the speed limit sign; he exceeds the limit; he gets a ticket. He can’t blame Adam for that.

“I did not eat the fruit.” True, but Scripture says that we, individually and as a human race, were all represented by Adam. “In Adam all die” (1 Corinthians 15:22). A diplomat speaking at the United Nations may do or say things that many of his countrymen disapprove of, but he is still the diplomat—he is the officially recognized representative of that country.

The theological principle of a man representing his descendants is called “federal headship.” Adam was the first created human being. He stood at the “head” of the human race. He was placed in the garden to act not only for himself but for all his progeny. Every person ever born was already “in Adam,” represented by him. The concept of federal headship is clearly taught elsewhere in Scripture: “One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him” (Hebrews 7:9-10, ESV). Levi was born several centuries after Abraham lived, yet Levi paid tithes to Melchizedek “through Abraham.” Abraham was the federal head of the Jewish people, and his actions represented the future twelve tribes and the Levitical priesthood.

“I did not eat the fruit.” True, but all sin has consequences beyond the initial wrongdoing. “No man is an island, entire of itself,” John Donne famously wrote. This truth can be applied spiritually. David’s sin with Bathsheba affected David, of course, but it also had a ripple effect that affected Uriah, David’s unborn child, the rest of David’s family, the whole nation, and even Israel’s enemies (2 Samuel 12:9-14). Sin always has undesirable effects on those around us. The ripples of Adam’s momentous sin are still being felt.

“I did not eat the fruit.” True, you were not physically present in the actual Garden of Eden with the juice of forbidden fruit staining the corners of your guilty mouth. But the Bible seems to indicate that, if you had been there instead of Adam, you’d have done the same thing he did. The apple, as they say, doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Whether or not we think it’s “fair” to have Adam’s sin imputed to us doesn’t really matter. God says that we have inherited Adam’s sinful nature, and who are we to argue with God? Besides, we are sinners in our own right. Our own sin probably makes Adam look like a puritan in comparison.

Here’s the good news: God loves sinners. In fact, He has acted to overcome our sin nature by sending Jesus to pay for our sins and offer us His righteousness (1 Peter 2:24). Jesus took the death that was our penalty upon Himself, “so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Note the words “in him.” We who were once in Adam can now be in Christ by faith. Christ is our new Head, and “in Christ all will be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).

Aashik:
Support your facts with biblical quotations


malvisguy, OLAADEGBU, Anas09, parisbookaddict

When you sanction a country, every Citizen of that country pays dearly for the actions of their Goverment even without being directly responsible for the actions of their Goverment. THE SIN OF ADAM IS A "FEDERAL SIN".

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charlsecy:
Do you think resurrection is unique to Christianity? If yes, then you are very wrong. Period. You need to do more research.

Do I think?? I know resurrection is unique to christianity alone. Instead of all this your super story, you should just have given me the name of anybody you know who died and rose from the dead to prove his divinity, walked on water,healed the sick and raised the dead.

Is Christianity really unique, or is it just one of many roads on the path to Truth? Is Christianity truly unique among the many religions around the world? If it is, what makes it so? Unique among all religions, Christianity makes several claims that others do not. First, all other religions exhort man to reach up to God and grasp hold of Him through their own efforts. Christianity is the only religion where God reaches down to man. Second, other religions are systems of do’s and don’ts to appease God; whereas Christianity is a relationship with God. Third, Christianity looks to the Bible as the singular source of Truth. Finally, Christianity is based upon truly the most amazing event in all of human history—the resurrection.

As to the first issue, other forms of religion subscribe to a system of works—those we should do and those we should avoid—which will make us “good enough” to please God and merit His favor. Christianity, on the other hand, is based on the biblical principle that we can never be good enough to be in the presence of a perfect, holy God. The Mosaic Law was given to mankind to prove to us that we can’t keep it. Galatians 3 describes the purpose of the Law. It is a “tutor” or “schoolmaster” to lead us to Christ because “…by observing the law no one will be justified” (Galatians 2:16). The impossibility of keeping the Law is revealed in what Jesus called the “first and greatest commandment” in Matthew 22:37: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This would mean loving God with every fiber of our being 24/7, with never a thought for ourselves, an impossible task for anyone. But rather than condemning us as law-breakers and leaving it at that, God provided a substitute—Jesus Christ—who obeyed the Law perfectly for us. By faith in Him and accepting His work on our behalf, we are justified and made righteous. Here is the crucial difference between Christianity and all other religions.

As to the second point, Christianity is not a religious system, but a relationship with God, one that He initiated and maintains. Christians believe that mankind was created specifically to have a relationship with God, but sin separates all men from Him (Romans 3:23, 5:12). Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ walked this earth, fully God, and yet fully man (Philippians 2:6-11), and died on the cross to restore the relationship that was broken by sin. After His death on the cross, Christ was buried, He rose again, and now lives at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for believers forever (Hebrews 7:25). The intimacy of this relationship is revealed in two poignant pictures. Now no longer seen as law-breakers, we have been adopted into God’s own family as His children (Ephesians 1:5). Even more intimately, believers are the very “body of Christ” of which He is the head (Ephesians 1:22-23), having been purchased by His blood (Hebrews 9:12). No other religion makes assertions that even begin to approximate this incredible truth.

Another thing that makes Christianity unique is its source of information. All religions have some sort of basis of information that outlines its beliefs and practices, but none have one source of information that makes the claims Christianity does about the Bible—it is the written Word of God, and it is infallible and inerrant and all that is necessary for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16). Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired—literally “God-breathed”—Word of God and that its teaching is the final authority (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21). Though there are other religions that use prophecy, none are 100% accurate, as are those in the Bible, and none of them point to someone like Jesus who made incredible claims and performed incredible deeds.

Perhaps the most defining principle of Christianity that makes it truly unique in every way and provides its fundamental basis is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Within Christianity, the resurrection is vitally important, for without it, Christianity does not exist, and our faith is useless (1 Corinthians 15:14). It was Jesus' resurrection that changed the lives of the disciples. After Jesus was crucified, the disciples ran and hid. But when they saw the risen Lord, they knew that all Jesus had said and done proved that He was indeed God in flesh. No other religious leader has died in full view of trained executioners, had a guarded tomb, and then rose three days later to appear to many people. The resurrection is proof of who Jesus is and that He did accomplish what He set out to do: provide the only means of redemption for mankind. Buddha did not rise from the dead. Muhammad did not rise from the dead. Confucius did not rise from the dead. Krishna did not rise from the dead. Only Jesus has physically risen from the dead, walked on water, claimed to be God, and raised others from the dead. He has conquered death. Only in Christianity do we have the person of Christ who claimed to be God, performed many miracles to prove His claim of divinity, died and rose from the dead, and claimed that He alone is “the way the truth and the life” (John 14:6) and that no one comes to the Father except through Him.

Is Christianity really unique, or is it just one of many roads on the path to Truth? Is Christianity truly unique among the many religions around the world? If it is, what makes it so? Unique among all religions, Christianity makes several claims that others do not. First, all other religions exhort man to reach up to God and grasp hold of Him through their own efforts. Christianity is the only religion where God reaches down to man. Second, other religions are systems of do’s and don’ts to appease God; whereas Christianity is a relationship with God. Third, Christianity looks to the Bible as the singular source of Truth. Finally, Christianity is based upon truly the most amazing event in all of human history—the resurrection.

As to the first issue, other forms of religion subscribe to a system of works—those we should do and those we should avoid—which will make us “good enough” to please God and merit His favor. Christianity, on the other hand, is based on the biblical principle that we can never be good enough to be in the presence of a perfect, holy God. The Mosaic Law was given to mankind to prove to us that we can’t keep it. Galatians 3 describes the purpose of the Law. It is a “tutor” or “schoolmaster” to lead us to Christ because “…by observing the law no one will be justified” (Galatians 2:16). The impossibility of keeping the Law is revealed in what Jesus called the “first and greatest commandment” in Matthew 22:37: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This would mean loving God with every fiber of our being 24/7, with never a thought for ourselves, an impossible task for anyone. But rather than condemning us as law-breakers and leaving it at that, God provided a substitute—Jesus Christ—who obeyed the Law perfectly for us. By faith in Him and accepting His work on our behalf, we are justified and made righteous. Here is the crucial difference between Christianity and all other religions.

As to the second point, Christianity is not a religious system, but a relationship with God, one that He initiated and maintains. Christians believe that mankind was created specifically to have a relationship with God, but sin separates all men from Him (Romans 3:23, 5:12). Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ walked this earth, fully God, and yet fully man (Philippians 2:6-11), and died on the cross to restore the relationship that was broken by sin. After His death on the cross, Christ was buried, He rose again, and now lives at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for believers forever (Hebrews 7:25). The intimacy of this relationship is revealed in two poignant pictures. Now no longer seen as law-breakers, we have been adopted into God’s own family as His children (Ephesians 1:5). Even more intimately, believers are the very “body of Christ” of which He is the head (Ephesians 1:22-23), having been purchased by His blood (Hebrews 9:12). No other religion makes assertions that even begin to approximate this incredible truth.

Another thing that makes Christianity unique is its source of information. All religions have some sort of basis of information that outlines its beliefs and practices, but none have one source of information that makes the claims Christianity does about the Bible—it is the written Word of God, and it is infallible and inerrant and all that is necessary for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16). Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired—literally “God-breathed”—Word of God and that its teaching is the final authority (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21). Though there are other religions that use prophecy, none are 100% accurate, as are those in the Bible, and none of them point to someone like Jesus who made incredible claims and performed incredible deeds.

Perhaps the most defining principle of Christianity that makes it truly unique in every way and provides its fundamental basis is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Within Christianity, the resurrection is vitally important, for without it, Christianity does not exist, and our faith is useless (1 Corinthians 15:14). It was Jesus' resurrection that changed the lives of the disciples. After Jesus was crucified, the disciples ran and hid. But when they saw the risen Lord, they knew that all Jesus had said and done proved that He was indeed God in flesh. No other religious leader has died in full view of trained executioners, had a guarded tomb, and then rose three days later to appear to many people. The resurrection is proof of who Jesus is and that He did accomplish what He set out to do: provide the only means of redemption for mankind. Buddha did not rise from the dead. Muhammad did not rise from the dead. Confucius did not rise from the dead. Krishna did not rise from the dead. Only Jesus has physically risen from the dead, walked on water, claimed to be God, and raised others from the dead. He has conquered death. Only in Christianity do we have the person of Christ who claimed to be God, performed many miracles to prove His claim of divinity, died and rose from the dead, and claimed that He alone is “the way the truth and the life” (John 14:6) and that no one comes to the Father except through Him.