CHRISTIANITY-MESSAGE
Christianity,
if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only
thing it cannot be is moderately important.
The
[Christian] message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity – hope of
pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory – because at the Father’s will
Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might
hang on a cross.
The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations,
ed. Mark Water, 2000, Baker, p. 159.
On the one
hand, Christianity is the most exclusive religion imaginable. It insists that
belief in Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary for salvation. Jesus is the only
way. You must go to Him to get eternal life. On the other hand, Christianity is
the most inclusive religion possible because it makes salvation accessible to
everyone. Salvation is offered for all people through one Person. Whoever believes
in Him will not perish. Anyone who receives or believes in Jesus will live
forever with God. There are no racial, social, intellectual, or economic
criteria that prevent anyone from joining God’s family. One of the problems
with the other religions of the world is that they all smack of elitism… Only
Christianity offers salvation to everyone as a free gift.
Is Jesus the Only Way? Crossway, 1999, p.
36-37.
No other
religion has ever claimed that its historical founder is the one and only
supreme deity. Nor has any other religion ever dared to suggest that the one
true God loves us enough to die for us. This is the glory and the beauty of
Christianity. Because God is just, there had to be a payment for sin. Because
God is love, He was willing to make the payment in the Person of His own Son.
Is Jesus the Only Way? Crossway, 1999, p. 44.
He began His
ministry by being hungry, yet He is the Bread of Life. Jesus ended His earthly
ministry by being thirsty, yet He is the Living Water. Jesus was weary, yet He
is our rest. Jesus paid tribute, yet He is the King. Jesus was accused of
having a demon, yet He cast out demons. Jesus wept, yet He wipes away our
tears. Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver, yet He redeemed the world.
Jesus was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, yet He is the Good Shepherd.
Jesus died, yet by His death He destroyed the power of death.
A.D. 381.
True
Christianity is to manifest genuinely Christ-like behavior by dependence on the
working of the Spirit of God within, motivated by a love for the glory and
honor of God.
Legalism, sermon.
Christianity
can be condensed into four words: Admit, Submit,
Commit and Transmit.
Samuel Wilberforce
Christianity
is Christ, and if He is not who He said He was, and if He did not do what He
said He had come to do, the foundation is undermined and the whole superstructure
will collapse. Take Christ from Christianity and you disembowel it, there is
nothing left!
The Christian
message is for those who have done their best and failed!