The Uniqueness of Christنموونە

The Uniqueness of Christ

A unique Saviour is not popular in today’s world. 

We call it the post-truth generation where all views and beliefs are equally acceptable.   

Somebody may say, ‘When all’s said and done, doesn’t everyone worship the same God?’  Well, I can’t speak for others, but unless they worship the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, everyone does not. 

‘But all religions are basically the same, aren’t they? Good works and all that sort of thing.’ That sounds plausible enough, but in fact all religions are not the same. One major faith declares that God hates sinners. The Bible says God loves them. Some others promote ancestral worship or idolatry or self-affliction or redemption through self-effort or through good deeds. Christian faith is different from all of these.

‘What about atheists?’ Even atheism is a kind of religion. And they certainly don’t accept Jesus. 

‘Nowadays, shouldn’t we be tolerant of other beliefs?’ Of course we should. In a true democracy, freedom of worship is a basic right, as long as it doesn’t mean breaking the law. Everyone has this right but that does not mean everyone is right.

Followers of Jesus today are in a position identical to that of the early church. They also lived in a society where people worshiped many gods. So what did they do? It would have been easy to soften their emphasis on Christ's uniqueness. Why invite opposition and persecution? But they did not hold back. They simply and boldly preached Christ. 

At the Global Consultation on World Evangelisation a few years ago, a statement was issued which said among other things: 

‘(We) must uphold the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the necessity of faith in Him as Lord and Saviour. This is especially imperative in the light of the increasing pluralistic environment, the resurgence of non-Christian religions hostile to the advance of the gospel,  the erosion of historic Christianity in the West, and the increasing prevalence of secularism almost everywhere.’

Over the next few days we will consider how Jesus our Lord is utterly and absolutely unique in—

· his Person 

· his preaching

· his power

· his prophesying

· his purpose

· his presence 

· his Passion

· his prophetic proclamation

culminating in a stirring panorama of how he is presented in every book of the Bible as divinely and uniquely the only true God. Don’t miss a single day! 

What next?

If someone were to ask you in what ways Jesus is unique, how would you answer?  Try to set down at least three major responses.