Jesus is fully God and fully man | Rapp Report 2-minute Daily 0026 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

The Uniqueness of Christianity Is Jesus Christ

Welcome to the Rap Report with Andrew Rapaport, where we provide biblical interpretations and applications. This is a ministry of Striving for Eternity. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar for your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.

Christianity is unique among all other world religions. All other religious systems are based on a system of morality of good works. What makes Christianity unique is it is not a system of morality. It is about Jesus Christ.

Christ’s Death and Resurrection as the Basis of Salvation

Buddha is dead, Muhammad is dead, Joseph Smith is dead, Mary Baker Eddy is dead, but Jesus Christ rose from the dead. If Jesus Christ was not both fully man and fully God, there would be no payment of sin.

This was the debate in the first century. Jesus Christ was fully man. It's important to note that he did not have a human father, therefore, he did not inherit a sin nature. Jesus Christ not only had to be fully man, but he also had to be without sin, never breaking any part of God's law.

Why Jesus Had to Be Fully God and Fully Man

If Jesus was not a man, then people would have no payment of sins. But Jesus Christ is also fully God. Jesus had to be God in order to pay an eternal fine. Only an eternal being can pay an eternal fine.

Jesus Christ, being an eternal being, can pay the fine once for all. Though he paid it in time, he paid it for all of time. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. This is what makes Christianity unique among all other religions.

It's not about morality. It's about Jesus Christ.

This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.