What Makes Christianity Unique? | John Lennox 

+Debra Carey , I also saw that and it was amazing!!!!!!

@@mkmason2002 You wake up troll.

Debra. I love Jesus. I was told by an apparent Christian that I had "no right to forgive!" and "had no authority to forgive". I quoted this story of extreme forgiveness to this person. I do hope they get the help they require. You and I forgive as we are encouraged to in Gods word, The Bible, but it is the act we forgive, we cannot forgive the 'sin'. That is in Christ. Christ only.

@The Truth Just because stupid men use passages in the Bible to justify their monstrous acts doesn't mean that the Bible actually condones racism. According to the Bible, YHWH only created two humans that reproduced to populate the earth over time. Those two people had every people group in their genetic makeup. When people use repulsive phrases like, "keep the race pure", they're beyond ignorant to not even use common sense in understanding YHWH's truth and ways.

@The Truth yeah . . . that all sounds ridiculous. Good thing that's not really the truth. *Racism* The Isrealites are the descendants of a singular man. Basically . . he impressed God. Despite the reality of this man's advanced age and barrenness of his wife, this man rejected the reality of what his eyes saw and what his own human logic told him. He dared to believe, because of the one that told Him the impossible was possible. He took God at His word. Even as time passed, this man stood expectantly that He who promised was faithful to complete it. As a result God kept his promise. Even throughout the ages and the stupidity of this man's descendant, God stayed faithful to this man. This isn't about race. Isreal is a choosen nation, not because of who they are, but because of one man that touched God's heart by believing beyond the condition of his circumstances. *Worship* is not a demand, it's actually a natural byproduct of literally being in the presence of THE CREATOR. YHWH is, in my experience, an emminating being that sends out particles of TRUTHS that are received like packets of knowings. _Not sure if this makes sense, because I'm trying to express alter dimensional truths in human words._ I knew things immediately in His presence: He had been at my side all my life, He was hurt by my hurt, His love for me was inexpressible, His essence was literally LOVE, TRUTH, JUST, RIGHTEOUS, HOLINESS, He wanted to heal my heart from life's wounds. He literally poured laughter and joy over me as if it was water. To be in His presence is life changing. Worship before YHWH is the result of LOVE and getting built up again is a really great perk. Galatians 5:22 - _"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,"_ Nehemiah 8:10 - _" . . . for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”_ *Sexism* isn't true either. Why? There's no male or female in the kingdom of Heaven. Galatians 3:28 - _"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."_ Homophobic Again, wrong. Sin is sin in the eyes of YHWH. If one comes into the knowledge that He's right and you're wrong everytime, there's no issue . . . obey that it may be well with you. He'll take care of the rest. To walk with Him is to be reborn, where the old man is dead and one walks in the newness of abundant life. *Hell* Again, wrong. Hell wasn't created for man, it was created for fallen angelic beings. But you have free-will, just as every angelic being does. It's not like you don't know the choice . . . so choose life. / / / I recent heard a testimony of a guy that gave his life to Jesus. *But only for a week.* He told God he didn't believe He was real, but that He would be willing to put his trust in Him for a whole week. If He didn't prove Himself he'd go his way knowing that he had given it a real effort to find out. He said it worked for him. Just an idea.

Yup

It’s amazing I can listen to him for hours 🙏🎩👏

No, he's a superstitious goose.

sure imbecile

Like a boss!

Unfortunately he's so smart that he's got you and all like you deluted just like he is.

@@johnkaz1476 Care to elaborate?

@@johnkaz1476 deluded?? And what is the evidence of what you so put your faith in?

@@DaffyDuck007 just another atheist coming in Christian content and making claims they cannot back up

@@johnkaz1476 Still waiting for the evidence that substantiates your assertion...

+Yiota Petridou Lennox is a beast. God bless you guys :)

+rationalmind don't get fresh. "beast" is a term used for a skilled or amazing person. please stop trolling. you know perfectly well what I meant.

+rationalmind sorry, i didn't quite realize you were kidding. I'm glad you are a kind atheist. a lot of atheists (but not all) are quite rude. It's refreshing to talk to you. My sense of humor usually exists when I'm around my cousins. I can be very serious at times. Now I just sound bipolar tho... cuz usually I talk to people in person with a sense of haphazard nonsense for the sake of humor. (not regarding noah's flood tho) I usually live for laughs, but your remark just sounded snarky. sorry tho :)

+rationalmind yes, im aware its slang. it was just my opinion that i wanted to share in the comments. it was positive, and i believe in positive statements.

+rationalmind That's good. Sorry for taking it so seriously. since you are critical of ideas, you should find the idea that the universe came into being on its own terms more ridiculous than Noah's ark. Krauss' quantum vacuum theory is just him trying to explain away God. It doesn't hold its weight.

All God's people are saints

@@pauljohn1979 I was just going to put that! It's throughout biblical scripture. Kinda the point John Lennox was making. We're righteous at rebirth and have become a temple of the Almighty now.

Not purely saint but close

@@aj_65769 do you understand what "saints" mean in a biblical context?

+Sasori of the Red Sand That is impressive

+Sasori of the Red Sand only the worst assholes hate him

You need to come to Jesus. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall never die but have eternal life." Ask God to show you if Jesus is the one true God and that He died to set you free, to give you eternal life. peace. Mary

This is your indoctrination speaking. I am sorry but you are deluded. People today who follow Christianity are consuming the corrupted European version. The Europeans through the Catholic Church have inserted themselves into History and consequently control the thinking of millions of people. Don't you think it strange that the image of "God" is a European white man............?

K Bora Where in your particular study of the entire Bible do you read God set forth as a European white man? Know that the Roman Catholic church is not the only expression of that spirituality to which you refer nor is Protestantism. Multiplied millions of Christians are neither. Appearing luminously clear to me is that you are deluded by the indoctrination you believe is true.

Unless you don't believe in him of course.

makes me feel good too cause I stopped working & now live on welfare ^^

+sylmarmusic2012 God is amazing and He gave this gift of understanding to brother Lennox.

Of course there's not. Because that's the one you were taught and frightened to believe in. 😁

what about Romans ch 8 vs 22 god curst all of creation! and secondly, who would want a relationship with the god of the bible after it drowned billions of innocent animals in the days of Noah's flood? clearly a psychopath.

@@ThePlim62 tell me, do you believe in evolution?

where was jesus when the white europeans were SLAUGHTERING your ancestors, brainwashed IMBECILE.

@@rchachouu #1. God doesn't settle His accounts on our timeline. #2. The sinful acts of sinful men are storing up for themselves the wrath and anger of God. #3. There's none that is righteous, no not one, we are all worthy of death including my "ancestors". The day of judgment is coming and God's wrath is presently being continually revealed and His truth suppressed by evil wicked men. I only pray you accept God's only solution to mankind's problem, the work of Jesus Christ - says the imbecile.

@OnlyJesusSaves.org being a Christian in the current world full of unholy filthy temptations.. it is very hard to live upto the 10 commandments , fullfill the way of life that 🔥Christ Jesus🔥desired all men and women to follow ....to become one with Almighty GOD...

@OnlyJesusSaves.org well not just that being but the societal expectations of Christians as well it's either your the super judgemental "god hates etc" Christians or the ones that are too passive and would throw away the faith on a dime

I’d recommend you asked this to a Catholic theologian( which is the church with the most philosophical and theological works), but my understanding is that God created us not out of necessity, but rather out of love, so we could be able to enjoy his love and adore him, now, love isn’t really love if it is forced, that’s why the option of evil is present, and in the beginning, humanity did that choice(represented in Adam and Eve) and rejected God, and endured the consequences(pain,suffering,death) that entails separating yourself from God and rejecting Him.Now God, through Jesus, reconnects the broken relationship between man and God, elevating us to the quality of sons and daughters of God. Hope this helps and God bless.

That would be to insult her. The secret of MY marriage

Are you God?

The Truth why the fuck would he bother to do that

You are misinformed about the so-called "golden rule" : it is an unmistakeable Jewish and Christian command, therefore strongly "religious". Some claim it might be traced back to writings of Confucius (I have not checked), but if it is it would just be a philosophy principle, in the midst of tens of others wise thoughts. The point with Christianity and probably with Jewish faith is that God gives us the will and the strength to put such unnatural behaviour into practice... "Loving your neighbour as yourself", or lesser "do to others what you would them do to you", is completely opposed to natural selection. I wonder how could find a place for it?

@@ThefrenchFranz Funny that we see the same principle in operation throughout the social animal world though is it not? Its not an unnatural behaviour. Its a survival trait and its certainly not one that any religion is required for to generate.

@@paulfrisby4082 Wow, the "golden rule" at work in the animal realm? that would be a Nobel prize ticket! where did you get that from?

@@ThefrenchFranz Its what makes social organisations work. If you are only self interested then obviously you risk everyone else treating you in a similar fashion - when you are threatened by a predator you cant fight off alone, hungry, sick or injured. Your genes dont prosper and neither do those of the rest of your mean, self-interested species.

@@paulfrisby4082 This is your belief, but it is not backed by science, which claim that in such a situation, the weakest of the clan would be left behind for the hunters to give up following the whole group, and therefore lift up the menace. Giving one's life for the benefit of others is completely contrary to modern evolutionary theory.

JESUS HAS ALL POWER AND ALL AUTHORITY

What I think Lennox means is that no society or civilization has ever thrived by everyone stealing from each other lying, and killing each other. It's like doing all those things is the exact opposite of having a society, you would never get anywhere as a nation.

That's a bit of a sweeping generalisation Ben. I would certainly agree that Dawkins is about as charismatic to me as a wet dish cloth, but on the other hand some of the happiest and most positive people I know are atheists. I say that as a kind of a lapsed catholic...

+David Scholfield What is ironic is your failure of understanding pagan Roman practice of deification of abstract ideas. The reason the Roman goddes of truth is named Veritas is not because that was literally her name (like you are named David, for example. If that is your real name, of course). The concept of truth (veritas in latin) has been deified into such an extent that it became personified and become a divine figure. This can happen to humans as well, and to other gods from a different belief system as they see fit to be incorporated into their pantheon of gods and goddesses. In Christianity, God Himself, whose one of divine character is truth, has entered into His own realm and declared, "I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). The Romans' quest for the truth has been fulfilled; not in the personification of the abstract idea itself but in the Creator, who came into this earth to reveal Himself. Paul acknowledged this as well in the Greeks' pursuit of the divine truth, when he encountered the altar to the "Unknown God" ((Νὴ τὸν Ἄγνωστον/Ne ton Agnoston) in Athens, as recorded in Acts 17:22-31, who then declared: "People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship-and this is what I am going to proclaim to you." (Acts 17:22-23)

I see you whipped out your strong's concordance for just such opportunity to exercise your chops in scriptural exegesis. Bet you been waiting ages for such an opportunity to arrive.. ey? Am i right? Haha.. I wasn't saying it was wrong, iwas just making an observation. I understand Veritas is synonymous with truth

+David Scholfield Is that your standard reply when your "mere observation" turned out to be ill-informed? :P It's all my own thought. I got confirmation of the Roman practice from Wiki. The verses are God's. No concordance involved. Isn't that the cruise ship that sank? *badum tsss By the way, your reply is a textbook example of argumentum ad hominem. You can't refute my logic just by saying slanders about my motivation to give my "scriptural exegesis" to you. Now take your two lessons of Roman religious tradition and logical fallacy home, my young padawan, you have much to learn. Seriously though, I'm just joking. Don't be so negative. :).

So...the same as other religions.

But faith without works is dead ?