During a British symposium or a conference on religion, experts from around the world were gathered at Oxford University to debate the subject, what, if any, belief that was unique to the Christian faith.

That was the title of the conference. And they began by eliminating all the possibilities.

First, the incarnation.

And many people from other religions said, well, you know, we have our gods' stories of our gods appearing in human flesh.

So they went down the list. Miracles. Well, everybody

claimed all kinds of miracles. Not documented, no evidence, but they claimed miracles anyway.

At that point of the debate, C.S. Lewis wandered into the room, wondering what was going on.

And he saw all these people, And so his colleagues came by and said to him and said, well, we are debating and trying to discover the uniqueness

of Christianity. Well, Lewis's response was very simple and to the point, he said, that's easy.

It's grace. And then he left the point. He said, that's easy. It's grace.

And then he left the room.

I would have loved to have been there right after that kind of statement and what they said after that.

But the debate continued for a little while, and finally they concluded that grace does distinguish the Christian faith.

Indeed. I want you to listen carefully because it is absolutely. that grace does distinguish the Christian faith indeed.

I want you to listen carefully because it is absolutely unique among all religions.

Because I do not consider Christianity to be a religion.

Because I'm going to explain to you in a minute, All religions are basically trying to earn God's favor.

But Christianity is where God reached down to man, not man trying to reach and please God.

And that's why I don't call it a religion.

But I want to tell you, for the God of the universe to give His grace freely is truly unique.

For the God of the universe to save sinners by grace alone, no strings attached,

goes against every human instinct.

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