In this video, Kevin DeYoung links Christianity’s uniqueness to its claims about the person and work of Jesus Christ.

It may sound simplistic, but what makes Christianity utterly unique among all the religions of the world is Jesus Christ. Other religions may have Jesus as an important teacher or a prophet, but only in the Bible, only with Christianity, do we have Jesus Christ as the long-awaited Messiah as fully human and fully divine as the second person of the Godhead––Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Everything rests or falls on the person of Jesus Christ, that he was born of the Virgin Mary, that he lived a perfect life, that he performed miracles, the nature of his teaching, and then, ultimately, that he died for our sins and, on the third day, rose again from the dead.

Did Jesus Christ, the Son of God, die for sins and rise again on the third day? How we answer that question is what makes Christianity unique.

Kevin DeYoung (PhD, University of Leicester) is senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, Council member of The Gospel Coalition, and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte). He has written numerous books, including Just Do Something. Kevin and his wife, Trisha, have nine children: Ian, Jacob, Elizabeth, Paul, Mary, Benjamin, Tabitha, Andrew, and Susannah.