The Basic Difference between Christianity and the world's religions is this...

As a Hindu I was drowning in a large lake and I did not know how to swim. The religious leaders and gurus came by and gave me lectures on how to swim.

Confucius taught, "You should have followed my teaching and then you would never have fallen,"

Mohammed advised, "Allah wills whatsoever he wills."

Buddha came by and said, "It's all an illusion in the mind, change your mind and you will change the problem."

Krishna came along and said, "It's your karma that you have fallen into the lake. You deserve it."

Then Jesus Christ came. He did not give a lecture or some good advice. He said, "I have come to seek and to save those who are lost," and He came right into the lake and lifted me out of it and changed my life and put a new song in my heart.

The song writer captured my sentiment when he wrote;

"From sinking sand He lifted me,
with tender hands He lifted me,
From shades of night to plains of light,
Oh praise His name, He lifted me."

I now understand the expression of the Psalmist when he wrote:

I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.

[Psalm 40:1-3 NIV]

Christianity is not a religion. It's a way of life. It's a relationship with God.

"Christianity is not legalism. It is rather a love story." - Pastor Sunday Adelaja, God's Embassy, Ukraine.

Religion is standing around the cross. Christianity is getting on the cross.