Love: The Uniqueness of Christianity
In terms of love, the Christian faith is outstanding. It implies the mutual and reciprocated affection of God and His people. Other religions make the gods so far above men that no such relationship is possible. Christianity does not detract from God's superiority to man. By stressing the idea, however, that man's love of God is not spontaneous, but rather won from him by seeing the Divine love in Christ, the proper balance is preserved (1 John 4:19; Eph. 3:19; Rom. 5:17, etc.).