What if I told you
Jesus
came to abolish Religion?

What if I told you
voting Republican
really wasn't His mission?

What if I told you
Republican
doesn't automatically mean
Christian…

and just because
you call some people blind
doesn't automatically
give you
vision.

I mean if Religion is so great,
why has it started so many wars?

Why does it build
huge churches…but fails
to feed the poor?

Tells single mom's God
doesn't love them
if they've ever had a divorce…

but
in the Old Testament
God
actually calls religious people
whores.

Religion
might preach grace,
but another thing they practice;
tend to ridicule
God's people,
they did it to John the Baptist.

They can't fix their
problems,
and so they just
mask it…

not realizing Religion is
like spraying
perfume on a casket.

See,
the problem with Religion is that it
never gets to the core;
it's just behavior modification,
like a long list of chores.

Like,
let's dress up the
outside,
make it look nice and neat…

but it's funny;
that's what they used to do to
mummies
while the corpse rots underneath.
Now I ain't judging,

I'm just saying quit putting on a fake look…

because

there's a problem
if people only that you're
a Christian by your
Facebook.

I mean in every other
aspect
of life, you know that
logic's unworthy…it's like saying
you play for the

Lakers

just because you bought
a jersey.
See, this was me too…
but no one
seemed to be on to me;
acting like
a church kid, while

addicted
to pornography.

See, on Sunday I'd go to church…
but on
Saturday getting faded,
acting as if
I was simply created to just
have sex and get wasted.

See,
I spent my whole life
building this façade of neatness;
but now that

I know Jesus, I
boast
in my weakness.

Because if grace is water,
then the church
should be an ocean…it's
not a museum
for good people, it's a
hospital for the broken.

Which means
I don't have to hide
my failure,

I don't have to
hide my sin…because it doesn't
depend
on me, it depends
on Him.

See because when
I was God's
enemy…and certainly
not a fan,
He looked down
and said,
"I want that man."

Which is why
Jesus
hated Religion, and
for it He called 'em fools;

don't you see
He's so much better
than
just following some rules?

Now,
let me clarify:

I love the
church,
I love the
Bible,
and yes, I believe in
sin…

but if Jesus came to
your church,
would they actually
let Him in?

See, remember…He
was called a
glutton
and a
drunkard
by "religious men;"

but the

Son of God
never supports self-righteousness…
not now,
not then.

Now back to the point,
one thing is vital
to mention;
how Jesus
and
Religion
are on opposite spectrums.

See,
one is the work of
God
but one's a
man-made invention…

see, one is the
cure
but the other's the
infection.

See because Religion
says, "Do;"

Jesus
says, "Done."

Religion
says, "Slave;"

Jesus
says, "Son."

Religion puts you in bondage
while Jesus sets you free;

Religion makes you blind, but
Jesus
makes you see.

And that's why Religion
and Jesus
are two different clans;

Religion
is Man searching for God…
Christianity
is God searching for Man.

Which is why
Salvation
is freely mine and
forgiveness is my own;
not based on my
merits,
but Jesus's obedience alone.

Because
he took the
crown of thorns
and the blood dripped down
his face; he took what we
all deserved…

I guess that's why you call it
grace.

And while being murdered
He yelled,
"Father! Forgive them; they know not what they do!"

Because when he was dangling
on that cross…he
was thinking of you;

and he absorbed all your sin,
and he buried it in
the tomb…which is why I'm
kneeling at the
cross
saying,

"Come on, there's room."

So for
Religion?

No, I hate it…in fact,
I literally
resent it…because when
Jesus said,

"It is finished."

I
believe
He meant it.