诗歌作者：Jefferson Bethke
翻译：石平南
如果我告诉你耶稣来是废除宗教？
如果我告诉你投票给共和党并不是祂的使命？
如果我告诉你共和党人并不就是基督徒？
仅仅因为说别人眼瞎并不给你看见。
如果宗教那么好，为什么带来那么多的战争？
为什么建造了巨大的教堂，却不能喂饱穷人？
指责单亲母亲神不爱她们，因为她们曾离过婚；
然而在旧约里，神却称宗教人士为淫乱之人。
宗教可能宣扬恩典，但他们所做的
却是嘲笑神的子民，就像他们对待施洗约翰。
无法解决自己的问题，就掩饰遮盖
却不知宗教就是像在棺材上喷洒香料。
你看，宗教的问题是它无法深入实质；
只是改善行为，是一系列要做的事情。
装潢外表，打扮的整洁光鲜
却像装饰的木乃伊，里面却是腐烂的尸体。
我不是在论断，我只是说不要戴上面具。
如果人们只是从你的面书（Facebook）知道你是基督徒，那就有些问题。
在生命别的方面，你知道那是徒然；
就像你因为买件湖人队的队服就号称你是它的队员。
你看，我以前也这样，但没人对我的信仰感兴趣。
装着像个教会的孩子，却迷恋上色情的东西。
周日我去教会敬拜，周六却酩酊大醉；
好像我被造就是为了性交和烂醉。
我化了一生的功夫建造一个整洁的外表。
但现在我认识了耶稣，软弱是我的夸耀。
如果恩典像水，那教会就像汪洋。
它不是善男善女的处所，而是受伤人的医院。
我不需要遮盖自己的失败，我不需要掩饰我的过犯。
因为得救不是在我，而是在乎祂的公义。
因为当我还与神为敌，绝对不是祂的粉丝的时候，
祂就俯视大地，施恩捡选了我。
这就是为什么耶稣痛恨宗教，并把他们称为愚拙。
难道恩典不比格守清规戒律好的很多很多？
请让我澄清，我爱教会，我爱圣经；是的，我也相信有罪。
但如果耶稣到你的教会，他们会不会让祂进门？
别忘了，祂曾被宗教领袖称为贪吃好酒的罪人。
但神的儿子从来没有赞赏过自义，现在没有，过去也不曾。
让我回到要点，有一件事必须呈明
就是耶稣和宗教乃是频谱的两极
一个是神的工作，一个是人的发明
一个是医治的良药，一个是感染的伪善
因为宗教告诉你做什么，但耶稣说一切都已做成。
宗教让你为奴，而耶稣让你成为神的儿女。
宗教将你捆绑，而耶稣将你释放。
宗教让你眼瞎，而耶稣让你看见。
这就是为什么宗教和耶稣是不同的两类。
宗教是好人找神，而基督教是神寻找罪人
这就是为什么救恩是白白得到的，并我已得赦免
不是靠我的善行，而是单靠耶稣的顺服
因为他戴上了荆棘冠冕，宝血从他脸上下淌
祂承受了我们当得的，这就是所谓的恩典
当祂被盯死的时候，他大声叫喊：
“父啊，赦免他们，因为他们不知道在做什么。”
因为当他悬挂在十架的时候，祂在想着你的得救
祂承担了你所有的罪愆，并把它一同在坟墓里埋葬。
这就是我为什么跪在十字架下，请你也来就祂无穷的恩典
所以，我痛恨宗教，实在是怨恨不已
因为当耶稣说一切都成了，我相信祂说的是真。
What if I told you, Jesus came to abolish religion?
What if I told you getting you to vote republican, really wasn’t his mission?
Because republican doesn’t automatically mean Christian,
And just because you call some people blind, doesn’t automatically give you vision.
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 moms God doesn’t love them if they’ve ever been divorced
Yet God in the Old Testament actually calls the religious people whores
Religion preaches grace, but another thing they practice,
Tend to ridicule Gods people, they did it to John the Baptist,
Cant fix their problems, so they try to mask it,
Not realizing that’s just like sprayin perfume on a casket
Because the problem with religion is that it never gets to the core,
It’s just behavior modification, like a long list of chores.
Let’s dress up the outside, make things look nice and neat,
Its funny that’s what they do to mummies, while the corpse rots underneath,
Now I ain’t judging I’m just saying be careful of putting on a fake look,
Because there’s a problem if people only know that you’re a Christian by that little section on your facebook
In every other aspect of life you know that logics unworthy
Its like saying you play for the lakers just because you bought a jersey
But see I played this game too; no one seemed to be on to me,
I was acting like church kid, while addicted to pornography.
I’d go to church on Sunday, but on saturday getting faded,
Acting as if I was simply created to have sex and get wasted.
Spend my whole life putting on this façade of neatness,
But now that I know Jesus, I boast in my weakness.
If grace is water, then the church should be an ocean,
Cuz its not a museum for good people, it’s a hospital for the broken
I no longer have to hide my failures I don’t have to hide my sin,
Because my salvation doesn’t depend on me, it depends on him.
because when I was Gods enemy and certainly not a fan,
God looked down on me and said, “I want that man!”
Which is so different from religious people, and why Jesus called em fools
Don’t you see hes so much better than just following some rules?
Now let me clarify, I love the church, I love the bible, and I believe in sin
But my question, is if Jesus were here today, would your church let Him in?
Remember He was called a drunkard and a glutton by “religious men”
The Son of God not supported self-righteousness, not now, not then.
Now back to the topic, one thing I think is vital to mention,
How Jesus and religion are on opposite spectrums,
One is the work of God one is a man made invention,
One is the cure and one is the infection.
Because Religion says do, Jesus says done.
Religion says slave, Jesus says son,
Religion puts you in shackles but Jesus sets you free.
Religion makes you blind, but Jesus lets you see.
This is what makes religion and Jesus two different clans,
Religion is man searching for God, but Christianity is God searching for man.
Which is why salvation is freely mine, forgiveness is my own,
Not based on my efforts, but Christ’s obedience alone.
Because he took the crown of thorns, and blood that dripped down his face
He took what we all deserved, that’s why we call it grace.
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
He paid for all your sin, and then buried it in the tomb,
Which is why im kneeling at the cross now saying come on there’s room
So know I hate religion, in fact I literally resent it,
Because when Jesus cried It is finished, I believe He meant it.
