What if I told you voting republican really wasn't his mission

假如我告訴你，祂對你的呼召不是去投共和黨

What if I told you republican doesn't automatically mean Christian

假如我告訴你，共和黨並不等於基督徒

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

就算你說別人盲目，但也無法讓你重見光明

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

我想說的是，如果宗教真的這麼棒，為何它引發這麼多的戰爭?

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

為何它可以蓋超大的教堂，卻無法餵養所有窮人?

Tells single moms God doesn't love them if they've ever had a divorce

為何單親媽媽只因為離婚，就說上帝不愛她們?

But in the old testament God actually calls religious people whores

而且在聖經的舊約中，神還說到宗教人士是娼妓勒

Religion might preach grace...

宗教或許有提到恩典...

but another thing they practice.

但做的卻是另外一套。

Tend to ridicule God's people, they did it to John The Baptist

他們嘲笑神的兒女，就像他們嘲諷施洗約翰一樣

They can't fix their problems

他們沒辦法解決他們的問題

and so they just mask it.

所以他們乾脆把它掩蓋起來

Not realizing religions like spraying

卻沒有意識到就像是在棺材上面

perfume on a casket

噴上香水一樣

See the problem with religion, is it never gets to the core

你看出宗教出了什麼問題嗎? 它根本沒有掌握到它的核心

It's just behavior modification

只是一味的在調整外在的行為

like a long list of chores

就像列一長串的代辦事項

Like lets dress up the outside make look nice and neat

只在乎外在的華麗體面衣著

But it's funny that's what they use to do to mummies while the corps rots underneath

但這跟把屍體做成像木乃伊有什麼兩樣呢?

Now I ain't judging

現在我不想論斷什麼

I'm just saying quit putting on a fake look

我只說出希望大家能把假面具拿掉

Cause there's a problem if people only know you're a

因為問題就在於人們只能從臉書上知道你是個基督徒

Christian by your Facebook

而不是從你生活上的行為

I mean in every other aspect of life

我的意思是我們也不會用這種方式來面對我們生活上的每個層面

you know that logic's unworthy

你知道這樣一點都不符合邏輯

It's like saying you play for the Lakers just because you bought a jersey

這樣講就像是你買了一件湖人隊球衣但並不等於你是湖人隊的球員

You see this was me too

說實在的我以前也是這種人

but no one seemed to be on to me

但是沒人因為這樣來評論我

Acting like a church kid, while addicted to pornography

我表現得就像個愛上教會的乖寶寶，但事實上我卻沉溺於色情

See on Sunday I'd go to church, but Saturday getting faded

我星期天都固定上教會，但我星期六卻玩得很糜爛

Acting if I was simply created just to have sex and get wasted

就好像我是為了性和享樂而生的

See I spent my whole life building this facade of neatness

我花了我大部分的生活時間用來打造一個體面但虛假的我

But now that I know Jesus

但現在我遇見了耶穌

I boast in my weakness

所以我可以大聲的宣告我的軟弱

Because if grace is water

如果祂的恩典就像湧流的水

then the church should be an ocean

而教會就應該是海洋

It's not a museum for good people

教會不是好人聚集的博物館

it's a hospital for the broken

而是破碎的人們要被醫治的醫院

Which means I don't have to hide my failure

所以我不需要隱藏我的失敗

I don't have to hide my sin

也不需要隱瞞我的罪

Because it doesn't depend on me, it depends on him

因為我倚靠的不是自己，而是上帝

See because when I was God's enemy

因為在我與上帝為敵

and certainly not a fan

一點都不想靠近祂的時候

He looked down and said:

祂往下看著我說:

I WANT

我要

THAT

那個

MAN

人

Which is why Jesus hated religion

這也是為何耶穌討厭宗教

and for it he called them fools

還稱那些宗教人士為傻瓜

Don't you see so much better

你不覺得這比

than just following some rules

總是守著那些死板板的規則要來的好嗎?

Now let me clarify

現在我想講清楚

I love the church

我熱愛教會

I love the bible

我熱愛聖經

and yes I believe in sin

我也相信罪

But if Jesus came to your church would they actually let him in

但如果耶穌親自造訪你的教會，他們會讓祂進去嗎?

See remember he was called a glutton, and a drunkard by religious men

記得曾經有宗教人士說過耶穌是暴食者，是酒鬼

But the son of God never supports self righteousness not now, not then

但神的兒子從來不自命清高，過去不會，現在也不會

Now back to the point, one thing is vital to mention

言歸正傳，我想提出幾個方向，

How Jesus and religion are on opposite spectrums

耶穌和宗教幾乎背道而馳

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

一個是神的工作，一個是人類所發明的

See one is the cure, but the other's the infection

一個是治療，但另一個是感染

See because religion says do

宗教要你做很多事情

Jesus says done

而耶穌卻是把這些事情都做了

Religion says slave

宗教把你當成奴隸

Jesus says son

但耶穌卻稱你為祂的愛子

Religion puts you in bondage

宗教給你束縛

while Jesus sets you free

而耶穌給你自由

Religion makes you blind

宗教使你盲目

but Jesus makes you see

而耶穌讓你瞎眼得看見

And that's why religion and Jesus are two different clans

所以，宗教跟耶穌根本完全不同

Religion is man searching for God

宗教要人去尋求神

Christianity is God searching for man

耶穌基督卻說是神尋找人

Which is why salvation is freely mine

因為這樣，救贖是我白白得來的

and forgiveness is my own

而饒恕老早就已經與我同在了

Not based on my merits

那不是我自己爭取來的功勞

but Jesus's obedience alone

而是靠耶穌的順服

Because he took the crown of thorns, and the blood dripped down his face

因為祂為我們戴上荊棘編的冠冕，祂的寶血一滴滴地從祂的臉上流下

He took what we all deserved

祂帶走我們原先要承受的一切罪

I guess that's why you call it grace

我想這就是恩典的來源

And while being murdered he yelled:

當祂被無知的人類謀殺的時候，祂卻向神呼喊:

"Father forgive them they know not what they do."

"父親啊，赦免他們，因為他們所做的他們並不知道"

Because when he was dangling on that cross

當祂被釘在十架上的時候，

he was thinking of you

祂心中想的是你!

And he absorbed all of your sin, and buried it in the tomb

祂帶走你一切的原罪，並把他們帶進墳墓裡

Which is why I'm kneeling at the cross

因此我跪在十架前

saying come on there's room

我在此邀請你一起過來，

So for religion, no I hate it

我討厭宗教

in fact I literally resent it

而且說實在有夠不喜歡的

Because when Jesus said it is finished

當耶穌說成了的時候，

I believe he meant it.

我相信祂所說的一切都是真的。